Marine Vlahovic covered news from the Middle East for Radio France Internationale between 2016 and 2019. She then moved to Marseille, where her lifeless body was discovered on Monday November 25. She was 39 years old.
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Her sisters and brothers salute the memory of a journalist “ engaged ” And ” of great sensitivity “, the one who ” admirably knew how to find the little stories to tell the big one “. Marine Vlahovic was allergic gray, rain… calm », she confided in a Arte Radio podcast where she recounted her daily life as a correspondent. “ It is only in chaos that I hear myself think. » So, after graduating from a renowned journalism school and some time at local radio stations, she chose to work around the Mediterranean.
She had witnessed the Egyptian revolution of 2011, stayed in Italy, Lebanon and Algeria. When the position of correspondent in Palestine opened up in 2016, the Breton woman jumped at the opportunity. She had settled in a house on the edge of Ramallah, headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, where a few pine trees and a carob tree protected her “ somehow looks “.
For three years, Marine Vlahovic covered news from the Middle East, shedding light through her reports on the complex realities of a region under tension. In addition to RFI, she worked for Radio France, The eveningSwiss radio and television RTS, National Geographic And Release. Tired of being monitored by the Israeli authorities and of the extreme precariousness of her working conditions, she finally chose to abandon current affairs for the documentary and settle down in Marseille.
It was there, on the roof terrace of his building in the 1st arrondissement, that his lifeless body was discovered on Monday November 25. An investigation was opened to determine the causes of his death.