Mary Robinson is being backed as a candidate for the new role of President of the European Council.

A news magazine reported today that Portugal’s foreign minister withheld information from European Parliament officials investigating alleged CIA flights in Europe while he was defence minister.

JOHN O’SHEA’S article (‘Giving money to kleptocrats will not help the poor,’ Irish Examiner, June 16) is not only unfair but inaccurate.

Several opposition politicians have been placed under house arrest in Ethiopia, EU election observers said today.