02 November 2017 Creating A New State The most dangerous and reckless of all political endeavours. By Neil Tidmarsh So Carles Puigdemont – having declared a new independent state of Catalonia last week – has now fled to Belgium, and Catalonia is under direct rule from Madrid. And Masoud Barzani – having declared a new… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02:Creating A New State(Neil Tidmarsh)
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Issue 123:2017 10 05:Week in Brief International
05 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: A ban on wearing the full-face veil in public has come into force. However, French businessman Rachid Nekkaz has offered to pay any fine (€150) imposed. FRANCE: A 29 year old illegal immigrant from Tunisia stabbed two girls to death at a railway station in Marseilles. … Continue reading Issue 123:2017 10 05:Week in Brief International
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week In Brief International
22 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BELGIUM: A suspected Islamist suicide bomber was shot dead when he detonated an explosive device near the ticket offices at Brussels Central Station. FRANCE: President Macron’s party La République en Marche won an absolute majority in the second and final round of parliamentary elections. La… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week In Brief International
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: After Isis (Neil Tidmarsh)
22 June 2017 After Isis To the victor, the spoils? by Neil Tidmarsh The news this week suggests that the end really is in sight for Isis as a territorial power. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Isis leader who declared its caliphate in 2014, has been killed in an airstrike on the Isis capital Raqqa, according… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: After Isis (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 79:2016 11 10:Week in brief: International
10 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Authorities cleared the ‘Stalingrad jungle’ migrant camp in Paris and relocated its inhabitants to centres elsewhere in the country. Their arrival has been met by protests in some towns and cities. GERMANY: The interior minister Thomas de Maziere is supporting a proposal for migrants found in… Continue reading Issue 79:2016 11 10:Week in brief: International
