Timeline: tunisia

2015-08-24 14:50:09sentencessite
  • A Swiss official says his country has made headway toward returning some $40 million that was stolen from the Tunisian state and has been sitting in Swiss banks since Tunisia's longtime regime collapsed in the Arab Spring uprising.
2015-08-24 14:35:16sentencessite
  • Swiss advance bid to return $40 million stolen from Tunisia
  • Zellweger declined to specify who had deposited the money in Switzerland, but said it wasn't former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled Tunisia during the 2011 uprising.
2015-08-19 20:53:00sentencessite
  • Shooting ... a police officer has been shot dead by two assailants in Sousse, Tunisia.
2015-08-16 09:45:48sentencessite
  • In this Aug. 9, 2015 photo, a young girl runs past European flags on a crowded beach in Hammamet, Tunisia.
  • In this photo taken on Aug. 9, 2015, a Tunisian guide walks a camel offering rides along a crowded beach in Hammamet, Tunisia.
2015-08-16 09:45:48sentencessite
  • In this photo taken on Aug. 9, 2015, a Tunisian couple sit on the sea wall watching the beach in Hammamet, Tunisia.
2015-08-16 09:44:15sentencessite
  • Last burst of summer fun for Tunisia's doomed beach hotels
  • HAMMAMET, Tunisia (AP) - The jet skis roar by the shore and the water is full of splashing children along the Tunisian Riviera, where despite the deadly attack that killed 38 tourists in June, the beaches are still full - for now.
  • While tourism officially only makes up 7 percent of Tunisia's economy, industry experts estimate its real contribution is closer to 19 percent.
  • Zouhair Mbarek, owner of Batouta Voyages travel agency in Tunis, said no amount of price cutting or other promotions was having any impact in attracting budget-conscious foreigners back to Tunisia - at least in the foreseeable future.
  • "The issue is whether people feel safe enough to come to Tunisia."
2015-08-13 12:04:29sentencessite
  • Thomson and First Choice owner TUI has said the terrorist massacre in Tunisia will have an impact on earnings of up to 32 million.
  • Tunisia has in the past represented 3% of the company's annual tour operator programmes.
  • Most of those with trips booked to Tunisia were re-booked on 26 extra flights to 13 destinations including the Balearic Islands, mainland Spain and Cyprus.
2015-08-13 09:34:04sentencessite
  • Tunisia attack to cost Tui up to ?40m
2015-08-13 09:17:53sentencessite
  • TUI's joint chief executives Friedrich Joussen and Peter Long said: "This quarter was marked by the tragic events in Tunisia at the end of June.
  • The figures come after rival Thomas Cook revealed a 25 million hit to earnings from events in Tunisia and Greece.