Tougher sentences against squatters: Parliament votes a bill

Yesterday evening, through a final vote by the Senate, the parliament definitively adopted, through a final vote by the Senate, a bill proposed by the presidential majority to toughen the penalties against squatters, which worries the left and associations fighting against poor housing. In the second reading, the senators validated without changes, the version voted by the National Assembly in early April by 248 votes to 91. The sanctions incurred were tripled by the squatters up to 3 years in prison and 45,000 euros in fines. Furthermore, procedures in the event of unpaid rent have been

“ exceptional” incident: numerous passengers on line 4 of the Paris metro were stuck last night

Last night, many passengers on line 4 of the Paris metro remained stuck, some for two long hours in overheated, overheated trains. This incident is described as “exceptional” by the RATP, which will conduct an internal investigation. According to Agnès Ogier, director of rail services at RATP, five “very full” trains were stuck in the Line 4 tunnel starting at 7:25 p.m., “exceptional conditions that almost never happen.”

Deadly attack: Abdalmasih H transferred to Vinatier psychiatric hospital

Last Thursday, a Syrian refugee stabbed two adults and four children in Annecy. The Syrian man named Abdalmasih H was transferred from the Aiton penitentiary center (Savoie) to the Vinatier psychiatric hospital in Bron, near Lyon. According to two sources familiar with the case, he was transferred to the specially equipped hospital unit (USHA) in Vinatier. After spreading terror in a park on the shores of Lake Annecy, by attacking six people, including four very young children, with knives, Abdalmasih H. was placed in an emergency protection cell, equipped to prevent suicides,

Shipwreck in south-west Greece: 79 migrants drowned

The Greek coast guard announced that at least 79 people drowned when a boat carrying “hundreds” of migrants sank in south-west Greece. If they are to be believed, the toll could rise even higher. According to the information, the fishing boat on board which the victims were on capsized in international waters off the Peloponnese peninsula. 104 people were rescued following a large rescue operation, despite poor sea conditions and strong

Violence, theft and false reports: four police officers tried

Yesterday, the Bobignyn Criminal Court handed down its judgment against four police officers from the highly controversial security and intervention company of Seine-Saint-Denis (CSI 93). They are prosecuted for violence, theft and false reports. Sentences of up to two years in prison were requested in April against four officials from this unit with decried methods, which has been the subject of fifteen investigations since 2019.

IN SHORT

11.6 million tourists were welcomed to Greater Paris between January and April 2023, i.e. +27.2% compared to 2022 and only -2.5% compared to 2019.

This morning, the Minister of Education Pap Ndiaye and the Secretary of State for Youth in charge of the SNU Sarah El Haïry received the teacher unions to talk about the Universal National Service (SNU), whose future remains unclear.

Nearly two months after a power struggle between two rival generals plunged the country into a bloody war, the Sudanese military on Wednesday accused the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of having “kidnapped and murdered” the Governor of the State of Western Darfur

After extra time (2-2 at the end of regulation time) in Rotterdam, Croatia qualified for the Nations League final by beating the Netherlands on home soil 4-2.