Tunisia's Society
Tunis, January 5, 2009- Born in Bizerta on January 2, 1909, Tawhida Ben Cheikh, the first Tunisian and Arab female physician, celebrated on Friday her hundredth birthday.
Tawhida Ben Cheikh* is also the first Tunisian woman to have successfully passed the Baccalaureate exam in 1928.
After studying physics and biology in Paris for ...
Tunis, January 4, 2009- A Tunisian cargo plane carrying emergency relief items for the population of Gaza, has landed on Saturday morning at the El Arich airport, North Sinai, in Egypt.
This initiative comes in implementation of a presidential decision to send emergency aid in solidarity with the Palestinian population in Gaza that ...
Tunis, December 26, 2008- The year 2008 has been a good year for the National Solidarity Fund. With 5, 2 million donors donating a record 37,435 million dinars, the Fund’s revenues have increased by 9,7% in comparison with last year.
The governorate of Tataouine comes in first place with revenues estimated at 133,000 ...
Tunis, December 22, 2008 - Tunisia has received yet another distinction from a major international body.The United Nations has awarded Tunisia with the South –South cooperation Prize. During a ceremony held at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, on the occasion of the UN Day of South –South cooperation, Mrs ...
Tunis, December 5, 2008- The national board of the Order of Tunisian physicians which is celebrating the 50 th anniversary of its existence, has issued a statement on Friday, stressing the accomplishments of the sector, notably since the Change of November 7, 1987, noting that the number of physicians has witnessed a threefold ...
Tunis, December 4, 2008- The National Family Planning and Population Board (ONFP), organized on Wednesday an encounter with a number of artists and communicators. The meeting which aims at sensitizing young people to the fight against Aids, took place within the framework of the observance of the 2008 World Aids Day.
The Minister ...
Tunis, December 3, 2008- Tunisian naval units have managed to rescue a Maltese cargo ship which capsized off the Kerkennah islands on Tuesday.
The rescue operation which took a day and a half, owing to poor weather conditions, was successful, as the ship’s crew was safe and its cargo and equipment did not ...
