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Tunisia declares state of emergency after deadly bus blast
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a nationwide state of emergency and a curfew in the capital after a bomb attack on a presidential guard bus killed at least 12 people on Nov. 24.
Tunisia Interested in Bulgarian Teachers, Medical Staff
Bulgaria and Tunisia have the right tools to develop good cooperation, Bulgarian Labor Minister Ivaylo Kalfin has said.
Kalfin is on a visit to Tunisia on Friday and Saturday, where he is meeting lawmakers and ministers.
On Sunday he met Tunisian PM Habib Essid, the Labor and Social Policy Ministry of Bulgaria has said in a statement.
Security concerns delay reopening of Tunisia national museum
Tunisia's national museum on Tuesday delayed a planned reopening after last week's attack on foreign tourists due to security concerns, its head of communications Hanene Srarfi told AFP.
Tunisia Shooting Leaves 22 Dead, 17 Injured, Bulgaria's Ambassador Says
Twenty-two people were killed and about 17 wounded in the shooting at the Bardo national museum in Tunisia's capital on Wednesday, the Bulgarian ambassador to the North African country has said.
There are no indications of Bulgarian nationals having been killed or wounded in the attack, Ambassador Mihail Nikolovski told Nova TV station.
Death Toll Mounts to 19 in Tunisia Shooting
Tunisian police have killed two gunmen who stormed the Bardo national museum in Tunisia's capital on Wednesday, bringing to an end a three-hour hostage crisis.
Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid has said at least 19 people were killed in the shooting including 17 foreign tourists, Reuters reported. A Tunisian citizen and a policeman also died in the attack, according to Essid.
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At least 21 dead in Tunisia attack on leading museum
At least 21 people were killed when militants attacked Tunisia's Bardo museum in the capital Tunis, Prime Minister Habib Essid said on March 18.
The death toll includes 17 foreign tourists from Poland, Italy, Germany and Spain, as well as two gunmen, a Tunisian security officer and a Tunisian cleaning woman.
Essid said two or three of the attackers remained at large.
Former interior minister nominated as new Tunisia premier
A former Tunisian interior minister has been nominated as prime minister to form a new government after an agreement among political parties in the newly elected parliament, congress speaker Mohamed Nacer said on Jan. 5.