01 December 2016 “Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” You can’t have a criminal as head of state. Can you? by Neil Tidmarsh The best political joke in recent months? It came from Alain Juppé, the favourite and not-so-colourless contender in the recent race for the leadership of France’s Republican party. He was asked… Continue reading Issue 82:2016 12 01;Made it, Ma! Top of the World! (Neil Tidmarsh)
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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 73:2016 09 29:Week in Brief International
29 Setember 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BOSNIA: The Serbian half of Bosnia held a referendum on Saturday about keeping Jan 9 as its national day. The Bosnian Constitutional court has ruled it illegal – the Bosnian Serb declaration of independence on 9 Jan 1992 triggered the three year Balkan war. The EU… Continue reading Issue 73:2016 09 29:Week in Brief International
Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief International
01 September 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: Negotiations for a trade deal between the EU and the USA have failed, according to Germany’s vice-chancellor. The French minister for foreign trade said that he will be calling for an end to the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) talks which have been going on… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief International
Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
23 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The far-right Freedom Party is contesting the results of the recent presidential elections, which they lost by just 0.01% of the vote. A court will decide by July 6 whether to uphold the challenge. CYPRUS: Two firefighters have died and one has been injured as… Continue reading Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
Issue 57:2016 06 09:Week in Brief international
09 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BELGIUM: A passenger train collided with a freight train, killing two passengers and the driver. EU: The European Commission announced a “Marshall Plan for Africa”, an investment of €70 billion to counter migration by creating jobs and strengthening border controls in various African countries. FRANCE: Industrial… Continue reading Issue 57:2016 06 09: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
Issue 46: 2016 03 23:Week in brief International
24 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: Three suicide bombers launched an attack on Brussels airport which killed at least 14 people and injured many others. It is believed that one of the attackers fled and is still at large. Just over an hour later, a bomb attack on the Brussels underground Metro,… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 23:Week in brief International
Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief International
10 March 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe EU: At the EU summit in Brussels, Angela Merkel backed proposals to double the amount of EU funding from €3 billion to €6 billion to be given to Turkey and to grant its citizens the right to visa-free travel within the Schengen zone, in return for its… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief International
Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International
10 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: An argument among Taliban leaders escalated into a shoot-out in which four or five senior figures were killed (including the leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour) and more than a dozen wounded, according to government reports (but denied by the Taliban). The Afghan security forces – police and… Continue reading Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International
Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News
15 October 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRIA: The anti-immigration far-right Freedom Party gained 31% of the vote in the election for Vienna’s mayor. The Social Democrat’s Michael Häupl was re-elected with 39% of the vote. BELARUS: President Lukashenko was elected for a fifth term, winning 80% of the vote in the presidential election. … Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News
Issue 19: 2015 09 10:INTERNATIONAL NEWS
10 September 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Thirteen Shia Muslims were murdered in Balkh province. The Taliban have condemned the attack and have blamed it on Isis. In-fighting among the Taliban has broken out as break-away factions challenge the power of its new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, and some defect to Isis.… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10:INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
27 August 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS BANGLADESH: Counter-terrorism police have arrested three supreme court lawyers accused of financing a militant Islamic group. BRAZIL: Eduardo Cunha, the Speaker of the Lower House of Congress, has been charged with receiving bribes of £3 million in the scandal engulfing Petrobas, the state-owned oil company. Scientific tests in… Continue reading Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
