Day: March 17, 2018

Challenging mix of modern art, politics and history in Bardo museum exhibition

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The “Barker of Bardo,” a fictional persona created by Faten Rouissi, welcomes visitors to an exhibition of contemporary art. While the Bardo National Museum usually greets visitors with mosaics on the walls of white-clad rooms, these days guests are greeted by a giant white statue with a muzzle strategically placed where the head should be, lit with a blue projector highlighting a card that reads: “The Barker of Bardo.” Instead of the iconic mosaics, it is the “Barker of Bardo,” a fictional persona created by Faten Rouissi that welcomes visitors…

Partnerships key to promoting economic empowerment for rural women in the MENA region

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The economic empowerment of rural women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was the topic of a side-event organized by the governments of Italy and Tunisia, in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), UN Women and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The event featured a range of high-level speakers from Italy, the MENA region, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, and was moderated by Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations in New York. “Women face several barriers…

Migrants: Italian naval ship San Giusto berths in Tunisia

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The Italian naval ship San Giusto is in Tunisia for the second time as part of the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean – EUNAVFOR Med operation Sophia, of which Tunisia  is a partner, ANSAmed reports in its website. San Giusto is berthed in La Goulette. EU ambassador in Tunisia, Patrice Bergamini, and Sophia commander Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, said at a joint press conference that the EU naval mission launched on May 18, 2015, served to combat migrant trafficking and save lives in the Mediterranean, according to the source. “This…

New combined cycle power plant for Tunisia

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A groundbreaking ceremony has taken place for a new gas-fired combined cycle power plant has been laid in Tunisia. The $340m Rades C plant is about 10 km east of the capital, Tunis, and will have a capacity of 450 MW. Initial gas turbine operation is scheduled to be finished before summer 2019, with combined cycle full operation expected a year later, at which time the plant will provide about 10 per cent of Tunisia’s total power generating capacity. The plant is being built by Japan’s Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems…