BRUSSELS (AFP) - (AFP) - The European Union announced Tuesday 110 million euros ($160 million) in aid aimed at boosting Tunisia's economy as part of political support for its revolution early in the 'Arab Spring.'
The money will support Tunisian government reforms intended to help less-developed inland regions, unemployed graduates and the poorest families, as well as revamping the economy's se [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - Tunisia on Sunday decided to recognise the rebel National Transitional Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, the news agency TAP reported.
"The political decision has been taken," a government source confirmed to AFP, as the rebels in Libya pushed their advance and were said to be only 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the capital Tripoli.
Since the o [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - Confronted with widespread public discontent, Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi on Thursday defended his government's record and said it was doing "the impossible" to bring about elections.
In a 40-minute speech to the nation, Caid Essebsi defended the transitional government's record since February, following the January ouster of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - A court sentenced 25 relatives of Tunisia's ousted leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to jail Friday, most of them caught trying to flee with cash and jewels at the climax of January's revolution.
In one of several trials of figures from the toppled regime, the court in Tunis also issued fines totalling 200 million dinar (more than 100 million euros) for members of Ben Ali's f [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - HHndreds of people demonstrated in central Tunis Monday to demand that members of the toppled Ben Ali regime be stopped from re-entering the political scene or escaping justice for alleged crimes.
The protest, the latest in a series in Tunisia since Zine el Abidine Ben Ali was forced out in January by a popular uprising, came days after courts freed two ministers in the fo [...]
UMM AL-FAR, Libya (AFP) - (AFP) - Libyan rebels seized two localities near the Tunisian border on Thursday as part of their pre-Ramadan offensive aimed at unseating strongman Moamer Kadhafi, an AFP correspondent said.
The first was the town of Al-Ghazaya, some 12 kilometres (nine miles) from the frontier and the second was Umm Al-Far, a hamlet of a few hundred inhabitants 10 kilometres northeas [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - Hundreds of Tunisians rallied in the capital Thursday, denouncing the "violence and chaos" that persist six months after the toppling of authoritarian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
The protesters marched for three kilometres (two miles) to the central Pasteur square, closely watched by police, while chanting "Yes to unity", AFP reporters witnessed.
The gr [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - A Tunisian court on Thursday opened and quickly adjourned two more trials of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, now living in exile in Saudi Arabia, accusing him of corruption and property fraud.
The court granted a request by the defendants' court-appointed lawyers who said they needed more time to prepare their case, scheduling the next hearing for Jul [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - Tunisia's top parties on Tuesday condemned a weekend spate of violent incidents and reiterated their commitment to October polls amid growing concern the revolution's gains were being rolled back.
"We condemn violence wherever it comes from, be it from demonstrators or from the security forces," Rached Ghannouchi, chairman of the main Islamist movement Ennahda, [...]
TUNIS (AFP) - (AFP) - Tunisia's prime minister on Monday warned against attempts to derail October elections, as a surge in violence fueled fears that the country's democratic revolution was being rolled back.
Against a backdrop of confusion and mounting discontent over the pace of change, Beji Caid Essebsi attempted to reassure the population and outlined his government's roadmap f [...]
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