Tunisia

18 June 2021; MEMO: Tunisia's Ministry of Justice yesterday announced that it was opening an investigation into the attempted assassination of President Kais Saied.

"The Minister of Justice authorized the Public Prosecution, represented by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Tunis, to conduct the necessary inquiries and investigations into the circulated news about an attempt to assassinate the President of the Republic," a ministry statement said.

15 June 2021; MEMO: The Tunisian government has decided to sue Abir Moussi, head of the Free Destourian Party, and members of her parliamentary bloc after they forced a number of ministers out of the parliament building.

04 June 2021; MEMO: The issuance of an arrest warrant against Tunisian blogger Salim Al-Jabali by the military prosecution after he criticised President Kais Saied has triggered a wave of condemnation among political parties and civil society activists, who categorically reject the referral of civilians to military courts.

29 May 2021; MEMO: According to Speaker of Tunisia's Parliament Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia is most capable of assisting Libya in its reconstruction process, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities plan to reopen the economy next week amid public pushback against virus restrictions, even as the country’s hospitals are struggling for enough oxygen to treat a persistently high number of COVID-19 patients.

Tunisia shut down shops and restaurants and banned all sports and cultural events last week as the prime minister warned that the health system risked collapsing. Houses of prayer were also closed – including for the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan that starts Thursday.

12 May 2021; MEMO: Former Tunisian President, Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, said that the events currently taking place

in Jerusalem and the Occupied Palestinian Territories expose Arab rulers who are accepting normalised ties with the occupation and feed the rise of a new Arab Spring.

08 May 2021; MEMO: Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Friday announced a seven-day comprehensive quarantine, including Eid Al-Fitr, and closing places of worship.

Mechichi announced in a press conference that the government had approved a general lockdown in the country from 9-16 May, including Eid Al-Fitr, to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

The Tunisian PM called on citizens to abide by the decision and not to exchange visits during the religious holiday.

06 May 2021; MEMO: Tunisian President Kais Saied said he is ready to engage in dialogue, with conditions, to get the country out of the ongoing crisis, after he rejected initiatives calling for a national dialogue.

The Tunisian presidency said in a statement on Tuesday that "President Kais Saied met today at the Carthage Presidential Palace with Secretary-General of the People's Movement, Zuhair Maghzawi" to discuss the political, economic and social impasse and ways to overcome it.

04 May 2021; MEMO: Tunisian President Kais Saied warned on Saturday that the threats to states come not from terrorist operations, but from attempts to divide states from within. Saied made his comment after meeting with some army, National Guard, and police officers at the closed military zone in Chaambi Mountain, Anadolu has reported.

TUNIS, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said on Sunday that all means will be provided for the health ministry to avoid oxygen shortage in the country's hospitals.

During his visit to the ministry, Mechichi chaired a meeting dedicated to examining practical solutions for overcoming the lack of medical oxygen in hospitals.

The Tunisian government head called for solutions by importing oxygen from neighboring countries, according to a government statement.