As Georgia rapidly moves away from its pro-European course, Armenia is quietly emerging as the EU's next ally in the South Caucasus. But despite its European aspirations, it's heavily dependent on Russia for energy and trade.
The report, pieced together over three years by 142 researchers, shows Europe has become one of Beijing’s preferred destinations for acquisition in strategic sectors such as batteries, grids and chips.
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.
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.