Justice rejects a request to close a detention center in Lyon

Justice rejects a request to close a detention center in Lyon

The summary judges of the Lyon administrative court rejected the request to close an administrative detention center located near Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport, while the Lyon bar denounces “unworthy” living conditions. The judges considered that the request “does not fall within the powers of the judge ruling urgently”, explains the court in a press release, in … Read more

Football-Madrid condemns racist insults against FC Barcelona players

Football-Madrid condemns racist insults against FC Barcelona players

MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government strongly condemned on Sunday racist acts and insults against FC Barcelona players during a match on Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid. Spain’s Superior Sports Council (CSD), the government’s sports policy body, said it would meet on Monday to discuss the matter. On Saturday, Barça beat their … Read more

Martinique: the Court of Auditors scrutinizes the “failing management” of the general social security fund

Martinique: the Court of Auditors scrutinizes the “failing management” of the general social security fund

“Degraded quality of service”, “failing management”: the Court of Auditors points the finger at the functioning of the general social security fund (CGSS) of Martinique, in a report published on Wednesday. “Very degraded until 2023, the service provided to policyholders saw an increase at the start of 2024 for most of the fund’s activities”, underlines … Read more

10% of sheep flock “lost”, according to the head of the FNSEA

10% of sheep flock “lost”, according to the head of the FNSEA

The bluetongue (BT) epidemic affecting France has so far caused the loss of 10% of its sheep population, estimated Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA, on Thursday 12 September. Given the scale of the losses, the leading agricultural union is demanding accelerated access to vaccines and compensation. “We have already lost 10% of the French … Read more

Looking for felling solutions in Bas-Saint-Laurent

Looking for felling solutions in Bas-Saint-Laurent

Producer Marc-Antoine Paquet, who started a broiler farm in 2021 in Sainte-Florence, in Bas-Saint-Laurent, was the first and is still the only commercial chicken breeder in his region. He must go through another province to have his birds slaughtered, due to lack of an accessible slaughterhouse nearby. It was his buyer, Olymel, who directed Mr. … Read more