03 August 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Macron promised to remove migrants from the streets and to house them in cheap hotels instead. The deradicalisation centre opened under the previous government has been closed, and the deradicalisation program judged a failure. STX, the country’s biggest ship-building company, is to be nationalised to prevent… Continue reading issue 116:2017 08 03:Week in Brief International
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Issue 116:2017 08 03:Venezuela’s Dinosaur(Neil Tidmarsh)
03 August 2017 Venezuela’s Dinosaur Extinction threatens. by Neil Tidmarsh Dinosaurs take a long time to die. The cataclysmic shock which destroyed their world may well have been short and sharp, but those survivors unwilling or unable to evolve into more sustainable life-forms no doubt suffered slow, lingering deaths. The world saw this six months… Continue reading Issue 116:2017 08 03:Venezuela’s Dinosaur(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 113:2017 07 13:Week in brief International
13 July 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe CYPRUS: Negotiations between Greek Cyprus and Turkish Cyprus for reunification have collapsed. Greek Cyprus will begin drilling for natural gas off its coast, a move which is likely to increase tension with Turkey. FRANCE:Macron’s labour minister Muriel Penicaud is facing a criminal inquiry about an outing to… Continue reading Issue 113:2017 07 13:Week in brief International
Issue 109:2017 06 15:Week in Brief International
15 June 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: Plans were announced for the creation of a ‘security and defence union’ (a military organisation independent of Nato) by 2025. A confidential EU report, leaked to the Politico website, recommended demolishing the existing parliament building in Brussels and constructing a new one costing €500 million. The… Continue reading Issue 109:2017 06 15:Week in Brief International
Issue 38: 2016 01 28:Week in Brief: International
28 January 2016 Week in Brief: International AFGHANISTAN: A suicide bomber killed seven employees of the TV channel TOLO and injured at least 25 other people. Last year the Taliban announced that they would be targeting the channel. President Obama has authorised US special forces to combat Isis-affiliated groups, which have infiltrated Afghanistan from Pakistan.… Continue reading Issue 38: 2016 01 28:Week in Brief: International
