Controversy is brewing in Tunisia after several media outlets began reporting that the judiciary is mulling charging the country’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Othman Battikh with corruption charges.
Local media outlets reported on Saturday that the corruption charges are related to misuse of funds by Battikh during the 2015 Hajj season when the mufti was the minister of religious affairs atRead more
The new unity government of Youssef Chahed won resounding support from parliament, approving a new cabinet line-up which must tackle the country's pressing socio-economic and security challenges.
After a long day of debate, the country's legislature overwhelmingly approved Chahed's line up, with 167 votes in favour, 22 against and five abstentions.
According to parliament's spokesman Hassen Fathalli, the new cabinetRead more
Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi has proposed a junior minister who is a family member as his candidate to replace sacked Prime Minister Habib Essid, politicians said on Tuesday, drawing accusations of nepotism from the opposition.
Critics in the opposition and Essebsi’s own Nidaa Tounes party have in the past accused the president of trying to line up his sonRead more
Tunisia’s Parliament is holding a no-confidence vote that is expected to decide the fate of technocratic Prime Minister Habib Essid, a US-trained agricultural economist whose authority has suffered amid the country’s economic and social turmoil.
The odds are stacked against Essid, who has been criticized by both the four-party ruling coalition and Tunisia’s opposition. Essid himself appears resigned to aRead more
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid on Friday met Hend Al-Sabeeh, Kuwait's minister of social affairs and labor and minister of state for planning and development affairs, currently on a visit to Tunisia.
After the meeting, she said talks were fruitful and was an opportunity to discuss a set of important issues related to bilateral cooperation, adding that the prime ministerRead more
Moroccan Premier Abdelilah Benkirane met here on Tuesday with his Tunisian counterpart Habib Essid, Who is currently visiting Morocco.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral ties and means to promote joint cooperation in the fields of development, education, and security coordination in addition to regional developments
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Prime Minister of Tunisia Habib Essid met last night with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn, currently visiting Tunisia.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, in addition to issues of common concern. After the meeting, Asselborn affirmed Luxembourg's keenness to strengthen bilateral relations with Tunisia in all fields.
Meanwhile, a memorandum of understandingRead more
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid decided on Sunday not to allow any Tunisian minister to travel abroad except for the foreign minister.
The decision is part of the government's efforts to save expenses, a Tunisian newspaper said.
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Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid sent Wednesday a cable of condolences to his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel over Brussels terrorist attacks that left scores dead and injured.
Expressing condolences to the victims' families, the Tunisian PM wished a speedy recovery for the wounded, the Tunisian newspaper Al Chourouk said.
Essid, in this regard, underscored the importance of boosting cooperation andRead more
Tunisian Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Nasser and Prime Minister Habib Essid met here today separately with German Parliament Speaker Norbert Lammert, who is currently visiting Tunisia.
Their talks during the two meetings covered cooperation between the two countries particularly in the parliamentary and political fields. The German parliament Speaker affirmed his country's determination to continue toRead more