02 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The government announced a ban on the burka and the niqab, and other measures to strengthen security and to integrate migrants. The governing coalition (Social Democrat Party and People’s Party) is hoping that such measures will take the wind out of the far-right Freedom party’s… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: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 81:2016 11 24: week in Brief International
24 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: In the first round of elections for the leadership of the Republican party, Francois Fillon (former prime minister) came first with 44%, Alain Juppé (the favourite, former prime minister, former deputy mayor of Paris, mayor of Bordeaux) came second with 28%, and Nicolas Sarkozy (former president)… Continue reading Issue 81:2016 11 24: 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
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
Issue 47:2016 03 31:Week in Brief International
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: The number of people killed in last week’s bomb attacks in Brussels has risen to 35. It has been confirmed that the British man missing since the bombings, David Dixon, was killed in the terrorist attack. The police have made further anti-terrorist raids and arrests, including… Continue reading Issue 47:2016 03 31:Week in Brief International
