Day: December 25, 2016

C.Mabkhout: book fair budget to be quintupled

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The budget of the 33rd edition of the Tunis International Book Fair 2017, scheduled for March 24-April 2, 2017 at El Kram Exhibition Centre, will be raised by 500%, announced Director of the event Chokri Mabkhout. “The increase in the budget of the fair was decided in consultation with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs to ensure a better organisation of this important event,” he said at a consultation meeting ahead of the Fair held, Saturday. Chokri Mabkhout said after meeting Minister of Culture Mohamed Zine El Abidine that the Ministry…

Tunisians against return of those who joined ranks of jihadist groups in hotbeds of tension

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Tunisian women shout slogans during a demonstration outside the House of the People’s Representatives (HPR-parliament) in Bardo, Tunis, against allowing Tunisians who joined the ranks of jihadist groups in hotbeds of  tension to return to the country. They wave banderoles written in Arabic : ”No to terrorism”. Men and women, young and old, students, teachers, journalists and lawyers gathered, Saturday in front of the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) to express their categorical refusal of the return of Tunisians from hotbeds of tension. They also pleaded against any transformation of…