EU and Belgian officials are in talks on "magical" ways to use Putin's immobilised assets for Kyiv, as Russia's lawyers foresee mass-scale litigation.

Climate change, trade, and women's rights will top the agenda in Brussels next week in the run-up to the COP30 summit in Brazil. MEPs will discuss a change to the European Electoral Act, allowing members to vote by proxy during pregnancy.

China's decision to suspend its restrictions on exports of rare earths for one year, as part of deal struck with the US, also applies to the EU, the bloc's trade chief has said.

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.