Kyiv has only half of the electricity it needs, mayor says
Ukraine faces most severe wartime energy crisis following Russian attacks
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Secret video sparks corruption storm in Cyprus as it assumes EU presidency: Who is behind it?
Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides tries to shake off controversy involving top aides and alleged cash-for-access scheme
EU ‘membership-lite’ plan for Ukraine spooks European capitals
Reforms under discussion would tear up accession rules to allow Kyiv to join in a potential peace deal
Ukraine’s entry into EU a guarantee against future Russian attack, von der Leyen says
Greenland ‘can count’ on political and financial support from Europe, says commission president
EU’s tricky discussion about talks with Vladimir Putin
Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni say it’s time to engage directly with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine, but who should lead negotiations?
Four killed as Russia launches another big attack on Ukraine’s power grid
Russia is ‘weaponising winter’, say Ukrainian officials
Caught between an aggressive Moscow and a capricious Washington, Ireland has few choices
Irish taxpayers will play a disproportionate role in funding EU defence expenditure in the coming years. This is to be welcomed, given the alternatives
A Dublin woman living in a kibbutz in Israel remembers Jewish life in Ireland
Trudy Davis’s grandfather settled in Cork in 1903 after a Yiddish-speaking family told him he was in Ireland, not the US
‘You can be against Trump and celebrate that Maduro is gone’: Venezuelans protest in Dublin
Protesters in Dublin say those opposed to leader’s removal do not reflect views of Venezuelans
Greenland proposes direct talks with US in attempt to resolve tensions
Donald Trump threatens to acquire self-governing Danish territory ‘whether they like it or not’
Alexandre Kojève, An Intellectual Biography by Boris Groys: alternative world visions
Beyond his notorious ‘end of history’ thesis, the views of the Russian-born philosopher changed considerably over his life
Europe may have just 20 days to avert the irreparable. There are still things it can do
Head-spinning events of the past week indicate that either Trump is stark raving mad or the result of the greatest undercover coup in the history of Soviet intelligence
We are witnessing a change that may be as dramatic as the end of the Cold War
Donald Trump is rupturing the world order and replacing it with something else but what that may be, we do not yet know
Denis Staunton: What next after a Trump strike that shook the world?
As Europe plays balancing act on Greenland and Ukraine, US president continues to cause panic and doubt
‘We don’t know what’s coming’: Unease in Greenland as Donald Trump revives his Arctic ambition
A capital city on the edge of the world finds itself at centre of international power play
Russia says it fired hypersonic missile at Ukraine
Strike was response to Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s residences, defence ministry says
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy is right to be sceptical over security guarantees
President is not sure if pledge from partner countries means they would protect Ukraine if Russia attacks again
Marco Rubio to meet Danish officials as Greenland crisis escalates
Military seizure of island from longtime ally Denmark would send shockwaves through Nato
Why do Russia and the US have such interest in a rusty oil tanker not too far from Ireland?
Name-changing Marinera ship has long been part of shadow fleet used to dodge western sanctions
US has seized Venezuela-linked oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
Seizure of tanker, with UK operational support, after it slipped through a US ‘blockade’ could stoke tensions with Russia
Two more US aircraft fly over Ireland to track oil tanker under Russian flag
Tánaiste ‘would imagine’ rules on accessing State’s skies were followed on previous flight
Europe and US commit to ‘legally binding’ security guarantees in Ukraine peace deal
States reiterate support to deploy troops from European nations to reassure Kyiv in event of truce with Russia
US naval aircraft flew over Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker
Irish policy forbids foreign military aircraft use of Irish airspace while on active military operations
Irish military aircraft sent to monitor fleeing oil tanker
Ship has been pursued across the Atlantic by US naval forces after attempting to collect oil from Venezuela
How the West misjudged Russia’s dissidents and helped shape Putin’s rise as Soviet Union fell
Mikhail Zygar’s latest book revisits the figures who defined the USSR’s last years and the turbulent decades that followed
US military monitors oil tanker off Irish coast as it sails towards Russia
Planes took off in Britain and Iceland to track Marinera, which is set to skirt Ireland’s exclusive economic zone
Oil tanker pursued by American authorities on course for Irish waters
US Coast Guard began pursuing the vessel two weeks ago as it sailed to Venezuala for an oil shipment
Germany takes first step towards reviving military service for 18-year-olds
Faced with growing security threats from Russia, it is the latest country to rebuild its armed forces
How are Europe’s neutral and non-aligned states changing policies in an age of war?
