05 October 2017 All Right? Not quite. By Neil Tidmarsh A couple of weeks ago, as the German elections approached, I wrote that the far-right anti-immigrant AfD (Alternative For Germany) “is in disarray”. And what happened on election day? The AfD emerged as the third biggest party in parliament. It won 13% of the votes,… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: All Right? (Neil Tidmarsh)
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Issue 120:2017 09 14: Germany Approaches General Elections (Neil Tidmarsh)
14 September 2017 Germany Approaches General Elections On confident and fashionable feet. By Neil Tidmarsh The German foot scored yet another World Championship winning goal this week. But not at football – Teutonic mastery of that field has long been acknowledged by the rest of us as predictable and inevitable. No, the field which we… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14: Germany Approaches General Elections (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 012:2017 04 27: Week in brief International
27 April 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe ESTONIA: Over 1000 British and French troops have been deployed to defend the Balkan state on NATO’s eastern border. The troops are supported by tanks and artillery. The most expensive and sophisticated fighter jet, the US’s F-35A jet, will be based in Suffolk in order to… Continue reading Issue 012:2017 04 27: Week in brief International
Issue 93:2017 02 23:Week in Brief International
23 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe CYPRUS: Talks about the reunification of Cyprus came to halt when the Turkish Cypriot negotiators withdrew in protest at last week’s decision by the Greek Cypriot parliament to introduce a national remembrance day for Enosis (the Greek Cypriot decision in 1950 for the island to be… Continue reading Issue 93:2017 02 23: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 70:2016 09 08: Week in Brief (international)
08 September 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: The EU’s head of foreign affairs, Federica Mogherini, announced plans for integrated EU military structures, to be discussed at a summit in Bratislava next week. FRANCE: Prosecutors recommended that Nicolas Sarkozy should be tried over allegations that fraudulent accounting hid over-spending during elections in 2012. A… Continue reading Issue 70:2016 09 08: Week in Brief (international)
Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
17 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: One terror suspect was killed and another escaped when French and Belgian police raided a property in the Forest suburb of Brussels. Four police officers were injured. FRANCE: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including students and trades unionists, marched through French cities to protest against President… Continue reading Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
