Euromed News
14 October 2019
Kaid Saied wins Tunisian presidential elections
Kaid Saied won the Tunisian presidential election held on 13 October, with a large majority over the other candidate, Nabil Karoui. The Tunisian High Authority for Elections (ISIE) published the preliminary official results on 14 October.
12 October 2019
Kaïs Saied, the conservative jurist
Kaïs Saied, 61-years-old, born in Béni Khiar, a coastal city near Hammamet, is a Tunisian academic expert in constitutional law.
10 October 2019
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Iraq
Sergei Lavrov arrived on an official visit to Iraq on October 7th, where he met Mohamed Ali Alhakim, the Iraqi’s Foreign Minister.
10 October 2019
Iraqi government approves a series of measures in an attempt to face protests
The wave of protests that broke out last Tuesday in Baghdad and in the main cities of the south of the country has left 105 people dead and more than 6,000 injured according to the latest report published by the High Commission on Human Rights of the Government of Iraq.
10 October 2019
The EU removes the United Arab Emirates from the tax heavens list
EU countries have decided to remove the United Arab Emirates (UAE), together with Switzerland and Mauritius, from the list.
9 October 2019
After the legislative elections, Ennahda is the first party in a fragmented Tunisian parliament
On 9 October the Tunisian Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) published the official results of the parliamentary election held on 6 October.
9 October 2019
Egypt fires over 1,000 teachers charged with “extremism” as part of its repression campaign following anti-Sisi protests
The Ministry of Education of Egypt has fired 1,070 teachers with “extremist ideas” or previous convictions, according to the announcement made by the Education Minister Tarek Shawki.
9 October 2019
Turkish army launches operation against northern Syrian territories after US announcements
On 9 October the Turkish army launched a military operation against northern Syrian areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
9 October 2019
Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui freed
On 9 October the Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui was freed after a Tunisian appeals court’s sentence. He had been detained since August for an ongoing trial on money laundering and tax evasion which prevented him from directly participating in the electoral campaigns ahead of the first round of presidential elections and the parliamentary elections.