Investigation
Skyrocketing costs for returning EU migrants
Data released from Frontex shows the truly astronomical costs of deporting migrants from EU to their countries of origin.
Investigation
Sex and lies: Russia's EU news
France and Germany have been targeted for years with fake news and lies designed to incite sexual revulsion toward migrants and the politicians who gave them shelter.
News in Brief
- Seasoned finance minister takes over Dutch coalition talks
- British PM closes government deal with Northern Irish party
- Merkel on collision course with US at G20 summit
- Schulz outlines German election strategy, hits out at Merkel
- Berlusconi's party sees comeback in Italian local votes
- Low turnout in Albanian election set to mandate EU future
- Merkel and Macron hold symbolic joint press conference
- Juncker has 'no' clear idea of kind of Brexit UK wants
New anti-trust complaint looms over Microsoft
At least three security software companies “met several times” with the European Commission to complain about Microsoft’s alleged abuse of its market position. A formal case could follow.
Investigation
How the Italian mafia found a Dutch home
One of the biggest mafia trials in Europe in recent years is about to end. Members of the Crupi clan are accused of smuggling vast amounts of cocaine from South America to Italy, using the Netherlands as their main hub.
Investigation
French election faces high cyber threat
French president Francois Hollande has called for "all necessary means" to be used to fend off cyber attacks ahead of the presidential election in April and May. But political parties are still vulnerable.
Investigation
Meet Le Pen's friends at Trump Tower
French far-right leader met wealthy people at cocktail party in US president's building in January, spotlighting her longstanding US connections.
Visual Data
EU farming policy: The damage done by 20 years of inertia
The EU Commission will ask the public later this week how the common agricultural policy should be overhauled. Data from the past two decades reveals a catalogue of missed chances and failed reforms.
How the EU cosied up to the defence lobby
The EU has allowed its defence and security policies to be shaped by powerful lobbyists, many of whom are linked to firms that win lucrative contracts, an investigation shows.
Focus
Europe's obesity battle, a haphazard reality
EU states are alarmed at the bulging waistlines of their citizens, but governments remain unwilling to commit to binding measures or an EU-wide approach to the problem.
EU fraud case sheds light on Danish and Polish politics
Danish and Polish reporters just broke the same story - on misuse of EU funds by right-wing MEPs. It caused a scandal in Denmark, but nothing in Poland. One of the writers asks why.
MEPs criticise Oettinger's 'judgement'
The German commissioner says it was normal to travel by a private jet owned by a German businessman. MEPs, with the exception of Oettinger's own EPP group, are gearing up to grill him.
German EU commissioner rejects wrongdoing
Oettinger said he used pro-Russia lobbyist's jet because it was the only way to make dinner in Budapest, but who paid for the trip?
German EU commissioner used Kremlin lobbyist's jet
Gaffe-prone Guenther Oettinger faces questions on whether the commission paid for the flight and why the lobbyist meeting was not declared.
Romania and Morocco have most expats in EU prisons
Romania and Morocco have the highest number of expats in prison in the EU while Lithuania has the highest percentage of their expat population in jail.
Feature
Samos: Inside Greece's 'nightmare' EU hotspot
Asylum centres on the Greek islands have borne the brunt of implementing the EU-Turkey deal. The centre on Samos island has struggled more than the others.
EU asylum applications from lone children quadruple
At least 95,000 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in Europe last year, four times the numbers for 2014. In Sweden, the rise was 402 percent.
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Latest News
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Political failure inflames eastern EU's uranium problem
Attempts by eastern EU states to deal with the devastating legacy of Soviet-era uranium mining are undermined by a toxic mix of domestic disorganisation, international apathy and lack of funds. Second part of our investigation
Soviet uranium legacy blights eastern EU
Widespread mining of uranium has left a legacy of environmental destruction and health problems that Romania and the Czech Republic are still struggling to deal with.
TTIP: EU offered 97% cut on US tariffs, secret papers show
In the new round of talks over the TTIP free trade agreement that started on Monday, the European Commission is ready to offer lower taxes on US imports in exchange for open public procurements.
Israel got real-time leaks from EU security talks
Leaks to Israel during EU talks in the PSC, a security committee, in January upset diplomats. Some suspect Greece. But they're too polite to say it.
Bearded infidels in the EU capital
Salafism, the hardline creed invoked by IS, is causing tension among Belgium's Muslims. "We should have done more," to stop its spread, Belgian authorities admit.
Few, but fanatics: The Kosovo women who join IS
In a generational shift in Kosovo, a largely secular and pro-Western society, Islamic radicalisation is making inroads. And it’s not just young men who join Islamic State.
Albanian women trafficked in EU: abused, rejected, abandoned
Abused by gangsters, disowned by their families, and let down by the state: Albanian women trafficked as sex slaves in Europe face an uphill battle to build new lives.
Lives for sale: Booming market for Bulgarian babies in Greece
Pregnant Bulgarians travel to Greece to sell their babies to couples desperate to adopt - an illegal trade which is flourishing while efforts to stop it flounder.
EU court entertained bogus case on welfare rights
EU court heard bogus case on social welfare rights, despite being told by fake plaintiff he had nothing to do with it. Outcome could have shaped EU-wide laws.
The great looting of Donbass
Over half of major enterprises in Ukraine separatist zone of Donetsk and Luhansk closed or seized by rebels.
Donbass: a region nobody wants?
The Donbass region in east Ukraine is on the road to becoming a de jure Ukrainian province, but a de facto Russian-backed mafia state.
EU admits parts of tobacco deal too bureaucratic
"Investigative needs ... dictate much faster means of enquiry than formal requests with a deadline of 45 days," EU anti-fraud agency said..
How did EU spend its €110mn of tobacco money?
The European Union and its member states have so far received at least €1.4 billion from four tobacco giants as a result of anti-smuggling cooperation agreements. How have they spent that money?
Scant evidence EU tobacco deal curbed smuggling
A ‘landmark’ agreement with tobacco company PMI was supposed to bring down cigarette smuggling. But it is very difficult to estimate the success of the deal, which is up for renewal in 2016.
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