A Boeing 747 cargo plane that flies from Belgium in and out of Israel's wartime airspace is carrying mostly fish, not weapons, the Israeli airline says, while no one in Belgium cares to check.
Imagine if Russia received a financial injection of €200bn — more than its entire war budget for 2025. Unfortunately, this is no longer a theoretical concern but a very real risk that could materialise as early as of the end of July.
Egypt is among the top 10 countries cracking down against human rights defenders and journalists abroad — posing questions on why the EU continues to finance the regime.
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.