EU EU mulling ‘options’ for further defence funding EU leaders have agreed to raise a €50 billion loan for Ukraine by the end of the year but shied away from commitments on the EU’s defence budget
Tech Charlie Taylor: How war in Ukraine has forced tech firms to pivotA vibrant tech sector in the Baltics is addressing a challenge to security, as Charlie Taylor discovered in Vilnius
EU EU to hive €1bn off frozen Russian assets to help UkraineEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said there was “strong support” for the move
Books Book Review: A balanced account of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian hero who is no saint The Showman is a gripping combination of biography, war reportage and political analysis
Europe Taoiseach to discuss support for Ukraine with EU leaders in ParisMacron said last week that Russia’s ‘change of posture’ necessitated coordinated action from EU member states.
US Politics Marion McKeone: Things go from bad to worse in the USTrump’s grip on the GOP strengthened in 2023, damaging America’s role as a moral leader and defender of freedom
Business Post's View Editorial: Isolated, prickly and clumsy, Hungarian leader Orbán foolishly overplayed his hand in Brussels
Ukraine Russia launches ‘largest drone attack’ on Ukraine since start of 2022 invasionUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said most but not all attack drones were shot down
Politics Zelensky hails EU decision on Ukraine membership talksEuropean Commission also recommends granting Georgia EU candidate status
Opinion Lucinda Creighton: Western disunity over support for Ukraine plays into Putin’s handsThere’s only one winner when cracks form in western allies’ solidarity, and that’s the Russian president
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Most ominous axis of anti-Ukraine sentiment is in the US Republican Party Extremist GOP rhetoric poses a bigger threat to western unity on the war than any rumblings in Europe
Ireland would not offer condolences if Putin dies, Leo Varadkar saysThe Taoiseach was responding to a question about Ireland’s traditional neutrality and wider foreign policy in the context of its opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pledges further €5m in aid to Ukraine on visit to KyivLeo Varadkar is meeting with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss how Ireland can continue to support the war-torn nation
US Politics Biden’s G-7 focus in Japan disrupted by Washington debt fightTalks between the White House and Republicans stalled over the weekend, with McCarthy saying there couldn’t be progress until Biden returned
Surrogacy Using Ukraine for surrogacy services will be criminal offence under new Irish lawMore than 24 babies are due to be born to Irish couples using Ukrainian surrogates in the coming months despite the country being at war
Surrogacy Government warns Irish couples using surrogacy in war-torn Ukraine as Zelensky pushes banThere are serious ‘security’ and ‘ethical’ concerns within government here over the use of commercial surrogacy services by Irish couples while the Ukrainian government has drafted legislation to ban the practice there
War in Ukraine Ukraine: How Russia’s invasion set the EU on a new path to its eastern bordersThe war in Ukraine has caused a huge shift in global geopolitics – especially in the EU, where the bloc’s approach to energy, security and migration has been transformed
Business Post's View Editorial: Reality knocked in 2022, and this year we must open the door to changeFrom the war in Ukraine to the protests in Iran, we in the West must back those struggling for truth, justice and liberty
War in Ukraine Jeff Farrell in Ukraine: ‘This is the bloody Russian world’Until a few weeks ago, the village of Tetyanivka was on the front line of the Ukraine invasion. Now the few residents left are coming to terms with the trauma and trying to rebuild