Five new African countries are counting the costs of being added to the EU’s ‘blacklist’ of countries with major deficiencies in combatting money laundering and terrorism financing — a list that has long been a sore point in EU-Africa relations. 

The EU Commission chief has backed Israel's attack on Iran before EU foreign ministers had a chance for their first crisis talks.  

The EU's anti-fraud agency Olaf carried out 24 investigations into EU officials last year, spanning the EU institutions and various agencies.

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.