Liam Nolan

Eastern Europe Reporter

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was speaking at the EPP congress in Bucharest, Romania

We live in pre-war times, Tusk tells EPP delegates

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has told delegates at a congress of the centre-right European People's Party that "we are living in new times, in a pre-war epoch".

World • 07 Mar 24

Leo Varadkar is attending the centre-right European People's Congress in Romania

Varadkar favours processing irregular migrants outside EU

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he is in favour of processing applications for irregular migrants in countries outside of the European Union.

Politics • 07 Mar 24

Manfred Weber, Chairman of EPP group (R) and Olgierd Geblewicz, President of the EPP Group in the European Committee of the Regions and President of West Pomerania Region speak at a press conference in Bucharest

Immigration, climate on EPP agenda at Bucharest congress

Members of the centre-right European People's Party are meeting in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, today and tomorrow for the group's congress, three months ahead of the European Parliament elections in June.

Europe • 06 Mar 24

The conflict has upended Ukraine's population and destroyed large swathes of the country's civilian infrastructure

Two years on: The war in Ukraine in numbers

Russia's two-year long invasion has changed Ukraine utterly. This article looks at how the war has negatively reshaped Ukraine's population, the scale of losses on the battlefield, and the donor countries which have been Kyiv's strongest supporters.

Ukraine • 24 Feb 24

Prithviraj Kambli puts final touches to a painting of late Russian opposition leader in Mumbai

Can a Russian opposition exist after Navalny?

The death of Alexei Navalny leaves Russians who support democracy without a recognisable leader. Just one month before a presidential election which will allow Vladimir Putin to continue as president until 2030, is there any prospect for an organised opposition movement within Russia?

Alexei Navalny • 18 Feb 24

Watch: Stars step out at Small Things Like These premiere

Berlinale's red carpet goes green for Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Emily Watson were among the stars who stepped out at the premiere of Small Things Like These at the Berlin Film Festival.

Movies • 16 Feb 24

Watch: Cillian Murphy says "books and art and film can be a balm to a wound"

Cillian Murphy 'emotionally knocked out' by new film

Cillian Murphy has said his new film Small Things Like These uncovers a dark chapter in recent Irish society and that he was "emotionally knocked out" by the story of a Magdalene Laundry in smalltown Ireland in the 1980s.

Movies • 17 Feb 24

Two women lay flowers at Moscow's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on 3 February during a protest by members of 'The Way Home'

Why a group of soldiers' wives is protesting in Moscow

Since late December, a group of wives of Russian soldiers fighting the Kremlin's war in Ukraine have gathered each Saturday to lay flowers at Moscow's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The women, who number a few dozen, want their husbands to be allowed to return home after more than one year at war.

World • 13 Feb 24

The Hungarian parliament in Budapest today: benches of the governing Fidesz party (centre and right) remained empty during the session, called by the opposition (left)

Hungary's Fidesz MPs boycott meeting on Sweden's NATO bid

Members of parliament from Hungary's ruling Fidesz party have boycotted an opposition motion to vote on Sweden's bid to join NATO. Hungary remains the only member of NATO yet to ratify Sweden's application.

Europe • 05 Feb 24

Wives of Russian soldiers in Moscow's Red Square today laid flowers as part of their 'Way Home' campaign

Journalists arrested in Moscow at soldiers' wives protest

At least 20 journalists have been arrested by police while covering a protest in Moscow by a group representing the wives of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The group want their husbands to return from the war almost 18 months after they were drafted.

World • 04 Feb 24