16 March 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe DENMARK: The Prime Minister asked the Turkish prime minister to postpone his visit because of Turkish/EU tensions (see NETHERLANDS below). FRANCE: More than 50 teenagers were arrested after gangs attacked three schools in suburbs north of Paris. The riots started when demonstrations by pupils protesting against… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16:Week in Brief International
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Issue95:2017 03 09:Week in Brief International
09 March 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: Jean-Claude Juncker wrote to EU leaders, asking them to speed up deporting illegal immigrants, but also to take their quota of immigrants. He was urged not to make calls for further unification before upcoming elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany. A big leap in… Continue reading Issue95:2017 03 09:Week in Brief International
Issue94: 2017 03 02:Week in Brief International
02 March 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Prosecutors opened a criminal inquiry against Francois Fillon. It will probably be months before criminal charges can be made; in the meantime, M.Fillon says he will stay in the race for president. A parliamentary report concluded that President Hollande’s plan to de-radicalise militant French Islamists has… Continue reading Issue94: 2017 03 02:Week in Brief International
Issue 86:2017 01 05:Look at That (Neil Tidmarsh)
05 January 2017 Look At That! On the horizon, there, straight ahead… by Neil Tidmarsh Hello there! Welcome! Yes, come in, sit down, make yourself at home! You’re looking great, I must say. So young, so fresh. So unlike your predecessor, who’s just hobbled off the premises, poor old thing, so ancient, so battered. I… Continue reading Issue 86:2017 01 05:Look at That (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
Issue 83:2016 12 08: Week in Brief International
08 December 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe AUSTRIA: Independent candidate (former Green leader) Alexander Van Der Bellen beat Norbert Hoffer (far right Freedom Party) in last Sunday’s re-run of the presidential election, with 53% of the vote against 47%. FINLAND: A man was arrested after apparently random rifle shootings killed three women as they… Continue reading Issue 83:2016 12 08: Week in Brief International
Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
03 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: President Hollande said that the migrant camps in Paris would be cleared, with migrants either registered and moved to official centres or deported. The EU’s anti-fraud agency has ordered Marine le Pen to return €339,000 of funding used to pay a bodyguard and a manager at… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
