The EU announced a €50m grant to develop Zambia’s rail network on Wednesday, as the bloc steps up its agenda of investing in the Lobito Corridor to increase its supply of minerals from Africa. 

EU member states are once again locking horns over asylum policy, reviving old rifts that never truly healed.

The Kenyan government is pushing for the EU to loosen the regulations on the pesticides used in its horticultural exports, at the same time as a potentially landmark lawsuit in the Kenyan courts calls for pesticides banned in the EU to also be prohibited in Kenya. 

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.