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Tunisia · 16 Oct 2020 Tunisia sees 14% budget gap in 2020, aims to halve it in 2021 Tunisia expects the coronavirus crisis to drive its budget deficit to 14% of gross domestic product this year, double the original target… Tunisia · 14 Oct 2020 Protesters clash with police in Tunisia Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in a provincial Tunisian town on Tuesday after authorities bulldozed an unlicensed cigarette kiosk, killing… Tunisia · 12 Oct 2020 11 migrants die off Tunisia At least 11 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Sunday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean… Tunisia · 11 Oct 2020 Third of Tunisia’s business threatened with bankruptcy The coronavirus pandemic has plunged Tunisia into an economic crisis that has cost tens of thousands of jobs and collapsed the country's… Coronavirus · 8 Oct 2020 Tunisia imposes night curfew to slow second wave of pandemic Tunisian authorities will impose a curfew in the capital Tunis to slow a surge in coronavirus cases, months after stopping a first… Coronavirus · 4 Oct 2020 Tunisia to ban gatherings, cut public-sector work hours due to coronavirus Tunisian authorities will ban all gatherings and reduce working hours for employees in the public sector in order to stop the rapid… Terrorism · 6 Sep 2020 UPDATED: Police in Tunisia shoot dead three suspected militants after officer stabbed Police in Tunisia chased and shot dead three suspected Islamist militants after they attacked two police officers, killing one of them, in… Tunisia · 2 Sep 2020 Tunisia’s parliament approves a technocratic government Tunisia’s parliament approved a technocratic government in a confidence vote on Wednesday, hoping to end months of political instability and focus on… Tunisia · 24 Aug 2020 Tunisia’s incoming PM plans restructuring of economic ministries Tunisia’s premier-designate plans to gather the ministries of finance, investment and state property into a single department to be led by economist… Coronavirus · 15 Aug 2020 Tunisian economy shrank by 21.6% Tunisia's tourism-dependent economy shrank 21.6 % in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the same period last year, due to the… Tunisia · 26 Jul 2020 Tunisia appoints interior minister Mechichi as the new prime minister Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday designated the interior minister as the new prime minister to succeed Elyes Fakhfakh, who resigned over… Tunisia · 18 Jul 2020 Making sense of Tunisia’s political crisis Tunisia's government has collapsed less than five months after it was formed, plunging the North African democracy into a political crisis as…