Tensions rise at border as guards use water cannons against restive crowds

Rubbish crisis has seen rise of dirty politics and downfall of anti-establishment mayor

Lawyer for the family of ‘Izabela’ likens death of 30-year-old to Savita Halappanavar case

Deal lauded as reset in relations under Biden administration that will boost trade

Catholic US president talks to pontiff amid calls for ambitious G20 and Cop26 accords

Fiery scenes at European Parliament as opposing sides entrench positions in speeches

Polish court’s bombastic ruling rejecting supremacy of EU law has politics at its heart

Commission convinced reluctant member states to make an exception for the North

EU cash for Poland in question as European Commission gathers response

Europe Letter: Doubts about expansion fuelled by issues with existing members

‘Massive increase’ in unvaccinated teens being hospitalised in US due to Delta variant

Attitudes harden ahead of expected increase of arrivals from Afghanistan

Decision sustaining cross-border trade and services could terminate if personal data risked

European capitals fear at-risk Afghans will be left behind as Washington perseveres with August 31st withdrawal date

Villages are destroyed, thousands are forced to evacuate and vast areas of forest are set ablaze

Dramatic rises in infections among unvaccinated rein in reopening plans

European Parliament says Irish MEPs undermined its work to promote democracy

Race to vaccinate as strain that emerged in India takes hold in UK and Portugal, and shuts schools in Israel

Europe Letter: Was quoting Easter, 1916 on the presidential trip to Europe a dig at Britain?

Europe Letter: Some unexpected winners from pandemic feature in EU assessment

Europe Letter: Robust digital security in the modern state is basic civil defence

Bloc moves towards easing travel rules with vaccine pass as rollouts accelerate

Public health advice on travel and assessing EU-wide situation presents ‘only issue’

Europe Letter: More than 50 green laws and reforms on EU schedule in next 18 months

Irish people favour security co-operation but are sceptical about EU health powers

Step forward to agree digital system aimed to ease travel in the summer

Medicines agency says review is ongoing, and an update is expected this week

National campaigns struggle to take off in Europe as new wave of infections takes hold

MEPs receive thousands of emails aiming to stop introduction of vaccine certificates

Europe Letter: There is no instant fix – setting up new production systems takes time

Central European, Balkan and Baltic states bring in new round of restrictions to cope with rising hospitalisations as vaccine rollouts stall

European Commission vice-president claims firms are being told not to follow the rules

Europe Letter: Debate in Ireland is divorced from reality of the global scramble for doses

Digital certificate would show vaccine status or test result but not all countries are keen

Rush to push out funds quickly could sacrifice quality, warn auditors

Mairead McGuinness has launched a plan to strengthen EU’s financial system post-Brexit

French president understood to have been a coronavirus contagion risk as of Monday

Europe Letter: Boredom with the talks and indifference to the outcome benefits Britain

Mounting criticism of deal in Portugal after the pandemic forced the event to be held online

Taoiseach claims ‘historic development’ as he emerges from marathon debate with fellow EU leaders