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Sunday 27 September 2020
“In respecting our partners we expect the same in return,” Tusk said, echoing comments made by Theresa May yesterday.
The High Court had ruled in 2015 that Sergey Chesnokov had established he was born on Dublin’s Henrietta Street.
The ongoing civil war in Syria has seen relations between the countries sour further.
The Soviet-era drug was thrust into the spotlight on 7 March, after the tennis star admitted to using it.
Shocking new documents suggest the Solidarity icon was a paid informant for the secret police. But Walesa says they’re fake.
Ireland is among the more even countries.
Could he do it on a wet… actually, scrap that, he probably could.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
That was a big question back in the early 1980s.
It signalled the end of the Soviet Union, which would eventually dissolve in 1991.
Get up to speed with the latest news, opinions and insights with our hand-picked indepth reads.
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library has released 340 hours of recordings which provide new insight into the final months of the disgraced US president’s time at the White House.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
It’s just like old times.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he was saddened to hear of the death of the “formidable political leader”.
“I am 93, there is no reason to wait any longer,” says Nikolai Vasenin, who has been decorated by France for his role in World War II.
A series of papers on Europe was launched by the Lancent Medical Journal this week. It also found a growing disparity between male life expectancy in eastern and western Europe.
The 67-year-old was found dead at his home in Surrey in southeast England earlier today, his spokesperson said.
Dr Bill Podlich took hundreds of photos while working with UNESCO in 1967 and 1968. Here’s what he saw.
Mikheil Saakashvili’s party loses control of parliament – one of the first times an ex-Soviet country has seen a peaceful transition.
Tony Galvin was “decapitated by the goalkeeper” but the Irish were not awarded a penalty that may have taken them to the semi-finals.
Most of us can remember that Paul McGrath hit the post with a header but can you recall Aldo’s fresh air follow-up?
Gerd Muller scored two goals in the semi-finals and two more at Heysel Stadium against the Soviet Union to hand West Germany Euro ’72.
Franz Beckenbauer lifted the cup for West Germany in 1972 but the real winner that day was fashion.
A new report says that the number of countries who have the death penalty is declining but there has been a surge in the number of executions in the Middle East.
On 22 Feburary 1980 – 32 years ago today – America won an unlikely ice hockey gold at the Winter Olympics. This is the story of “the Miracle on Ice”.
Lana Peters, as she became known, defected to the US in 1967 at the height of Cold War tensions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the union would be based on a higher level of economic integration between former Soviet states – but insisted it was not some kind of re-formation of the Soviet Union.
Russia kept the celebrations on the down-low, with neither the president nor prime minister mentioning the anniversary during today’s public appearances.
Documents released to Der Spiegel, days after the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall, show how West Germany wanted to avoid it.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the meltdown at Chernobyl, which contaminated some 150,000 sq km of land.
A new diary uncovers some fascinating insights into the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the months leading up to his death in 1953.
AFTER A COLD week, another frosty few days are ahead of us.
Temperatures are set to drop to as low as -2 degrees tonight, according to Met Éireann.
Conditions will be dry and clear, but there will be widespread frost.
So, as the autumn weather is most certainly upon us, we want to know: Have you turned the heating on this week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Clouds and sun
Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
Mostly cloudy with spotty showers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 6 °C
Times of clouds and sun
Max: 14 °C
Min: 9 °C
