News Tunisia: Human rights groups condemn attacks on Tunisia’s judiciary
Thirty-seven groups, both Tunisian and international, voiced concern over the crackdown on the judiciary’s independence.
News Tunisia: The last days of Tunisia's free press
In-depth: Press freedom was seen as one of the key gains of the 2011 revolution, but under Kais Saied's increasingly authoritarian rule the future of independent journalism looks bleak.
News Tunisia: Tunisia a ‘ticking time bomb’ as Saied cracks down on opposition
“Tunisia today is a cocktail of festering crises, political, social, financial, economic, its deadly cocktail which risks exploding at any moment,” she said. “[Saied] feeds the nation a ...
News Tunisia: Tunisia Central Bank May Be New Target of President’s Power Grab
(Bloomberg) -- Tunisia plans to curb the independence of its central bank under reforms proposed by the government of President Kais Saied, threatening to further complicate progress toward securing a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.Most Read from BloombergCarl Icahn Is $15 Billion Poorer After Hunter Becomes the HuntedMcCarthy Says Debt Deal Remains Elusive as Negotiations ResumeRussia Pushes India for Help to Avert Global Financial IsolationChina’s New Covid Wave Set to See 65 Mil
News Tunisia: Tunisia bids to cut football violence by paying 'ideal' fans
The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) is to offer financial rewards to "ideal" supporters in an attempt to reduce the number of violent incidents in stadiums. Police officers have been injured and ...
News Tunisia: Tunisia synagogue attack may bolster Saied's bid to maintain Western aid
The West may aim to bolster Tunisian security without relinquishing its criticism over the Saied Administration’s political direction.
News Tunisia: Six dead after Tunisia synagogue shooting, president blames 'criminals'
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's president on Wednesday blamed "criminals" seeking to harm the tourism sector for a synagogue shooting on the island of Djerba that killed six people in the country's deadliest attack in years. The attacker, a National Guard member, killed a colleague at a naval installation on Tuesday and drove to the synagogue where an annual Jewish festival was taking
News Tunisia: Tunisia 'Safe', President Says After 5 Killed Outside Synagogue
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday sought to reassure the world over the safety of his country, an important tourist destination, after a police officer shot dead five people, most of them outside Africa's oldest synagogue.
News Tunisia: Italy offers financial aid to Tunisia in exchange for political, economic reforms as EU grapples with African migration crisis
As the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean continues to rise, Italy has proposed offering Tunisia financial aid in exchange for political a ...
News Tunisia: Tunisia prosecutor orders investigation into bank blaze
Prosectors in Tunisia have launched an investigation into a major fire at the central headquarters of Zitouna Islamic Bank in the capital.The Judicial Police Department has been told “to find out the ...
News Tunisia: Foreign Investments Post 15.2% Increase In Tunisia
The flow of international investments posted a year-on-year increase of 15.2% in Tunisia in the first quarter of 2023, to DT 686.4 million (USD 224.8 million), the TAP state news agency reported on ...
News Tunisia: EU macrofinancial assistance for Tunisia is conditioned to deal on IMF programs
Read more about EU macrofinancial assistance for Tunisia is conditioned to deal on IMF programs on Devdiscourse ...
News Tunisia: EU must sanction Tunisia’s Saied say families of jailed opposition leaders
The European Commission has been urged to use its international human rights regime to impose sanctions on the Tunisian president and several leading ministers in his government amid growing concern about the collapse of democratic and political freedom in the North African state.
News Tunisia: European Commission plans migration control, financial aid to Tunisia
The European Commission plans to tackle political and economic instability in Tunisia leading to migration influx caused by economic instability, according to an internal note sent to the member states, seen by EURACTIV.
News Tunisia: Tunisia able to honour its external financial commitments despite crisis (Mohsen Hassen)
27/04/2023 17:43, TUNIS/Tunisia (TAP editorial staff) - Tunisia is still able to fulfill its financial commitments despite the "suffocating" internal and external crises it is facing, economic expert Mohsen Hassan said. "President Kais Saied's comments about Tunisia's relations with the IMF, the downgrading of its sovereign rating and the delay in signing an agreement with this financial institution have certainly had an impact on the...
News Tunisia: Tunisia: Is democracy there being destroyed?
After ousting the authoritarian President Ben Ali in 2011, Tunisia built a democracy Tunisia is the only country which overthrew an authoritarian ruler during the 2011 Arab Spring and went on to ...
News Tunisia: Tunisia faces risk of major financial instability without IMF support (S&P)
The Tunisian and Turkish economies are the most vulnerable to changes in global liquidity. According to S&P Global Ratings, banks can be exposed ...
News Tunisia: World Bank to Back Tunisia, Signals Worry on Egypt Amid Distress
The World Bank is hashing out its approach to Tunisia and Egypt as two of the most distressed sovereigns in the broader Middle East look for external financing in the face of relentless pressure on ...
