Thousands of landfills across Europe lie in flood-risk zones, areas which could endanger drinking water or sensitive conservation sites, Investigate Europe and Watershed Investigations can reveal in the largest landfill mapping exercise ever undertaken across the continent.

Before being detained by Belgian police in Brussels earlier this week on suspicion of fraud, Stefano Sannino, the European Commission’s top envoy for Middle Eastern affairs, was busy extolling what he called shared “values, principles, and partnerships.”

Billions in repayable EU cohesion funds sat unused instead of being reinvested in new projects, missing a major opportunity to multiply the impact of taxpayer money, according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

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.