Day: June 8, 2020

The global leaderless protests, an immense wellspring of social and political anger

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The protests over the police murder of George Floyd have turned into a global movement of unprecedented scope. There have been demonstrations in nearly 2,000 cities and towns worldwide since May 25. Large demonstrations were held in London, Rome, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Paris, Lisbon, Warsaw and many other European cities. More than 12,000 people protested in front of the Norwegian parliament in Oslo on Friday. Protests were organized in Australia, India, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Mexico. Tens of thousands demonstrated across New Zealand last week. Protests throughout the United States are…

Tunisia to reopen borders to tourist starting June 27

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After more than three months with its borders being locked down, Tunisia will reopen its sea, land and air borders to tourists from on starting June 27. “The National Committee to Combat the COVID-19 decided at its meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh to allow inter-city travel starting June 4 and to re-open land, air and sea borders on June 27,” TAP reported. The government said it will allow travel between provinces to resume June 4th.  Intercity tourism accounts for 20% of all tourist activity in Tunisia.  The…

Environmental journalist Saida Zemzemi wins second prize for best article on biodiversity on World Environment Day

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Saida Zemzemi, Environment journalist, won the second prize for the best article on biodiversity on the occasion of World Environment Day. Saida Zemzemi founded the first media institution in the environmental field years ago, where she runs the “Albiaanews” (Environment News) website and magazine, in addition to presenting a radio program to one of the national radio stations. Last year, she won the “Environmental Media” award for the first time in Tunisia, after she published a brochure on oases adapting to climate change. TunsianMonitorOnline

Arab Monetary Fund to provide loans of 98$ mln to Tunisia

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The Arab Monetary Fund, a regional lender, has agreed to provide loans of  $98 million to Tunisia to help it deal with the coronavirus crisis. The loan agreement was signed last May 29 by Governor of Tunisia’s Central Bank (French: BCT) Marouane Abassi and AMF Managing Director Abderrahmane Ben Abdella Al Hamidi, the fund said Friday in a press release A loan of 59 million dollars (nearly 167 million dinars) was recently made to Tunisia under an agreement signed on May 20. It is designed to help meet urgent financial…