06 October 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: A re-run of the recent elections has been postponed for two months until December. GERMANY: The interior minister Thomas de Mazière said that the Dublin convention should be reinstated. This insists that immigrants should be returned to the first EU country they enter. Prosecutors have… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06:Week in brief (international)
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Issue73:2016 09 29:The Line of Control (Neil Tidmarsh)
29 September 2016 The Line of Control India and Pakistan square up over Kashmir. by Neil Tidmarsh Siachen glacier, Kashmir – a desolate wilderness of ice and snow high up in the Himalayan mountains. At 72km long, it’s one of the two biggest glaciers outside the polar region; and at an altitude of over 6000m… Continue reading Issue73:2016 09 29:The Line of Control (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief International
22 September 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: EU president Jean-Claude Junker called for the creation of an EU army. The idea is unpopular with member states bordering Russia who worry that an EU army might displace NATO. At the Bratislava summit, EU leaders blamed Germany’s Chancellor Merkel for uncontrolled immigration. FRANCE: There… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief International
