According to NGO ClientEarth, the EU Commission is illegally holding back information which should be public on health and the environment — and they are suing at the European General Court in Luxembourg for a change in transparency rules.

The French sociologist Gaston Bouthoul’s wrote the "standard book for understanding war”. Bouthoul was fascinated by demographic factors, particularly the abnormally high proportion of young, unemployed men in a population just before the outbreak of violence, explains Catherine de Gruyter.

Moldova has made real, measurable reform progress. According to the Eastern Partnership Index 2025, Moldova now ranks at the top of the region — a direct contradiction to the Kremlin’s persistent narrative that nothing has changed for the better.

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.