Brussels, 28/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 January, the Council extended by one year (in other words, until 31 January 2017) a freeze on the assets of 48 people deemed to be responsible for the misappropriation of state funds in Tunisia and those associated with them - including former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, his wife and those close to him.
The decision to extend the sanctions will be published in the Official Journal of the EU on 29 January 2016.
These sanctions...