Italian authorities waited 40 hours before issuing an emergency alert for a boat with around 80 people lost in the Mediterranean Sea after an initial sighting by Frontex. A passing charity rescue vessel came to their rescue days later, but says at least 60 people had died as a result.

As the European Commission prepares to unveil its radical new budget for 2028-2034 on Wednesday, here are the 10 questions set to dominate talks in the upcoming months (and years).

The EU Commission has offered money and legal aid to Slovakia in return for agreeing to new Russia sanctions, but foreign ministers in Brussels were unable to clinch a deal on Tuesday.

Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.

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.