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Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The United States Senate and the Trump administration reaches a $2 trillion stimulus package deal following talks with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The bill passes, and is expected to go to the United States House of Representatives. (The Washington Post) (CNBC) Disasters and accidents 2020 Kuril Islands ...
Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel before their rescue co-ordinated by USS Carney near Spain in February 2013. This article is a list of migrant vessel incidents on the Mediterranean Sea leading up to and resulting from the European migrant crisis with recent migration also related to developments such as the Arab Spring protests (2010–2012), civil wars in Syria (since 2011) and Libya ...
March 6 – Suicide bombing outside U.S. Embassy in Tunis [6] March 20 – Independence Day (1956 from France) July 15 – Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh resigns over an alleged conflict of interest. [7] July 25 - Hichem Mechichi, the Minister of the Interior is chosen as Prime Minister. [8]
The European Union is considering over 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) in aid for Tunisia to help develop its battered economy, rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, the EU ...
Moria Refugee Camp was originally designed for 3,500 people, however it currently holds more than 20,000 people. [22] Moria Refugee Camp is considered by many in the international community as an unsafe environment for women and children. On 29 September 2019 a deadly fire broke out in Moria Refugee Camp killing at least one person. [23]
A U.S. State Department report, issued in April 2011, depicts the status of human rights in that country on the eve of the revolution, citing "restrictions on freedom of speech, press and association", the "severe" intimidation of journalists, reprisals against critical of the government, questionable conduct of elections, and reports of arbitrary arrest, widespread corruption, official ...
A provisional refugee camp was set up at Ras Ajdir on the Libyan-Tunisian border and had a capacity for 10,000, but was overflowing with an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 refugees. By 3 March 2011, the situation there was described as a logistical nightmare, with the World Health Organization warning of the risk of epidemics. [8]
A judge in Tunisia handed down lengthy sentences to prominent politicians and at least one leading journalist in a move criticized by a media union and leading opposition parties as the latest ...