Push for Mercusor trade deal as Spain takes EU presidency‘Europe needs more allies than it has now,’ says Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez ahead of Latin American summitMon Jul 03 2023 - 18:24
Migration row clouds EU summit in BrusselsPoland and Hungary block agreement on one of the Union’s most sensitive political issuesFri Jun 30 2023 - 12:58
Proposal to use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine stalls over euro reserve currency fears EU considering spending frozen billions of Russia’s money to reduce taxpayer bill for war-damage reconstructionThu Jun 29 2023 - 19:56
Ireland secures opt-out from EU ‘security commitments’ to UkraineTogether with neutral Austria and Malta, Irish diplomats argued for wording to be added to European Council conclusionsThu Jun 29 2023 - 12:27
Russia’s overseas mercenaries come out of the shadowsPutin once denied being behind Wagner’s operations – now he says it was 100% funded by Russian stateWed Jun 28 2023 - 19:36
Nature restoration law in peril after EU committee voteLaw faces difficult plenary vote of European Parliament on July 11th after it was denied a majority in the environment committeeTue Jun 27 2023 - 12:26
EU foreign ministers believe revolt has revealed weakness in Russian state and Putin’s credibilityFinland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia enhance border security with neighbouring Belarus after Prigozhin is reported to be in exile thereMon Jun 26 2023 - 21:00
Ireland did not breach human rights of asylum seekers by denying child benefit, court findsTwo mothers from Nigeria and Afghanistan took case to Strasbourg after failure in Supreme Court in 2019Thu Jun 22 2023 - 10:24
Europe Letter: When it comes to policy on China, ‘the West’ does not exist Proposal for joint EU strategy towards Beijing reveals lack of unity within EuropeThu Jun 22 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s alcohol warning label plan triggers US concern at WTO meetingMexico and Dominican Republic among those fearing State’s health warning requirements signed into law in May could pose barrier to tradeWed Jun 21 2023 - 17:48
Nature restoration law edges forward as EU countries agree dealMalcolm Noonan urges European Parliament to press ahead with legislation despite pushback: ‘Our citizens want this - both in Europe and at home’Tue Jun 20 2023 - 22:10
Race to preserve gulag memories of Moldova’s contested Soviet pastExhibition of items from KGB archives aims to challenge glorified version of Soviet historySat Jun 17 2023 - 06:00
Toughened EU border policy under pressure after boat disasterTen NGOs demand that EU ‘must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea’Fri Jun 16 2023 - 20:15
Nature-restoration law narrowly survives in European ParliamentFinal committee vote on the law is pushed back until June 27th amid opposition from Fine Gael’s European People’s PartyThu Jun 15 2023 - 12:30
Battle over facial recognition as EU makes groundbreaking AI law EU is first mover in regulating artificial intelligence as it seeks to balance risks with economic potentialThu Jun 15 2023 - 05:00
Irish political parties accused of misrepresenting EU nature restoration lawMajor companies reject claims about nature law amid push to kill it in parliamentTue Jun 13 2023 - 05:00
Italy’s oligarch: Berlusconi’s death marks the end of an era Abroad he was synonymous with sex parties, but at home the billionaire and former PM remained a powerful political forceMon Jun 12 2023 - 18:03
Alcohol label wars: Ireland’s new warning law faces fight at World Trade OrganisationCuba has objected on behalf of its rum producers, calling planned cancer warning labels ‘alarmist’ and against EU lawSun Jun 11 2023 - 15:46
Ukraine war alters Russia’s leverage over MoldovaProfound economic shifts challenge the viability of the pro-Russian breakaway region of TransnistriaFri Jun 09 2023 - 21:00
Ireland welcomes EU agreement on how to handle migrationTaoiseach Leo Varadkar hails ‘decisive step’, while Tánaiste Micheál Martin indicates support for focus on ‘burden sharing’Fri Jun 09 2023 - 19:46
Ireland peripheral to EU migration deal but its progress will be closely watched as immigration climbs the agendaUnder the agreement all EU countries must help frontline border states to cope, but they can choose howFri Jun 09 2023 - 15:48
Threadbare Moldovan prosecutors take on former top leadership in anti-corruption driveTackling corruption from petty bribery to rigging of vast contracts crucial for EU membership hopesThu Jun 08 2023 - 17:32
‘We are grateful, but we just don’t want to be here’: Ukrainians in Moldova on dilemma of returning home In the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, small things can have an eerie similarity to home - it’s like a snapshot of life before the warThu Jun 08 2023 - 05:00
‘It’s an opportunity’: the Ukrainian refugees starting businesses in MoldovaUkrainian refugees, most of them young women with children, are making a fresh startWed Jun 07 2023 - 14:27
