09 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: An Egyptian wielding two machetes attacked a patrol of anti-terrorist soldiers in the Louvre. He was shot by one of the soldiers and is in hospital. New allegations by Le Canard Enchaîné claim that Francois Fillon’s wife received excessive redundancy pay when contracts as parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 91:2017 02 09:Week in Brief International
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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 72: 2016 09 22:Two steps forward, One step Back (Neil Tidmarsh)
22 September 2016 Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards Isis’s opponents shoot themselves in the foot – again. By Neil Tidmarsh Once again, it’s two steps forwards, one step backwards in Syria. Yet again, external powers involved in the civil war were on the point of burying their differences in the interests of peace, and… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Two steps forward, One step Back (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief International
22 September 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: EU president Jean-Claude Junker called for the creation of an EU army. The idea is unpopular with member states bordering Russia who worry that an EU army might displace NATO. At the Bratislava summit, EU leaders blamed Germany’s Chancellor Merkel for uncontrolled immigration. FRANCE: There… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief International
Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Geneva (Chin Chin)
28 January 2016 Geneva A seating plan for peace. By Chin Chin If there is one thing which permeates the Christmas holiday it is seating plans. It may be a season for goodwill but if you put Great Aunt Margaret next to her sister-in-law at lunch you will discover that the only references to charity… Continue reading Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Geneva (Chin Chin)
Issue 19: 2015 09 10:INTERNATIONAL NEWS
10 September 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Thirteen Shia Muslims were murdered in Balkh province. The Taliban have condemned the attack and have blamed it on Isis. In-fighting among the Taliban has broken out as break-away factions challenge the power of its new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, and some defect to Isis.… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10:INTERNATIONAL NEWS
