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Tunisian president takes control of the judiciary

Tunisian president takes control of the judiciary
02/15/2022 | Society / Institutions
TUNISIA. Kaïs Saïed promulgated the decree confirming the dissolution of the Superior Council of the Magistracy and announced the creation of a new temporary body.
AMT, ARP, Assembly of People's Representatives, Association of Tunisian Magistrates, Chokri Belaid, Citizens Against the Coup, CSM, democratic initiative, Ennahdah, Geneva, ICJ, International Commission of Jurists, Kaïs Saïed, Leila Jaffal, Mohamed Brahmi, Najla Bouden Ramadan, Superior Council of the Magistracy, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian justice, Tunisian politics

EU protests to WTO against arbitrary import registration system in Egypt

EU protests to WTO against arbitrary import registration system in Egypt
01/27/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU / EGYPT. The European Commission has decided to refer the matter to the World Trade Organisation to protest against the import registration system applied by Egypt.
Egypt, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Union, GATT, Geneva, trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, World Trade Organisation, WTO

Tel Aviv named most expensive city in the world

Tel Aviv named most expensive city in the world
12/07/2021 | Society / Institutions
ISRAEL. Tel Aviv dethrones Paris and becomes the most expensive city in the world in 2021 according to the study published annually by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Algiers, Copenhagen, cost of living, cost of living worldwide, Damascus, Geneva, Hong Kong, Israel, Libya, Los Angeles, New York, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Shekel, Singapore, Syria, Tel Aviv, The Economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Tripoli, Tunis, WCOL, worldwide cost of living, Zurich

The socio-economic consequences of Covid-19 have a greater impact on already vulnerable populations

The socio-economic consequences of Covid-19 have a greater impact on already vulnerable populations
11/23/2021 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. A report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warns of "the enormous socio-economic impact of Covid-19", particularly in Spain, Lebanon and Turkey.
Care Inernational, Covid-19, economy, Francesco Rocca, Geneva, IFRC, INFORM, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Red Crescent, Red Cross, Spain, Syrian refugees, Turkey, UN

The humanitarian situation in Syria makes the political process of normalisation urgent

The humanitarian situation in Syria makes the political process of normalisation urgent
09/30/2021 | Society / Institutions
SYRIA. The humanitarian crisis in Syria is becoming increasingly worrying as the political process of normalisation is slow to get underway after a decade of conflict.
access to water, Bashar al-Assad, Covid-19, Daech, EIIL, Geir Pedersen, Geneva, Ibrahim Mughlaj, Idlib, Islamic State, Johns Hopkins University, Martin Griffiths, MSF, Médecin sans frontières, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Raqqa, Syria, syrian conflict, Taoufic Hassaba, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, United Nations, water

Tunisia prolongs its break from democracy

Tunisia prolongs its break from democracy
08/24/2021 | Society / Institutions
TUNISIA. The President of the Tunisian Republic announced the publication of a decree extending "until further notice" the freezing of the Parliament.
Al-Jazeera, Arab Centre for Political and Social Research and Analysis, ARP, Assembly of People's Representatives, Brahim Bartagi, Caraps, Ennahda, Geneva, Hasna Ben Slimane, I-Watch, Kaïs Saïed, Mohamed Goumani, politics, Rached Ghannouchi, Riad Sidaoui, Tunisia, Tunisian politics

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots meet around the same table

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots meet around the same table
04/29/2021 | Society / Institutions
CYPRUS. Four years after the failure of the last talks, the representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, meet in Switzerland to discuss their differences.
Ankara, António Guterres, Athens, Crans Montana, Cyprus, Cyprus reunification, Dominic Raab, Ersin Tatar, Geneva, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Nico Anastasiades, Nikos Dendia, Republic of Cyprus, Stephane Dujarric, Switzerland, TRNC, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, United Nations

Christian Graeff: "The has-beens are now out of the game in Libya"

Christian Graeff: "The has-beens are now out of the game in Libya"
04/09/2021 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info, Christian Graeff, French ambassador to Libya from 1982 to 1985, gives a less than optimistic assessment of the future of this country torn apart by its divisions for ten years. The ninety-seven year old diplomat however gives the keys to avoid a "Syrianization" of Libya.
Africa, Beirut, Benghazi, Berkane, Christian Graeff, Cyrenaica, Dbeibah, Fayez al-Sarraj, Fezzan, Gamal Abd El Nasser, Geneva, Italy, Joe Biden, Khalifa Haftar, Libya, Mediterranean, Mitterrand, Muammar Gaddafi, Roland Dumas, Russia, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Spain, Syria, Tripolitania, Turkey, United Nations, United States

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns
04/07/2021 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Libya has entered a new era since Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar finally decided to throw in the towel. Their withdrawals have allowed for the emergence of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and a new interim governance. Part 1/5
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, Abdullah Hussein Al-Hafi, Alain Chouet, Canada, Christian Graeff, CNT, conflicts, Cyrenaica, DGSE, European Investment Bank, European Union (EU), Fayez Al-Sarraj, Fezzan, Geneva, Heiko Maas, Henry Marty-Gauquié, Jean-François Coustillière, Jean-Yves Le Drian, JFC Conseil analysis group, Ján Kubiš, Khalifa Haftar, Libya, Libyan conflict, Libyan politics, LPDF, Luigi di Maio, Maghreb, Manul, Mashrek, Mediterranean, Misrata, Mohamed Menfin, Mouammar Kadhagi, Moussa al-Koni, National Transitional Council, North Africa, Political Dialogue Forum, politics, Russia, Sahel, Septimius Severus, Sirte, Tobruk, Toronto, Tripoli, Tripolitania, Turkey, United Nations, UNSMIL

