In Poland, the construction of the wall on the border with Belarus began on Tuesday, January 25, 2022: 180 meters long, 5 meters high, this wall aims to protect the “security of the nation”, says Warsaw. Thousands of migrants have tried to cross the border in recent months in a migration crisis orchestrated by the Belarusian regime and more than a dozen people have died there.
In addition to this human drama, scientists and residents of the area warn of the “irreversible consequences” for the environment of the construction of this wall in the Bialowieza forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sarah Bakaloglou.
A new camp in Lipa, but it is almost empty
At the end of 2020, the images of refugees shivering under the snow after the fire of the tents of the camp of Lipa, at the gates of the European Union, had toured the world. A year later, the bosnia welcomes the new permanent center of Lipa, but it is practically empty: the exiles seem to want to avoid the area, because of the violence of the Croatian police. The details of Simon Rico.
A lithium mine project divides Caceres
Caceres, in Spain, a city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was brought out of its torpor by an Australian mining project. Caceres could, in fact, harbor one of the largest lithium deposits in Europe, the new white gold of the energy transition. A report by Diane Cambon.
Protecting the last great wild river in Europe
The Vjosa takes its source in Greece before traversing theAlbania, from East to West, and to flow into the Adriatic. But both Albanian environmentalists and locals fear dams and demand unique protection for the river. The details of Louis Seiller.
Friedrich Merz, long his rival, takes over from Angela Merkel at the CDU
CDU German officially has a new leader: Friedrich Merz took the reins of the Christian Democratic Party. Gathered in congress at Hanover, the delegates of the party confirmed the vote of the militants who had granted him 62.1%. After this victory without appeal, Friedrich Merz, the “anti-Merkel”, begins a mandate by promising a “constructive opposition” to the government coalition. Its carried by Anastasia Becchio.