10:27pm

Scandal claims Ireland’s top policeman

File photo dated 14/02/14 of Garda commissioner Martin Callinan who has dramatically resigned after weeks of controversies afflicting his force. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday March 25, 2014. Martin Callinan is understood to have tendered his resignation "with immediate effect" to the Justice Minister Alan Shatter. See PA story IRISH Garda. Photo credit should read: Niall Carson/PA Wire
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Government split as Callinan quits over whistleblowing

Feelings run high in Catalonia over whether it should separate from Spain or not
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8:42pm

Legal blow to Catalan vote

Spain’s constitutional court nullifies ‘declaration of sovereignty’

The Irish national flag flies from a flagpole above a building in Dublin, Ireland.
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7:44pm

Irish business leaders call for tax cuts

Employers’ group joins calls for “more ambition” from Dublin

epa04133551 US President Barack Obama announces additional sanctions against Russia on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 20 March 2014. Obama signed an executive order allowing sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy if Moscow does not change course on Ukraine. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
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6:52pm

Moscow’s move shows weakness, says Obama

US president describes Russia as a ‘regional power’

Jens Weidmann, Deutsche Bundesbank president
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6:35pm

Bundesbank hawk signals backing for QE

Weidmann says sovereign bond-buying by ECB is not ‘out of the question’

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Russian president Vladimir Putin declares the Sochi Winter Olympics open during the opening ceremony at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 7 2014 in Sochi ©AFP

The Sochi Olympics will do little to fix ties with the West

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China's President Xi walks through Tanzanian women waving flags as he is welcomed at the State House in Dar es Salaam
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5:02pm

France strives to boost trade with China

Hollande uses Xi visit to close gap on Germany and UK

Members of Crimean Tatar community pray over the grave of Reshat Ametov during his funeral in Simferopol on March 18, 2014. Crimean Tatar Reshat Ametov, who had been protesting against Russian troops in the Black Sea peninsula has been found dead, days after he was seen being hauled away by men in military-style jackets. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFFDIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images
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4:58pm Global Insight

Crimea takeover leaves minorities exposed

Tatars and ethnic Moldovans believe Putin offers empty promises

Ukrainian Defence Minister Ihor Tenyukh speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014. Ukraine's defence minister said on Monday that his country is "fully prepared" to deal with Russia's military presence along its eastern, southern and northern borders. (AP Photo/David Azia)
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3:00pm

Ukraine’s acting defence minister resigns

Decision follows Russia’s takeover of Crimea

Relatives of Spain's former Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez walk behind his coffin during his wake at the Spanish parliament in Madrid March 24, 2014. Suarez, who died on Sunday, steered Spain through one of the most turbulent periods in its political history and built bridges between the "two Spains" after fascist dictator General Francisco Franco died in 1975. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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10:15am

Spain unites to mourn ex-prime minister

Death of Suárez leads to rare outbreak of consensus

epa04139426 A photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry shows Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (3-L) watches the Russian marines as they march with the Russian navy Sevastopol's flags at a military base in Sevastopol, Crimea, 24 March 2014. Shoigu's visit comes as Ukraine's fledgling government on 24 March ordered Ukrainian troops to withdraw from Crimea, ending days of wavering as Russian troops consolidate control over the peninsula. EPA/VADIM SAVITSKY / POOL
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8:19pm

Europe ‘upstaged’ by US sanctions

US has less to lose than allies from tougher line on Crimea

6:36pm Inside Business from COMPANIES

Billionaires battle for market share

The vision of a single telecoms market is far from reality

6:27pm COMPANIES

Santander to lift small business lending

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Thanks to Putin, Nato will stand test of time

The alliance should consider lifting its restriction on deploying combat forces to the east

Mar 24, 2014 COMPANIES

US gas exports seen as bargaining chip

Mar 24, 2014 ASIA-PACIFIC

Satellite hunters track jet’s flight

British company helped work out likely route of lost aircraft

Mar 24, 2014

Russia suspended from G8, but not expelled

Order comes as Obama warns Russia over military action

Mar 24, 2014

Russia braced for $70bn in outflows

Obama confirms G7 countries will meet in Brussels in June

Mar 24, 2014

Chrystia Freeland and 12 others sanctioned

Russian retaliation follows Canada’s sanctions on Moscow officials

Mar 24, 2014

Merkel faces call to toughen Russia stance

German politicians step up pressure over Ukraine crisis

Mar 24, 2014 UK

Brussels scuppers Scottish pension hopes

Overhaul of strict EU cross-border funding shelved

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