19 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: In last weekend’s elections, the Conservative Peoples’ Party (OVP) came first with 31.7%, the Social Democrats (SPO) second with 27.4%, and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) third with 26.5%. (Other parties: NEOS 5%, PILZ 4.1%, Green 3.3%, others 2%)…. Sebastian Kurtz, the leader of the OVP,… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Week in Brief International
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Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International
21 April 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe GERMANY: The comic Jan Böhmermann, who broadcast a satirical anti-Erdogan poem on TV, has been put under police protection. Chancellor Merkel has agreed that he is to be prosecuted under an old and little-used law – “insulting a foreign head of state” – which needs the approval… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International
