Taras Borovok: Fighting Russia with an ‘arsenal of songs’Writer of viral tune about Bayraktar drones now has a hit with Himars songMon Jul 25 2022 - 09:02
A military hospital in Ukraine: ‘If you have arms and legs, they say you are ready to fight’On the worst days at Dnipro military hospital, pools of blood and wounded bodies cover the floorSat Jul 23 2022 - 06:00
‘I think in Russian. I speak in Russian...But we are all Ukrainian now’Mayor of Dnipro is facing down the country’s oligarchs and fighting the Russians ‘on three sides’Fri Jul 22 2022 - 20:10
The Russians have his nephew. Viktor would do anything to save Ivan Retired army colonel Viktor Ovchar’s nephew Ivan is a prisoner of the RussiansFri Jul 22 2022 - 17:00
‘They are blackmailing the world’: Black Sea grain blockade squeezes food supplyUkrainians have little faith Moscow will respect any agreement reached in talks aimed at resuming exportsWed Jul 20 2022 - 11:38
‘Putin thought Odesa would welcome him with bread and salt’Ukrainian city’s deputy mayor says public sentiment has permanently moved against RussiaTue Jul 19 2022 - 14:46
Odesa and Russia: ‘First they send a ballerina. Then they send a tank’ An artist and an intellectual in the Ukrainian port city grapple with the horrors of invasion and explain their perspectives on the role of Russian culture as a weaponMon Jul 18 2022 - 17:42
Ukraine letter: ‘They are murdering our children and there is no one to stop them’Nato leaders bought into hi-tech aircraft for decades only to find themselves arming Ukraine for what is increasingly a first World War-style conflictSun Jul 17 2022 - 16:00
The Villa Spada: Lara Marlowe on the Irish Embassy in Rome and the echoes of 1849Villa was site of battle to defend republican idealsSun Jul 03 2022 - 19:02
Bataclan verdicts: ‘This trial has been a lesson in humanity’Trial of November 2015 jihadists plunged survivors - and France - back into the horror of that nightThu Jun 30 2022 - 19:34
Court finds 19 men guilty over Paris attacks that killed 130 people in 2015 Only survivor of terrorist unit, Salah Abdeslam, sentenced to life without paroleWed Jun 29 2022 - 19:32
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
