” Certain works will undoubtedly disappear from the repertoire “, explains Alexander Neef, the new director of the Paris Opera, in the columns of the newspaper, which quotes in particular La Bayadère, Le Lac des cygnes, Casse-Noisette. “ But that won’t be enough. Deleting is useless if we do not learn the lessons of history, ”he still judges. ” To achieve a major renovation, so that in ten years, minorities are better represented at the Opera, a real reflection was needed ,” said the new boss of the Paris Opera, who entrusted this reflection ” to external personalities for the sake of increased objectivity, greater freedom of speech. ” Source Valeurs
The police were targeted by dozens of mortar fire in Albi (Tarn) last night. Three officials were injured during this deluge of violence. The night from Thursday to Friday was long for the police in Albi. It all started with a refusal to comply in the sensitive district of Cantepau around 10 p.m. A motorist refused to stop when ordered by a municipal police patrol. The alert was given and reinforcements were requested. Source Actu17
The populist opposition party Alternative for Germany has filed legal action against reported plans to put the whole party under intelligence observation for alleged links to far-right extremism. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has launched legal action against the country’s domestic intelligence agency amid reports that it is preparing to put the whole party under surveillance over potential ties to far-right extremism. Source Deutsche Welle
Turkey and the European Union were set to discuss the renewal of a 2016 migration agreement during a meeting late on Jan. 21, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said ahead of the meeting.
“We conveyed our proposal to update the migration agreement. We will discuss the details of this,” Çavuşoğlu said at a joint press conference with the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, ahead of their meeting in Brussels. Source Daily News
