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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 02/09/2026

Russian airstrikes killed a total of 400 Ukrainian civilians in July because Kyiv did not have enough interceptor missiles, but Greece and Spain declined to open their stockpiles at an EU defence ministers’ meeting in the Druids Glen golf club. euobserver.com/234784/after...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 31/08/2026

WE'RE ON REDDIT: Come join our small but growing community over on Reddit. We post our own articles, discussions from around Reddit and welcome you to start threads on topics you'd like to discuss with fellow EUobserver readers. Join us! www.reddit.com/r/euobserver/

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 29/06/2026

[Sponsored] For decades, the @socialistsanddemocrats.eu has championed a partnership between Europe and Africa based on social justice, decent work, equality, and sustainable development. Join the S&D Africa Days in Brussels from 30/6 to 1/7. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/africa-days

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 26/06/2026

Trains buckle, schools shut and outdoor workers struggle through 40°C days. Trade unions and scientists are warning that Europe’s heatwave is no longer just a ‘weather story’ but a full showdown over who is responsible for keeping workers safe. euobserver.com/224139/at-32...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 17/06/2026

[Sponsored] For decades, the S&D Group has championed a partnership between Europe and Africa based on social justice, decent work, equality, and sustainable development. Join the S&D Africa Days in Brussels from 30/6 to 1/7. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/africa-days

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 11/06/2026

A 50 percent increase since 2020. euobserver.com/221065/corpo...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 31/03/2026

Corruption, judicial bias and threats to media freedom – plenty of it exists across the EU, despite the institutions in Brussels making their absence a prerequisite for joining the bloc. In truth, the EU has been reluctant to impose sanctions for rule of law breaches. euobserver.com/209051/as-th...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 04/03/2026

The European Commission has pledged to back Spain against the overnight commercial threats from US president Donald Trump against Madrid. euobserver.com/205567/eu-co...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 17/02/2026

We have exciting news. EUobserver is joining journalist-owned Slovak publishing house Denník N, to strengthen its long-term sustainability, resilience, and capacity for growth — while fully preserving its editorial independence. Read more here: euobserver.com/203123/euobs...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 12/02/2026

Apple’s AI-notification exhibits racial and gender bias, researchers find euobserver.com/202646/apple...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 26/01/2026

While Ventura is unlikely to win the presidency in 2026, his success as the leader of a newly formed far-right party points to a broader shift in Europe’s political landscape — one increasingly shaped by the normalisation of Islamophobia. Read it here: euobserver.com/eu-political...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 21/01/2026

European investors hold between €8 trillion and €12 trillion of US financial assets, including government debt and equities. If European investors threatened to dump US Treasuries, the flood of supply could drive up US borrowing costs and weaken the dollar, forcing Washington to back down.

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 09/07/2025

Next week, EU foreign ministers decide what action to take on Israel's human rights breaches in Gaza. But what options do they have? In this article, journalist Andrew Rettman dissects what's on the table and what's possible – and we made a handy little chart. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 07/07/2025

With the summer holidays coming up, we've made this feature free to read: Wealthy Russian tourists are flocking back to Italy, France, and Spain — despite the Ukraine war and EU allies' security fears. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 27/06/2025

"I’m traveling to Libya next week or the week after to get involved with those…I know there will be some criticism about getting involved with authorities, which are a bit dodgy - to be diplomatic again. But we have to get involved." Read it here: euobserver.com/migration/ar...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 25/06/2025

Brussels has developed a growing toolkit – legal, procedural and purely political – to stop Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán from paralysing EU foreign-policy decisions with his ever-lengthening list of vetoes on Ukraine-related aid and Russia/Israel sanctions. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 24/06/2025

Just as far-right forces crack down on civil society dealing with climate, a new study reveals that lobbyists from the top fossil-fuel industry organisations had over 1,000 meetings with MEPs within less than a year. Free to read: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 20/06/2025

The "restricted", eight-page EU foreign service document was circulated to member states' embassies in Brussels on Friday (20 June) and has been leaked here in full for the first time by EUobserver. Read the closely guarded report here: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 20/06/2025

Spain is in political turmoil. But why? In this explainer, editor-in-chief @elenasanchez.bsky.social explains: 🔹 What happened 🔹 Who is involved 🔹 Why it matters Catch up here: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 19/06/2025

"We will march with you in Budapest, side-by-side, proud and loud," Iratxe García Perez, the Spanish MEP who leads the Socialist and Democrats (S&D) group, told the Strasbourg plenary yesterday. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 06/06/2025

The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, doesn’t mince words. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 03/06/2025

FREE TO READ: Mid-term rentals are increasingly seen as a haven for investors, adding further strain to an already scarce housing supply for long-term residents in city centres. euobserver.com/health-and-s...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 27/05/2025

Homophobia, as well as Russophilia, could cost populist Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán his EU veto, 20 other EU countries have shown. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 27/05/2025

“Trade and military power are important to establish the demand for an international currency,” Lagarde told the Jacques Delors Centre on Monday (26 May). euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 27/05/2025

