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Enactus World Cup: How 50 Years of Youth Empowerment Is Shaping the Future of Sustainable Business
The Bangkok event offers unique advantages for participating students. Beyond the competition itself, attendees have experienced field trips exploring the city's sustainability initiatives and gained access to the broader Sustainability Expo,...

Tunisia: "Environment in Gabes destroyed for years, situation must be urgently addressed" - Head of State
In a meeting, on Tuesday, with Health Minister Mustapha Ferjani, Minister of the Environment, Habib Abid, and Minister of the Industry, Energy, and Mines, Fatma Thabet Chiboub, President Kaïs Saïed said "that the environment in Gabès has been...

Expulsions in Europe: Second-Quarter 2025 Figures and Tunisia’s Position
In the second quarter of 2025, the European Union recorded 116,495 people ordered to leave its territory. This represents an increase of 3.6% compared to Q2 2024, but a decrease of 6.3% compared to the first quarter of 2025. Over the same period,...

Weather Forecast: Clouds, scattered rain, and strong winds across several regions
The weather will be partly cloudy across most regions, with occasional dense clouds in the north and along the coast, accompanied by scattered rain and temporary thunderstorms. Winds will blow from the north in the north and center, and from the...

Heavy rain in Nefza: A day marked by weather disruptions
The city of Nefza, located in the northwest of Tunisia, is currently experiencing scattered heavy rainfall. According to weather forecasts, these intense and continuous rains are expected to continue temporarily. However, the precipitation is...

Greta Thunberg Abducted: From Climate Crusader to Political Detainee? Star Activist Held After Daring Attempt to Breach Blockade
International waters have become the flashpoint for a global firestorm after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), detaining hundreds of activists, including high-profile climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. The convoy, laden...

Environmental and Health Crisis in Gabès: President Kaïs Saïed Responds After Hundreds of Students Poisoned (video)
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The environmental and health situation in Gabès has been a major concern for years, but it seems to have reached a breaking point. President Kaïs Saïed reacted strongly after an incident that revealed the scale...
Feature: Chinese-built bypass to end Tunisian city's traffic woes
TUNIS, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- When the new Bizerte Bridge opens to traffic in 2027 in the northern Tunisian city of Bizerte, it will link the two banks of the Bizerte Canal and put an end to years of traffic congestion that has long troubled both...

Southcomp Polaris, a Mindware Company, Hosts Exclusive Partner Summit in Tunisia to Strengthen Ties with Libyan Channel Partners
(MENAFN- Procre8) Tunis, Tunisia, 29th September, 2025: Mindware, a leading value-added distributor (VAD) in the Middle East and Africa, as part of its partner summit series, hosted an exclusive event in Tunisia through its affiliate, Southcomp...

IsDB Directors Approve US$1.27bn to Spur Sustainable Devt, Build Resilient Economies in Nigeria, Member Countries
Sunday Okobi Members of Board of Executive Directors of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have approved a substantial number of projects amounting to about US$1.27 billion across 12 member countries in Asia, Africa and MENA. At their 362nd meeting...

Tunis Is Turning to Tehran—This Is What Washington Should Do
When President Kaïs Saïed received Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, at the Carthage Palace on 10 September 2025, the handshake was more than diplomatic theater. It marked the consolidation of a pattern that has quietly reshaped...

State leader welcomes newly-appointed foreign ambassadors to Vietnam
Hanoi (VNA) – State President Luong Cuong on October 3 received the Ambassadors of Finland and Canada and the non-resident Ambassadors of Jamaica, Tunisia, Slovenia and Tajikistan to Vietnam who came to present their letters of credentials....

State leader welcomes newly-appointed foreign ambassadors to Việt Nam
HÀ NỘI – President Lương Cường on October 3 received the Ambassadors of Finland and Canada and the non-resident Ambassadors of Jamaica, Tunisia, Slovenia, and Tajikistan to Việt Nam who came to present their letters of credentials. Welcoming...

Film Movement Takes North American Distribution Rights for Cannes Migrant Drama ‘Promised Sky’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Indie U.S. distributor Film Movement has acquired North American rights to French-Tunisian director Erige Sehiri’s migrant drama “Promised Sky” which looks at the lives of three undocumented Ivorian women in Tunisia and premiered this year in Un...

Maltese fisherman: 'Tunisian boats are poaching our lampuki'
Maltese fishermen are upset that their Tunisian counterparts are poaching their lampuki, and MEP Peter Agius is urging the EU Commission to take action. “This is like sowing your field with potato seeds, watering the crop, and then someone just...

How growth markets are redefining the global economy
For decades, development has been measured almost exclusively through gross domestic product and other macroeconomic indicators. Using these metrics, the world economy delivered rising growth rates, expanding infrastructure and global integration....
AfCFTA Launches Tunisia Workshop to Harmonize Digital Trade Laws
Five-day programme aims to help North African nation domesticate protocol as digital commerce integration advances Tunisia has become the latest African country to receive targeted support for implementing the continent’s ambitious digital trade...
IsDB Board of Executive Directors Approves Nearly US$ 1.27 Billion to Spur Sustainable Development and Build Resilient Economies across 12 Member Countries
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 29 September 2025 – Members of the Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have approved a substantial range of projects amounting to approximately US$ 1.27 billion across 12 member...

Call for resilience & preparedness to combat recurring extreme weather events
ISLAMABAD: Zafar Iqbal, Member of Space Applications and Research, Suparco, has said that “climate change is no longer a forecast of tomorrow; it is the living reality of today.” He noted that recurring extreme weather events are stark reminders...

Bangladesh’s Democratic Transition: Learning from Tunisia’s Failed Promise
When protests erupted on Bangladesh’s streets in July 2024, toppling the Awami League after 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule, many observers reached for historical parallels. The most seductive comparison was Tunisia — the sole “success...