Opening the three-hour debate, Prime Minister Micheál Martin said Ireland couldn’t afford the squabbling in the Dáil Éireann chamber at a time when incoming U.S. tariffs on EU goods imperil Ireland’s export-driven economy.
“Our country is facing enormous threats,” Martin said,…
The far-right leader, who was convicted of embezzlement on Monday and banned from running for office, accused the political establishment of trying to scupper her bid for the presidency.
Tourists and residents of a town in south-west Iceland have been evacuated after a volcanic eruption.
The volcano is close to the fishing town of Grindavik and the famous Blue Lagoon spa, which is a popular attraction. A small number of people refused to evacuate the town, local media reported.
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“We are trying to identify who are the key people in the U.S. administration; you need to understand who can actually deliver — some … may not be what their titles say,” said one of those envoys in March, complaining that key roles in the White House and the State Department…
“Government requests to restrict speech online alongside threats to shut down online services are severe and have a chilling effect on people’s ability to express themselves,” the spokesperson said.
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to…
The government said the new programme will be a key tool for the “detection and disruption of harmful activity against our country.”
The British government is placing Russia on the top tier of a security programme aimed at protecting the UK from malign foreign…
Ten years after the Dieselgate scandal over cheating in exhaust emissions tests, European carmakers are in the frame again, this time for market skulduggery in the form of a clandestine agreement not to compete on grounds of environmental friendliness on the basis of their support for recycling.
PARIS — The Paris Court of Appeals said it would hear Marine Le Pen’s case and render a decision by summer 2026.
Were the court to overturn Monday’s verdict, Le Pen would be eligible to run for president in 2027.
This developing story is being…
The body of a fourth US soldier has been found, a week after going missing in Lithuania.
The soldier was part of a team of four who were conducting military drills in a large armoured vehicle when they disappeared near the city of Pabrade.
The vehicle – a M88A2 Hercules – and the bodies of…
Away from tariffs, the Brussels veteran has enthusiastically embraced the European Commission’s efforts to mobilize more funds for European defense, in the face of what he called an “existential threat” from Russia.
He supported a Commission proposal to borrow €150 billion to…