Ukraine and European leaders tell Putin to agree to 30-day ceasefire or face ‘massive’ sanctions
Trump backs European call for Ukraine-Russia truce to begin on Monday
Poland
Ireland has a dismal amount of tree cover but ‘wild’ is partly between our ears
A Polish forest gives a glimpse of what Ireland and Britain might have looked like 10,000 years ago
Merz’s first day: Berlin back in business and interested in new ‘push for Europe’
New German chancellor steps up efforts to bring peace to Europe
Romanians vote in election that could bring hard-right Eurosceptic ally of Trump to power
George Simion was leading in the polls in advance of Sunday’s presidential election
Poland’s wines are its best kept secret. Here are some of the best
Poland has a burgeoning wine business with more than 700 growers and 500 wineries
I had to tell my mother that her father had been tortured for 11 days and murdered
Everyone who encounters the Holocaust becomes implicated, a new witness to the mystery and the horror, with the responsibility to recount its history honestly
Irish judges endorse international ‘deep concern’ over threats to judiciary and rule of law in US
‘Irresponsible rhetoric and disinformation’ in United States is a threat, warns global association of judges
Ireland voices concerns over Lithuania’s withdrawal from cluster bomb ban
Poland, Finland and Baltic states due to withdraw from treaty on anti-personnel mines
US overtures to Russia shake up central European politics
Rehabilitation of Vladimir Putin poses awkward questions for those who admire Donald Trump but are suspicious of Moscow
Homeless in Dublin, sober in Poland: How 60-year-old Jerzy ‘chose life’
‘I have pity for those men who are still sitting there, dying there,’ says Jerzy Podlesney
Efforts to rearm Europe stumble as Trump ‘kicks over the chessboard’ of the Ukraine war
EU must take replace rhetoric with deeds and increase military power to ensure Putin takes heed, European commissioner for defence warns
EU warns Poland for suspending Dublin migrant regulation
Donald Tusk said his country ‘will not accept migrants from other European countries under so-called Dublin system
Another week in which defence dominates EU agenda
Negotiations around increasing military aid to Ukraine continue at summit of EU leaders
Time for Poland to consider nuclear weapons option, says prime minister Donald Tusk
PM signals conventional ordnance insufficient and intends to ensure eastern European state ‘safe and ... invincible’
Fiction in translation: Swedish bestseller Colony an impressive study of community, secrets and trust
Works by Annika Norlin, Malgorzata Lebda, Torborg Nedreaas, Robert Seethaler, Cheon Seon-ran and Alba de Céspedes
US envoy hails Ukraine’s ‘courageous’ leader as talks ‘restore hope’ for Kyiv after bruising week
Top EU officials expected in Ukraine to mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion
Germany to set up centralised deportation facilities in bid to tackle migration
Opposition politicians denounce ‘Dublin Centres’ as pre-election gestures by a government that has lost control of asylum process
Europeans warn of malevolent ‘spirit of Munich’ as imperfect peace talks loom over Ukraine
Approach of new Trump administration a necessary ‘cold shower’ for EU, says Czech president
Golden rule of Munich Security Conference goes out window as Vance lectures on ‘enemy within’
Czech president says European countries cannot be excluded from Ukraine ceasefire talks if they are to take more responsibility for security
‘When faced with the ugliness of Dublin, it’s hard not to worry about tourists thinking they’ve been sold a pup’
Plenty of other countries are green but get much less excited about it
EU leaders agree but disagree on defence
Analysis: Most EU members want to co-operate on defence, but have different ideas about what co-operation means
Auschwitz survivors mark 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
‘Last milestone anniversary’ will see political leaders, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, listening to survivors’ voices rather than making speeches
Auschwitz survivors to visit home of former camp commander Rudolf Höss
Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp
Holocaust survivor Joe Veselsky, Ireland’s oldest man, prepares for anniversary of liberation
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
Poland standing on the front line of Russia’s hybrid war with the EU
Facing Russian attempts to ‘weaponise’ migration, Poland takes a hard line on asylum
EU states should agree ‘shopping list’ of joint defence projects, says Polish minister
Senior minister in Polish government says other EU states need to spend ‘way more’ on defence
Russia accused of plotting airline attacks as missile strikes cause blackouts in Ukraine
Kyiv and Warsaw signal breakthrough on exhumation of Poles massacred in Ukraine in 1940s
We like our meats smoky: Nordics lobbied EU over flavouring ban
Documents show several states raised concerns about EU plan to phase out smoky flavourings for meats and crisps
As Dublin stagnates, Warsaw reinvents itself as a modern European capital
The Polish capital has metamorphosed from a grey postwar wasteland to a colourful, citizen-friendly city building for the future with public spaces and metro lines
Poland plays down prospect of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine
Donald Trump critical of long-range strikes against Russia carried out with US missiles by Kyiv
EU to limit asylum rights in response to Russian ‘weaponisation’ of migration
European Commission clears countries to take emergency measures to stop Russia facilitating migrant flows into eastern states
Polish or Irish? ‘I wanted to fully integrate. But then I realised that you can be both and it’s not a problem’
Children from the ‘1.5 generation’ who were brought by their parents to live in another country, can struggle to belong, as documented in a new book
New Irish citizens: ‘I hear the racist and xenophobic slurs on the streets. Everything is blamed on immigrants’
Irish citizens who were born elsewhere, from Brazil to Poland, give thoughts on racism, childcare and Irish democracy
Ukrainian and North Korean troops have clashed in Russia’s Kursk region, Kyiv says
Pyongyang fires ballistic missiles into sea as regional tension rises and US votes
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