State prepared to contribute to financial package for North if powersharing restored – VaradkarDUP’s Ian Paisley says re-establishment of Stormont ‘could be an ice age away’Thu Jun 01 2023 - 19:25
Fine Gael cannot accept proposed nature restoration law in current form, says VaradkarProposed EU legislation aims to protect at least 20% of land and sea areas by 2030 but faces stiff oppositionThu Jun 01 2023 - 18:45
‘This year is for decisions’: Ukraine pushes for Nato and EU membershipRussia ‘tries to swallow’ neighbour states left outside the circle, Zelenskiy warns Moldova summitThu Jun 01 2023 - 17:26
Deliberations on abortion law reform may speed up, Varadkar signalsOireachtas committee may now ‘consider legislative changes’ rather than wait to examine independent reportThu Jun 01 2023 - 14:03
Electricity and gas prices ‘will come down’, Taoiseach says ‘There isn’t a direct link between wholesale prices and the retail prices that homeowners and businesses pay,’ Leo Varadkar saysThu Jun 01 2023 - 13:30
Ireland ‘interested’ in Nato or EU defence co-operation to protect infrastructure, says Varadkar‘We have to know what we’ll be signing up to before we can sign up to anything,’ Taoiseach says at Moldova summitThu Jun 01 2023 - 11:17
The digital euro could well flop if a cap limits its usefulnessThe prospect of private companies establishing themselves as tollbooths on transactions instead is concerningThu Jun 01 2023 - 05:00
European leaders in show of support to embattled MoldovaMass gathering of heads of state close to Ukrainian border seen as a ‘message to Moscow’Wed May 31 2023 - 19:25
The €13bn Apple Tax case is entering its final chapter. Here’s what you need to knowEuropean Commission’s last-ditch effort to make Apple pay the Republic more than €13 billion of alleged back taxes came before EU’s highest court this weekFri May 26 2023 - 05:14
Will Sinn Féin ditch its comrades in Europe on its path to power?Seeking international support for unification may mean leaving the Left group, home to the remains of Europe’s communist parties, behindThu May 25 2023 - 03:00
Ryanair wins case against Italian state aid for airlinesSecond victory in a month at the General Court as CEO Michael O’Leary battles countries’ Covid-era supports for rivalsWed May 24 2023 - 09:05
Meta loses court battle with European Commission over documents requestFacebook owner argued commission over-reached in its investigation of suspected anti-competitive behaviourWed May 24 2023 - 08:54
Apple argues disputed €13.1 billion is being paid in tax to the United StatesEU Commission made ‘numerous errors’ in its arguments that Ireland should be paid the additional tax, court hearsTue May 23 2023 - 18:21
Strength in numbers: Luxembourg and Ireland team up to defend their competitive tax regimes Working together, smaller EU countries and multinationals have delivered the Commission a series of painful blowsTue May 23 2023 - 17:59
New data transfer agreement with US to be in place ‘by summer’, EU says Comments made after Meta received a record fine from the Data Protection Commission for breaching EU data protection lawsMon May 22 2023 - 16:25
‘Consensus’ growing on need to change Ireland’s neutrality triple lock, Tánaiste saysMicheál Martin said current rule gives Russia an effective veto over Irish peacekeeping effortsMon May 22 2023 - 12:40
Talks to finalise Mercosur have progressed ‘a lot’ - CallearyEU keen to ratify accord ahead of 2024 European elections but concerns remain on beef and sustainability standardsMon May 22 2023 - 11:10
Russian diamond trade targeted in G7 talks as leaders meet in JapanConcerns remain any ban on importing Russian diamonds would cause trade to divert to other global jewel hubsThu May 18 2023 - 19:17
Ireland can’t claim tax of multinationals while disowning their emissionsEurope Letter: EU debates how to reform GDP and economic measures amid dire climate warningsThu May 18 2023 - 05:00
Air travel not economic growth boosted Irish emissions late last year, Eurostat saysAgency appears to contradict the Government, which blamed multi-national presence for ‘distorting’ emissions figuresWed May 17 2023 - 05:00
Former bailout countries lead EU growthGreece, Portugal, Cyprus, Spain and Ireland all close to the top of the table of economic growth in the European Commission’s forecast for 2023Mon May 15 2023 - 18:50
Erdogan clings on as Turkish election heads for May 28th run-offPoll seen as referendum on Turkey’s future a century since foundation of the secular republicSun May 14 2023 - 22:16
Early results contested in crucial Turkish electionOpposition promising to restore democracy and halt authoritarian slide under Recep Tayyip ErdoganSun May 14 2023 - 20:21
Could Turkey reject Erdogan and turn around its struggling democracy?High stakes as charismatic strongman faces first credible challenge in recent memorySat May 13 2023 - 08:25
EU attempts tough balancing act on China Bid to agree joint strategy towards Beijing that is wary but constructiveFri May 12 2023 - 17:43
German chancellor’s Oscar Wilde misquote looks like carelessnessEurope Letter: A citation by Olaf Scholz sounded more like something that would be shared on LinkedInThu May 11 2023 - 05:00
