Day: December 4, 2016

High profile smuggler arrested in Casablanca

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The recent discovery of a new drug trafficking route between Morocco and Europe inspired the creation of an international investigation unit, led by Italian police, which has finally resulted in the arrest of one of the world’s most wanted Hashish smugglers last October. The multinational investigation took three years to complete and spanned three continents before leading to the capture of Ben Ziane Berhili, a Moroccan entrepreneur, October 4 in Casablanca. The suspect, aged 57, is the owner of a well-known dessert company in Morocco. Until his arrest Berhili had…

Ben Achour library shelters rare manuscripts nowhere to be found

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I have had the good opportunity to pay a visit to Ben Achour’s library located in a beautiful family mansion in the suburb of “La Marsa”. It is a real beacon of light and science under the sky of Tunisia. This library considered as one of the rich libraries in the Arab and Islamic world, is related to a great story of a famous family whose members are known by their deep culture and their commitments for literature, science and research. When you stand still for a while at the…

Tunisia makes contact with Libya to free detained sailors

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Tunisian authorities said they had received sufficient assurances from their Libyan counterparts to address and speed up the process of the Tunisian sailors detained in Libya. The Tunisian Foreign Ministry stated via its official website that they are continuing to coordinate with the Libyan authorities at the highest level to proceed with the release of their boats and crew. They also confirmed that all sailors are safe and are being treated well, adding that the Ministry is making all efforts to ensure that the sailors return on board their boats…

BCT: Deterioration of budget deficit to 3,708 million dinars

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According to the provisional results of the State budget execution by end of October 2016, a deterioration of the budget deficit (3,708 million dinars (MTD) was recorded against 1,527 MTD in the same period in 2015, due to the acceleration of the volume of expenditures apart from the debt principal at a higher pace than that of own resources. According to the report published by the Central Bank of Tunisia on “Trend in monetary and economic situation and medium term outlook,” end of October 2016, the operating expenditures were up…

5 things you should never post on Facebook

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Facebook has become the Google of social networks. If you’re not updating your status right now, chances are that you are uploading photos or taking some sort of odd quiz. We post tons of intimate details about our lives that we normally wouldn’t share with anyone. We think that as long as we make sure our privacy settings are set correctly that we are safe and snug within our circle of friends. The problem is that we never know who’s really looking at our information.  Our friend’s account could have…