Tunisia's Politics

Tunis, January 5, 2009- During his meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr Mohamed Ghannouchi, on Monday, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali focused on the government program for 2009.
He stressed the importance of promoting the legal framework, in order to develop human resources as well as reinforcing infrastructure, especially in industrial and ...

Tunis, December 31, 2008- In a New Year
address to the Tunisian people on Wednesday, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali said that Tunisia “welcomes the New Year 2009 with confidence and optimism, despite the current global economic crisis and its potential effects.”
He also expressed his commitment to expand the scope of ...
Tunis, December 30,2008- The various components of Tunisian civil society, political parties, national organisations, associations, and professional structures, have expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people, following the Israeli air attacks which have caused the death and injury of hundreds of people .
In several communiqués released on Tuesday, the various components of ...

Tunis, December 30, 2008- As a token of solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the face of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza strip which has caused hundreds of casualties, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has decided on Tuesday the ...

Tunis, December 28, 2008- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released the following communiqué: “Tunisia expresses its deep concern following the Israeli air raids in the Gaza strip which have caused scores of victims among the brotherly Palestinian people.
Tunisia condemns this dangerous escalation and reaffirms its call to the international community, and ...

Tunis, December 26, 2008- A cabinet meeting chaired by President Ben Ali on Friday, focused on the new rehabilitation program concerning 26 popular districts, counting 166,000 inhabitants.
The meeting is part of the follow up measures announced by the Head of State on November 7, 2008.
The rehabilitation program which will take place from ...

Tunis, December 25, 2008- President Ben Ali received on Thursday Mr Hadj Gley, Minister of Communication Technologies who briefed him on the implementation of programs and measures with a view to modernizing and promoting the services of communication technologies notably in terms of enhancing the infrastructure pertaining to communications, the internet, broad band ...