European states to share 54,000 refugees after divisive deal reached

Irish agribusiness company Origin Enterprises has completed the €22.4m takeover of a Polish counterpart as part of its ongoing expansion in the Eastern European market.

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More help and training for teachers working with students from different countries or cultural backgrounds are vital to making schools more inclusive, researchers have said.

A Lithuanian mechanic who was paid €100 a week to strip high-end stolen vehicles so car parts could be shipped on to Eastern Europe has been sentenced to three years in jail.

Life is likely to last longer if it has a purpose and seems worthwhile, new research suggests.

European leaders have agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

The European Union has sought to forge a unified response to the rapid advance of Islamic militants in Iraq and the resulting refugee crisis.

Northern Ireland’s friendly in Cyprus next week is expected to go ahead despite the bombing of a referee’s car on the island.

THERE’S a bit of a glow about traditional wooden toys, a sort of inner warmth which makes them that extra bit special.

Banks cut 5,500 branches across the EU last year, 2.5% of the total, leaving the region with 20,000 fewer outlets than it had when the financial industry was plunged into crisis in 2008.

The European Commission – focus of much of Baroness Thatcher’s political venom in the 1980s – described her as a “circumspect yet engaged player” in the EU.

Carlsberg has reported second-quarter profits that missed estimates as unseasonably wet weather stunted sales in Europe and the company increased advertising spending.

Ireland fan James Nolan is believed to have drowned as a result of a tragic accident, with no evidence of an assault being involved.

Ireland fan James Nolan is believed to have drowned as a result of a tragic accident, with no evidence of an assault being involved.

NETHERLANDS coach Bert van Marwijk and captain Mark van Bommel last night refused to dwell on the racist abuse allegedly suffered by black members of the squad during a training session in Krakow.

Ukraine has called off a regional co-operation summit of Central and Eastern European nations after it was boycotted by most heads of state over the treatment of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Greek authorities announced the arrest of 17 HIV-positive women who allegedly worked illegally as prostitutes, accusing them of intentionally causing serious bodily harm.

The St Vincent de Paul is claiming it has been told not to feed or house destitute migrants from eastern European countries and they will “go home”.

A sharp drop in commercial property values has put Dublin back in the top 10 European city radar for investors.

New cases of cancer in Ireland could rocket 72% by 2030, health experts have warned.

New cases of cancer in Ireland could rocket by 72% by 2030, health experts have warned.

THERE are fewer people dying in road accidents in this country than most of the other OECD countries, a report shows.

THE EU wants to simplify the Common Agricultural Policy. But everyone agrees their latest plan is one of the most complex ever.

GARDAÍ are investigating 400 marriages by Latvian citizens in Ireland to non-EU spouses, believing many of them to be a sham.

THE number of loans that have been in default for more than three months are expected to peak at 14% at KBC Bank.

AN eastern European gang is suspected of causing thousands of euro damage to a Cork GAA club while smashing into a neighbouring industrial estate and stealing secondhand clothes.

IRISH people may soon be allowed to adopt children from Bulgaria as talks on an administrative agreement with the eastern European country are believed to be at an “advanced” stage.

A LEGAL ruling giving youngsters born in the European Union (EU) the right to remain in their native country with their non-national parents could have major implications for Irish immigration policy, according to immigrants groups.

SENIOR gardaí fear “a bloodbath” may ensue following attacks on a Cork-based gang which controls most of the estimated nationwide “€1 million a week” export of used clothing to eastern Europe.

IRELAND has the highest homicide rate of young men in western Europe and the second highest rate of knife killings, according to the World Health Organisation.

Authorities in the Czech Republic have banned Google from continuing its mapping feature Street View in the Eastern European country.

A newborn baby and four children were among the 395 people newly diagnosed with HIV last year, it was disclosed today.

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THE National Poisons Information Centre has experienced a surge in calls from emergency departments relating to legal highs on sale in head shops.

BRITISH building materials group SIG has reported a pre-tax loss of £55.3 million (€61.8m) for 2009, with its Irish operations again playing a negative role in overall performance.

The North is facing potential economic crisis with less money from Europe, London and Dublin in the future, an independent expert warned today.

IRELAND’S top earners have been hit with the highest personal tax hikes this year compared with any other country globally.

The comforting news is, however, that the Irish population, like that of Britain, France, Scandinavia and the US, is projected to keep on growing. For a country to reproduce itself, it requires the average woman to have 2.1 babies. Iceland is the only European country meeting that threshold, but Ireland is very close behind

Four Chinese Muslims who arrived in Bermuda after being freed from Guantanamo have remained in their seaside cottage, wary of the political firestorm their presence has caused.

French police were today hunting for four thieves who carried out the biggest-ever jewellery raid in Paris – two of them dressed as women.

The International Monetary Fund has approved $16.4bn (€12.7bn) in emergency funding for Ukraine to stabilise the nation’s economy, which is being pummelled by falling export values, rising inflation and the effects of the global financial meltdown.

HEALTH chiefs need to double the number of neurologists to give patients with illnesses of the brain and nervous system a fair shot at a good quality of life.