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Le scoop! France’s last newspaper hawker celebrated with prestigious award 28 janvier 2026 à 20:28

Le scoop! France’s last newspaper hawker celebrated with prestigious award

Par :Ashifa Kassam European Community affairs correspondent

28 janvier 2026 à 20:28

Ali Akbar, 73, honoured by Emmanuel Macron with National Order of Merit for dedication he pours into work

For more than five decades he’s pounded the pavements of Paris, becoming part of the city’s cultural fabric as he strikes up conversations, greets longtime friends and offers parodies of daily news headlines.

On Wednesday, the efforts of the man believed to be France’s last newspaper hawker were recognised, as Ali Akbar, a 73-year-old originally from Pakistan, received one of France’s most prestigious honours.

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Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban 28 janvier 2026 à 14:33

Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban

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Par :Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

28 janvier 2026 à 14:33

Gergely Karácsony urged people to take to streets in June in pushback against Orbán government’s attack on rights

Prosecutors in Hungary have filed charges against the progressive mayor of Budapest, seeking to fine him months after hundreds of thousands of people heeded his call to take to the streets in defiance of the government’s ban on Pride.

The June march made headlines around the world after the ruling Fidesz party, led by the rightwing populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, backed legislation that created a legal basis for Pride to be banned, citing a widely criticised need to protect children.