27 July 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: The chief of the armed forces resigned after Macron gave him a dressing down for complaining about defence cuts. GREECE: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake in the Aegean (hitting the Greek island of Kos, and also Bodrum in Turkey) left 2 people dead and 500 injured.… Continue reading !ssue 115:2017 07 27:Week in Brief International
Tag: Law and Justice Party
Issue115:2017 07 27:Poland in Court(Neil Tidmarsh)
27 July 2017 Poland In Court The Law and Justice party attacks law and justice. by Neil Tidmarsh It was touch and go. The political establishment was determined to give itself power over its country’s judges. The independence of the judiciary – its separation from the executive – is of course the cornerstone of democratic… Continue reading Issue115:2017 07 27:Poland in Court(Neil Tidmarsh)
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
Issue 38:21 06 01 28:Pot and Kettle(Neil Tidmarsh)
28 January 2016 Pot and Kettle The irony of Brussels pointing fingers at Warsaw and Madrid. by Neil Tidmarsh Last week, MEPs investigating EU spending on foreign aid and development delivered their report to the European parliament. The Times managed to get hold of a copy of the report. It seems that many of the… Continue reading Issue 38:21 06 01 28:Pot and Kettle(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 35:2016 01 07: Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
07 January 2016 Week in Brief: International AFGHANISTAN: A Taliban suicide car bomber murdered two people and wounded fifteen others in an attack on a restaurant in Kabul. Over thirty people were wounded in two bomb attacks near Kabul airport. A Taliban attack in Helmand province killed one US soldier and injured two others. AUSTRALIA:… Continue reading Issue 35:2016 01 07: Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in brief International
17 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFHGHANISTAN: The army repelled a Taliban attack on Kandahar airport. ARGENTINA: 40 police officers were killed when the bus carrying them came off a bridge and plunged 65 feet near Salta in northern Argentina. AUSTRALIA: Police raided the Sydney home of a computer expert, Craig Wright, after the… Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in brief International
