Archive for July, 2011

Tunisia Talks: Interview with Mohamed Malouche

| 31 July 2011 | 1 Comment

Tunisia Live team sat down with Mohamed Malouche, CEO of PromoTunisia and president of Tunisian American Young Professionals. In this interview Mr. Malouche introduces the association and company he works within and illustrates its aims and goals.

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Mohamed Malouche

Mohamed Malouche

| 31 July 2011 | 1 Comment

Click here for the interview Mohamed Malouche was born in Tunis, Tunisia and is an example of a Tunisian success story. He works now as a  senior manager for Deloitte company, in Washington DC metro are. With Deloitte, Mohamed assists clients in the telecom and media industries with the launch and business readiness of innovative [...]

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Podcast: Press Headlines – July 31st

| 31 July 2011 | 0 Comments

Click below to listen to a podcast of today’s headlines from the Tunisian Press:

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Tunisian Illegal Immigrants Return, Telling of “European Nightmare”

Tunisian Illegal Immigrants Return, Telling of “European Nightmare”

| 31 July 2011 | 0 Comments

It all started after the well known date, the 14th of January. Tunisia found itself in a political and economical vacuum, convincing some that it was the most appropriate time to flee their country for better chances in the “promised land,” as Europe is known by many clandestine immigrants. Many have now returned to Tunisia and [...]

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Minister of Religious Affairs: No Politicization of Mosques

Minister of Religious Affairs: No Politicization of Mosques

| 31 July 2011 | 0 Comments

Laroussi Mizouri, Minister of Religious Affairs, has reasserted the denunciation of the ministry of any attempt or form of politicization of the mosques. He affirmed that the key concern of the ministry is to keep the mosques apart from political operations and maintain their foremost function, which is the fulfillment of prayer. During a briefing [...]

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Registration for the Constituent Assembly Deadline Extended

Registration for the Constituent Assembly Deadline Extended

| 31 July 2011 | 2 Comments

By Eymen Gamha. The High Authority for the Elections (known by its French acronym ISIE) declared in a press release on Saturday that the registration for the elections of the constituent assembly will be extended until August 14th. This should allow for more people to register themselves for the upcoming elections, as the number of registered people [...]

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28 New Ambassadors of Tunisia Receive their Credentials.

28 New Ambassadors of Tunisia Receive their Credentials.

| 31 July 2011 | 0 Comments

On the morning of Friday, July 29th, Mr. Foued Mebazaâ, Interim President of Tunisia, held a ceremony in Carthage in which he delivered the credentials of 28 new Ambassadors of the Tunisian Republic. Mr. Mebazaâ stressed that the appointment of new ambassadors after the revolution of January 14th made ​​them assume a heavy responsibility, given [...]

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Handball: Tunisia 3rd at Junior World Cup

Handball: Tunisia 3rd at Junior World Cup

| 31 July 2011 | 0 Comments

Despite the loss in the semi finals against Denmark ( final score 21-35) which was attributed to fatigue, the Tunisian handball team compensated on Saturday by winning the bronze medal in the Junior Handball World Cup. They defeated the Egyptian team  (24-18) in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Tunisians nicely concluded their Junior World Cup, after winning their matches against [...]

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Press Headlines – July 31st

| 31 July 2011 | 0 Comments

Al Chorouk الشروق – (The Sunrise), Daily Independent A Law Suit Filed Against Minister of Tourism and Trade Illegal Immigration: Who is going to get for us our Lost Children Minister of Trade: People’s Greed has Turned their Homes into Food Stores Rebels Confess: Islamic Extremist Militia Killed Gen. Younes Al Sabah الصباح – (The [...]

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Is the Tunisian Media Reliable?

Is the Tunisian Media Reliable?

| 31 July 2011 | 0 Comments

By Eymen Gamha Achourouk (The Sunrise), a popular newspaper, related on July 26th, that two bearded men assaulted a young woman  in Hammam Lif, a southern suburb of Tunis. The same article relates that the two men approached the woman and deliberately attacked her with a razor blade in her face and chest because she [...]

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