04 May 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: The second and final round of the presidential election takes place this Sunday. The polls show Macron in the lead with 60%, and Marine le Pen with 40%. See comment Et Après?. Marin le Pen stepped down as leader of the National Front to concentrate… Continue reading Issue 103:2017 05 04:Week in Brief International
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Issue 92:2017 02 16:Week in brief International
16 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: Rioting has spread through the Paris districts of Bobigny, Argeteuil and Ulis (and to the towns of Nantes, Toulouse and Rouen) since the arrest of a young black man in Aulnay-sous-Bois ten days ago. The manager of the En Marche! movement claimed that Russia has… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Week in brief International
Issue77:2016 10 27:Week in Brief International
27 October 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: The authorities have cleared the ‘jungle’ – the unofficial migrant camp outside Calais. Migrants have been registered and moved to official centres around France. ITALY: Some Italian naval officers are under investigation for suspected culpable homicide over an incident in 2013 in which 268 migrants drowned… Continue reading Issue77:2016 10 27:Week in Brief International
Issue76:2016 10 20: Week in Brief International
20 October 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: The government has bought the house in Braunau where Adolf Hitler was born, and plans to demolish it so it can’t become a neo-Nazi shrine. BELGIUM: The Wallonian parliament has blocked the trade deal between the EU and Canada. FRANCE: In the first debate between the candidates… Continue reading Issue76:2016 10 20: Week in Brief International
Issue 73:2016 09 29:Week in Brief International
29 Setember 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BOSNIA: The Serbian half of Bosnia held a referendum on Saturday about keeping Jan 9 as its national day. The Bosnian Constitutional court has ruled it illegal – the Bosnian Serb declaration of independence on 9 Jan 1992 triggered the three year Balkan war. The EU… Continue reading Issue 73:2016 09 29:Week in Brief International
Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: International
25 August 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: More Mediterranean and Channel resorts have banned the burkini. In Nice, four women have already been fined for being insufficiently naked in public, and six others have left the beach after being warned to show more flesh. Prime minister Manuel Valls has supported the bylaws. Mr… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: International
Issue 65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief International
04 August 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Traditional summer festivities such as open-air concerts, firework displays and sporting events have been cancelled in many parts of the country as a result of recent terrorist atrocities. Security forces have begun operations at sea, with coastal patrols and helicopter monitoring of ferries entering French waters.… Continue reading Issue 65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief International
