After three years, the European Council has passed a compromise on the controversial online child sexual abuse legislation, removing mandatory detection orders and replacing them with risk assessments and voluntary scanning.

Tanzania has accused the European parliament of an "affront to sovereignty" and defying “natural justice” after MEPs demanded that the EU commission withhold €156m in funding for the country following post-election violence that has killed thousands. 

One-in-five people with disabilities are victims of violence. The number is even higher for those living in institutions, according to new findings from the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency.

EU states are struggling with upcoming border rules that critics say could led to detention-like centres. Under the new regime authorities will have only seven days to screen a prospective asylum seeker.

Today, we kick off an anniversary campaign to convince new supporting members to join EUobserver's mission of providing the information citizens need to safeguard EU democracy.

Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.