At a conference organised by conservative group Europe for Freedom and Democracy, German Professor Dr Dietrich Murswiek and French Professor Anne-Marie Le Pourhiet share their skepticism for a federal Europe.

Watch Greek expat Yiorgos Vassalos argue with Greek/German economist Janis Emmanouilidis about the best recipe to save Greece.

EUobserver chats to the head of the EU parliament's Russia delegation, Germany's Knut Fleckenstein, about anti-Putin protests and human rights as the Russian elections approach.

Thousands of people gathered around Europe on Saturday to protest against the international intellectual property enforcement treaty, ACTA.

On the day Greek unionists held a 48-hour strike, Belgian unionists extended a message of solidarity to the Greek people in Brussels.

An independent Scotland would be one of the wealthiest, most prosperous parts of Europe, but it would stay out of the euro, deputy first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon tells EUobserver during a visit to Brussels this week.

Angry at the government's attempt to impose austerity measures, the three main trade unions in Belgium Monday held the first general strike in almost two decades - on the same day EU leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss job creation.