Search Results for: Tunisia

Dogs have a troubled life in Tunisia. While in some neighbourhoods pet ownership has become more popular, as evidenced by the proliferation of new pet stores, these areas give an illusion that Tunisia is generally a dog-loving society. In reality, there is a much darker side of life for dogs in this country, where pedigree pooches are stolen for resale on the black market or females are made to breed puppies for profit, yet it is the native breeds that suffer the worst treatment.…

The leaders of Tunisian textile industry argue that their independent development plans will help them weather Tunisia’s ongoing political storms, staying on track in growing export and internal markets.

When President Kais Saied announced froze parliament and sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on July 25 (2021), there were initially scenes of jubilation, but these have morphed into fears about instability and uncertainty as he gathered power into his hands to rule by presidential decree.…

Tunisia’s higher education system is split over whether to support the country’s President, now ruling by presidential decree without a suspended parliament, with earlier majority support for his summer takeover starting to ebb away.

When President Kais Saied took executive control of Tunisia in July, sacking the country’s former prime minister and freezing parliament, his actions were met with dancing in the streets, and attracted widespread student and academic support.…

The food halal market for Portugal, a largely Christian country that was in the early Middle Ages part of the Muslim world, has been expanding, serving a growing local Muslim community and Muslim tourists keen to taste Portuguese food.

Between 711 and 1249, most of Portugal was under Muslim rule, which influenced its language and culture.…

After the Second World War, Europe emerged economically and socially drained. The war had destroyed so much housing, industry and infrastructure and killed millions of people. Unsurprisingly, the societies of countries who had fought – or been fought over – and that was most of the continent – were brought their knees by the conflict.…

WHILE the imposition of age limits on the consumption of tobacco and other nicotine products remains very much a national, and in some cases sub-national jurisdiction decision, there is no doubt that the general trend worldwide is for tighter restrictions on younger consumers, even if they are often tough to enforce.…

STUDENTS in Tunisia are playing a moderating role in the country’s ongoing political crisis which has seen the seizure of power and dismissal of parliament by the country’s President Kais Saied. A planned demonstration by student and other supporters of the move scheduled for Sunday was cancelled amidst concern about political violence and now moderate democratic Moslem-oriented union UGTE (Union Générale Tunisienne des Etudiants) and the left-leaning UGET (Union Generale Étudiantes Tunisien) are calling for calm.…

A high-tech medical simulation centre in Tunisia has found a winning solution to teaching technical clinical procedures online, meeting student and professional training needs during the Covid-19 pandemic, while opening up opportunities for remote learning and medical research across Africa. The Honoris Medical Simulation Centre (1), in the capital Tunis, part of the Honoris United Universities network of African higher education institutions (2) was opened just 14 months before the pandemic struck in earnest, on November 10, 2018.…

Tunisia’s garment industry has declared that it is open for business despite the political upheaval instigated by the seizure of power and dismissal of parliament by the country’s President Kais Saied.

His move, which also involved him dismissing Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, followed often violent protests about government corruption and failures during the Covid-19 pandemic.…

Tunisia’s garment manufacturing industry is actively encouraging British brands to visit this key North African near sourcing hub to discover the quality and real potential of its workwear.

The campaign is building on a December 2020 webinar when Tunisian producers connected with potential British buyers within the workwear segment, to create new trading partnerships.…