18 November, 2024 Crew members of the frigate Dom Francisco de Almeida watch for Russian ships near Portugal. Photo: NATO Naval Command
The Portuguese military has recorded increased activity of Russian ships in Portuguese waters in the Atlantic.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris signed a bilateral cooperation agreement during the latter’s visit to Kyiv on Sept. 4.As of today, Kyiv has signed 26 bilateral agreements with foreign partners based on the d…
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris arrived in Kyiv on Sept. 4 for a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.The two leaders are expected to sign a support and cooperation agreement between Ireland and Ukraine, the Irish government said in a …
The crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other senior officials on Sunday has caused many Ukrainians to question whether Western politicians have a proper grasp of reality, given that Iran openly supports Putin’s Russia and su…
The crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other senior officials on Sunday has caused many Ukrainians to question whether Western politicians have a proper grasp of reality, given that Iran openly supports Putin’s Russia and su…
“We are all inside a train that is headed towards an abyss. There are firemen in the locomotive who continue to shovel coal into the firebox. And there is also a restaurant car where people continue to live normal lives as if everything is fine.
Howeve…
During the last two years, there has been a surge in demand for stories from Ukraine, though the number of books translated into English remains modest. Even in the finest bookstores, such as Shakespeare and Company in Paris or Hodges Figgis in Dublin,…
One of John Simpson’s more memorable keepsakes was a second-hand fountain pen given to him during the Romanian revolution in 1989. It was a fat, flashy number, far too bling for a BBC man, but was still somewhat special: its previous owner was Nic…
The Taoiseach welcomed the release of the nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl on Saturday as a “day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family”.
“An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh o…
Naga Munchetty[1] has broken her silence and explained the reason why BBC Breakfast[2] was suddenly cut in the middle of a news report this morning.
BBC[3] Breakfast hosts Naga and Charlie Stayt[4] were on presenting duties this morning before they wer…