16 March 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe DENMARK: The Prime Minister asked the Turkish prime minister to postpone his visit because of Turkish/EU tensions (see NETHERLANDS below). FRANCE: More than 50 teenagers were arrested after gangs attacked three schools in suburbs north of Paris. The riots started when demonstrations by pupils protesting against… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16:Week in Brief International
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Issue75:2016 10 13The Land Of Three Governments: (Neil Tidmarsh)
13 October 2016 The Land Of Three Governments. The struggle to establish legitimate authority in Libya. by Neil Tidmarsh Libya; land of chaos, anarchy and misery. Land of people-traffickers, refugees, militants, militias and terrorists. Land of no government, land of three governments. Three governments? How did that happen? It’s exactly five years since Colonel Gaddafi… Continue reading Issue75:2016 10 13The Land Of Three Governments: (Neil Tidmarsh)
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 36: 2016 01 14:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
14 January 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: Afghan forces in Sangin are still under siege by the Taliban. Reinforcements have not succeeded in breaking through to them. Fierce fighting is also taking place in Marjah district. The other twelve of Helmand province’s fourteen districts are already under Taliban control. The Afghan airforce struck against… Continue reading Issue 36: 2016 01 14:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
