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Turkish airport operator TAV Airports has warned Tunisia’s low performing national carrier, TunisAir, to seize its accounts. A court bailiff, reports say, visited the headquarters of the cash-strapped airline Wednesday to inform of the Turkish firm decision upon failure to Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied Wednesday rejected the idea of calling on foreign intervention in the conflict opposing him and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi over the inauguration of five ministers suspected of conflict of interest. The crisis between Saied and Mechichi Read more
The Tunisian government will sell its shares in some public companies and banks as part of reforms to salvage the sluggish economy of the North African country, Finance and Economy minister has said. Ali Kooli, Webdo Tunis reports, did not Read more
Tunisian pilot working for Dubai-based Emirates has said he has been suspended by the Emirati airline after he refused to fly to Israel. Moneem Saheb Tabaa made the announcement on his Facebook page that he later closed, reports say. “God Read more
Tunisia Tuesday announced a four-day general lockdown starting from Thursday as authorities move to curb alarming covid-19 contaminations. The measure includes a nationwide curfew from 4pm to 6am, suspension of school classes until January 24, ban on all cultural events. Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and Egypt’s envoy to the North African country Thursday agreed to launch a maritime line in a bid of boosting trade and investment between the two countries. Mechichi, Webdo Tunis reports, received Ihab Fahmy and Read more
Tunisia Thursday detained 28 Egyptian fishermen for illegal fishing activities, the second such an operation in less than one week. The defense ministry of the North African country in a statement, Anadolu news agency reports, said the fishermen were arrested Read more
Tunisia has extended for one month the state of emergency in place since November 2015. The measure banning all gatherings and granting security forces sweeping power, was last extended in May for six months in the framework of the ongoing Read more
Tunisia’s health ministry has suspended eight PCR testing laboratories and shut down a ninth one following revelations that the centers overcharge the tests, Webdo Tunis reports. Health minister Faouzi Mehdi was before the parliament today Friday to brief the legislature Read more
A group of covid-19 patients and several unions have slammed the dismissal of Kasserine governor by Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi after the death of a man killed in the demolition of an unlicensed shop in the small town of Sbeitla. Read more