The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

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.

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.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Tunisia on Tuesday looking to make progress in unblocking loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the north African state, two diplomatic sources told Reuters.

Rutuja Bhosale won in the final of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in La Marsa, Tunisia

Tunisia’s president is looking for ways to avoid a bailout package worth nearly $2bn that hinges upon reform.

Sick Tunisians face a frantic struggle to find some medicines because the cash-strapped state has reduced imports, leaving doctors unable to control debilitating health problems and patients turning to informal markets for their medication.