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The European Film Festival’s 18th Edition Opens in Tunis

Amel Gaaloul | 19 November 2011 | 1 Comment

Tonight, at the Colisée theatre in central Tunis, will be held the European Film Festival’s opening ceremony, kick-starting a series of screenings and related activities across the country. The festival, which is at its 18th edition, is organized by the European Commission Delegation and EU member countries in Tunisia, in collaboration with The Tunisian Ministry of [...]

Mourad Trabelsi Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Wiem Melki | 18 November 2011 | 2 Comments

Mourad Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of the deposed President Ben Ali, was sentenced to ten years in prison yesterday, November 17th. The Court of First Instance in Tunis charged him and one of his accomplices with fraud. Trabelsi was sentenced to prison for three years on the basis of fraud and corruption. His case involved a fishing [...]

US State Department Funds English Learning Platform for Tunisiana Users

Emna Belgasmi | 18 November 2011 | 17 Comments

The US Department of State has launched a mobile English language learning platform in collaboration with Tunisiana & Edupartage.com. This service is offered to Tunisiana’s 6 million subscribers for free, for a period of 90 days. US Department of State experts have worked in partnership with Edupartage’s local teaching committee to offer “Najja7ni M-English” mobile [...]

Nabil Karoui’s Trial Postponed

Samia Fitouri | 17 November 2011 | 11 Comments

Nabil Karoui, President and CEO of Maghrebian TV channel Nessma, went on to court today to face charges of ”undermining sacred values”. in a crowded courtroom Nessma TV’s broadcast of Iranian animation film “Persepolis” on 7 October, in a Tunisian dialect-dubbed version, had caused a wave of protests, leading to violent attacks against the channel’s [...]

Tunisia Re-Elected for a Second Term in the Executive Committee of Partners in Population and Development

Hend Hassassi | 17 November 2011 | 0 Comments

Tunisia, represented by the National Board for Family and Population (ONFP in its French acronym), has been re-elected for a second term (2011-2014) within the Executive Committee of Partners in Population and Development (PPD), during the board’s 16th meeting, which was recently held in Pretoria, South Africa. PPD, founded in 1994, aims at expanding and [...]

Ben Jaafar set to head the Constituent Assembly

Hend Hassassi | 17 November 2011 | 2 Comments

A source close to Ennahda told TAP that Ettakatol’s political bureau has agreed to assign Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Ettakatol’s secretary general, as the President of the Constituent Assembly in exchange for awarding the ministerial portfolios of Justice and Foreign Affairs to members of the Ettakatol party. According to the TAP source, a meeting was held [...]

Euromed Audiovisual Launched in Tunis: £11 Million to Fund 7 Projects of Cinematography and Audiovisual Production in the Mediterranean

Wiem Melki | 16 November 2011 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, November 15th, the project Euromed Audiovisual was launched in the Africa Hotel, Tunis, by a press conference headed by Adrianus Koetsenruijter, chief of the EU Delegation to Tunisia. Euromed Audiovisual involves a myriad of projects and trainings to promote the audiovisual cooperation between the EU and several partners in the Mediterranean. Tunisia, as the [...]

Iran Seeking Nearer Relations With Tunisia

Sadok Ayari | 16 November 2011 | 0 Comments

Iran is seeking closer ties with Tunisia, says Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Akbar Salehi. The news was announced on Saturday, November 12 in Tehran by Mr. Salehi, during a meeting with a delegation of Tunisian artists and cultural leaders. Mr. Salehi praised the Tunisian Revolution and stressed the pioneering role it played in triggering the [...]

Tunisia to Send 400 Police Officers and Soldiers to Qatar

Wiem Melki | 16 November 2011 | 11 Comments

The Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation (TATC) announced that 400 Tunisian police and national guard members will be sent to Qatar. The mission of the agents hired will be to ensure security during upcoming important events Qatar is organizing, such as the 2011 Pan Arab Games and preparations for the World Cup in 2022. The spokesperson [...]

International Media Agencies Contributed to Brightening Ben Ali’s Image

Samia Fitouri | 16 November 2011 | 22 Comments

Following ten months of investigation, the National Commission of Investigating Corruption and Wrongdoings has delivered a well detailed report containing a number of frauds committed by the Tunisian External Communications Agency involving several American based organizations. In order to optimize exposure on the international scene, the ex-regime sponsored the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce (TACC), the Tunisian [...]

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