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2025 Cereal Harvest: Tunisia Covers 60% of Its National Needs, A Step Toward Food Sovereignty
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The President of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries, Moez Zaghdane, announced that the 2025 cereal harvest is expected to cover around 60% of the country’s national needs, a significant improvement...

Jabeur retires from Wimbledon during first-round match after medical timeout
LONDON (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur retired during her first-round match Monday after taking a medical timeout, the latest issue for her during an injury-filled season. Jabeur, a 30-year-old from Tunisia, quit playing while...

Wimbledon: 2-time runner-up Ons Jabeur quits during her first-round match after a medical timeout
LONDON (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur retired during her first-round match Monday after taking a medical timeout, the latest issue for her during an injury-filled season. Jabeur, a 30-year-old from Tunisia, quit playing while...

Tunisia: Prime Minister announces launch of unified digital platform to track public project progress
Tunis - Prime Minister Sarra Zaâfrani Zenzri announced during a Cabinet meeting held at the Government Palace in Kasbah Saturday the launch of a unified digital platform to monitor the real-time progress of public projects. The platform will...

Tunisia: 30 companies participate in Senefood & Senepack 2025 expo in Dakar
A delegation of 30 Tunisian companies operating in the agri-food, packaging, and biotechnology sectors took part in the 12th edition of the Senefood International Food Exhibition and the Senepack International Packaging Exhibition, held from June...

Arab Parliament delegation visits UAE floating hospital
A high-level delegation from the Arab Parliament has visited Palestinian patients at the UAE floating hospital in the Egyptian city of Al Arish. The delegation, headed by the parliament's president, Mohammed Ahmed Al Yammahi, toured the hospital's...

Tunisian star Mohamed Mrad honored in Casablanca for his powerful role in the film “JAD”
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Tunisian cinema once again shines on the international stage. Actor Mohamed Mrad won the Best Actor Award on Friday in Casablanca at the Arab Film Festival for his striking performance in JAD, a poignant film...

Why Do Tunisians Keep Swimming Despite Weather Warnings?
As the summer of 2025 has barely begun, Tunisia is already grappling with an alarming number of drownings—48 deaths recorded in just the first three weeks of June, according to data from the Civil Protection Authority. These tragedies have...

SFD signs deal worth over $38 million to enhance infrastructure in Tunisia
Saudi Gazette report TUNIS — Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Officer Sultan Al-Marshad signed on Saturday a new development loan agreement with Tunisian Minister of Economy and Planning Dr. Samir Abdelhafidh to finance the...

'My son, dad and brother were killed in Tunisia terror attack ten years ago - time doesn't heal'
On the morning of June 26, 2015, four members of a family on a 'boys' holiday' lay sunbathing at a beachfront resort in Tunisia. By midday, three of them were dead. At 11.45am that day, a gunman stormed the Sousse hotel in a terror attack killing...

What Are the Greatest Global Threats by the End of 2025 – And How Tunisia Can Respond
As 2025 shapes up to be one of the most volatile years in recent decades, multiple global threats are emerging simultaneously. Tunisia, as a Mediterranean country exposed to external shocks, is not immune. Yet, it can act now to mitigate the...

Tunisia seeks financial and administrative renewal
Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced that new solutions are urgently needed to revitalise public financing in light of the economic and financial crisis the country is going through. The Tunisian head of state stressed that this process...
Tunisia, Oman discuss boosting trade, investment ties
TUNIS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development Samir Abid met Friday in Tunis with a high-level Omani delegation to discuss ways to strengthen economic cooperation, according to a statement issued by the Tunisian...

Here We Go: Chelsea Agree Deal for ‘Game Changer’ – Medical Imminent
As Chelsea prepare for their last 16 clash at the Club World Cup against Benfica, the club are still actively working in the transfer market. Fabrizio Romano has now delivered his “here we go” as he reports Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund have...

Cleanliness, Civility, Safety: Tunisia Faces the Test of Its Tourism Ambitions
Social media is awash with images: garbage-strewn streets, impassable sidewalks, polluted beaches, vacant lots turned into illegal dumps, and railway tracks overrun with waste. This urban decay now spares no city—not even Sidi Bou Saïd, once the...

Tunisia: FDI up 21% in 2024 (UNCTAD)
Tunis - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Tunisia increased by 21% in 2024, compared to 2023, reaching $936 million, according to the latest World Investment Report published Thursday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...

Tunisia Launches First National Eye Health Day: Over 800 Free Cataract Surgeries Across the Country
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the association “One Day One Dream”, is organizing the first National Eye Health Day on Saturday, June 21, 2025, across both public and private healthcare institutions...

Tunisia: Banking sector fails to reinvest enough profits into economy (Guizani)
Encouraging banking competition, cleaning up the sector, strengthening regulation, increasing transparency, and promoting innovation and fairness: these are the key recommendations made by Professor Brahim Guizani, faculty member at the Tunis...

Tunisia-Egypt : Towards a Strengthened Partnership in the Health Sector
The strengthening of Tunisian-Egyptian cooperation in the health sector was the focus of a meeting held on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, between Tunisia’s Minister of Health, Mustapha Ferjani, and Egypt’s Ambassador to Tunisia, Bassem Hassen. This...

Tunisia – First National Eye Health Day: Free Cataract Surgery
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Ministry of Health plans to offer free cataract surgery to vulnerable people on Saturday, June 21, 2025, in hospitals across the country. The ministry stated in a press release that this initiative is part of...