Libyan Political Dialogue Forum opens door to national elections

Libyan Political Dialogue Forum opens door to national elections
01/21/2021 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum has approved the mechanism for selecting the executive branch of government to enable national elections to be held at the end of December 2021. version française
Geneva, Ján Kubiš, Libya, Libyan Consultative Committee, Libyan elections, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Manul, Stephanie Williams, United Nations

Slovakia's Ján Kubiš takes over as head of the United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNMISL)

Slovakia's Ján Kubiš takes over as head of the United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNMISL)
01/19/2021 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. António Guterres, UN Secretary General, appoints Slovak Ján Kubiš as Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. version française
Afghanistan, António Guterres, Consultative Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Europe, EWC, Geneva, Ghassan Salamé, Iraq, Ján Kubiš, Lebanon, Libya, Slovakia, Stephanie Turco Williams, Tunis, United Nations

Inquiry into the Question of Western Sahara Part 1/3: The Political Equation. Western Sahara, a conflict sandbagged in its contradictions

Inquiry into the Question of Western Sahara Part 1/3: The Political Equation. Western Sahara, a conflict sandbagged in its contradictions
12/16/2020 | Society / Institutions
Violation of the ceasefire signed in 1991, recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara by the United States, events have accelerated in recent days on the issue of the status of this territory unresolved since the end of the Spanish protectorate.
Abdelmalek Belgharbi, Abdelmalek Essadi, Ahmed Baba Miské, Algeria, Boudjemaâ Souilah, Bush, Ceuta, conflicts, Donald Trump, Francisco Franco, Geneva, Guerguerat, Horst Köhler, Ifni, Israel, Jawad Kerdoudi, Joe Biden, Juan Carlos, Khadija Mohsen-Finan, Laâyoune, Madrid, Madrid Agreements, Mauritania, Melilla, Minurso, Mohamed Ould Cherif, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, Mohammed Ben Youssef, Mohammed V, Mohammed VI, Morocco, Obama, Policy Center for the New South, Polisario Front, Rabat, Rachid El Houdaigui, Rio de Oro, SADR, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Segia el-Hamra, Sirice, Tangier, Tarfaya, United Nations, USA, Western Sahara

UN underlines the involvement of the Libyan parties in the implementation of the ceasefire

UN underlines the involvement of the Libyan parties in the implementation of the ceasefire
11/05/2020 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Meeting from 2 to 4 November 2020 in Ghadames for a joint military commission, the various Libyan parties made progress on the preparation of the future of Libya.
ceasefire, conflicts, Geneva, Ghadames, Inter-Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Libya, Libyan conflict, NOC, partition of Libya, Stephanie Williams, United Nations

Libyan belligerents sign permanent national ceasefire agreement

Libyan belligerents sign permanent national ceasefire agreement
10/23/2020 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. After almost ten years of conflict, negotiations organised under the aegis of the UN in Geneva have led to the signing of a permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya which regulates, at least, the military chapter.
Berlin International Conference on Libya, conflicts, Egypt, Emmanuel Macron, Fayez al-Sarraj, Gaddafi, Geneva, Ghassan Salamé, GNA, Government of National Accord, Josep Borrell, Khalifa Haftar, Libya, Libyan conflict, Manul, NOC, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, Tobruk, Tripoli, Tunis, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Nations

UN denounces war crimes in Idlib

UN denounces war crimes in Idlib
07/08/2020 | Society / Institutions
SYRIA. The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria has documented dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Idlib region.
attacks, Bashar el-Assad, conflicts, Geneva, Hanny Mehally, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, human rights, Human Rights Council, Idlib, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Syria, Syrian conflict, United Nations, war crimes, WHO, World Health Organization

Protest against a fifth term for Abdelaziz Bouteflika recruits more and more demonstrators

Protest against a fifth term for Abdelaziz Bouteflika recruits more and more demonstrators
03/08/2019 | Society / Institutions
ALGERIA. The demonstrations against the new candidacy of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, still hospitalized in Geneva, are gathering more and more participants as the government tries to justify a fifth term as the only solution to avoid chaos.
Abdelghani Zaalane, Algerian national liberation army, Algerian presidential election, Algiers, Bouteflika, demonstrations in Algeria, Geneva, Geneva University Hospitals, Hirak, HUG, Joanna Matta, La Tribune de Genève, MALG, National Organisation of the Children of Chouhadas, National Organisation of the Moujahidine, ONEC, ONM, politics, Rachid Nekkaz, Switzerland

Algerians demonstrate against a fifth term for Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Algerians demonstrate against a fifth term for Abdelaziz Bouteflika
02/25/2019 | Society / Institutions
ALGERIA. A number of protests have taken place in Algeria since the official announcement that Abdelaziz Bouteflika will run for a new presidential term, his fifth.
Abdelmalek Sellal, Algeria, Algerian politics, Algerian presidential elections, Amel TV, Arab Spring, Bouteflika, Geneva, Hirak, Mouwatana, social movements

Africa and Europe join together via Strait of Gibraltar

Africa and Europe join together via Strait of Gibraltar
09/06/2013 | Euro-Mediterranean projects
As well as joining the two kingdoms of Spain and Morocco, the tunnel through the Strait of Gibraltar will connect Europe to Africa and enable closer cooperation between the two continents. Version française
Africa, Afrotunnel, BOT concessionEnglish Channel, Cap Cirès, Détroit de Gibraltar, ECOSOC, Estrecho de Gibraltar, Europe, Geneva, gibraltar, HassanII, Juan Carlos, Laurent de Villedemil, Malabata, Morocco, Punta Canales, punta Paloma, SECEGSA, SNED, Spain, Tangier, Tarifa


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