Seventh edition of Shepherd Festival in Mount Semmama on May 11, 12 and 13, 2018

The mountains of the world meet in Semmama The seventh edition of the Shepherd Festival in Mount Semmama will be held from May 11 to 13 on the theme “Mountains of the World Meet in Semama”, with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the Ramburg Foundation. This event is the only one that celebrates the shepherds in the Arab world that has been largely echoed by foreign media. World media  will come to Mount Semama to cover an event in which the inhabitants of the mountain declare…

Inflation for Tunisian household consumption reaches 7.7 % in April 2018

The inflation for Tunisian household consumption reached an alarming rate of 7.7 % in April, the Tunisian National Institute of Statistics (INS)  said on Saturday. The high rate is mainly due to the 8.9 % leap in food prices, and the 10.5% jump in transport expenses, the INC said in its report. Besides, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 1 percent in April. During the first quarter of 2018, Tunisia’s exports reached 10.2 billion dinars (4.08 billion U.S. dollars), while the imports hit 13.8 billion dinars, registering a year-on-year increase…

Tunisians head to polling stations to vote in first free municipal elections

Tunisians head to the polling stations on Sunday for the first free municipal elections since the 2011 revolution. It is an additional milestone on the road to democracy for Tunisia and its people. Municipal polls have been delayed four times due to logistic, administrative and political deadlocks. “This Sunday will not be like other days. For the first time the Tunisian people are called to participate in municipal elections, something that seems simple but it is very important,” President Caid Essebsi said on Saturday. President Essebsi, casting his ballot in…