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Photos. Forbach, Freyming-Merlebach: What happened this week? News in brief and in pictures

Photos. Forbach, Freyming-Merlebach: What happened this week? News in brief and in pictures

  • Sunday, June 8. A massive fire broke out in a building in the Wiesberg district of Forbach this Saturday, June 7, around 6 p.m. Around twenty people were evacuated. Significant rescue efforts were deployed. Photo: Jonathan Breuer
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  • Monday, June 9. Roger Trautmann, who has been a member of the Forbach club for a year and has suffered from Parkinson's disease, has returned to a near-normal life thanks to playing table tennis. He now shares his story to encourage other sufferers to follow in his footsteps. Photo: Jonathan Breuer
  • Tuesday, June 10. The Salinas Scamp's, a classic American car club based in Farschviller, have lost everything. A fire ravaged their workshop and living space on May 24. The place went up in smoke. The club, which was about to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, is looking for new premises to rebuild everything. An online fundraiser has been launched to help the Salinas Scamp's save their passion. Photo by Gaëlle Krähenbühl
  • Wednesday, June 11. The mayor of Forbach will be summoned before the Metz Criminal Court to answer for illegal taking of interest. His wife will also be called to the stand on the same charges. Alexandre Cassaro will have to explain his employment of Laïla Bartali as a staff member for the City of Forbach after his election in 2020. The couple, who have since married, continue to work together.
  • Thursday, June 12. Real estate developer Codic International, a Belgian group founded in 1970, is
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  • Friday, June 13. Pauline, 38, from Hombourg-Haut in Moselle, has traveled to Cairo, Egypt, to participate in the global march to Gaza this weekend. Like dozens of other activists from 50 countries, she is calling for an end to the war in the Palestinian enclave. The Moselle woman is on her way to the march's rallying point, near the Rafah border. She describes the incessant checks by Egyptian intelligence services, the arrests, the expulsions, and more.
  • Saturday, June 14. Forbach Mayor Alexandre Cassaro uses his veto power granted to him by the Local Authorities Code to force the Forbach urban community to review the distribution of seats within its assembly. Following this coup, the urban council will lose twelve seats, with a significantly increased percentage weight for the elected officials of the City of Forbach. This promises tensions between the city center and outlying municipalities.

Haven't been following the news this week in Forbach and Freyming-Merlebach? We'll help you find your way with a selection of the most-read articles between Sunday, June 8 and Saturday, June 14.

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