Day: March 28, 2017

Senior Russian Diplomat, Tunisian Foreign Minister Discuss Libyan Settlement

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui discussed on Monday issues regarding bilateral relations as well as the two states’ efforts toward the resolution of the Libyan conflict, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The statement noted that Bogdanov and Jhinaoui had also discussed a number of aspects on the agenda of the upcoming 28th Arab League summit, which is will be held in Jordan’s capital city of Amman on Wednesday. “During the confidential talks both sides discussed … the efforts of Moscow and Tunisia taken as part of promoting intra-Lybian reconciliation and…

Tunisia: those who have been living on public domains for 30-40 years will become their owners

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– During a field visit last Sunday with the Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, Tunisia’s State secretary to public domains and land affairs, Mabrouk Korchid, announced that some of the people living on public properties will now be granted ownership of these lands. This stands only for those who have been occupying these lands for the past 30 to 40 years. “It is the right of citizens who have been living on these lands for 30 to 40 years, after establishing their homes on them in good faith, to be awarded…

TALKS ABOUT REGULAR DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN HUNGARY AND TUNISIA

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State secretary Levente Magyar on Monday announced plans to launch regular direct flights between Hungary and Tunisia. Following talks in Tunis he told MTI by phone that regular direct flights will be required because Hungarian tourists now fill weekly five charter flights to Tunisia, up from the earlier weekly two. The security situation justifies the increased demand, with the authorities in Tunisia keeping things under control and no terrorist attacks committed against tourists in the past one year, he added. An official Tunisian delegation will travel to Budapest next week…

Judges in Tunisia strike

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Tunisian judges Monday began a general strike against the deterioration in their working conditions answers calls from the Tunisian Judges Association. President of the Tunisian Judges Association, Rawda Al-Qarafi, said: “We live in a strange and unprecedented situation after the government and the Ministry of Justice closed all channels of dialogue, which is a retreat from the most important constitutional gains, which is the partnership to manage the judicial component.” “The crisis includes the legislative initiative to revise the Supreme Judicial Council law which would allow the political authority to…

LAICO plans Tunis hotel reopening by end of August

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The LAICO hotel group, part of the Libyan Investment Authority, plans to fully reopen its five-star Abu Niwas hotel in downtown Tunis by the end of August, it was announced today. The hotel, which has been closed for eight years, has been undergoing refurbishment recently. According to Ashraf Elataeb, the general manager of Laico Tunisia, the aim is to restart operations at the end of June, gradually building up to the grand reopening two months later. However, the main issue, he said at a press conference in Tunis this afternoon,…

Tunisia: group of 180 journalists and tour operators from Luxembourg arrive in Djerba

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A group of 180 journalists and tour operators from Luxembourg arrived on Sunday evening at Djerba-Zarzis airport. They represent France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg in a 24-hour promotional campaign, initiated by an air carrier and a global tour operator, in partnership with the National Tourist Board (ONTT). This action comes in anticipation of the next summer tourist season.  TAP