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Northern Ireland, after Boris Johnson

Audio 7:30 p.m.

Boris Johnson announced Thursday, July 7, 2022, his resignation from the Conservative Party but indicated that he would remain in power until his successor was appointed.

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By: Frederique Lebel

1 min

In the aftermath of Boris Johnson's resignation from the Conservative Party and his announced departure as head of the British government, what consequences for Northern Ireland?

The Prime Minister was the architect of a hard Brexit which includes a protocol on Northern Ireland supposed to guarantee peace and the fluidity of trade between the North and the South of the Island.

But this protocol has never been respected.

The end of the Johnson government therefore marks the end of an era of distrust because many promises have not been kept.

In Dublin, Laura Taouchanov.

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walk and remember

In the Balkans, hikers can now take a path with a heavy historical past.

80 kilometers which separate in Bosnia Herzegovina, the city of Tuzla and that of Srebrenica.

A path taken in July 95 by Bosnian Muslims who were fleeing the ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Serbian nationalists.

Today, the first hikers can stop in about forty bed and breakfasts, along this GR.

Report by Louis Seiller.  

Write to Palermo 

They tell stories in the open air.

In Palermo, Sicily, in southern Italy, lovers of words meet on Sundays to write and share their text.

The Newbookclub Community lab has existed for 12 years, and it has succeeded in creating a community of curious people.

At the time of zapping and short formats, there are dozens of them sharing an afternoon out of time.

Cécile Debarge

found them when they last met in the Ballaro district of Palermo.  

The music chronicle of Vincent Théval 

Spaniard Borja Flames' third album

Nuevo Medievo

mixes technologies, voices and inspirations for songs that are both minimalist and adventurous.

The title: 

Magnetismo.

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