An Irishman's DiaryLatvia is emerging from the chrysalis of one of its coldest winters on recordFri May 05 2006 - 01:00
61% of Italians in Ireland backed ProdiITALY: Members of the Italian community who voted through the embassy in Dublin were the second highest supporters of Romano…Wed Apr 12 2006 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI was pruning the last of my vines when I decided to march on BrusselsSat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Latvia slow to face up to unsavoury aspects of its pastWorld View: Every year on March 16th in Riga, the participation of Latvian soldiers in Waffen SS regiments in the second World…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Talk of trouble brewing on the grapevineLetter from Languedoc: The letters CAV can be seen daubed in red paint on gable ends and on the reverse of road signs throughout…Thu Jan 12 2006 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryBritain and France are, by all accounts, at loggerheads over the future of the European Union.Wed Jun 29 2005 - 01:00
In the land of the seventh Roman legion, the Oui army is on the retreatLetter from La Septimanie : La Septimanie, like the rest of France, will go to the polls on May 29th in the referendum of the…Mon May 23 2005 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe key that breaks the Da Vinci Code lies in a hilltop hamlet half-an-hour's drive from Carcassonne in southern FranceSat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Ray of hopeHaving swept to power in 1994 with Nelson Mandela at the helm, the ANC won its third election in a row this weekSat Apr 17 2004 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe removal of modern fascia from a shop at the corner of Upper Camden Street and Harcourt Road in Dublin has revealed not only…Mon Feb 23 2004 - 00:00
Light on forgotten landsIn a matter of weeks, the conflict in Afghanistan focused world attention on people and places which had hitherto been obscure…Sat Aug 31 2002 - 01:00
Russian fury as parade bomb kills 34RUSSIA: A bomb blast which killed at least 34 people, including 12 children, in the southern Russian town of Kaspiysk appears…Fri May 10 2002 - 01:00
Noted Russian diplomat named envoy to IrelandOne of Russia's most prominent diplomatic officials has been nominated as ambassador to IrelandTue Nov 27 2001 - 00:00
Moscow turns the clock back in display of Soviet past for KimHaving had his feet on terra firma for almost two full days, North Korea's political leader, Mr Kim Jong-Il, was back on his …Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Modern Moscow may have bananas but hot water is still scarceTen years ago almost to the day, I came to live in MoscowSat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
North Korean leader reaches Moscow by trainKim Jong Il, chairman of the Workers Party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and "Dear Leader" of his people, has …Sat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
Hijacking a stark reminder of war in ChechnyaThe seizure of a bus containing 41 people near the southern town of Mineralnye Vody yesterday was a stark reminder to Russians…Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Kim keeps on track for missile deal in MoscowAmid strong and persistent rumours that he will reach an important military agreement with Russia, North Korea's reclusive and…Mon Jul 30 2001 - 01:00
Mischief, black and whitePatrice Lumumba, the democratically elected president of the Congo, was, along with two of his political associates, murdered…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
US faces a variety of demands at G8 summitLeaders of the group of the world's seven wealthiest countries, with Russia making up the eighth, will have different demands…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Rift between ANC, unions widensAs South Africans marked May Day in the autumn sunshine, it became clear that tensions between the ruling African National Congress…Wed May 02 2001 - 01:00
No crisis, says Mbeki, but inquiry is still set to go aheadPresident Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has firmly rejected all suggestions of a political crisis while the Ministry of Safety …Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Mandela joins ANC figures in support for RamaphosaAccusations against Mr Cyril Ramaphosa and two other leading South African politicians have backfired on President Thabo Mbeki…Fri Apr 27 2001 - 01:00
Ramaphosa accused of alleged plot to depose SA PresidentNorthern Ireland arms decommissioning inspector Mr Cyril Ramaphosa is being investigated for an alleged attempt to overthrow …Thu Apr 26 2001 - 01:00
Major split in ANC leadership shown by inquiry into RamaphosaThe investigation into Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, Mr Tokyo Sexwale and Mr Matthews Phosa for allegedly plotting to overthrow and harm…Thu Apr 26 2001 - 01:00
Swazi monarch may have been poisonedKing Mswati III of the landlocked Southern African state of Swaziland has not been seen in public for more than two weeks after…Tue Apr 24 2001 - 01:00
