Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi yesterday discussed with European Parliament Vice-President Fabio Massimo Castaldo the efforts of a peaceful resolution to the Libyan crisis and the achievement of stability in...

The German government has confirmed that it has good relations with Tunisia. The announcement was made after the Tunisians expressed their resentment at receiving a very late invitation to...

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has accused Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt of leading a counter-revolution in North Africa by targeting Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Marzouki made his...

Tunisian President Kais Saied met three candidates for the position of Prime Minister at Carthage Palace on Saturday. The meetings were part of the ongoing consultation process to select...

The Libyan Foreign Ministry called for the need to invite both Qatar and Tunisia to the Berlin Conference, to be held on Sunday. This came in a letter sent...

Tunisians gather in front of General Labour Union building to celebrate the 9th anniversary of ousting Ben Ali

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The government Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli fell Saturday after a no-confidence vote in parliament, Anadolu reports. The Jemli government failed to get a vote of confidence from the Tunisian assembly, Rachid...

Tunisia has “categorically” refused the use of its territory in the on-going Libya conflict between the UN-recognised government based in Tripoli and the army of General Khalifa Haftar, a...

Tunisia is preparing to represent Arab countries as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, replacing Kuwait which occupied the seat during 2018 and 2019, local media reported yesterday....

Tunisia’s designated prime minister Habib Jemli submitted a proposed cabinet to President Kais Saied on Wednesday, but he has not yet publicly announced the names of cabinet ministers, Reuters...

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Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi signed on Friday the Parliament’s joining of the Charter for the Implementation of the Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy. The signing ceremony took place...

Turkey believes that Tunisia will contribute to efforts to promote stability in its eastern neighbor Libya, Turkey’s president said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a joint press conference...

The visit is the first by a head of state to Tunisia since the election of President Kais Saied in October, after Tunisian parliamentary elections

The Tunisian Ennahda party announced on Monday that the consultations on the government formation “have not failed and are still ongoing,” noting that the newly formed government will be...

Tunisia’s prime minister-designate Habib Jemli will form a government made up of independents who do not represent political parties, he said at a news conference on Monday. Jemli, who...

A Tunisian human rights observatory announced, on Wednesday, that more than 500 citizens have been under house arrest for various periods, either on suspicion of terrorism or corruption since...

Tunisian President Kais Saied hosted Fayez al-Sarraj, chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, on Tuesday to discuss economic, political and humanitarian issues of the two countries, reports Anadolu...

MPs in the Tunisian parliament demanded, on Sunday, the dissolution of the Free Destourian Party’s (17 seats / 217) sit-in, which has been going on for six days, at...

The People’s Movement Party and the Democratic Current Party officially announced on Friday that they will not participate and vote for the government of Habib Jemli. Mohammed Abbou, secretary-general...

Tunisia’s designated prime minister Habib Jemli expects to pull together a new coalition government next week after an election in October produced a fractured parliament, reports Reuters. Since the...

Tunisian politicians, journalists and activists called for the country’s Tourism Minister Roni Trabelsi to be sacked after he was accused of attempting to normalise ties with Israel, Anadolu reported...

Twenty-two people have been killed and dozens injured in a bus accident in Tunisia, the interior ministry announced yesterday. The ministry added that the bus was travelling through Tunisia’s...

Tunisia called on Wednesday people with clear consciences worldwide and all peace-loving actors to “take serious action” in defence of the Palestinian just cause. This came in a message...

In a video posted on his Facebook page, Marzouki announced his decision to withdraw from the presidency of Al-Harak party as well as from political life. This decision had...

Tunisian President Kais Saied called on the world to end successive attempts to exterminate the Palestinian people. During his speech on the 4th anniversary of the martyrdom of members...

Congratulations were conveyed by the Saudi ambassador to Tunisia, Mohammed Bin Mahmoud Al-Ali, during his meeting with speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, Rached Ghannouchi...

On Friday all of Tunisia’s schools organised a stand in solidarity and support of the Palestinian struggle, and against Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state’s statements that legitimise...

On Wednesday, the Tunisian Post issued a commemorative stamp, in Arabic, entitled “Al Quds – the Capital of Palestine”. The issuance of the new postage stamp came to stress ”Tunisia’s firm stance in supporting...

Recent meetings between the new Tunisian president, Kais Saied, and young people from unemployment and poverty-stricken regions, reflect a new communication approach for the president. In the past two...

Tunisian Parliament Speaker and Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi said on Monday that Qalb Tounis (Heart of Tunisia) party would not participate in alliances’ discussions over the formation of the...