02 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The government announced a ban on the burka and the niqab, and other measures to strengthen security and to integrate migrants. The governing coalition (Social Democrat Party and People’s Party) is hoping that such measures will take the wind out of the far-right Freedom party’s… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02:Week in Brief International
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Issue 89:2017 01 26 : Week in Brief International
26 January 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BELGIUM: Flemish MPs and Walloon MPs have united to uphold the serving of free beer and wine to them in the national parliament, a service which the parliamentary ethics committee recommended should be abolished. FRANCE: In the first round of elections for the leadership of the… Continue reading Issue 89:2017 01 26 : Week in Brief International
Issue 89:2017 01 26:Congratulations Mr President!(Neil Tidmarsh)
26 January 2017 Congratulations, Mr President! At last, the good guy is in and the bad guy is out. By Neil Tidmarsh So the new president was finally sworn in this week. We were beginning to wonder if it would ever actually happen. After all, when the right candidate won the election last year, we… Continue reading Issue 89:2017 01 26:Congratulations Mr President!(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 88:2017 01 19:Week in Brief International
19 January 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The far-right Austrian Freedom Party is trying to distance itself from its traditional anti-semitism by inviting Israeli politicians to seminars on anti-semitism, in what appears to be a tactic to emphasise its anti-Islamic immigration policy. President Rivlin of Israel has condemned the exercise. CYPRUS: The… Continue reading Issue 88:2017 01 19:Week in Brief International
Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week In Brief International
12 January 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe CYPRUS: The Greek Cypriot president and the leader of Turkish Cypriots met in Geneva for UN-brokered talks about the possibility of reunifying Cyprus. CZECH REPUBLIC: Intelligence officials have set up a 20-strong unit, the Centre Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats, as a defence against cyber-attacks and… Continue reading Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week In Brief International
Issue 34:2016 12 15:Week in Brief International
15 December 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: In Brussels, the EU and Cuba signed an agreement for closer co-operation. FRANCE: Jérôme Cahuzac, who was in charge of the fight against tax evasion as President Hollande’s budget minister, was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to three years in prison. A plastic surgeon,… Continue reading Issue 34:2016 12 15:Week in Brief International
Issue 83:2016 12 08: Week in Brief International
08 December 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe AUSTRIA: Independent candidate (former Green leader) Alexander Van Der Bellen beat Norbert Hoffer (far right Freedom Party) in last Sunday’s re-run of the presidential election, with 53% of the vote against 47%. FINLAND: A man was arrested after apparently random rifle shootings killed three women as they… Continue reading Issue 83:2016 12 08: Week in Brief International