Talks fail to agree Russia's debt to GermanyTalks between the Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, and the German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, failed to reach agreement…Wed Apr 11 2001 - 01:00
Stop the clock in this unfortunate cityFyodor Dostoyevsky, his wife Anna and their remaining children moved to a spacious apartment on Kuznechny Lane in central St …Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Pride restoredHere in what were once the servants' quarters of the palace of the Princes Sheremetyev, Anna Akhmatova composed her magnificent…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Russia's economic engine loses steamThe current figures make Russia's economy look like a Slavic TigerFri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
Borodin arrest on Swiss warrant starts diplomatic stormMr Pavel Borodin, the former head of the Kremlin property administration arrested in New York, was invited to an inauguration…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Where trains keep time, poet's metre is sacredAny slight resemblance between Iarnrod Eireann's Sligo Bonerattler and the Red Arrow express between Moscow and St Petersburg…Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Midnight excessesThe third and, one imagines, the final book in Boris Yeltsin's autobiographical series once again shows Russia's former president…Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Hapless refugees found on frozen steppesTwenty-four refugees, abandoned on Christmas Day on the steppes of Siberia, have been found wandering in nearby Kazakhstan carrying…Fri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Stance of EU neutral states does not bother TurkeyWhen waiting for traffic lights to change in Ankara one gets a subtly displayed message from the number plates of the cars in…Sat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
Where hope died and an epidemic thrivedFears of an AIDS epidemic in the former Soviet Union are not without foundationTue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
An amore for IrelandIreland, Francesco Cossiga writes, is "a tough wild land, whose colours are bitter yet very sweet, the green of the fields, the…Wed Nov 22 2000 - 00:00
Solo runner of Irish writingThe 10th anniversary of the death of Breandan O hEithir was marked by the production of a documentary, Faoilean Arainn, by TG4…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
Russian recovery threatened, says StepashinRussia's economy, which staged a recovery after the collapse of August 1998, is now showing signs of slowing growth and rising…Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Key Russian leaders in Dublin for conferenceA major conference on transition to the market economy tomorrow and Monday will be attended by Russian political and business…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Ahern for Korea summitThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, makes his first visit to Korea today to participate in the ASEM summit of 25 European and Asian leaders…Thu Oct 19 2000 - 01:00
Mansions and masterpiecesIn the space of a 20-minute walk from an apartment where I stay when in Moscow, a remarkable array of literary landmarks can …Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
New study claims 50m children live in poverty in East EuropeEconomic collapse in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has left up to 50 million children in poverty, according to a…Thu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Russian Patriarch was a KGB agent, files sayThe head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexiy II of Moscow and All Russia, was a long-serving KGB agent and even …Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Company with Kremlin links tries to take over anti-Putin media groupIn a move which could give the Kremlin almost total control over Russian television, the natural gas company Gazprom has begun…Wed Sept 20 2000 - 01:00
Peek practiceThe little salmon-pink house at No 6 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya on Moscow's inner ring road stands out from its neighboursSat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Irish company left facing closure as equipment lost in Ostankino blazeAn Irish-run Moscow business may close because of the Ostankino fireTue Aug 29 2000 - 01:00
Russians now deny mother was sedated by medic wielding syringePerhaps the most dramatic television footage of the entire Kursk submarine drama has been that of a distraught mother of a victim…Fri Aug 25 2000 - 01:00
Russian Defence Minister tries to justify handling of `Kursk' crisisThe Russian Defence Minister, Marshal Igor Sergeyev, has denied any major mistakes were made in the strategy employed to rescue…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Official site withdraws report on `Kursk's' torpedoesAllegations that new, cheap and dangerous torpedoes may have been the cause of the Kursk disaster have been removed from the …Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
