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New EU strategy due this month will focus on improving affordability of and access to medicines across member states

Party appears to be grasping at any straw to delay resumption of powersharing at Stormont

The deal has a tough audience in Paris, which backs a sterner approach to protect single market

Case was triggered by Spotify, which complained Apple unfairly restricted rivals to its own music streaming service

Protocol deal is ‘workable and durable’, says Varadkar

We will soon find out if the European Research Group is strong enough to hobble another British prime minister

Ministers announce programme to tackle pollution, biodiversity loss and climate impact

Kildare native applied his adventurous, egalitarian spirit to role of director of the European Anti-Poverty Network

Move comes as western governments express security concerns over use of Chinese-owned app

With 2023 designated as the European Year of Skills, Ireland is well placed to capitalise and reap an investment benefit, says Dave Flynn of Skillnet Ireland

Justice minister accuses commission of ‘threats and blackmail’

‘Imposition of EU law on Northern Ireland’ remains ‘fundamental issue’ for DUP, says Sammy Wilson

Electrifying everything can become the great workhorse of decarbonisation and be the main driver in ending reliance on fossil fuels, write Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan

Kyiv’s troops ‘holding the line’ on eastern front as EU unveils €11bn in new Russian sanctions

Member states agree to use tough measures to seal border and speed up deportations of failed asylum seekers

Fear that Ireland at risk of becoming a ‘haven’ for companies involved in the sale of spyware to countries with a history of human rights abuses

Strategy needs ‘significant overhaul’ to address distracted driving, official warns

Firm was only tech platform not to complete EU report under voluntary code of practice

Regulation of GDPR rules has become a political, legal and cultural tug of war

One-stop shop places an unmanageable load on one small member state’s underfunded data regulator

Plan would boost national support for companies through investment aid and tax credits

Irish privacy campaigners made complaint to European Ombudsman over Ireland’s adherence to GDPR

Attacks continued on Saturday when Russian missiles struck the city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine

EU should be using funds already approved instead of seeking more money, say opponents

Department of Heritage says new Act addresses European concerns over legal shortcomings

Europe Letter: How did Irish plans to put cancer warnings on bottles of alcohol become the focus of an Italian controversy?

Bees can become exposed to EU’s most common herbicide via wildflower nectar

European Commission is concerned that EU businesses could be lured by the US to move investments there

Authorities insist demand is main factor for winter big medications but generics group says price puts State at supply disadvantage

Agreement on way forward for data access provides ‘new basis’ for talks, both sides say

Ireland was blamed, then praised, for exposing rampant food fraud

Croatian PM says country will not erect physical barriers between itself and its three eastern neighbours

Companies liable for part of costs in move prompted by EU drive to cut plastic waste

Viktor Orbán’s government yet to enact reforms aimed at ensuring the country’s judicial independence

Media group points to lack of women in senior roles and signals ‘ambitious’ plan to narrow gap between male and female pay

Changes could increase commission’s insight into Irish Data Protection Commission’s reporting

US ecommerce giant’s compliance represents win for European efforts to rein in Big Tech

Europe Letter: Lax parliament rules under scrutiny as suspicion roams and some MEPs warn of wider problem

David O’Sullivan will move to the new role from his position as head of the Institute of International and European Affairs

Breakthrough comes after Hungary agreed to end opposition following compromise on post-Covid stimulus funds