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Taoiseach hails EU’s role in bringing peace to Ireland

Friday marked 50 years since Ireland signed the treaty in Brussels that took the fledging state into the European Economic Community.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

EU nations urge stronger borders to ease migration pressure

Interior ministers from European Union nations experiencing pressure from unauthorized migration are asking for more action to strengthen and protect the bloc’s external borders

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

Munich – The Edge of War: women in historical films are too often unrealistic

In September 1938, Britain, Germany, Italy and France met in Munich as a new European war loomed. Hitler was demanding to annex the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia so in a bid to avoid war the Four Powers Agreement was signed and Czechoslovakia would surrender its border regions and defences. British…

The Conversation · Jan 21, 2022

At least 11 migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck

At least 11 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, while 21 others were rescued by the coastguard, the army spokesman said on Friday.

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

JAN. 14-20, 2022

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

Greens v ‘beefatarians’: Europeans go to war over their dinner

With meat consumption twice the global average, citizens of EU27 have to reconcile environmental concerns and culinary traditions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022

EncroChat drug trafficker used dark web shops called 'Vanilla Surf', 'Staxx' and 'GovUK' to peddle cocaine all over Europe

Father-of-two Andrew Moores, 37, from Denton, lived a life of luxury and boasted personalised bath robes, flannels and slippers embroidered with 'Mooresy' - now he and two associates are behind bars

Manchester Evening News · Jan 21, 2022

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Can US sanctions sway Putin’s thinking?

More aggressive moves from Washington could backfire on Europe, which depends on Russian energy.

Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2022

Biden, Japan's Kishida to Discuss Asia Security, Ukraine

US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region and a "united" Western alliance against Russian threats to Ukraine in a virtual meeting Friday, officials said. Biden has made restoring the importance of the US-Japanese relationship a priority since taking office exactly…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 21, 2022

Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022