There are fewer non-aligned European countries after Finland and Sweden joined Nato, while Denmark has dropped its rejection of EU defence cooperation
Ukraine did not target Putin’s home, CIA finds
Assessment rebuts claim that the Russian leader made to Donald Trump in a phone call this week
Ireland to deploy large numbers of undersea trackers to detect Russian submarines
Project is part of effort to increase State’s ‘maritime domain awareness’ over concerns of vulnerability of subsea infrastructure
Was Ireland’s reputation as a tiny diplomatic superpower just a flash in the pan fantasy?
Foreign media is flooded with criticism for the country that used to “get its way”
Ukraine and EU officials dismiss alleged attack on Putin residence
Major Black Sea port has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missiles and drones during nearly four years of war
Six economic flashpoints to watch out for in 2026
From the US economy to an AI-fuelled bubble, there are pressure points that could yet become global crises
John Gapper: British business has an opportunity to defy the gloom
Entrepreneurs are more optimistic than the headlines are about the UK’s economic potential
Russia says it has moved nuclear-capable missiles, which can travel 5,500km, closer to Europe
Hypersonic system deployed to Belarus which shares border with Nato countries Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
‘We are heading for a war Europe might lose’: Continent preparing public for possible conflict
European governments are preparing the public for the possibility of conflict as US security guarantees fade
Today’s stock market wrap: European shares touch record highs despite metal price pullback
Hopes for Ukraine peace deal drag defence stocks lower while top tech stocks take a backwards step in New York
Why latest Ukraine peace talks include promising developments for Kyiv
Sticking points remain in draft peace deal, including fate of land in eastern Ukraine
Trump says deal to end Ukraine war ‘very close’ but thorny issues remain
Ukrainian president says US-Ukraine security guarantees are ’100% agreed to’
Ireland’s EU presidency set to cost State more than €293m
An Garda Síochána allocated €125m which is expected to go towards increased security and operational costs
Zelenskiy holds talks with Carney and European leaders en route to Trump meeting
Russian attacks leave hundreds of thousands in Kyiv without heating as Ukrainian leader prepares for flurry of weekend diplomacy
Russian drones and missiles pound Ukraine before Zelenskiy-Trump meeting
Zelenskiy says 20-point draft is ’90% ready’ ahead of Florida meeting with Donald Trump
Zelenskiy ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’, says Trump ahead of meeting on Sunday
US president believes he can have a productive meeting with Zelenskiy on ending the Ukraine war
Motherland by Julia Ioffe: The unfairly forgotten women of the Soviet Union
A beautifully crafted tribute to remarkable women and a howl of condemnation at a country that ‘failed them’
Zelenskiy proposes demilitarised zone in eastern Ukraine
Offer is closest Ukraine has come to addressing territorial disputes in Donetsk that have derailed peace talks
Two police officers killed in car explosion in Moscow, say Russian authorities
Explosive device was triggered when officers approached a ‘suspicious person’ near their vehicle
Private jets and penthouse suites: ousted Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s luxurious life in exile
Deposed president and his family are living with impunity in Moscow
Millions of Ukrainians without power and at least three dead in Russian missile attacks
Despite peace-talks progress, Zelenskiy said attacks show Putin ‘cannot accept that he must stop killing’
Russia sees ‘slow progress’ in peace plan talks as Moscow bomb attack kills general
No breakthrough during intense weekend of diplomacy involving US, Ukraine, Russia and Europe
How Russia recruits Ukrainians to attack their own country
Moscow is targeting vulnerable adults and even children to recruit them as potential killers, bombers and arsonists
European involvement in US-led talks damaging chances of peace in Ukraine, says Russia
Zelenskiy open to possibility of summit with Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump as negotiations continue in Miami
Putin says Russian forces will continue to advance in Ukraine
President’s end-of-year press conference appears largely aimed at preparing country’s population for war to continue
EU funding deal for Ukraine: dissenter Hungary joined by Slovakia and Czech Republic
A tear that Hungary’s premier, Viktor Orban, has spent years pulling at in the EU tent has just got bigger
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