11 June 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GERMANY: The leaders of the G7 nations – Britain, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Japan – met at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria. They discussed topics such as Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Greek crisis, sustainable energy, world poverty and the dangers of epidemic diseases. GREECE:… Continue reading Issue 6: 2015 06 11:international news
Category: Week In Brief International
Issue 5:2015 06 04:International News
4 June 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS USA: Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator and runner-up in the 2012 Republican primaries, has declared that he will be running for the 2016 presidential elections. The Democrat Martin O’Malley, a former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore, has also declared that he will be entering the… Continue reading Issue 5:2015 06 04:International News
Issue 4:2015 05 28:News in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
28 May 2015 News in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS IRELAND: The Irish people voted in a referendum last week to amend their constitution to allow members of the gay community to marry. The change had been opposed by the Roman Catholic Church. There is now expected to be a movement to legalise abortion. FRANCE: The 75th… Continue reading Issue 4:2015 05 28:News in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 3:2015 05 21: overseas news
21 May 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: Members of the Greek government called for the resignation of the governor of the central bank, Yannis Stournaras, for concealing from them the existence of an emergency holding account of 650 million euros (a reserve asset created by the IMF in 1969). Such funds are… Continue reading Issue 3:2015 05 21: overseas news
Issue 2:2015 05 14: FOREIGN NEWS
14 May 2015 Week in brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: Greece has begun to pay the 200 million euros owed to the IMF this week, by emptying the cash reserves lent to them by the IMF some years ago for emergencies. Prime Minister Tsipras wants to raise more funds by issuing new government debt; the… Continue reading Issue 2:2015 05 14: FOREIGN NEWS
Issue 1: 2015 05 07 international news brief
7 May 2015 Week in brief: INTERNATIONAL GREECE: A delay in pension payments saw pensioners queuing at banks, emptying their accounts and breaking into a board meeting of the state pension fund to demand that it stops transferring its cash reserves to the government (an emergency decree to keep the country solvent has recently forced… Continue reading Issue 1: 2015 05 07 international news brief
