The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

Rights groups are concerned the EC deal, in following its anti-migrant agenda, props up Tunisia’s authoritarianism.

Ennahdha party leaders stop eating to protest against their imprisonment on terrorism, money-laundering charges.

The EU hopes to stem the number of refugees departing for Europe from the country’s coast during an economic crisis.

The merger was finalised just under three months after a rapid agreement brokered by the Swiss government. Meanwhile, European leaders are exerting pressure on Tunisia to accept a $1.9 billion IMF bailout. In other news, financier George Soros is transferring control of his $25 billion empire to his 37-year-old son.

The European Union on Sunday offered millions of euros in financial support to Tunisia, to boost its economy and reduce the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.

The EU is considering a major financial package for the cash-strapped nation amid a growing refugee and migrant crisis.

Ursula von der Leyen says €900m will be macrofinancial assistance while €105m will help combat people-smuggling

Tunisia is hosting the leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the European Union on Sunday for talks aimed at smoothing the way for an international bailout and restoring stability to a country that has become a major source of migration to Europe.

Tunisia is hosting the leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the European Union for talks aimed at smoothing the way for an international bailout

The leaders of Italy and the Netherlands along with the EU Commission president travel to Tunisia on Sunday with a packet of initiatives to help create security in Tunisia, easing the way for a possible international bailout

Sahbi Atig has been hospitalised in intensive care after 25-day hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment.