Macron faces uphill battle in talks with leaders after losing majorityFrench president rejects prime minister’s offer of resignation following legislative electionsTue Jun 21 2022 - 18:35
French president Emmanuel Macron to meet rival parties after losing majoritySome commentators have predicted France will become ungovernableTue Jun 21 2022 - 06:35
French president hobbled as many voters turn to ‘anything but Macron’ Satisfaction at his humbling mingles with fears France could become unstable as extremes make gainsMon Jun 20 2022 - 19:43
EU membership may prove a mirage for Ukraine despite optimism of Kyiv visitThe war is just one obstacle: Ukraine would be the largest country in the EU by land mass and would absorb huge fundingFri Jun 17 2022 - 17:00
Left-wing alliance performs strongly in French electionMacron set to struggle for overall parliamentary majority in Sunday’s second round of votingMon Jun 13 2022 - 18:10
Perception vs reality: How Ireland is marketed to tourists abroadWe focus on 'rip off' culture and queues at Dublin Airport, but foreign visitors are focused on other things, for now...Sat Jun 04 2022 - 06:00
Macron camp shaken out of lethargy with risk they could fall short in parliamentThe gloves are off, as ‘Last-minute Emmanuel’ names far-left grouping led by Mélenchon his chief adversaryFri Jun 03 2022 - 18:00
The banlieue comes to the Irish embassy in Paris Immigrant students preparing for a trip to Ireland encouraged to believe in a brighter futureMon May 30 2022 - 17:00
War hotels: Amazingly no one was killed in Belfast’s Europa, the most bombed hotel in EuropeThe Holiday Inn in Sarajevo was doubtless the most dangerous of the war hotelsSat May 28 2022 - 06:00
Food for thought – Lara Marlowe on the centenary of the dinner at the MajesticAn Irishwoman’s DiarySun May 22 2022 - 21:04
Emmanuel Macron’s reshuffled cabinet includes two unexpected appointmentsFormer TCD student Clément Beaune reappointed as minister for European affairsFri May 20 2022 - 19:53
Macron appoints Élisabeth Borne as prime ministerFormer employment minister is only second woman to hold the post in French historyMon May 16 2022 - 20:47
Russian crackdown: Why it takes tremendous courage to protestNewspaper editor Dmitry Muratov is a rare voice speaking out against Putin’s ‘purpose-built, repressive system’Sat May 07 2022 - 06:00
Macron’s twin goals are incompatible but he shows no sign of choosingTone of Macron’s second term could be determined by his choice of prime ministerFri May 06 2022 - 18:00
French left agrees rare alliance deal to take on MacronMove could threaten French president’s chances of securing National Assembly majorityWed May 04 2022 - 10:53
No honeymoon period for Macron after election victoryPotential mergers loom in French political flux as president vows to represent all citizensMon Apr 25 2022 - 19:13
‘Magnificent news for Europe’ as Macron wins second termFrench president promises a ‘more independent France’Sun Apr 24 2022 - 23:00
French election: 'Magnificent news for Europe' as Macron secures second termRe-election of French president Emmanuel Macron hailed by European leadersSun Apr 24 2022 - 21:49
Anxious times as Macron and Le Pen fight over FranceFrench voters must choose between ‘extreme centre’ and far right in presidential pollFri Apr 22 2022 - 18:00
Macron and Le Pen in show of cordial hostility ahead of presidential run-offLighter moments punctuate intense TV debate that highlights chasm between the candidatesThu Apr 21 2022 - 12:50
Le Pen determined to avoid repeat of five years ago in pivotal debateDebate set to be most important event in run-up to the April 24th presidential electionTue Apr 19 2022 - 20:00
Marine Le Pen: Putin’s best hope of sowing discord in EU and NatoMacron’s rival for French presidency would push foreign policy that would sunder WestFri Apr 15 2022 - 18:00
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s French election defeat is starting to feel like a victoryFar-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmakerThu Apr 14 2022 - 10:00
Far-right presidential candidate Le Pen promises ‘referendum revolution’If she wins the presidential run-off on April 24th the status of 5.2m foreigners living in France will be threatenedWed Apr 13 2022 - 01:00
Macron and Le Pen hit campaign trail as run-off loomsPresident faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocsMon Apr 11 2022 - 13:13
Macron to face Le Pen in French presidential election run-off for second time in five yearsExit polls show Macron on about 28% of first-round vote and Le Pen on 23%Mon Apr 11 2022 - 04:55
French election: Macron to face off against far-right leader Le Pen in presidential run-offPresident under threat from far-right candidate on April 24th after underwhelming campaignSun Apr 10 2022 - 09:31
Nervous time in Macron camp as far-right leader Le Pen gains momentumElection looked set to be a replay of 2017 but the president’s win is no longer a certaintyFri Apr 08 2022 - 11:01
War in Ukraine: ‘We knew that if we stayed, we would probably not survive’Olena Biletska (52) fled Mariupol on March 15th with her mother and two childrenFri Apr 08 2022 - 01:00
Putin says he wants to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine. Is there any truth behind these claims?Accusations focus on the Azov Regiment, an extreme right-wing group, but it represents less than 2% of Ukraine’s armed forcesSat Apr 02 2022 - 05:01
Train tracks leading refugees to Lviv brought Jews to extermination camps 80 years agoBarbaric 20th-century anti-Semitism, genocide and relocation hang over Russian invasionMon Mar 28 2022 - 01:00
Ukraine sinks Russian ship amid claims Moscow deporting civiliansRussians seek to lure besieged residents of bombarded Mariupol on to buses for RostovThu Mar 24 2022 - 21:12
US says up to 10% of Russia’s forces lost as bombardment of Ukrainian cities continuesRussian troops face fierce resistance as Zelenskiy says 100,000 remain in MariupolThu Mar 24 2022 - 05:50
Kyiv pastor: ‘When I see children’s toys in the ruins, I just want to kill Putin’Pastor records video blog ‘to show Russia’s war crimes’Wed Mar 23 2022 - 15:00
Mariupol like ‘Armageddon’, says Zelenskiy, as Russia steps up assaultUN secretary general says war in Ukraine is ‘unwinnable’ for RussiaTue Mar 22 2022 - 21:08
What are Russia’s designs on the two nuclear power plants it has seized?The facilities were ‘not built to withstand acts of war’, says Ukrainian nuclear physicistMon Mar 21 2022 - 20:00
Ukrainian defiance: ‘The war must end on Russian territory’Former finance minister believes Russia’s negotiating position grows weaker by the daySun Mar 20 2022 - 20:00
School of resistance: Lviv citizens train for combat against Russian forcesNail artists and software engineers among those signing up for weapons trainingSat Mar 19 2022 - 05:01
‘I have lost my identity twice’, first Crimea, now KyivWar has not prevented couple imagining a life beyond limbo in which they find themselvesThu Mar 17 2022 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: Ukraine war creates dramatic schism in Orthodox church‘I want us to leave the Moscow church. It is over,’ head of Lviv monastery saysTue Mar 15 2022 - 20:00
Can Ukraine triumph over the Russian Goliath?Russia deploying tactical strategy refined in Syria with devastating effect, say expertsMon Mar 14 2022 - 19:30
The battle to defend Ukraine's south: ‘Thousands of our people have died, not including civilians’An officer’s tale of hope and bloodshed from Ukraine’s embattled coastlineSun Mar 13 2022 - 20:00
Scenes of sorrow, fear and courage at Ukraine’s main refugee hub‘I am not going back to Kyiv because I don’t want to hide in the basement’Sat Mar 12 2022 - 01:00
Death in Ukraine: ‘It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward’Journalist Viktor Dudar could have worked as a military spokesman from the safety of an office, but he wanted to fight invading RussiansFri Mar 11 2022 - 06:00
Lviv’s cultural treasures threatened by Russian onslaughtUkrainian authorities in race against time to protect cultural heritage from destructionThu Mar 10 2022 - 17:00
‘We are through the worst of it’: Irish student on way to border after rescue from Ukrainian cityRacheal Diyaolu is travelling to Moldova in two-van convoy driven by Scottish duoMon Mar 07 2022 - 21:39
‘I am calm now, knowing they are safe’: Ukrainian family sundered by war‘I never thought there would be another war in Ukraine. I cannot comprehend it’Mon Mar 07 2022 - 20:00
Vigilant Lviv on high alert with Russian losses scored on cafe windowsLviv Letter: West Ukrainian hub looks out for Moscow agents amid patriotism and prayersMon Mar 07 2022 - 01:00
Zelenskiy’s foreign legion: ‘If I don’t do it, who will do it?’Idealism propels young men from safe countries to fight in defence of UkraineSat Mar 05 2022 - 01:00
‘Putin is Ivan the Terrible’s reincarnation’: The historical roots of the war in UkrainePolish professor traces cause of current Russian invasion back to the 16th centuryThu Mar 03 2022 - 20:00