Free to read today: The EU's worrying dependency on US blood plasma. Europe imports nearly a third of its blood plasma from the US. The problematic question is whether donation systems should offer cash incentives — or push for 100 percent voluntary donations. euobserver.com/health-and-s...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 26/05/2025

"As a member of staff of the European Commission one has the right of freedom of expression, but ... it's not an absolute right," a commission spokesman told press in Brussels on Monday (26 May). euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 26/05/2025

Did you know that Europe relies on the US for up to 30 percent of its supply of blood plasma? While the EU Commission seeks to reduce dependencies, blood plasma – a component used to treat bleeding disorders and immune deficiencies – is still being imported. euobserver.com/health-and-s...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 24/05/2025

“We must be blind if we can’t see what is coming our way,” says Lithuanian deputy defence minister Karolis Aleksa. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 24/05/2025

The European Commission has told Hungary to scrap its Transparency of Public Life bill or face possible legal consequences. “We will not hesitate to take the necessary action if this draft is adopted.” euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 23/05/2025

Externalising asylum is the hottest trend in EU migration policy; but just 10 years ago the European Commission opposed it on humanitarian and legal grounds. Here's what you need to know. euobserver.com/migration/ar...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 22/05/2025

"I would refrain from using the word deported," said a European Commission official. @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social on why words matters: euobserver.com/migration/ar...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 21/05/2025

The move on Tuesday is part of a wider bid by the EU to curtail irregular migration and have other countries shoulder applications for asylum on its behalf with rights groups like @amnesty.org and @rescue.org describing the measures as "cruel" and "unnecessary". euobserver.com/migration/ar...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 20/05/2025

The EU has launched a formal review of whether Israel's human rights abuses merit trade sanctions, following 18 months of war and over 53,500 Palestinian casualties. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 20/05/2025

A group of nearly 100 economists from across Europe has come out strongly against the European Commission’s efforts to water down key sustainability laws, warning that the rollback risks undermining both human rights and Europe’s industrial future. euobserver.com/green-econom...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 19/05/2025

Russia and Ukraine might sign a "memorandum of understanding" as a "prelude" to a peace deal if "root causes" of the war were eliminated. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 19/05/2025

In today's op-ed, @stavinoha.bsky.social , @balkanizator.bsky.social and @giacomoza.bsky.social raise the alarm about Europol's lack of transparency: euobserver.com/migration/ar...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 19/05/2025

Nicușor Dan, the pro-European mayor of Bucharest, has been elected president of Romania following a dramatic and closely-watched electoral campaign. euobserver.com/the-eus-unsu...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 19/05/2025

The second of our EU's Unsung Heroes; Yuliia Paievska, a Ukrainian nurse and martial arts expert, who has treated both the fallen of her own country — and that of its enemy. Read the magazine: magazine.euobserver.com And support us: euobserver.com/memberships

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 17/05/2025

Israeli war propaganda will vie for attention with sex and glitter in Saturday's (17 May) "kind of insane" Eurovision song contest finals in Switzerland. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 16/05/2025

[From the Archive] The unanimity criteria should not discourage member states from seeking the deployment of Article 7 against Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. If exercised wisely and strategically, peer pressure may bear fruit. euobserver.com/eu-political...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 16/05/2025

One of the most lobbied files in Brussels right now is the proposed universal restriction on PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as the ‘forever chemicals’. A comprehensive ban is long overdue: euobserver.com/green-econom...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 15/05/2025

“This is the consequence of failed European energy policy. European countries have made themselves too dependent on foreign countries and waited too long with their energy transition. Why should Namibia pay for Europe aiming to meet its climate goals?” euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 15/05/2025

The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media, ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes @danielhegedus.bsky.social. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 14/05/2025

This Friday (16 May), we’re releasing our latest magazine, which we’re frankly very proud of. Behold the cover! It goes out to all newsletter members, if you're not one yet, sign up here for free: euobserver.com/auth Or join and support EUobserver here: euobserver.com/memberships

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 04/04/2025

One cool thing of being 25 years old, is that we have 23-year old gifs that we used on the website when it looked like this: web.archive.org/web/20020601... We've been covering EU affairs news daily since the year 2000, and still do. Sign up for our (new) newsletter here: euobserver.com/register

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 02/04/2025

Have you considered supporting @euobserver.com? Your membership pays for sane journalism on an unstable world. euobserver.com/register

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 07/03/2025

Sign up for our newsletter membership for three free articles every month – or support our independent journalism with a monthly or yearly membership. Get the news that matters: euobserver.com/register

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 12/02/2025

A new study shows that "offering a discount significantly increases the odds of people paying for subscription" on paywalled news sites (like ours). Here's a little natural experiment: the first 10 people to use the discount code Bluesky25 get 25% off a yearly membership. euobserver.com/register

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 24/01/2025

Despite the housing crisis, 40 percent of people in Europe are living in homes too big for their needs – and this number has not budged in a decade.

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 04/12/2024

Have you seen our new archive page? Easily browse what happened today, ten years ago (or any other time in our 25 year history): euobserver.com/archive

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