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The Ethiopian government remains one of Irelands primary recipients of ODA...

❗️The strength and role of Ukrainian women is not one day. It is all 365 days, – Zelenskyy on International Women's Day.

«Ukrainian women defend the country, wait for their loved ones and support their dear ones, raise children in the difficult conditions of war, create, research, save, teach, heal.

So much for that special relationship..

Iran's FM condemns US attack on Qeshm's freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences US President Donald Trump announced that Iran promised not to attack its neighbours anymore

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...

Israeli attacks on UNIFIL peace keepers tonight. Irish service men were not directly hit, but they aided their counterparts from Ghana. This will further deteriorate Irish Israel relations.

An Irishman, Chris, sings the Ukrainian national anthem by the Russian Embassy in Dublin every day. He has been coming to the embassy since the first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Thank you! 🇮🇪🇺🇦

📹: ivavovk / TikTok

Ireland to send military officers to US, Britain and France as defence attachés for first time Defence and Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee is to bring the proposal to cabinet today for the establishment of the network.

Ireland is to move forward with deploying its first defence attachés to embassies in the US, Britain and France, The Journal has learned.
jrnl.ie/6972252t

Q: The American people want to know what they're sending their men and women to war for. Is there a concern of this spiraling into a longer war?

HEGSETH: ... Did you not hear my remarks?

I was very nearly the tooth fairy 🧚‍♀️

❗️Zelenskyy: Fico and Orbán have never once expressed condolences for those killed or injured as a result of Russian strikes; they only say that Ukraine "owes" them something.

Commenting on Hungary's and Slovakia's demands to restore the Druzhba oil pipeline,

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

The military industrial complex is cheering today.

Four years ago.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking at a news briefing in Kyiv in the early hours of 24 February 2022 announcing the mobilization of his country to counter Russia's full-scale invasion.

📷 Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

YouTube video by Direkt36 A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az Orbán-korszak elvesztett lehetőségeinek története

Here's the documentary that 1.1 million Hungarians have watched over the past week, documenting the damage that Viktor Orban's regime has done to health, education and public transportation in Hungary
with English subtitles:
youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...

💯 this 👇

In the backyard of a school in one of #Kyiv’s districts, where many homes remain without heating due to Russian strikes, the smell of fresh bread fills the air.

It’s 43-year-old French volunteer Loïc Nervi baking bread in his mobile bakery.

Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017 New EP Days of Ash features songs about Renee Good, Iranian protesters and other political topics, and precedes new ‘defiantly joyful’ album later in 2026

“Renée Good, born to die free
American mother of three
Seventh day, January
A bullet for each child you see…”

U2 are back with their most political release in years.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

And will work with our partners to put pressure on Belarus for being Russia's accomplice in the war against Ukraine - President Zelenskyy.

Russia killed three employees of Sloviansk thermal power plant this morning and injured one more person.

Their civilian car was struck by a Russian FPV drone as they were headed to work.

Yet another one in the long, long list of Russian war crimes.

So good. @kajakallas.bsky.social is all of us.

❗️Negotiations between the Presidents of Ukraine and Finland, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander Stubb, have begun in Munich.

Ukraine is making significant efforts on the battlefield, Stubb stated:

❗️Zelenskyy emotionally told Merz about his visit to the first joint Ukrainian-German drone production facility.

The President of Ukraine expressed to the German Chancellor his satisfaction with what he saw during his visit to the plant near Munich,

Supporters of Palestine Action celebrated outside a court in London after judges ruled that the UK gov't’s decision to ban the protest group as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.

Webinar: Is the Eastern Partnership Still Relevant? Strategic Paths for EU–EaP Relations - Geo Power Webinar: Is the Eastern Partnership Still Relevant?Strategic Paths for EU–EaP Relations GEO-POWER-EU, in cooperation with the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF), is hosting an online we...

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EU parliament approves €90bn loan for Ukraine The EU parliament has approved a €90 billion loan for Ukraine, providing a financial lifeline to the country four years into Russia's invasion.

The EU parliament has approved a €90 billion loan for Ukraine, providing a financial lifeline to the country four years into Russia's invasion.

Slava 🟦🟨

❗️The European Parliament has approved a €90 billion loan for Ukraine. 458 MEPs voted in favour, 140 voted against, and 44 abstained.

Marco Rubio heads to Hungary with Orban’s 16-year reign in the balance

Trump’s secretary of state is travelling to Budapest in a show of support but polls make a pro-Europe moderate the clear favourite for April’s election

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@simonharrisireland.bsky.social