Issue 71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief International

15 September 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe EU:  Leaders of the “Club Med” EU nations – France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Malta and Cyprus – met in Athens to prepare for next week’s EU summit in Bratislava.  They are expected to call for a relaxation of the EU’s public spending rules. The Visegard Group – a… Continue reading Issue 71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief International

Issue 53: 2016 05 12: The Full Brazilian (Neil Tidmarsh)

12 May 2016 The Full Brazilian Politics stripped naked; a hot and painful process. By Neil Tidmarsh I can’t keep up.  These Latin American rhythms are much too fast for me.  I’ve always been a rubbish dancer.  The Samba, the Bosa Nova, and now this rapidly-changing and complex dança which the politicians of Brazil are… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: The Full Brazilian (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 49:2016 04 14: Week in Brief International

14 April 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe BRUSSELS:  Five men were detained by police following anti-terrorist raids in Brussels.  One of them is thought to be the third airport-bomber.  Another is also thought to have been directly involved in the airport attack. EU:  The European Court of Justice has handed down a judgment which… Continue reading Issue 49:2016 04 14: Week in Brief International

Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International

10 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: An argument among Taliban leaders escalated into a shoot-out in which four or five senior figures were killed (including the leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour) and more than a dozen wounded, according to government reports (but denied by the Taliban). The Afghan security forces – police and… Continue reading Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International

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