Tunisia

The Italian interior minister said on Tuesday it was "essential" for the European Union to support Tunisia to stem flows of irregular migrants from northern Africa. "I believe that it is in the interest of all parties to swiftly…
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Tunisia has sent back €60 million ($63 million) to the EU, which was intended to help curb migrant crossings over the Mediterranean, and has accused the bloc of treating it like a vassal, The Times reported on Thursday Tunisian Foreign…
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A Tunisian judge has ordered the imprisonment of Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of President Kais Saied, two days after she was arrested at the presidential palace entrance, her lawyer said, as part of a crackdown on opposition…
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Tunisia’s public prosecutor detained Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of President Kais Saied, after she was arrested at the entrance to the presidential palace on Tuesday, lawyers said, the latest arrest targeting Saied’s political…
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Italy’s detention of three Tunisian migrants awaiting asylum decisions has been ruled illegal under domestic and EU law by a Sicilian court, The Times reported on Monday. The ruling is viewed as a rebuke to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…
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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday rejected financial support announced by the European Union in September, saying the amount is small and goes against a deal signed three months ago. Saied’s move could undermine the “strategic…
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Tunisia and Italy will cooperate on cybersecurity under a memorandum of understanding signed in Tunis on Thursday. The MoU between Tunisia’s National Cybersecurity Agency and the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency aims “to establish…
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Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, will begin a hunger strike in prison, according to a statement from his Islamist Ennahda party released on Friday. Ghannouchi, 82, has been in prison…
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A road accident overnight in central Tunisia killed nine people including eight sub-Saharan African migrants, authorities said on Monday. It happened when the truck they were overturned on a road between Nasrallah and Manzel Mhiri in the…
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“Substantive” reforms to the international financial system and global economic governance are necessary to bridge the gap between rich and poor countries, Tunisia’s foreign minister told the UN General Assembly on Saturday. Nabil Ammar…
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