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 86:2017 01 05:Week in Brief International
05 January 2017 Week In Brief: International Europe FINLAND: Police chief Jari Aarnio, who was the head of Helsinki’s anti-narcotics squad, was found guilty of running a drug smuggling operation in partnership with a Finnish organised crime gang, and sentenced to ten years in prison. FRANCE: A ‘right to disconnect’ law was passed, allowing workers… Continue reading Issue 86:2017 01 05: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
