Carrefour Employees Affiliated with the CGTT Union to Strike from May 25-26
Carrefour employees affiliated with the Tunisian General Labor Confederation (CGTT) union announced a strike from May 25-26 in a press [...]
Labor
Tunisair Workers Affiliated with GCTT Announce Strike
Tunisair workers affiliated with the Tunisian General Labor Confederation (known as GCTT) announced a strike to take place on May [...]
Tunisian Chemical Group in Gabès Ceases Activities Due to Phosphate Shortage
Due to a shortage of phosphate reserves, the branch of Tunisian Chemical Group (GCT) in Gabès, a town located in [...]
Energy
Revamping Tunisia’s Energy Policies to Fuel Economy
The steps that Tunisia’s government takes towards maximizing energy efficiency and diversifying its energy sources may play a role in [...]
Tunisia to Build First Private Oil Refinery
The first private oil refinery in Tunisia is to be built this year. Minister of Industry Mohamed Lamine Chakhari [...]
Trade
Tunisian Government Seeks to Boost Production of Local Handicrafts
It’s May, and the peak tourism season in Tunisia is around the corner. Walking through the narrow streets of the [...]
Smuggling of Diseased Palms Threatens Date Production in Tunisia
Biological epidemics are a serious natural threat to Tunisia’s southern oases. Blights such as the fungal pathogen, fusarium albedinis, are the cause [...]
Arts
Tsaw’ART Takes Over Marsa Street
Yesterday artists and residents in La Marsa took over one of their streets for the Tsaw’ART festival. From 10:30 a.m. [...]
Willis from Tunis – Chronicles of A Feline Dissident
When the soon-to-be ex-President of Tunisia, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, publicly addressed a nation in open revolt on January 13 2011, [...]
Ephemeral Art: Tunisian and French Artists Expose their Works in Belvédère Park
Today, Tunisia Live went to visit the “Art Without Borders” temporary exhibit at the National Center for Living Arts in [...]
Lifestyle
The Tunisian Magazine Editor Who is Giving Fashion a Conscience
The daughter of a former Tunisian ambassador to Senegal, Fériel Berraies Guigny is no stranger to politics and process. But [...]
The Yoga Debate in Tunisia
Yoga is a sport people seek out for relaxation and self-control. In Tunisia, its legitimacy has been questioned by some [...]
Local
Smuggling Attempt from Libya Triggers Clashes in Ben Guerdane
On Saturday, thirty trucks loaded with bananas, apples, and a variety of electrical and household equipment were stopped at the [...]
Courts & Law
Two Moroccan Jihadist Scholars Detained at Tunis-Carthage International Airport
Two Moroccan Jihadist scholars, Hassan Kettani and Omar Hadouchi, were detained yesterday night at Tunis-Carthage International Airport. Over 100 sympathizers flooded the [...]
Libya
Candidate for Libyan Constituent Assembly Assassinated After Filing to Run
A candidate for the Libyan Constituent Assembly Elections was killed on Sunday after he was pursued by five cars shortly [...]
Maghreb
Tunisian President Expresses Satisfaction with Algerian Legislative Elections
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki expressed satisfaction with “the atmosphere of calm in the legislative elections in Algeria, and which contested all [...]
Europe
Extra Cost for French Visa Offset by Faster Services, French Consul Says
“A visa is not a stamp on a passport, it is more complicated than that,” said Bertrand Weisberger, a representative [...]
Health & Science
“Terrified to be Penetrated”: Deconstructing Virginity
“In Islam, sex is forbidden for both women and men before marriage. But the male does not have a [physical] [...]
Environment
Kelibia La Blanche’s Seaside Heritage Faces Threat of Urban Encroachment
Blessed with one of the finest beaches in Tunisia, Kelibia- a coastal town in the Cap Bon Peninsula- faces major social [...]
Media
Tunisian Newspaper Director Ends Hunger Strike Over Unfair Advertising Distribution
Today, during a press conference at the Ministry of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, Nabil Jridet, the director of Tunisian post-revolutionary newspaper [...]