At the UK's Brook House, migrants describe being trapped in a system driven by profit rather than policy — a place where private companies earn more the longer people are kept in limbo, a new investigation reveals.

EU navies should seize more Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers and amp up diplomatic pressure on dodgy flag-issuing states, Paris and Berlin agree, ahead of an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday.

The EU's Digital Fairness Act, being unveiled on Wednesday, needs to tackle loot boxes targeting children, server shutdowns rendering purchased games unplayable, and AI companions funded by advertising models that incentivise addiction, write the European Policy Centre.

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.