Germany and Denmark seek to prolong border checks
Denmark and Germany have notified the EU commission of their intention to prolong internal border checks beyond the 12 November deadline when they are required to be lifted.
Investigation
EU states copy Israel's 'predictive policing'
Israelis are using social profiling and predictive policing, also known as 'Facebook arrests', to crack down on suspects in Palestinian territories. National authorities in the EU, including the EU's police agency, Europol, are now applying the tactics closer to home.
German spy chiefs say 'no' to EU intelligence service
The EU does not need a joint intelligence service despite the heightened terrorist threat in Europe, German spy chiefs have said.
News in Brief
- Juncker tells Kurz to form 'pro-European' government
- EU Commission says May dinner not only about Brexit
- Madrid gives new deadline to Catalan leader
- EU calls for immediate end to Myanmar violence
- EU 'not considering alternatives' to Iran deal
- Second chance for Schulz as SPD wins Lower Saxony
- UK businesses' Brexit worries ease slightly
Opinion
Interpol and the EU: don't play politics
Debate on the EU police agency threatens to undermine its neutrality and the treatment of individuals who cannot enlist political support.
EU court to probe new Facebook data challenge
A high court judge in Ireland has asked the EU Court of Justice to deliberate on a data transfer case involving Facebook.
EU in talks with Interpol on political abuse
EU states are in talks with Interpol to stop political abuse after Turkey filed Red Notices on dissidents, Estonia has said.
Gender equality best in Sweden, worst in Greece
Italy has made the most improvement in creating a gender equal society, but Sweden still ranks top and Greece at the bottom, a new report says.
Migrant smuggling tops EU crime priorities
More EU states are involved in fighting migrant smuggling than cracking down on child porn and terrorism, says an EU internal security expert.
Interview
EU 'underestimated' cyber-crime
"Cybercrime is growing much, much faster than I think we anticipated," the EU commissioner for security, Julian King, told EUobserver.
Interview
Erdogan's attack backfired, Turkish writer says
Attempt to silence German-Turkish writer Dogan Akhanli backfired by giving him a bigger platform, amid renewed pressure on Interpol abuses.
EU wants tech firms to police internet
The European Commission wants private companies to police the internet for hate speech. But civil groups and CEOs of major tech firms object, preferring clear rules and regulations.
EU proposes three-year internal border checks
Commission wants to grant EU states the right to extend internal border controls for up to three years in "exceptional circumstances".
Europol keen to bend rules on Libya cases
EU police agency says privacy and data protection rights getting in the way of information exchange with Libyan authorities on migrant smuggling.
Cyprus helping Russia to roll back US sanctions
Browder, a British activist who inspired a US law on freezing assets of Russian human rights abusers, said he was "terrified" of going to Cyprus because it would extradite him to Russia.
EU says Spanish website seizures were legal
Spanish authorities are blocking pro-Catalan websites in the lead up to the referendum in October. Asked whether freedom of expression was being undermined, the EU commission refused to comment.
Polish president disappoints EU on judicial reform
Duda's vetoes on judicial reform will do little to protect the constitution or to stop politicisation of courts, experts warn.
US tests EU patience over Privacy Shield
The data sharing pact with the US is yet to be fully implemented, as the Americans have failed to appoint people in key positions to ensure EU citizens' personal data is protected.
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- Spanish and Catalan leaders continue stand-off
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Hungary and Poland defy EU authority
Hungary and Poland have said they "don't want a mixed population", amid a tug-of-war with the Commission on migrants and rule of law.
Opinion
EU charting the wrong course in migration policy
European officials have faced strong criticism for prioritising security interests over the rights of vulnerable people, in their efforts to stem migration flows.
EU agency to fight election hacking
A new-model EU cybersecurity agency could help states defend their elections against "hybrid attacks", the Commission has said.
EU monitoring Cyprus passport sales
The European Commission has said it is in a "dialogue" with Cyprus amid concerns on loopholes in its passport sale scheme.
Opinion
A new and practical way of stopping EU law violations
The case against Polish logging in the Bialowieza forest shows that the EU court could impose periodic penalty payments as an interim measure.
Feature
Nine lines that changed history - at least on the internet
Google has removed 800,000 search results across the EU following complaints from citizens, without the public knowing what has been removed, why it was removed or who complained. We revisit the case that rewrote history online.
EU steps up infringement case against Poland
The European Commission has sent new demands to modify a reform of the judiciary, which it says is gender discrimination.
Four European consumer groups team up to sue VW
Consumer organisations from Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland have asked an international law firm to sue Volkswagen in Germany.
Opinion
EU approach to fire safety urgently needed
The fires in Grenfell tower in London, the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, and Cuba Libre club in Rouen show a pressing need for EU action.
Opinion
Migrant relocation ruling raises questions
The recent EU court decision to refute Hungary and Slovakia's objections to the EU relocation scheme raises a number of important questions.
EU intelligence agency not a priority
Julian King, the EU commissioner for security, says talk of an EU intelligence agency would be a distraction from more pressing coounter-terrorism work.
EU seeks new rules on internal border checks
EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said EU rules that allow states to impose internal border checks are being reformed, with a proposal set to be announced.
EU ministers to discuss Polish situation again
The EU Commission will give an update on the rule of law procedure, but member states are willing to avoid any decision on a sanction procedure.
Britain to fence off EU workers, draft says
Britain will end free movement of workers immediately after Brexit, a draft policy paper by the Home Office shows.
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