In Ukraine at war, abandoning the Russian is one of the ways of resisting the aggressor. In solidarity, and because they also feel threatened, other countries in the region also reject this vehicular language.
Should we erase Russian culture and the language of Chekov and Lyudmila Oulitskaya because of Vladimir Putin?
In Latvia the government has adopted a series of restrictive measures towards its Russian community, even going so far as to expel citizens who fail a Latvian language test. Since January, more than 1,000 people, mainly elderly people who lived there before the implosion of the USSR, have been ordered to leave the country; and the government wants to gradually eliminate education in Russian, even though the country was until now bilingual. Report from Riga by Robin Dussenne.
Seasonal rentals and the housing crisis
This is one of the other sides of the coin: the impact of tourism on housing. To As the Olympics approach, in the French capital cases of tenants suddenly dismissed are increasing. They are sometimes victims of owners eager to rent their apartment at a high price on platforms such as Airbnb. The phenomenon is proven, a bill has even been tabled by the socialist opposition to better regulate the end of abusive leases. In the meantime, tenants often find themselves destitute. Report, in Paris, by Laura Taouchanov.
Since the emergence of short-term rental platforms, All EU member countries, especially the most visited, have had to face disruptions in their housing markets. So much so that the European Commission recently proposed legislation. Leonard Vincent’s explanations.
Vincent Théval’s musical choice: Cruciferby Clarissa Connelly.