https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/en-ieRTÉ 2025-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:50:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519921-greece-wildfires/Greece has put the island of Chios under a state of emergency because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:37:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519921-greece-wildfires/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519805-eu-meeting-brussels/The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said she will address the EU's finding that Israel is in breach of the human rights obligations enshrined in the EU-Israel Association Agreement with the Israeli authorities.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:45:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519805-eu-meeting-brussels/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519909-renowned-italian-sculptor-pomodoro-dies-aged-98/Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, renowned for his huge bronze spheres, including one at TCD, has died a day before his 99th birthday.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:34:37 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519909-renowned-italian-sculptor-pomodoro-dies-aged-98/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0623/1519962-jon-jonsson-gardai/Gardaí have travelled to Iceland as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Icelandic man Jón Jónsson in Dublin over six years ago.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:17:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0623/1519962-jon-jonsson-gardai/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0621/1519667-belarus-tikhanovsky-released/Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna has said.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:13:56 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0621/1519667-belarus-tikhanovsky-released/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0621/1519609-connelly-analysis-eu/The review into whether Israel is in violation of its obligations under its trade relations with the European Union, due to its conduct of the war in Gaza, was shrouded in secrecy and hobbled by last minute timing. RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly looks at what reactions may be expected on Monday.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:00:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0621/1519609-connelly-analysis-eu/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519437-eu-israel/A review of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza by the EU has concluded that it is "in breach" of the human rights obligations of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, according to an extract of the report seen by RTÉ News.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:52:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519437-eu-israel/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519559-sicily-yacht-salvaged/Salvage workers raised a superyacht that sank off Italy during a pre-dawn storm last year, killing UK tech mogul Mike Lynch and six others.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:51:56 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519559-sicily-yacht-salvaged/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0619/1519304-hungary-pride-march/Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman has said that he will travel to Hungary to attend the Budapest pride parade on 28 June.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:54:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0619/1519304-hungary-pride-march/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0619/1519408-gardai-iceland/Gardaí are due to go to Iceland next week to interview a number of people as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Icelandic man Jón Jónsson, police in Iceland have confirmed.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:34:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0619/1519408-gardai-iceland/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0619/1519263-paschal-donohoe/The process to potentially reinstate Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe for a third term as President of the Eurogroup will formally begin in Luxembourg this afternoon, as eurozone finance ministers take the first steps in assessing any candidates who come forward.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:47:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0619/1519263-paschal-donohoe/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0619/1519280-eu-israel/Ireland has joined eight other member states in asking the European Commission to examine how goods produced in illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories "can be brought into line with international law."Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:43:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0619/1519280-eu-israel/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0619/1519390-ireland-remarks-kallas/An Irish MEP has asked the EU's most senior foreign affairs official to apologise for suggesting Ireland's policy of neutrality is in part due to Ireland not having a modern-day understanding of "atrocities, mass deportations, suppression of culture and language".Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:05:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0619/1519390-ireland-remarks-kallas/Politicshttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0618/1519114-commission-online-terrorism/The European Commission is to refer Ireland, Bulgaria and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to comply with certain obligations under the Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:14:12 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0618/1519114-commission-online-terrorism/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0618/1519033-us-airfares/Airfares from Europe to the United States have dropped to rates not seen since before the Covid-19 pandemic, as travellers from Western Europe lead a pullback in travel to the US that is expected to continue until at least next month.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:31:06 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0618/1519033-us-airfares/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0617/1518889-europe-iran/The EU has activated its civil defence mechanism in order to help member states evacuate citizens from the Middle East, as the Israel-Iran war enters its fifth day.Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:11:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0617/1518889-europe-iran/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0617/1518914-social-media-ban/The Dutch government has advised parents to forbid children under 15 from using social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat, the latest country to propose curbs over mental health concerns.Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:35:54 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0617/1518914-social-media-ban/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0616/1518633-macron-criticises-trump/French President Emmanuel Macron criticised US President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland, as he made a visit to the Danish autonomous territory.Mon, 16 Jun 2025 01:27:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0616/1518633-macron-criticises-trump/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0616/1518781-iceland-deaths/A French woman has been arrested in Iceland after her husband and daughter were found stabbed to death in their hotel room.Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:19:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0616/1518781-iceland-deaths/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0616/1518635-holidaymakers-opting-for-cooler-destinations-in-europe/Travel agents say there has been a noticeable trend of holidaymakers looking to avoid rising temperatures and extreme weather in continental Europe during the summer months.Mon, 16 Jun 2025 02:56:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0616/1518635-holidaymakers-opting-for-cooler-destinations-in-europe/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0615/1518585-greenland-macron/French President Emmanuel Macron said as he arrived in Greenland that his visit aimed to show the solidarity of France and the European Union over the Arctic island's "sovereignty" and "territorial integrity".Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:20:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0615/1518585-greenland-macron/World