17 August 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: A car was driven into a patrol of 16 soldiers in a Paris suburb, injuring six of them. Police arrested an Algerian suspect after a car-chase which ended near Calais. The suspect was shot and wounded. ROMANIA: A sharp rise in illegal immigrants suggests that people… Continue reading Issue 118:2017 08 17:Week in Brief International
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Issue 89:2017 01 26 : Week in Brief International
26 January 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BELGIUM: Flemish MPs and Walloon MPs have united to uphold the serving of free beer and wine to them in the national parliament, a service which the parliamentary ethics committee recommended should be abolished. FRANCE: In the first round of elections for the leadership of the… Continue reading Issue 89:2017 01 26 : Week in Brief International
Issue 34:2016 12 15:Week in Brief International
15 December 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: In Brussels, the EU and Cuba signed an agreement for closer co-operation. FRANCE: Jérôme Cahuzac, who was in charge of the fight against tax evasion as President Hollande’s budget minister, was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to three years in prison. A plastic surgeon,… Continue reading Issue 34:2016 12 15:Week in Brief International
Issue 25: 2015 10 22:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
22 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL BURMA: President Thein Sein signed ceasefire agreements with eight ethnic groups after decades of civil war. Another seven ethnic groups are still fighting against the Burmese army. A peace activist was arrested for posting online an image of a man standing on a portrait of a general. A… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL