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EU Commissioner nomination
Plan for major European summit in Ireland next year
Simon Harris will seek agreement on Tuesday for Ireland to host a summit of the European Political Community (EPC)

Tue, 25 Feb, 2025

European Union leaders agree on trading bloc’s top officials
European Union leaders agree on trading bloc’s top officials
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday on the officials who will be the face of the world’s biggest trading bloc on the global stage in coming years on everything from anti-trust investigations to foreign policy, according to the EU presidency of ...

Thu, 27 Jun, 2024

Ukraine’s president urges EU leaders to make good on arms promises
Ukraine’s president urges EU leaders to make good on arms promises
Ukraine’s president has called on European Union leaders to make good on their pledges to provide military equipment to his war-ravaged country, just days after the bloc launched membership talks with his government.

Thu, 27 Jun, 2024

EU leaders to discuss nominees for bloc’s top jobs after election shake-up
EU leaders to discuss nominees for bloc’s top jobs after election shake-up
The Franco-German motor that usually propels EU politics along was weakened, and new dynamics could be on show at the informal dinner

Mon, 17 Jun, 2024

Top diplomats of Baltics and Ukraine to boycott meeting over Lavrov invitation
Top diplomats of Baltics and Ukraine to boycott meeting over Lavrov invitation
The foreign ministers of the three Baltic states and of Ukraine have said they will boycott a meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) being held this week in North Macedonia, in objection to the participation of ...

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

Narendra Modi
Modi urges leaders to unite in face of challenges from Israel-Hamas war
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged leaders of developing nations to unite in the face of growing challenges due to the Israel-Hamas war as he convened a virtual summit of more than 100 countries.

Fri, 17 Nov, 2023

Joe Biden,Fumio Kishida,Yoon Suk Yeol
US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties at historic summit
US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed on Friday to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit at the US presidential retreat of Camp David.

Fri, 18 Aug, 2023

Joe Biden,Fumio Kishida,Yoon Suk Yeol
US, Japan and South Korea open summit to bolster Pacific security
US President Joe Biden opened a historic summit with Japan and South Korea at Camp David on Friday, focused on strengthening security and economic ties at a time of increasing concerns about North Korea’s persistent nuclear threats and China’s ...

Fri, 18 Aug, 2023

Amazon Summit ends with plan to protect rainforests but no measurable goals
Amazon Summit ends with plan to protect rainforests but no measurable goals
Brazil’s Amazon Summit has closed with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests but without concrete commitments to end deforestation.

Thu, 10 Aug, 2023

Amazon nations fail to reach agreement on zero deforestation by 2030
Amazon nations fail to reach agreement on zero deforestation by 2030
The members of the Amazon Co-operation Treaty Organisation (Acto), are hoping a united front will give them a major voice in global talks

Wed, 09 Aug, 2023

Eight Amazon rainforest countries open summit in Brazil
Eight Amazon rainforest countries open summit in Brazil
For the first time in 14 years, presidents of the South American countries home to the Amazon rainforest are converging to chart a common course for protection of the bioregion and address organised crime.

Tue, 08 Aug, 2023

Ukrainian President arrives in Saudi Arabia ahead of summit
Ukrainian President arrives in Saudi Arabia ahead of summit
In recent months, Saudi Arabia has restored diplomatic ties with Iran, is ending the kingdom’s years-long war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen and led the push for Syria’s return to the Arab League.

Fri, 19 May, 2023

Ukrainian President to make surprise visit to Arab leaders’ summit
Ukrainian President to make surprise visit to Arab leaders’ summit
Among other topics he mentioned were Russia’s annexation of Crimea, a peace “formula”, and energy cooperation.

Fri, 19 May, 2023

Zelenskyy seeks more firepower for Ukraine in Finland visit
Zelenskyy seeks more firepower for Ukraine in Finland visit
Before the meeting with Mr Zelenskyy in Finland’s capital, Nordic officials appeared ready to provide more aid as the war stretches into its 15th month.

Wed, 03 May, 2023

Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy in Finland for summit of Nordic leaders
Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy in Finland for summit of Nordic leaders
Part of Helsinki has been closed to cars, bicycles and pedestrians while the meeting takes place

Wed, 03 May, 2023

Egypt’s top diplomat in talks with Syrian leader Assad in Damascus
Egypt’s top diplomat in talks with Syrian leader Assad in Damascus
Egypt’s foreign minister has met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, promising to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2023

CORRECTION Biden
Biden flies in to Lopez Obrador’s new airport for summit
One of the most important diplomatic decisions by President Joe Biden at the gathering this week of North American leaders might have been his choice of airport.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2023

Europe Western Balkans Summit Protest
Albanian opposition leader attacked during anti-government protest
The leader of the Albanian opposition centre-right Democratic Party has been attacked during an anti-government protest held near a summit of European Union leaders and their counterparts from the Western Balkans in the Albanian capital.

Wed, 07 Dec, 2022

Albania EU Western Balkans Summit
EU and Western Balkans boost partnership amid Ukraine war
As proof of the bloc’s commitment, European Council president Charles Michel underscored the EU’s energy support to the region as the war impacts supplies and prices

Tue, 06 Dec, 2022

Albania EU Western Balkans Summit
EU and Western Balkans seek to boost partnership amid Ukraine war
EU leaders and their Western Balkan counterparts have gathered for talks aimed at boosting their partnership as Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens to reshape the geopolitical balance in the region.

Tue, 06 Dec, 2022

Algeria Arab Summit
Arab leaders meet in Algeria for first League summit in three years
Arab leaders met in Algeria on Tuesday at the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference to seek common ground on divisive issues in the region.

Tue, 01 Nov, 2022

Czech Republic Europe Summit
Europe holds 44-leader summit with Russia and Belarus left out in the cold
The summit was the brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron and is backed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Thu, 06 Oct, 2022

Uzbekistan Xi Putin Summit
Putin vows to continue Russian attack on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to press his attack on Ukraine despite that country’s latest counter-offensive.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2022

Russia China
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Uzbekistan as Ukraine war dominates
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have met for talks about boosting ties between their countries – an encounter that follows a major setback for Moscow on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2022

Presidents of China and Russia at security summit in Uzbekistan
Presidents of China and Russia at security summit in Uzbekistan
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from India and Central Asian were in Uzbekistan on Thursday for a summit of a security group formed by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to US influence.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2022

Virus Outbreak China
UN biodiversity summit moved from China due to Covid-19 policy
A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organisers announced. It is the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

Russia Ukraine War
Summit to plan rebuilding of Ukraine held in London
A summit is being held in London to establish how the UK can help rebuild Ukraine once the Russian war concludes.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2022

Coronavirus - Wed Jan 12, 2022
Taoiseach warns business leaders that Ireland faces moment of 'great crisis' over war in Ukraine
'External problems are now also internal. We are all touched by the war in Ukraine,' Micheál Martin said.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2022

Political relationships between Ireland, Northern Ireland and UK 'not where they should be', says Varadkar 
Political relationships between Ireland, Northern Ireland and UK 'not where they should be', says Varadkar 
The Tánaiste was speaking at the Retail NI Future High Streets Summit on Wednesday.

Wed, 30 Mar, 2022

Belgium EU Africa Summit
European Commission downplays missed handshake incident as ‘storm in a teacup’
The European Commission has downplayed an incident last week at an EU-Africa summit in Brussels during which its president, Ursula von der Leyen, was hardly acknowledged by a foreign minister.

Mon, 21 Feb, 2022

Cop26 protests
Leaders face challenges in bid to deliver 'successful' Cop26
Climate conference must react to the code red warnings of scientists if weather extremes are to be tackled head on

Fri, 29 Oct, 2021

ASEAN Myanmar
Myanmar’s army chief excluded from regional summit
South-east Asian foreign ministers have agreed to downgrade Myanmar’s participation in an upcoming summit in their sharpest rebuke yet of its leaders following a February 1 military takeover.

Sat, 16 Oct, 2021

Portugal Europe Summit
EU and India to restart talks on bilateral free trade deal
The European Union and India have agreed to restart negotiations on a bilateral free trade deal, eight years after their first attempt failed and with both sides seeking alternatives to China.

Sat, 08 May, 2021

Cyprus EU
European Union postpones summit after EU Council president goes into quarantine
The European Union has postponed its summit for a week because EU Council President Charles Michel has gone into quarantine after a close collaborator was diagnosed with Covid-19.

Tue, 22 Sep, 2020

Virus Outbreak Belgium EU
Budget cuts are difficult pill to swallow, EU leader says
The European Union’s top official says that planned cuts in the next long-term multi-billion budget of the 27-nation bloc are a “difficult pill to swallow”.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2020

Belgium Europe Summit
European leaders agree €750bn fund for recovery from coronavirus slump
European leaders have taken a historic step towards sharing financial burdens among the EU’s 27 countries by agreeing to borrow and spend together to pull the economy out of the deep recession caused by coronavirus.

Tue, 21 Jul, 2020

Belgium Europe Summit
EU leaders clinch deal after marathon summit
European Union leaders have finally clinched an unprecedented 1. 82 trillion euro (£1. 64 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund.

Tue, 21 Jul, 2020

Taoiseach Micheal Martin visits Northern Ireland
€1.85tn coronavirus recovery fund ‘worth negotiating for’, says Martin
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said the battle over a €1. 85 trillion coronavirus recovery fund is a “prize worth negotiating for”. EU leaders are in Brussels trying to agree the terms of the “unprecedented” recovery package.

Mon, 20 Jul, 2020

Belgium Europe Summit
EU summit pauses after testing all-night talks
A marathon European Union summit temporarily broke up in the early hours of Monday after four-days of acrimonious haggling over an unprecedented 1. 85 trillion-euro (£1. 68 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund.

Mon, 20 Jul, 2020

Belgium Europe Summit
EU summit drags into third day amid splits over virus fund
European Union leaders remained fundamentally divided for a third day on Sunday over an unprecedented 1. 85 trillion euro (£1. 68 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund.

Sun, 19 Jul, 2020

Belgium Europe Summit
EU leaders extend summit as they haggle over budget and virus
Marathon European Union talks to agree an unprecedented €1. 85 trillion EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund have entered a third day. However, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the summit of 27 leaders could still end without a deal.

Sun, 19 Jul, 2020

Belgium Europe Summit
EU leaders hold summit on recovery fund
EU leaders are meeting on Friday to discuss plans for an unprecedented €1. 85 trillion EU budget and recovery fund.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2020

Higgins defends travel arrangements at climate summit
Higgins defends travel arrangements at climate summit

President Michael D Higgins has defended his use of the government jet, claiming he would travel by electric car or boat if he had the choice.

Tue, 24 Sep, 2019

Trump says North Korea has 'tremendous' potential during second meeting with Kim
Trump says North Korea has 'tremendous' potential during second meeting with Kim

Donald Trump has arrived at the Metropole Hotel ahead of his one on one meeting with Kim Jong Un.

Wed, 27 Feb, 2019

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