Slovak prime minister Robert Fico has given in to EU pressure on Russia sanctions, while claiming victory and throwing around threats and insults.

Like the majority of international organisations established in the last century to reduce geopolitical tensions, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe is now in a terminal existential crisis, writes Anton Shekhovtsov.

Chinese exports of rare earths and magnets needed to make electric vehicles in Europe surged in June, according to new data released on Monday, ahead of the crucial EU-China summit in Beijing on Thursday.

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.