Macron and Putin to continue with round-table Ukraine talks

Representatives of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to reconvene crisis talks on Friday

Putin and Zelenskiy hold talks on Ukraine conflict in Paris

Merkel joins host Macron in mediating summit aimed at restarting peace process

Government to send just one observer to US to monitor mid-term elections

Department of Foreign Affairs received 395 applications for new overseas election roster

Irish election monitors called on to observe US mid-terms

Call from OSCE reverses Government position that it did not observe polls in US and EU

Election monitors recommend expanding Irish voting rights

Canadian NGO which observed Eighth Amendment vote visited 121 polling stations

Department of Foreign Affairs to seek overseas election monitors

Public Accounts Committee is told delay in setting up panel due to ‘staffing issues’

Canadian group seeks to monitor referendum campaign

NGO’s fundraising effort aims to send up to 24 electoral observers to assess if both sides ‘play fair’

Ukrainian military and rebels accuse each other over deaths

Both sides allege violations of Minsk peace deal after soldier and aid envoy killed

Tide turning on rebels in eastern Ukraine but dialogue yet to be realised

US renews concerns about rising Ukraine violence

White House says de-escalation of crisis is imperative

14 dead as Ukraine helicopter shot down by rebels

City of Slovyansk near Russian border under regular shelling by government forces