Officials say they are “cautiously optimistic” ahead of a summit in Brussels hosted by the EU where governments will pledge funding for vaccination programmes run by Gavi, the global vaccines alliance. 

Nato allies are expected to agree to raise defence spending target to five percent of GDP at the Hague summit. But previous broken promises and Spain’s reluctance highlight growing tensions between military demands and protecting domestic social welfare budgets.

There are more than six million Afghans in Iran, around half of whom are refugees. The vast majority are living in urban areas, such as in Tehran, and even before the current Israel-Iran missile attacks were facing forced returns to Afghanistan.

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.