Irish people may soon be able to make calls from anywhere in the EU for the same cost as a call in Ireland.

European Union ministers overcame German unease at direct aid to lenders and agreed on rules for how public funds can be made available for banks shown to have insufficient capital in upcoming balance-sheet checks.

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste will travel to Brussels today for top-level negotiations on European expenditure for the next seven years.

United States of Europe exhibition explores notions of citizenship and the freedom of expression, says Tina Darb O’Sullivan

She might be just 13 but Amy Dolan is already leader of the band — and not just any band — the County Cork School of Music VEC Senior Youth Orchestra, no less.

Culture Ireland’s new CEO Christine Sisk relishes the opportunity to promote Irish artists abroad, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Gordon Brown today acknowledged that Tony Blair is likely to face a stiff battle to become the first president of the European Union.

The brief but bloody war between Georgia and Russia was started by an "unjustifiable" Georgian attack, an EU report found today.

Russia’s president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia today, but suggested they could stay in the breakaway region at the heart of the fighting that has reignited Cold War tensions.

As beef producers concern over the impact of imports from Brazil intensifies, it has been confirmed that a formal; complaint has been lodged with the EU and the Council of the European Union Ombudsman, Nikiforous Diarmandouros alleging "mal-administration for their failure to ban Brazilian beef imports".

ALL 25 leaders of the EU gave their unanimous support to the Portuguese Prime Minister’s nomination as the next President of the commission.

THE State’s human rights watchdog has expressed extreme concern at legislation to be enacted later this year which could see anti-war and anti-globalisation protestors defined as ‘terrorists’.

An Irishman was named head of the European Union’s police mission to Bosnia, which supervises the work of local police, the mission said.

IT is clear from the answer which he gave to the Fine Gael Leader, Mr Enda Kenny, TD in the Dáil last wednesday that the Taoiseach is badly advised in relation to the status of the Irish language in the EU.