supermarkets and self-tests in Belgium, an NGO dissolved in Russia

In Germany, pushed by a dozen people with disabilities, theState German will have to draft a law defining the framework for the selection of patients in the event of bed shortages. After having taken the matter to justice, the Constitutional Court had finally ruled in favor of these plaintiffs. “Thisyour decision takes a great deal of weight off us. It forces society to open a debate to discuss this question“, rejoices Constantin Grosch, one of them.

Since July 2021, the sale ofself-tests took off in supermarkets in Belgium. A plebiscite which can be explained in particular by the prices displayed defying all competition in shops : “VS’is a significant price difference. It was eight euros in pharmacies, three euros fifty ithis“, explains one of the clients. The multiplication of cases of contamination should allow this market to continue to grow.

He will not be extradited. Spanish rapper Valtònyc, accused of offending the king and defending ETA in his songs, remains in Belgium. “I did a song when I was 18, I’m not a terrorist. Justice proved me right, they demonstrated that they were independent and respected human rights.ns“, he rejoices. For its part, the Belgian justice considers that it is a matter of internal politics in which she refuses to interfere.

In Russia, demonstrations were quashed in court after the country’s judicial dissolution of the NGO Memorial. Accused of sullying the memory of Russia, it was founded in 1989, before the fall of the Soviet bloc. “Pour civil society it is a tragedy. It was the only organization that helped people learn about the fate of their ancestors who were victims of the Soviet Union.eu“, laments the writer Leonid Bakhnov.