25 June 3015 Solution to issue 7 crossword Generally Marine Across 1 Schooner 6 Ankara 8 Bargee 9 Locker 10 Matelot 12 Oregano 13 Sinking 15 Hawkins 16 Inland 18 Addles 20 Stoker 21 Tientsin Down 1 Sub 2 Horatio Nelson 3 Openly 4 Rail 5 Falkland Isles 7 Airlocks 10 Midships… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: crossword solution
Month: June 2015
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: contents
25 June 2015: Issue 8 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The threat from outside the bubble by John Watson How public opinion is beginning to rock the consensus on which Europe is built Who was Ioannis Kapodistrias? by Neil Tidmarsh A look at the historic link between Greece and Russia End Austerity now! by J.R.Thomas There… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: contents
Issue 8: Crossword – Conflict
25 June 2015 Crossword by Boffles Conflict To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 8: Crossword – Conflict
25 June 2015 Crossword by Boffles Conflict Across 7 Italian geographical feature Hannibal encountered (4,9) 8 Glorious Sussex racecourse, slightly less glorious WW2 military operation (8) 9 Tet Offensive battle (3) 10 Borders are often treated thus after a war (7) 12 Mission the scene of a famous last… Continue reading Issue 8: Crossword – Conflict
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: The Threat From Outside the Bubble
25 June 2015 The threat from outside the Bubble by John Watson In my next life I think I would like to work at the EU Commission. That is not because I love Brussels, although to be fair the chocolate there is excellent. Nor is it the stimulating company; I am sure there are lots… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: The Threat From Outside the Bubble
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Anniversaries as Dates
25 June 2015 Anniversaries as Dates by Chin Chin As anniversary years go, 2015 is something of a vintage. We have just had Magna Carta and Waterloo, both duly celebrated by solemn ceremonies and supplements in the press. In September there is the 700th anniversary of Agincourt. No doubt that will be celebrated too –… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Anniversaries as Dates
Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
25 JUNE 2015 Week in Brief:OVERSEAS NEWS GREECE: An emergency meeting in Brussels between Greece and the European Council and the European Central Bank to discuss compromise Greek proposals on pension cuts and VAT increases was postponed in chaos and confusion because Alexis Tsipras failed to submit the proposals in time. Nevertheless, news of… Continue reading Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
Issue 8:2015 06 25:Who Was Ioannis Kapodistrias?
25 June 2015 Who was Ioannis Kapodistrias? by Neil Tidmarsh The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras flew to Russia this week to meet with President Putin at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum. But his first engagement on arrival was to lay a wreath at the monument to Ioannis Kapodistrias in Saint Petersburg’s Grecheskaya Ploshchad (Greek… Continue reading Issue 8:2015 06 25:Who Was Ioannis Kapodistrias?
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: UK News
25 June 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS WAGES: According to figures published by the Office of National Statistics, the rate of increase in wages has now climbed to 2.7% per annum, the highest level since 2007. Private sector wages are rising at 3.3% and wages in the public sector are rising at 0.3%. Although unemployment… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: UK News
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Financial news
25 June 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WORKING HARDER: Or, at least, more efficiently. The Bank of England has several times in recent years expressed serious concerns over UK productivity – lack of, that is, compared with the USA and most of Europe – blaming factors from difficult commuting conditions to the… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Financial news
Issue8: 2015 06 25:Brits in Brive
25 June 2015 Brits in Brive by Robert Rhodes We are now immigrants in France – for the next 5 years. The brief was to rent an old stone house with a large, cultivable garden on the edge of a quiet village no more than 20 kms from Brive-la-Gaillarde. We had ventured across the Channel… Continue reading Issue8: 2015 06 25:Brits in Brive
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: End Austerity Now!
25 June 2015 End Austerity Now! by J R Thomas Last Saturday was a day to enjoy one of the great British ceremonial traditions. Ranked alongside Trooping the Colour and the State Opening of Parliament, this was that great and enduring ritual of March Against [Insert Cause Here] to Parliament. The chosen cause this… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: End Austerity Now!
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Trouble in the Glens
25 June 2015 Trouble in the Glens by J R Thomas Scotland may still not be independent, but the Scottish National Party (“SNP”) controlled Scottish Parliament is already flexing its muscles and starting to use the additional powers promised to it in the run-up to the referendum last year. The call for independence was… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Trouble in the Glens
