27 July 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: The chief of the armed forces resigned after Macron gave him a dressing down for complaining about defence cuts. GREECE: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake in the Aegean (hitting the Greek island of Kos, and also Bodrum in Turkey) left 2 people dead and 500 injured.… Continue reading !ssue 115:2017 07 27:Week in Brief International
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Issue 86:2017 01 05:Week in Brief International
05 January 2017 Week In Brief: International Europe FINLAND: Police chief Jari Aarnio, who was the head of Helsinki’s anti-narcotics squad, was found guilty of running a drug smuggling operation in partnership with a Finnish organised crime gang, and sentenced to ten years in prison. FRANCE: A ‘right to disconnect’ law was passed, allowing workers… Continue reading Issue 86:2017 01 05:Week in Brief International
Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International
21 April 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe GERMANY: The comic Jan Böhmermann, who broadcast a satirical anti-Erdogan poem on TV, has been put under police protection. Chancellor Merkel has agreed that he is to be prosecuted under an old and little-used law – “insulting a foreign head of state” – which needs the approval… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International
