Sources: AP via MSNBC
The Tunisian judiciary announces that it will suspend work in all of the courts and go on strike for a week in response to President Kais Saied dismissing 57 judges earlier this week. 2022-06-4
Tunisian President Kais Saied appoints Najla Bouden Romdhane as the first female prime minister in Tunisia and the Arab world. 2021-09-29
Tunisia records its highest ever temperature of 50.3°C (122.3°F) in the city of Kairouan amid an unprecedented heat wave. 2021-08-11
Tunisia bans gatherings including demonstrations and extends their curfew to between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. local time until February 14 in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-01-23
Tunisian tourism minister René Trabelsi says Thomas Cook owes Tunisian hotels €60 million for stays in July and August, with 4,500 customers still in the country. Tourism is a major component of the national economy. 2019-09-23
Tunisia completes the construction of a 200km (125 mile) barrier along its border with Libya, intended to keep out terrorists trained in Libya. 2016-02-6
A general strike is called in Tunisia following the assassination of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi on July 25. 2013-07-26
Police in Tunisia kill at least two people during a protest in the northwestern town of El Kef demanding the resignation of a police chief - crowds retaliate by burning the police station. 2011-02-6
Tunisian officials negotiate the formation of a supervisory council to oversee the country's interim government, in an effort to appease protesters angry at the continued presence in the cabinet of holdovers linked to deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’sregime. 2011-01-24
Tunisia's interim President Fouad Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resign from the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party amid a row over the make-up of the new government. 2011-01-18