We strongly expected it, it’s now official, Super Smash Bros Ultimate will not be part of the greatest fighting game championship in the world. They are the organizers of the EVO who announced it this weekend via their account Twitter. This is the first time in fifteen years that the license of Versus Fighting from Nintendo will be absent from this great competitive scene. This surprising decision might be explained by the fact that the EVO was bought by Sony on mars 2021. It is thus plausible that Nintendo does not wish to contribute to the success of an event now organized by a direct adversary. Moreover, it should be remembered that, in November 2021the organism PandaGlobalcompetitor de the EVOannounced a partnership with Nintendo America to bring in 2022 an official North American circuit supported by the licenses of Nintendo.
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2022 will be the year of the Renault 5. The brand is preparing various tributes to its historic model, which is due this year half a century of life. The culminating point will be a great concentration in the Jarama Circuit, as confirmed to this newspaper by Sébastien Guigues, general director of Renault and Alpine Iberia, during the recent ClassicMadrid show.
“The Renault 5 put an entire generation in Spain and in the world on wheels,” highlights Guigues, who highlights that his style “attracts a lot of sympathy». An icon that the brand has decided to bring back to life, with electric motorization, in a reinterpretation that will hit the market in 2024.
«When it was created it was revolutionary. The cars were very large and used up a lot of gasoline”, explains the manager, who also says that the new reinterpretation has sought to maintain the essence of the original model, eminently practical.
This year, to pay tribute to the original model, the brand will convene all the clubs, with the aim that the different acts of tribute -among which there will be “many surprises”- “have a massive turnout».
“This year the R5 will be the protagonist of our acts”, corroborates José Luis Gimeno, president of the association of friends of Renault Spain, and owner of one of the first units. The association completes a gymkhana-style activity throughout the Spanish geography.
Renault has also restored a unit, from 1983, which was shown both at the ABC Award ceremony for Best Car of the Year 2022 -since it was the first winner of the award, in 1972- and at ClassicMadrid. The works have been carried out in the heritage center of Valladolidwhich houses some sixty historic Renault models, including a 4/4 that inaugurated the FASA assembly lines and which in 2003 was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest by the Junta de Castilla y León.
Of the Renault 5, 983,118 units were assembled in the Valladolid factory, in addition to another 477,294 of the Supercinco sports variant, as explained by Pedro Rubio, head of the heritage center since 2003. «It was a new car concept, which at first had a hard time starting in Spain”, recalls Rubio, which is why it ended up evolving into the R7, with a larger trunk.
A new concept
“The difference between the Spanish and French R5s was above all the name, TS, compared to TX, but there were even some that were produced in Spain and then exported to France,” says Rubio. “Just had to change the logo and the lights”, given that in France, by law, they were yellow.
The R5 was also marketed in the Cup variant, with a black hood, remembered for its achievements in various rallies, and the luxury Baccara version, with leather seats and suit bags. In addition, the Superfive range was made up of the GT and Turbo versions.
Sending dogs to the metropolis is no longer enough, local associations are calling for a large-scale castration strategy
The proliferation of stray dogs causes great damage in Guadeloupe. Protection associations may well send thousands of animals to the metropolis to be adopted. This does not solve the problem. “It is very difficult to fully estimate the number” of stray dogs, explains to AFP Miguel Soussaintjean, director of the island’s pound, which works by agreement with communities to reduce the number of dogs.
Stray dogs are part of the landscape in Guadeloupe, despite the work of around twenty associations recovering stray dogs or cats, to have them adopted in metropolitan France. Every month, hundreds of animals leave as freight, via the main airlines that serve the island.
A well-oiled adoption network
“The association sends around 2,000 dogs a year to be adopted by families in France,” confirms Cécile Vaisse, president of the Overseas Collective for Guadeloupe Animal Protection and Dependency (CopaG). “Locally, there are not enough suitors for adoption”, even for puppies notes Rachel Leblon, founder of the association Les Truffes du Soleil, which sends “30 to 50 animals” each month.
The associations operate in a network, with relays in France, according to a well-oiled mechanism. Adopting families undertake by contract, with a deposit check, to have the animal sterilized once it reaches the required age. They reimburse the veterinary costs incurred by the association, as well as the price of freight calculated “by weight, at the rate of approximately €3.50 per kilo, plus the cost of returning the freight of the cage”, explains Cécile Vaisse. According to Air Caraïbes, the company most used by associations, these shipments represent 37 T annually, on average.
