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11 December 2025

An opponent holds a sheet reading 'Anacronism69'. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound, that NGE/Atosca (builders) do not respect even their own documents about ecological compensations, violence against opponents, non-compliance with regulations, etc. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free') wants the building of the highway to be stopped until all the justice decisions on the content are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers.

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#13085504

11 December 2025

An opponent gestures near the entrance of the Court and near a false Environment Code before the beginning of the hearings. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound, that NGE/Atosca (builders) do not respect even their own documents about ecological compensations, violence against opponents, non-compliance with regulations, etc. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free') wants the building of the highway to be stopped until all the justice decisions on the content are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. This takes place in Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025.

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#13085505

11 December 2025

Juli Rover, one of the main lawyers for the A69 opponents, speaks to them after the hearings. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound, that NGE/Atosca (the builders) do not respect even their own documents regarding ecological compensations, and that there are violations against opponents and non-compliance with regulations. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association, 'La Voie est Libre' (meaning 'The Way is Free'), wants the construction of the highway to be stopped until all judicial decisions on the matter are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. In Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025.

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#13085506

11 December 2025

MP Anne Stambach-Terrenoir gestures during a discourse in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound and that NGE/Atosca (builders) do not respect their own documents regarding ecological compensations, violence against opponents, and non-compliance with regulations. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free') wants the building of the highway to be stopped until all judicial decisions on the content are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. This takes place in Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025.

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#13075349

9 December 2025

This photo, taken in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 8, 2025, shows the Copenhagen Opera House located on the island of Holmen in central Copenhagen. Denmark's national opera house is inaugurated in January 2005. It is designed by architect Henning Larsen and has Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller as initiator, builder, and patron.

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#13051072

2 December 2025

A craftsman stands in the open doorway of a brightly colored building with his tools and a wheelbarrow on Burano Island in Burano, Venice Province, Veneto, Italy, on November 18, 2025. The scene captures small local business and the manual crafts essential to maintaining the neighborhood, which supports travel and tourism in the Venice lagoon.

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#12841905

8 October 2025

Builders in suspended scaffolds use mineral wool for insulation at an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841931

8 October 2025

Builders apply a hot bitumen-based waterproofing membrane on the roof of an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841932

8 October 2025

Builders work to reconstruct an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841939

8 October 2025

Builders apply a hot bitumen-based waterproofing membrane on the roof of an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841903

8 October 2025

A builder applies a hot bitumen-based waterproofing membrane on the roof of an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841911

8 October 2025

A builder in a suspended scaffold uses mineral wool for insulation at an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841913

8 October 2025

A builder uses mineral wool for insulation at an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841915

8 October 2025

A builder uses a tool to smooth grout between tiles during finishing works in an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841916

8 October 2025

A builder applies a hot bitumen-based waterproofing membrane on the roof of an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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#12841917

8 October 2025

A builder works on the roof of an apartment block at 2A Zaporizka Street, where one section is destroyed and another section is damaged as a result of a Russian Tornado-S MRL shell strike in March 2023, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 7, 2025.

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