The Irish Times

Hungary’s PM faces voters at home – and isolation abroad

Viktor Orban’s fence-sitting between Moscow and EU key issue as country goes to polls

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 17:13

Ukraine: What we know on day 21 of Russian invasion

Kharkiv under attack overnight with two dead and two residential buildings destroyed

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 09:21

Ukraine may not join Nato says Zelenskiy as Russia continues Kyiv bombardment

Irish cameraman and Ukrainian journalist killed outside embattled capital

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 05:01

Polish president Andrzej Duda vetoes controversial media law

US had warned that bill posed threat to media freedom and investment climate

Mon Dec 27 2021 - 13:37

Poland risks EU’s foundations in bid to ‘legalise authoritarian takeover’

EU experts alarmed at what they see as a deliberate attack on the union’s legal order

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 16:08

Polish court rules some EU laws and articles incompatible with country’s constitution

Constitutional court finds that the Court of Justice of the European Union is not Poland’s supreme legal authority

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 19:47

Poland raises fresh questions on legality of European court rulings

Minister asks court to examine whether European rights law breaches constitution

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 16:13

EU sues Hungary and Poland for LGBT discrimination as legal fight escalates

Move intensifies row over whether EU should withhold funds from countries that reject rules

Thu Jul 15 2021 - 13:59

Poland’s president accuses departing ombudsman of being ‘anti-Polish’

Official has been a regular critic of government and country’s ‘anti-democratic’ turn

Wed May 05 2021 - 17:58

Kaczynski warns of threat to Polish coalition from EU recovery fund vote

Junior government party United Poland threatening to withhold support for new measure

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 17:49

Poland braced for violent protests over abortion restrictions

Polish women’s groups prepare to face off against police and neo-fascists as rallies continue

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 17:31

Kaczynski returns to frontline Polish politics in cabinet shake-up

Reshuffle also elevates another hard-right politician, Przemyslaw Czarnek

Wed Sept 30 2020 - 17:57

Kaczynski’s nationalist party is clear winner in Polish general election

Law and Justice (PiS) party set to secure absolute majority in parliament

Sun Oct 13 2019 - 22:00

The Irish Times view on Poland’s election: stability – at a huge cost

Recent courtroom wrangling between Warsaw and Brussels will soon enter its political endgame

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 19:50

The Polish judge facing down threats and the ruling party

Malgorzata Gersdorf warns Poland is on the brink of authoritarianism ahead of election

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 20:00

Polish archbishop compares LGBTI community to ‘red plague’

‘Rainbow disease’ remarks and communist era comparison add to clerics’ anti-LGBTI rhetoric

Fri Aug 02 2019 - 14:45

Matteo Salvini launches campaign to forge far-right alliance

Italian deputy PM and nationalist League party leader to create new bloc in European parliament

Mon Apr 08 2019 - 19:09

Italian deputy PM seeking to create bloc of populist parties in EU

Far-right parties from as many as 20 countries are understood to be invited to the event in Milan

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 17:04

Warsaw museum intensifies debate around anti-Semitism

Sited on former ghetto, Polin Museum is accused of hosting overly political exhibitions

Fri Mar 01 2019 - 01:00

A political battle over history now grips Poland’s proudest memory

How the fall of the Berlin Wall began in a beautiful Baltic port city in Poland with the Solidarity movement

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 06:00

The Irish Times view on the killing of Pawel Adamowicz: a culture war’s first fatality

The mayor of Gdansk was loved by liberals and loathed by conservatives

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 00:02

Polish PM under attack as supreme court judge refuses to retire

Court president Malgorzata Gersdorf goes to work in defiance of judicial reforms

Wed Jul 04 2018 - 17:55

Orban claims Hungary's future is at stake in elections

Ruling Fidesz party tipped to win but ‘tactical voting’ could boost opposition

Sat Apr 07 2018 - 01:00

Poland’s president in new clash with ruling Law and Justice party

Andrzej Duda vetoes bill that would have demoted some communist-era officials

Fri Mar 30 2018 - 19:08

Slovak president backs new cabinet to break political impasse

Murder of reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend triggered government crisis and major protests

Wed Mar 21 2018 - 19:48

Slovakia: a killing reverberates

Since reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova were found shot dead, prime minister Robert Fico has fought to shield hisparty from any responsibility

Mon Mar 19 2018 - 00:02

Silvio Berlusconi’s resurrection shakes up Italy and the EU

Italian election has brought country's former leader back to the centre of its political debate

Fri Feb 02 2018 - 03:00

Italian elections likely to ensure ongoing political instability

Europe Letter: Eurosceptical forces in Rome will undermine Franco-German partnership

Wed Jan 31 2018 - 16:59

Donald Tusk calls for EU unity after breakfast Brexit deal

European Council president visits Hungary after Brussels accord with Theresa May

Fri Dec 08 2017 - 20:15

Poland’s president vetoes controversial judicial bills

Reform laws passed by parliament triggered nationwide demonstrations

Mon Jul 24 2017 - 12:20

Polish leader accuses opponents of murder in reforms row

Jaroslaw Kaczynski makes emotional intervention in judicial dispute amid EU warning

Wed Jul 19 2017 - 18:53

Europe on break from populism’s seemingly unstoppable wave

Europe’s Future: Despite setbacks, disillusioned millions still swell populist movements

Tue Jul 04 2017 - 01:00

Social democracy in crisis

A turning point for Europe’s left

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 00:10

EU at 60: ‘Europe is our common future’

We’re still all not singing off the same hymnsheet yet

Sat Mar 25 2017 - 00:00