The news
Piracy. The leak is on an unprecedented scale in France for data relating to health. The confidential information of 500,000 French patients has been stolen from laboratories and disseminated online. Our explanations.
Fadettes. Commissioned by Eric Dupond-Moretti, an unpublished report consulted by Release suggests tightening the professional secrecy of lawyers and removing from the prosecutor some of their prerogatives in the conduct of preliminary investigations.
Gérard Depardieu. The 72-year-old actor was indicted on December 16 for “rape” and “sexual assault” he allegedly committed in the summer of 2018 on a young actress, which he disputes, we learned. Tuesday evening. This indictment means judicially that there are serious and concordant clues against the actor.
Deadly brawls. A 14-year-old girl died Monday night in Saint-Chéron, Essonne, after receiving a stab wound while trying to intervene during a clash between two gangs. A 13-year-old boy died on Tuesday, suffering from two stab wounds in a brawl in Boussy-Saint-Antoine. Our report.
Tribute. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the last figure of the Beat Generation, died Monday, a month before his 102 years. Publisher and bookseller, close to Ginsberg, Kerouac and Burroughs, had founded City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco in 1953.
To be continued
Dunkerque. After Nice, the city of the North receives a visit from the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, to, probably, announce a localized confinement. A defense council is scheduled for Wednesday, before the Council of Ministers. The executive favors territorial decision-making, an ultimate strategy to avoid a third national confinement, which the Head of State refuses. Our analysis.
IF. 14 OM supporters are on trial in Marseille for the invasion of the training center, the Commanderie and the incidents that followed. The February 1 immediate appearance hearing had been postponed to February 24.
Injures. Policemen qualified as “band of Nazis”: the “yellow vest” Jérôme Rodrigues appears for “insult”. Jérôme Rodrigues used these words in an exchange of tweets in September 2020 with the Synergy-officers union. The Interior Ministry then announced to file a complaint.
Strike. Midwives are mobilizing again at the appeal of the National Trade Union Organization of Midwives (ONSSF), received at the Ministry of Health. The rally is scheduled in front of the Ministry of Health. The professionals demand a revaluation of their status and their salaries.
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Aides. Promised by the government to the poorest workers affected by the health crisis, the “exceptional bonus” was a great disappointment. In fact, it is not 900 euros, but makes it possible to achieve this minimum amount of income as a supplement. Some are still waiting, others are ordered to repay an overpayment … Story.
Oil spill. Israeli justice has ordered a “publication ban” on information about the oil spill affecting the country’s coast. An exceptional decision usually reserved for matters relating to national security. A type of pollution that has nevertheless fallen sharply in recent years. Decryption.
Daft Punk. Four musicians, including producer Rone and DJ Sven Hansen-Løve remember the French duo dissolved in a video epitaph posted on Monday. To read here.
Train. Since December, the railway line connecting Béziers to Clermont-Ferrand has been partially stopped. Due to a lack of investment for decades, work has become necessary to compensate for the aging of this essential artery for the inhabitants and the local ArcelorMittal plant. Story.
Interview. The sociologist Nicolas Jounin was hired as a postman to better describe from the inside a company subject to a pseudo-scientific organization of work. His book the Hidden Post Office reveals the dismay of employees, like that of customers in the face of the failings of the old institution. His interview.
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