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
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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 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
