Unlike Eurovision, Ireland is not boycotting the Venice Biennale over Israel’s participation

Judges have dismissed protest‑related cases and expulsion efforts against Irish citizens and Palestinian solidarity activists

Judge said there were insufficient grounds for removal, describing Murray as ‘a person moving in a certain political sphere with certain political opinion’

Merz hampered by poor political communication and even worse political co-ordination

Charges thrown out after video appeared to contradict key testimony minutes earlier from two police officers

Bundestag lobbied by owners of supermarket chain after dozens of chat groups were hacked, exposing some messages by chancellor Friedrich Merz

Daniel Tatlow-Devally charged with damaging Israeli arms firm premises and of membership of criminal organisation

Five accused of trespass, damage, membership of criminal group and use of Hamas-linked symbols

Yousef Sweid’s one-man show – Between the River and the Sea – is a risky, tongue-in-cheek swipe at his adopted home

From France to the UK, governments across the globe are scrambling to take a range of measures to cushion consumers from increasing energy costs

Announcing the temporary measures, Friedrich Merz said the state ‘cannot compensate for every market event’

Crowd warned of growing threats to democracy

Tipperary man (46) was involved in collision with car near Innsbruck

Nazi regime ‘abused’ rising star as a glittering, musical distraction from its mass-murder machine, suggests historian

Jacques Tilly given eight-year term – in absentia – for offending religious feelings and spreading false information about Russian forces