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Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:11:42 GMT
TAP Staff Rally Outside Agency's Headquarters
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A protest rally was held on Thursday outside the headquarters of TAP News Agency, to denounce the politically-motivated appointments at the head of the agency and "Shems FM" radio station.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:29:15 GMT
FTDJ and Bar Association Denounce Police Raid On TAP News Agency
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Board of Directors of the Tunisian Federation of Newspaper Directors (French: FTDJ) expressed "deep concern" over the recent events at TAP news agency following the "unexpected" appointment of new CEO Kamel...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:29:11 GMT
Parliament Passes Bill On €600 Million Loan Agreement Between Tunisia and EU
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The House of People's Representatives (French: ARP) passed at a plenary on Thursday a bill approving a memorandum of understanding and loan agreement between Tunisia and the European Union (89 votes in favour a...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:29:07 GMT
WWF North Africa Launches People and Cork Project
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The project People and cork "Improving the values of the cork oak cultural landscape in favor of local community development in the cork forests of the Kroumirie-Mogods region" was launched Thursday by WWF Nort...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:29:04 GMT
BCT Governor Hands Head of State 2020 Report On Financial Statements
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Marouane El Abassi, Thursday, handed to President of the Republic Kais Saied the 2020 report on the bank's financial statements as well as the report of the statuto...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:29:01 GMT
Covid-19 - Secondary Education Union Calls for 10-Day Class Halt to Break Transmission Chain
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The General Union of Secondary Education, on Thursday, called on the Education Ministry to take the decision to immediately suspend school classes for ten days.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:28:55 GMT
Covid-19 - New Measures Announced in Kasserine to Break Chains of Transmission
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A package of exceptional measures designed to break transmission chains and contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kasserine was announced by the regional committee to fight coronavirus considering the ...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:28:51 GMT
ARP - Draft Law On Authorisation of State to Subscribe to 7th Capital Increase of AfDB Adopted
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The House of People's Representatives (French: ARP) adopted during a plenary session held on Thursday, a bill on the authorisation of the state to subscribe to the seventh general capital increase of the Africa...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:28:48 GMT
Head of State Meets President of CSM
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saied met Thursday at the Carthage Palace with President of the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM) Youssef Bouzakher who handed him the second annual report of the CSM for the period 2018-2019.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:28:45 GMT
Sfax-Covid-19 - Six More Deaths, 363 Additional Infections and 231 Patients Recovered
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- In the governorate of Sfax, six people died from the Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing to 761 the total number of deceased linked to the pandemic in the region.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:24:51 GMT
ARP - Discussion of Draft Law On Constitutional Court Postponed
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Bureau of the House of People's Representatives (ARP) decided at its meeting Thursday to postpone the discussion of the bill amending and supplementing the organic law No. 50-2015 on the Constitutional Cour...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:24:49 GMT
Police Raid On TAP Is State Scandal - SNJT Vice-President
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- "The Mechichi government fell the moment the first police officer raided the Tunis Afrique Presse TAP news agency on April 13, 2021," said vice-president of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) Ami...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:17:45 GMT
Covid-19 - 16.5 Percent of People Registered On Evax.tn Vaccinated
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Health Ministry said 16.5% of those who registered on Evax.tn platform were vaccinated till April 7.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:17:42 GMT
Covid-19 - 42 Fatalities in Schools From September 15 to April 13
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The COVID-19 death toll in schools from September 15, 2020 to April 13, 2021 hit 42 and the infection tally 9,471, including 8,941 recoveries, according to data released Thursday by the Ministry of Education.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:35:56 GMT
CPJ - Tunisian Authorities Should Respect Independence of TAP
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- " Tunisian authorities should respect the independence of TAP news agency and refrain from using security forces to interfere in the agency's personnel issues," the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:49:31 GMT
Covid-19 - Tunisair Recalls Entry Conditions to Tunisian Territory
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The national carrier Tunisair on Thursday recalled in a press release, the entry conditions to the Tunisian territory, in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:44:49 GMT
GSU Attacker Omuse Ready to Roar in Tunis
[Nation] General Service Unit (GSU) men's volleyball team right attacker Kelvin Omuse will make his debut at the African Volleyball Clubs Championship that gets underway on Friday in Tunis, Tunisia.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:37:28 GMT
FIPA Launches New Program '#UpTunisia By FIPA'
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) in Tunisia on Thursday launched a new program, called #UpTunisia by FIPA, which relies on Tunisians abroad who number more than 1.5 million people, to promote inve...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:47:20 GMT
Tataouine-Covid-19 - Situation Is 'Very Dangerous', Says Governor
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, in Tataouine (South of Tunisia), Governor of the region, Adel Ouerghi described the situation as "very dangerous", calling on citizens to protect themselves and respect the hea...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:47:16 GMT
Coronavirus - 84 More Deaths
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of deaths due to the coronavirus reached 9,480 deaths, after recording, until Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 84 more deaths, according to the Health Ministry.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:35:09 GMT
Mongi Rahoui Says His Physical Safety Is Under Threat
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- MP and leader in the Party of the Unified Democratic Patriots (PPDU) Mongi Rahoui said, Wednesday, that he had been notified by the Interior Ministry that "he is facing serious threats to his physical safety".

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:35:06 GMT
Political Parties, Organisations and Personalities in Solidarity With TAP Staff
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Political parties, organisations and national personalities voiced their solidarity with the journalists and employees of the Tunis Afrique Presse TAP news agency in their "legitimate struggle for the liberatio...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:35:02 GMT
Coronavirus - 3 More Fatalities, 74 Infections in Kef
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Kef recorded 3 fatalities of the COVID-19 on Wednesday, while 74 others tested positive for the virus, after returning the results of 161 tests.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:34:58 GMT
HAICA Condemns 'Gross Assault' On TAP Journalists
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAICA) condemned the "gross assault" by police officers on journalists of TAP News Agency, in an attempt to forcibly install Kamel Ben Younes at the...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:34:54 GMT
Union of Youth Forces Supports TAP
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Union of Youth Forces expressed its total and unconditional support to the freedom of the press and to all "honest journalists who stood up against oppression, Tuesday, at Tunis Afrique Presse news agency".

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:34:52 GMT
TAP General Management Denounces Police Raid On Its Premises
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The general management of TAP news agency has denounced Tuesday's police raid on its premises and the multiple violations and acts of provocation by security forces.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:16:38 GMT
TAP General Management Denounces Police Raid On Its Premises
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The general management of TAP news agency has denounced Tuesday's police raid on its premises and the multiple violations and acts of provocation by security forces.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:56:52 GMT
UPR Condemns Police Intervention At TAP Premises
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Republican People's Union Party (UPR) strongly condemned the police intervention at the premises of the Tunis Afrique-Presse (TAP) news agency to forcibly install the new CEO Kamel Ben Younes, recently appo...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:50:19 GMT
Tunisia's Basketball Cup - ES Rades and JS Manazeh Through to Quarterfinals
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- ES Rades and JS Manazeh qualified for the quarterfinals of the Tunisian basketball cup, after beating Etoile Sahel (86-79) and AS Hammamet (85-82), respectively, at the fourth preliminary round, played Wednesda...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:46:02 GMT
Protest Rally Thursday in Wake of Police Raid On TAP Premises - Snjt
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (French; SNJT) urged Wednesday journalists and national organisations as well as champions of freedom of press and expression to attend a protest rally on Thursday out...



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