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EU ‘strongly divided’ on calls for arms embargo on Israel

Israeli attacks on UN peacekeeping troops in Lebanon ‘totally unacceptable’, say EU foreign ministers

Death of journalist Victoria Roshchyna while in detention in Russia condemned by EU and US

Kyiv calls for international action over Russia’s alleged execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers

UK government must say what Brussels ‘reset’ means, says EU delegation head

‘New phase in bilateral relationship’ is possible, Sandro Gozi says

What I Read This Week: A bizarre Dublin conference and the human cost of war

Europe Correspondent Jack Power picks his favourite stories of the week including an interview with one of Drumcondra’s finest musicians

Why are environment activists so divided on the issue of liquefied natural gas?

LNG is a hot issue within the environment movement, while most governments insist it is essential to national energy security

UK and EU are entering a ‘situationship’

Europe Letter: Brussels and London will have to give each other some leeway for post-Brexit reset to work

Markets lifted by positive US jobs growth data

Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed 0.6% with auto stocks gaining the most after EU voted to impose tariffs on EVs from China

EU chief: Further military intervention in Lebanon ‘has to be avoided’

EU foreign affairs ministers hold emergency meeting to discuss escalating conflict in Lebanon

Marking a global milestone: The UK exits coal power

‘Renewables will soon overtake coal as the single biggest source of global electricity’

Global South must be saved from fossil fuels and other climate-harming practices

Ethiopia is among many countries suffering hunger, poverty and misery due to the Global North’s destruction of the planet and its banks financing damaging agricultural programmes and fossil fuel expansion

European Union ‘failed to pay attention’ to Global South for years

Europe struggling to navigate growing force of Brics countries on international stage

A definition of Swiss neutrality remains elusive, but at least the debate has begun

Worldview: The Swiss maintain that it is precisely the defence of a neutral state that requires it to maintain a large and heavily equipped army

Ireland is clearly not neutral in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia and we need to stop pretending it is

Our obvious double standards on neutrality have not gone unnoticed in other EU countries, even if they do not say it openly

Paschal Donohoe on Atlas of Finance: Wonderful illumination of our economies and histories

Dariusz Wójcik’s book maps and visualises brilliantly an analysis of millions of financial data points

Apple’s warnings and gripes are part and parcel of a multinational’s close contacts with Government

Multinationals’ expressions of concern part and parcel of foreign direct investment but some feel fears for further inflow not without foundation

Ireland may well be heading for EU commissioner job disappointment

Europe letter: Michael McGrath’s EU job prospects may be casualty of budget reshuffle necessity

Defence co-operation vital in wake of Ukraine invasion, Luxembourg PM says

Luc Frieden praises value of collective EU defence ahead of meeting Taoiseach and Tánaiste in Dublin

EU foreign affairs chief proposes sanctions on Israeli ministers

EU ministers discuss Josep Borrell’s proposal, which is supported by Ireland

Hungary’s foreign minister accuses EU of disrupting oil supplies from Russia

Hungary and Slovakia have been protesting since Ukraine put Russian oil producer Lukoil on a sanctions list

Ireland proud to stand by Ukrainians until they ‘prevail’, Simon Harris says

Taoiseach issues statement of support marking Ukraine’s independence day as Russian invasion continues

Heat-related deaths likely to increase significantly in Ireland over coming decades

Europe has experienced some of its hottest summers in recent years, which have coincided with high mortality rates

Relief as Juice probe successfully manages fly-by of the moon in historic ‘gravity assist’ manouevre

ESA and DIAS teams gear-up for fly-by of Earth in latest stage of mission to Jupiter

‘The slaughter has to stop’: Tánaiste accuses Israel of ‘premeditatedly facilitating’ the killing of children

Calls for review of EU-Israel agreement as deaths in Gaza near 40,000 milestone

Digital twins for the win with aortas

Research Lives: Niamh Hynes, vascular surgeon and post-doctoral researcher, University of Galway

Simon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’

The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin

China’s factory activity shrinks for third successive month in July

Communist Party leadership promises more measures to stimulate the economy

Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy: Lazy political cliches neatly upturned

Mark Gilbert rehabilitates Alcide De Gasperi as one of 20th-century Europe’s key political leaders

‘The adults are back in the room in London’: how far will Starmer’s reset of UK-EU relations go?

New Labour government could open door to future talks with EU on defence, trade checks and youth movement, but it will have to face down the right-wing domestic press

Returning Latvian commissioner may be seeking EU economy job

Lobbying efforts for EU commission jobs to pick up in the coming weeks

‘We have reached out a hand to our European friends’: Keir Starmer thaws the UK’s European relationships

The atmosphere at the European Political Community summit was reflected in the warm weather

Brussels is gripped by one question: does Ursula von der Leyen have the votes?

European Commission president's bid for second term will come down to the wire

EU’s Michel criticises Orban over Trump peace plan letter

European Council president say Hungary cannot use EU presidency to deviate from agreed policy on Ukraine

European Parliament president calls for action on ‘Europe’s housing crisis’

Maltese politician comfortably re-elected as president of European Parliament

‘He’s no longer in the boxing ring’: Europe braced for a weakened Macron

French Europhile president will be distracted by domestic problems and less inclined to shake things up

AI has potential to revolutionise working lives in a similar way to the plough

Predictions of mass unemployment as a result of technological progress are rarely borne out

EU economy commissioner says Brexit ‘illusion’ becoming clearer for Britain

Former Italian prime minister ‘optimistic’ about new UK government’s attitude to working with EU

Nama was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fix the property market, and we blew it

Cabinet has approved the wind down of the bad bank as house prices surpass pre-crash levels

Nato and the EU remain resilient in the face of populist politics

The West’s two most important institutions stand strong - thanks to Russia and Brexit

Sustainability reporting rules are biggest development for accountants in 30 years - Acca

Directive will require firms to disclose information on their performance across social and environmental issues

All is changed, changed utterly: Starmer’s Downing Street reign presents chance to rebuild old ties

Raw politics and national interests will always triumph, but there is a basis for new Labour PM to work well with Ireland and Europe

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