How can Europe close its innovation gap with the US? By taking a digital leap forward
The US is enjoying a virtuous cycle, while the EU is caught in a mid-tech trap
Mario Draghi
Eurozone facing another potential debt crisis, ECB warns
Annual Financial Stability Review highlights elevated debt levels, high budget deficits and uncertainties from recent election outcomes
The Irish Times view on the new EU Commission: a reasonable result for Ireland
The concentration of tech companies in Ireland may well have contributed to Michael McGrath’s appointment
Ireland is at a turning point in its relationship with multinationals
Apple’s windfall cash will help fund State investment, but promises about top-class education, green energy and abundant water count for little without delivery
European companies cool on plans to invest in China, report shows
European Chamber of Commerce in China proposes 1,000 actions to improve environment in China for international business
Draghi diagnoses economic ills but will EU take his medicine?
Former ECB head gives his diagnosis but European Union likely won’t agree to take its medicine
EU will have to scale back ambition if competitive ‘crisis’ not tackled - Mario Draghi
Major report from former ECB president recommends series of EU financial reforms
Europe ‘lagging’ rivals due to slow capital market reforms, says McGuinness
Commissioner warns that progress towards single capital market at EU level had been ‘too slow and too modest’
Lagarde seized ECB colleagues’ handsets to prevent leaks, say sources
Phones were returned after meeting to announce Claudia Buch in top banking role
NTMA spends €37bn mopping up legacy of notorious IBRC promissory notes
State keen to close the door on the last of the debt used to prop up Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide whose failure triggered the financial crisis
Italy bids farewell to Berlusconi on contested day of mourning
Decision by government to have a national day of mourning sparks protest from opposition politicians
Patrick Smyth: EU has the power stop Meloni from acting like Truss
Shaking off the constraints of EU membership has certainly given Britain new freedom, but a freedom, it appears, to commit economic hara-kiri
Italian election: Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing bloc storms to victory
Brothers of Italy leader poised to become country’s first female prime minister
Hedge funds build biggest bet against Italian debt since 2008
Investors are worried about the fraught political situation and Russian gas dependence
‘Draghi walked into a trap’: leader’s ultimatum shatters Italy’s stability
Rightwing parties seek to take advantage of early elections after prime minister’s departure
Italy facing snap election after Mario Draghi resigns as prime minister
President dissolves parliament after coalition split with ballot due in September
Cliff Taylor: It looks like it could be a messy Autumn
The ECB is a house divided, desperate to contain inflation while worrying about tipping vulnerable Italy into a debt crisis
Italy stuck in political limbo, prospect of early election grows
Italian president rejected Draghi’s resignation on Thursday and asked him to address parliament next week to get clearer picture of political situation
Italian president refuses resignation of prime minister Mario Draghi
Coalition partner the Five Star Movement fails to back 74-year-old technocrat in vote of confidence
Italy plunged into crisis as Mario Draghi offers to resign
President refuses request and asks prime minister to address parliament after coalition split
Nato head tells Davos elite that freedom more important than profit
Stoltenberg calls Nord Stream 2 fiasco a ‘key lesson’ and cautions against Chinese control of 5G networks
Ukraine says 87 killed in strike on barracks in worst military loss of war
Russian mine clearers sweep captured Azovstal plant for landmines
Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas
Polish president Duda to address Ukrainian parliament as Russian wages offensive in Luhansk
Europe’s shifting power balance: Draghi, Scholz and the Ukraine invasion
Europe’s southern states, often chastised for fiscal laxity, have defied expectations in the Ukraine crisis
ECB policy tightening sends eurozone borrowing costs soaring
Borrowers including Italy face ‘double whammy’ of higher funding costs and slowing growth
‘Magnificent news for Europe’ as Macron wins second term
French president promises a ‘more independent France’
French election: 'Magnificent news for Europe' as Macron secures second term
Re-election of French president Emmanuel Macron hailed by European leaders
Draghi a quietly crucial player in imposing sanctions on Russia
Europe Letter: Italian prime minister works his magic as Italy takes tough stance on Ukraine
European governments reject Putin threats over gas supplies as ‘blackmail’
Russian president says buyers must ‘open rouble accounts’ for payment from April 1st
Were Zelenskiy’s comments about Ireland lost in translation?
Ireland has declined to provide lethal aid but has been a strong supporter in other ways
Italian prime minister endorses Ukraine’s bid for EU membership
Mario Draghi tells Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Rome supports Kyiv’s application
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 26 of the invasion
Kyiv ignores ultimatum from Moscow amid fears Mariupol residents were ‘kidnapped’
Covid-19: Restrictions easing across Europe despite surge in cases
Germany hits new daily record as cases also climb in Austria, Italy, Spain and France
Zelinskiy the comedian shows our leaders how it’s done: with courage, empathy, improvisation
It is fitting that Ukraine is led by a Jewish comedian, says Irish comic Peter Flanagan
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