Key developments on Sept. 2: Ukraine liberates another village near Pokrovsk, military saysRussia open to ‘cooperation’ with Ukraine, US at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Putin claimsAbout 2,000 North Korean soldiers killed fighting... Read more »
Rachel Reeves was hit by a fresh sell-off in government bond markets on Tuesday, underlining the formidable challenge facing the chancellor in the run-up to the autumn budget. The yield, or interest... Read more »
Kildare County Council has announced that they have been shortlisted in four categories at the Irish Planning Institute’s Planning Awards 2025. The national winners of the competition will be revealed at a gala... Read more »
The invitation promised that the results of the Green party leadership election would be one of the most consequential political events of the autumn. That might be pushing it, but they were... Read more »
Prominent far-right lawmaker Maximilian Krah is expected to face some difficult questions in a Dresden court on Wednesday, when he is called as a witness in the trial of his former assistant... Read more »
‘Put them up anywhere’ – Cooper backs flying of England flags In an interview with Times Radio this morning Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, said that she was in favour of flags... Read more »
Ukraine’s former pro-Kremlin President Viktor Yanukovych seemingly resurfaced publicly for the first time in years on Sept. 1, claiming that he had always backed Ukraine’s path toward the European Union. The statement... Read more »
There is a lot of noise currently about UK government borrowing costs. The focus has been on what is known as the 30-year gilt yield, which is the effective interest rate of... Read more »
A leading activist calling for the banning of greyhound racing in Ireland has labelled a recent change to the operating procedures of Lifford’s Greyhound Stadium as a “face-saving exercise”. Nuala Donlon of... Read more »
Since he took over as state premier of Bavaria in 2018, Markus Söder has not only become the commanding political presence in one of Germany’s richest states, but a leading conservative voice... Read more »