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# soviet-union - Thursday 4 October, 2018
Donald Tusk says UK comparing the EU to the Soviet Union was 'insulting'
“In respecting our partners we expect the same in return,” Tusk said, echoing comments made by Theresa May yesterday.
# soviet-union - Friday 3 February, 2017
Russian man who says he was born here in 1940 has citizenship bid overturned
The High Court had ruled in 2015 that Sergey Chesnokov had established he was born on Dublin’s Henrietta Street.
# soviet-union - Monday 10 October, 2016
Mikhail Gorbachev warns of 'dangerous' consequences of tensions between US and Russia
The ongoing civil war in Syria has seen relations between the countries sour further.
# soviet-union - Saturday 19 March, 2016
Sales of meldonium soar after Sharapova's positive drug test
The Soviet-era drug was thrust into the spotlight on 7 March, after the tennis star admitted to using it.
# soviet-union - Thursday 18 February, 2016
Was Polish anti-Communist hero Lech Walesa secretly a Communist informant?
Shocking new documents suggest the Solidarity icon was a paid informant for the secret police. But Walesa says they’re fake.
# soviet-union - Saturday 22 August, 2015
This map shows where women outnumber men around the world
Ireland is among the more even countries.
# soviet-union - Thursday 25 June, 2015
THAT Marco van Basten volley is 27-years old today
Could he do it on a wet… actually, scrap that, he probably could.
# soviet-union - Monday 29 December, 2014
Were there nuclear missiles stored in Northern Ireland?
That was a big question back in the early 1980s.
# soviet-union - Sunday 9 November, 2014
In Photos: 25 years ago today the Berlin Wall fell
It signalled the end of the Soviet Union, which would eventually dissolve in 1991.
# soviet-union - Wednesday 30 October, 2013
Catch-up Wednesday: 3 midweek longreads
Get up to speed with the latest news, opinions and insights with our hand-picked indepth reads.
# soviet-union - Thursday 22 August, 2013
Newly-released Nixon tapes reveal conversations with Reagan, Bush... and Pele
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.
# soviet-union - Friday 17 May, 2013
The Evening Fix... now with added deer on a city bus
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# soviet-union - Friday 12 April, 2013
Russia marks Gagarin anniversary with €40bn plan for space supremacy
It’s just like old times.
# soviet-union - Monday 8 April, 2013
Ireland's statements muted as global tributes pour in for Thatcher
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he was saddened to hear of the death of the “formidable political leader”.
# soviet-union - Sunday 7 April, 2013
93-year-old Russian army veteran searches for lost WWII French love
“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.
# soviet-union - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
'Alarmist' concerns about an ageing society do not justify welfare cuts
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.
# soviet-union - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Updated: Russian oligarch and fierce Putin critic Boris Berezovsky found dead
The 67-year-old was found dead at his home in Surrey in southeast England earlier today, his spokesperson said.
# soviet-union - Saturday 16 February, 2013
GALLERY: Incredible photos of Afghanistan before the wars
Dr Bill Podlich took hundreds of photos while working with UNESCO in 1967 and 1968. Here’s what he saw.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Georgian elections: President concedes shock defeat in peaceful transfer
Mikheil Saakashvili’s party loses control of parliament – one of the first times an ex-Soviet country has seen a peaceful transition.
# soviet-union - Saturday 26 May, 2012
13 days to Euro 2012: Ireland denied a clear penalty in Russia draw
Tony Galvin was “decapitated by the goalkeeper” but the Irish were not awarded a penalty that may have taken them to the semi-finals.
# soviet-union - Sunday 13 May, 2012
26 Days to Euro 2012: How did John Aldridge miss this?
Most of us can remember that Paul McGrath hit the post with a header but can you recall Aldo’s fresh air follow-up?
# soviet-union - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
30 days to Euro 2012: Der Bomber strikes in Brussels
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.
# soviet-union - Sunday 29 April, 2012
40 days to Euro 2012: Where did the Germans get such amazing jackets?
Franz Beckenbauer lifted the cup for West Germany in 1972 but the real winner that day was fashion.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 27 March, 2012
China is the world's 'number one executioner' - Amnesty report
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.
# soviet-union - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
Action Replay: the day America's amateurs pulled off a sporting miracle
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”.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Stalin's daughter who defected to the US dies aged 85
Lana Peters, as she became known, defected to the US in 1967 at the height of Cold War tensions.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 4 October, 2011
Putin proposes the formation of a 'Eurasian Union'
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.
# soviet-union - Friday 19 August, 2011
Small turnout for anniversary of Russian 'coup' which led to USSR's collapse
Russia kept the celebrations on the down-low, with neither the president nor prime minister mentioning the anniversary during today’s public appearances.
# soviet-union - Monday 15 August, 2011
West Germany 'wanted to swap West Berlin for part of East' - documents
Documents released to Der Spiegel, days after the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall, show how West Germany wanted to avoid it.
# soviet-union - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
What happened inside Chernobyl's Reactor 4 on 26 April 1986?
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the meltdown at Chernobyl, which contaminated some 150,000 sq km of land.
# soviet-union - Friday 22 April, 2011
Stalin's brain illness may have caused him to be more brutal
A new diary uncovers some fascinating insights into the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the months leading up to his death in 1953.
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Poll: Should the Dáil continue to meet in Leinster House during the Covid-19 crisis?
THE DÁIL IS due to meet for three hours this afternoon to hear statements on health and social protection.
It has raised concerns that the Dáil session is an unnecessary gathering during the Covid-19 crisis and some TDs including Labour’s Alan Kelly and Ged Nash are sending in written statements instead of attending the Dáil chamber in person.
But some parties, including Sinn Féin and People Before Profit, have insisted that Dáil meetings such as today’s must continue to ensure democratic oversight and accountability as the country navigates an unprecedented health crisis.
Other governments, including the British government, are putting measures in place to host virtual parliamentary meetings.
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