“Stray animals wreak havoc”
An “aberrant” situation for the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, which recalls that France is the European country which abandons the largest number of animals, which often end up euthanized. And these air shipments do not solve the problem of proliferation on the spot.
The foundation has started an audit in the overseas territories. “The goal is to have data to consider large-scale sterilization policies”, the only solution, advocated by all, to initiate “a global plan for the management of stray animals”, recalls Christophe Marie, the spokesperson for the foundation. “It’s a question of public health, public safety and also the preservation of local biodiversity: stray animals are wreaking havoc”.
Farmers regularly see their herds attacked by packs of dogs. A few weeks ago, the garden of Valombreuse, a private domain, paradise of fauna and flora, lost its Caribbean pink flamingos, a protected species, decimated by a pack of dogs, which many insiders attribute to owners’ animals left to wander.
Five hundred births a day
As part of the France Relance plan, an envelope of €250,000 has been allocated for animal sterilization projects, 50% paid for by the State. “A straw”, according to several associations, which indicate that “it will only help individuals to have their animals sterilized, but that is only part of the problem”.
The mandatory animal identification law is poorly enforced because it involves legal liability if the animal creates a problem. And many strays actually have owners who let them roam. In addition, “people come to feed stray animals at several points on the island, but without ensuring their identification, this encourages proliferation”, explains Miguel Soussaintjean.
“Between the beginning of the 2000s and today, we have reduced the herd of Gabarre [la plus grosse décharge publique de Guadeloupe] from 15,000 to 8,500”, he estimates, while the number of births per day is estimated at more than 500 (dogs and cats combined) on the island.
When health restrictions are easing in many European countries, the desire to travel resumes. But how to prepare to leave serenely? We take stock.
I’m going to the West Indies, do I have to do a PCR test?
“What regarding the obligation of the antigenic test to travel to the West Indies? »asks Roger, from Saint-Samson.
Yes Roger, a test is mandatory to board flights to the West Indies. “ A test (PCR or antigenic) of less than 24 hours is mandatory for all travelers,” vaccinated or not, is it written on the website of the Ministry of Overseas. Remember that if you are not vaccinated, “documents demonstrating the imperative nature of your trip must be presented to the airlines or the border police”.
Read also: Covid-19. What do we know regarding the lifting of the vaccination pass, scheduled for March?
Is a test necessary to come to France?
“I am a foreigner, I have my visa for France, do I have to carry out the PCR tests before traveling to France? », asks Elias.
Elias, it all depends on your vaccination status. If you are vaccinated, “no more tests are required at the start” of the country from which you will join France. “The proof of a complete vaccination schedule becomes sufficient to arrive in France, regardless of the country of origin”, specify the site France Diplomacy.
If you have not completed a vaccination schedule, the situation changes. If you come froma country on the green list, “the obligation to present a negative test to go to France remains”, but you will not have to submit to the measures on arrival (test or isolation). If you come from an orange list country, you must present a compelling reason justifying your arrival in metropolitan France.
You may also be subject to a random test upon arrival. “Travellers who test positive will have to isolate themselves, in accordance with the recommendations of Health Insurance”, continues the website.
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My teenager has just had the Covid, can she travel?
“We were planning to go to Barcelona during the April holidays with my wife and my daughters. One of them has just turned 12 and only had time to have one injection to then be infected with Covid (antigen test). If an infection is worth an injection, then his vaccination schedule would be complete. But how to prove it? We only have two QR codes, one specifying that she had an injection and a second specifying her positive test. Can we merge the two to get a health pass? », worries Anthony.
We contacted the General Directorate of Health (DGS), which reminds us that “the health proofs requested depend on the country of destination”. In Spain, in this case, you will have to present a “RT-PCR test with a certificate of recovery”.
Furthermore, “As of March 2, antigen tests from the list of manufacturers authorized by the EU will be entitled to a certificate of recovery identical to that from an RT-PCR test and therefore with the same validity, at national and national level. at the borders, explains the DGS. The antigen test result of your daughter, Anthony, will therefore be sufficient.
