The founders of the “ Citizenship Initiative ” hosted a Press Conference on Thursday, April 28th. The “Citizenship Initiative” is a movement that was initiated by a group of Tunisian scholars aiming at raising political awareness among people, and sensibilizing them of the importance of the upcoming elections. It started with a small number and [...]
Youssef Gaigi – Dhehiba The situation on the Tunisia-Libyan border witnessed today Thursday April 28th 2011 tremendous fluctuations. The fighting is 5Km away from the Tunisian border, the sound of shelling can be heard and the rebels are pulling back to the border crossing. The fighting is getting closer to the border common-gate. The city [...]
Mohamed Ali Chebaane – Nalut, Libya From Dhehiba, the road leads straight to Wazin, which is the first Libyan town. Life has just disappeared few kilometres from the border, all you can see is a ghost city where the government of Gaddafi tried to cut off the basic needs that a human being should have [...]
By Mohamed Ali Chebâane Dehiba – (Tunisia Live) Following the situation at the borders between Tunisia & Libya, the Dehiba’s gate has been one of the major check points during the last days, and which witnessed rebels taking the control of the gate during a clash between freedom fighters and Gaddafi’s forces last thursday. [...]
The Golden Comar Prize has been attributed to Houcine El Wad, a university professor, poet and literary critic, for his novel ”Rawaeh el Medina” (The Scent of the City). The 15th edition was held Saturday, April 23, 2011 at a hotel in Tunis in the presence of Minister of Culture Mr. Ezzedine Bechaouch.
Ibrahim Ben Slama – (Tunisia Live) The “Not for Parties but for a Homeland” and the Forum of Independent Tunisian Citizens organized, yesterday at Al Hamra, a lecture and adebate about the Republican Pact. The table gathered the historian Hedi Timoumi, and thetwo juridical professors Souad Moussa, and Abderrazak Ben Mokhtar. Mr. Timoumi started by [...]
(TAP) - The draft decree-law on repairing damage caused in the last months and the agreement in principle on the launch, shortly, of wages bargaining, were the major items on the agenda of the Interim Cabinet’s regular meeting, held on Friday. The meeting, held at the Government Palace in Kasbah under the chairmanship of Interim President [...]
(TAP) In a communiqué released on Friday, the Ministry denounces allegations made by some newspapers and TV channels which describe the incident, that resulted in the death of 13 persons, as having been “plotted” by the ousted president who sought “to get rid of some military officers.” The Ministry criticised the print and audiovisual media [...]
- Ibrahim Ben Slama (Tunisia Live) Yesterday, El Teatro held a lecture and an open debate animated by Sghaïer Ouled Hmid about “the Revolution and the rupture”. The cultural center opened its doors to the Syrian poet and essayist Ali Ahmad Saîd, alias Adonis and theTunisian sociologist and writer Taher Labib. In his opening speech, Mr. Sghaïer asserted, [...]
Tunis Air Resumes Flights on November 16th
Tunis Air is to resume regular flights to Tripoli from Wednesday, November 16th, with two daily services, or 14 flights weekly. According to a statement published yesterday by the airline company, flights will systematically depart from Tunis-Carthage Airport, and scheduled as follows: TU 417 at 1:45pm and TU 413 at 5:50pm. Tunis Air already operates [...]
Baghdadi Mahmoudi To Seek Political Asylum in Tunisia
Former Libyan Prime Minister under Gaddafi, Baghdadi Mahmoudi, is to seek political asylum from the UNHCR to avoid extradition to Libya, normally scheduled on November 11th, 2011 – a decision which made by Tunisian justice on November 8th, 2011. This comes after Saadi Gaddafi was granted asylum by Niger president Mohamed Youssef for “humanitarian reasons,” [...]
Will Political Moderate Islam Take The Lead in Post-Elections Tunisia?
For fifty years and through two authoritarian regimes, Tunisian Islamists lived in repression. Both presidents tried to suppress political Islamism to gain the trust and support of Western forces. They also promoted secularism in Tunisia by pushing new laws and regulations to separate religion and state. After the collapse of Ben Ali’s regime following the popular [...]
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