WADOWICE, Poland — On his knees, head bowed before bloodstained robes, a Polish man was deep in prayer. He was worshiping in a chapel at the John Paul II Center in Krakow, a sprawling complex where relics of the former pontiff are displayed, including the clothes he was wearing when nearly killed by an assassin’s […]
WARSAW (BLOOMBERG) – As Poland added to the global scrutiny of Huawei Technologies Co on Friday (Jan 11) with the arrest of a company employee and a local former security agent, the country’s authorities also exposed the division in Europe over policy towards the Chinese technology giant. Huawei is facing increasing pressure across the European Union […]
The concerns of Irish people about migration cannot be dismissed, but Ireland has proved more welcoming than other parts of Europe, the Taoiseach has insisted. Leo Varadkar was speaking in crowded UNHCR refugee camp Mai-Aini in northern Ethiopia. Here, thousands of people from Eritrea, a country under a totalitarian dictatorship, have fled in search of […]
Rory Stewart has said the move would ease pressure on prisons and be better for offenders. In comments reported by The Daily Telegraph, he said that “very short” jail terms were “long enough to damage you and not long enough to heal you”. He added: “You bring somebody in for three or four weeks, they […]
Standing on top of the roof of the Dublin Port Company’s headquarters, you can see lots of building work amidst all the docked ships at the River Liffey’s mouth. And while that construction is not entirely Brexit-related, management at the port says it has to be prepared for the possibility of a no-deal and any […]
At least 20 weather-related deaths have been reported in Europe over the last week as an avalanche killed two snowboarders in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Red Cross said that the bodies of the pair were found at noon local time in the Pirin Mountains. A statement from the organisation alleged the two triggered the avalanche that […]
Macedonia’s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to change the country’s name to the Republic of North Macedonia. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev narrowly secured the two-thirds majority needed in the historic vote amid a boycott by opposition nationalists. Protesters outside parliament denounced what they called an act of treason. The name change is aimed at […]
A man has appeared in court as part of the Garda investigation into events related to the eviction of a family from their farm in Strokestown, Co Roscommon, last month. Martin O’Toole (54), of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, Co Mayo, appeared at Castlerea District Court charged under the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. […]
LONDON — Sheikh Hamad Isa Ali al-Khalifa was in a funk. His father had just died, and the sheikh, a cousin of the king of Bahrain, had sunk into depression. Casting about for a way to revive his spirits, his friends and relatives hit on a plan: have him invest some of his hefty inheritance […]
Gardaí have confirmed that a dig as part of an investigation into a missing woman has concluded without any significant discovery. Investigators began the excavation on Tuesday, January 8 for missing doctor Deirdre O’Flaherty (46), from Strabane, Co Tyrone. She was reported missing on January 11, 2009 at Moville. The site of the dig, located […]