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On the front page of the press, the adoption, last night, in France, of the vaccine pass, which could come into force at the end of the week.

According to

, the application of the law will be postponed for a few more days, because elected representatives of the opposition have decided to seize the Constitutional Council, to verify that the text "respects fundamental freedoms". The newspaper indicates that the vaccination pass will only concern those over 16 - the health pass still applies for 12/15 year olds - and that it will be necessary to access the same places as the health pass, with a few exceptions, such as health facilities. Like many countries, France is tightening the screws on the non-vaccinated, but others are going even further. On Sunday January 16, Austria announced that the vaccine against Covid-19 will become compulsory for those over 18, from next month, a first in Europe. According to

, the government has however announced that the absence of a vaccination certificate will only be sanctioned by a heavy fine from mid-March.

His refusal to get vaccinated cost him his participation in the Australian Open.

Yesterday, tennis champion Novak Djokovic left the country, after being dismissed a second time by Australian justice.

The epilogue of the sporting-political-judicial soap opera around the medical exemption and the tennis player's visa still makes headlines in the Australian press.

'Game, set and vax': according to

, the court has finally upheld the federal government's decision to expel the player, on the grounds that his example would risk 'fostering anti-vaccination sentiment' and triggers "an upsurge in civil unrest"

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This court decision is welcomed with satisfaction in Australia, where the showdown initiated by Novak Djokovic has embittered public opinion.

"Serb's departure", headlines

without amenity , with a pun on the technical term, "return of service".

Good morning and welcome to Monday, January 17, 2022!

Here's today's front page.

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In Serbia, specifically, the soap opera Djokovic was also followed very closely by the national press, on the whole very critical of the Australian authorities, like the tabloid

, who denounces how the player would have been treated as a "criminal", promising that Novak Djokovic, "the greatest champion of all time", "will come back even stronger, even better" on the tennis courts. A revenge that

, which evokes the damage, for the player, in terms of image, but also on the sporting level, since Novak Djokovic, the nine-time winner of the Australian Open, "will not be able to defend his trophy" and thus loses the opportunity to win a 21st Grand Slam title. The newspaper speaks of damage and "waste", also, for the government of Scott Morrison, criticized, in particular by the Labor opposition, for its management deemed approximate of the Djokovic affair.

Also on the front page is the report by the NGO Oxfam, which claims that the fortunes of billionaires around the world have increased more in 19 months of the pandemic than in the last decade. 

specifies that the first 5 fortunes of France have, for their part, doubled their wealth since the start of the pandemic and now alone possess as much as the 40% of the poorest French people.

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“With the additional 236 billion garnered in 19 months by French billionaires, we could quadruple the budget of the public hospital or distribute a check for 3,500 euros to each French person”, assures the NGO, whose conclusions cause “astonishment "" and the "wrath" of

. The question of inequalities also feeds the debate on the transmission of heritage and taxation on inheritance, which

is delighted to finally see entering the campaign for the presidential election.

A word, to finish, of the defeat of Algeria against Equatorial Guinea (0-1), at CAN-2022.

A defeat which strongly compromises his qualification in the round of 16.

"End of the unbeaten streak for the Greens", who had not lost for 35 games.

"Hard, hard", headlines

, which regrets that the national team has failed to produce its "usual game".

The Fennecs now have no other choice than victory for their meeting, Thursday, January 20, against the Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire.

Tomorrow on the front page of #Liberté

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– Freedom (@JournaLiberteDZ) January 16, 2022

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