The DGS also reminds us that the rule “one infection = one injection” worth “only in France and if the infection took place in the third episode, with at least one injection among the first two episodes, and at least three months between the second and the third episode”. Your daughter, Anthony, is not in this case.
What validity for a vaccination abroad?
“My daughter who lives in Morocco was vaccinated (two doses) last summer; she will have her third Pfizer dose in Morocco before traveling to France; how should she proceed so that her vaccination pass is validated in France? It is insured with the CFE (Caisse des Français à l’étranger)”, Anne wonders.
Don’t worry, Annie, your daughter should get a vaccination pass without difficulty. As indicated Service Public, “a device […] allows French expatriates vaccinated with vaccines recognized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or equivalent to these vaccines to obtain a valid vaccination pass in France and in the European area”.
Being of French nationality, living in one of the countries benefiting from this scheme, and having been vaccinated with a vaccine accepted by the AEM, your daughter is fully eligible for the granting of a valid vaccination pass in France.
She does not have to wait for her arrival in France to send the request, she can do it via the dedicated form as soon as she knows her date of stay.
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Is a vaccination schedule with Sinopharm valid?
“Having received two AstraZeneca doses and a Sinopharm reminder, is my pass valid to enter France? », wonders Omari.
The Sinopharm vaccine is not recognized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and does not have marketing authorization from EMA. But this vaccine got a WHO label allowing emergency use.
What does this mean for the validity of your pass in France, Omari? We have contacted the General Directorate of Health (DGS), which explains to us that you will have to “repeat a booster with an mRNA vaccine (PfIzer or Moderna depending on age) to have a complete regimen recognized in France”.
One « urgent » of the DGS details the various procedures allowing you to comply – if necessary – with the French rules, if you have been vaccinated abroad.
Read also: Covid-19. When does the Novavax vaccine arrive in France?
My trip is cancelled, when will I be reimbursed?
“After a trip to New Zealand, we had booked a one-week stay in Sydney from April 6 to 13, 2020. Unfortunately, the coronavirus prevented us from carrying out our project. Our respective travel agencies offered us credit notes. But following two years of waiting, now 80 years old, we can no longer envisage such a trip. If the New Zealand agency has reimbursed all the sums paid, the same is not true for the Australian one. The agency tells us that the law is favorable to companies and at this stage the assets are not refundable. Is this reality? », would like to know Jean-Yves.
The agency has to reimburse you, Jean-Yves. Until September, she was within her rights. Indeed, if European law imposes a refund within 14 days of your trip in the event of cancellation, France had chosen, in March 2020, to give a little air to tour operators.
A order signed then granted them a period of eighteen months to reimburse their customers concerned by “the cancellation of stays between 1is March and September 15, 2020 ». Instead of an out-of-pocket refund, agencies might issue credit notes valid for 18 months.
consumer association UFC-What to choose recalls that the first assets therefore expired in September 2021. From the end of this period of validity, “you can get your credit refunded”. It’s up to the tourism professional “to take the initiative of its reimbursement”, continues the association, which offers on its site a standard email format to be sent to the agency concerned.
“The tourism professional cannot, without your agreement, impose an extension of your credit”, continues the consumer association. According to UFC-Que Choisir, the agency must reimburse you within a period ” reasonable “ ten days following the expiry date of your credit note.
And if nothing works, you can get closer to consumer defense associations, or even, if that does not succeed, take legal action.
Read also: Coronavirus. Can we demand a refund in the event of a canceled trip? Ouest-France answers you
What rules for teenagers traveling to the UK?
“We have to go during the Easter holidays with our grandchildren aged 11 and 13. For arrival in England, there is no longer any obligation for children under 17 years of age. What regarding returning to France? », inquires Line.
Line, if you yourself are vaccinated, then your grandchildren – as they are minors – are not subject to the compelling reason, whether they are vaccinated or not. These details are provided by the website of theFrench Embassy in the United Kingdom.
On the other hand, the oldest of your two grandchildren, if he is not vaccinated, will be “subjected to the PCR/antigen test before departure”, including if accompanied by a vaccinated adult. The youngest will have nothing to do: “Children under 12 are exempt from all formalities (no test, no sworn statement)”specifies the website of the Embassy.