Tunisia's national museum reopens after over 2-year closure

STORY: Tunisia's national museum reopens after over 2-year closure DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tunisia's Bardo National Museum STORYLINE: Tunisia's Bardo National Museum reopened on Thursday after more than two years of closure. The museum was closed on July 25, 2021, when Tunisian President Kais Saied shuttered the parliament and its adjacent building of the museum. However, Tunisian Culture Minister Hayat Guermazi confirmed Wednesday night during a ceremony that "the closure was due to the ministry's ongoing maintenance and restoration work on the historic building." The museum was hit by a terrorist attack in 2015, which killed more than 20 people in the building and its environs. Located in the capital Tunis, the national museum, founded in 1888, is the flagship of Tunisian heritage and hosts the second-largest collection of mosaics in the world. It used to receive 50,000 visitors worldwide every year before its closure. Xinhu

China, Tunisia sign joint archaeological agreement

STORY: China, Tunisia sign joint archaeological agreement DATELINE: June 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the National Heritage Institute of Tunisia 2. various of talks between two sides 3. various of signing agreement STORYLINE: China and Tunisia Monday signed a joint cooperation agreement on conducting archaeological investigation, excavation and protection of an ancient Roman site in Tunisia. Li Qun, China's vice minister of culture and tourism and head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, and Hayat Guermazi, Tunisian culture minister, attended the signing ceremony and held working talks. Li said that the joint archaeological research between China and Tunisia on the ancient Roman ruins in the region of Ben Arous is of great significance. Chinese archaeological institutions have carried out 44 joint archaeological projects in 24 countries, and China has relatively advanced archaeological technology and mature experience in foreign coopera

TUNISIA-TUNIS-CHINA-CULTURAL COOPERATION-IMPLEMENTATION PLAN-SIGNING

TUNISIA-TUNIS-CHINA-CULTURAL COOPERATION-IMPLEMENTATION PLAN-SIGNING

(220218) -- TUNIS, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Culture Minister Hayet Guermazi (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia Zhang Jianguo attend the signing ceremony of the Tunisia-China Cultural Cooperation Protocol 2021-2024 Executive Program in Tunis, Tunisia, on Feb. 18, 2022. Tunisia on Friday signed a four-year implementation plan with China to promote cultural cooperation in areas such as cinema and cultural digitalization. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)