Ryyan Alshebl left Syria in 2015 amid the ongoing war. Eight years later, he was elected mayor of the German town Ostelsheim — aged 29. He talked to EUobserver about his journey, the threat of extremism and humanitarian asylum systems.

Loopholes in international regulations on ship recycling are resulting in major human and environmental damage.

Big-Agri is using markets in developing countries to sell products banned in Europe — despite their harmful effects on health and the environment.

While they woo dictators and autocrats, EU policymakers are becoming ever more estranged from the world's democrats. The real tragedy is the erosion of one of Europe's key assets: its huge reserves of soft power, writes Shada Islam.

EU environment ministers expressed anger at the last-minute backtracking by some EU countries on the EU nature restoration law and questioned the Belgian commitment to get the important file across the finish line

The US abstained and all EU states on the UN Security Council backed a call for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, as Europe prepares to also blacklist extremist Israeli settlers.

The EU will have to step up its efforts to tackle looming demographic challenges over the next five years. If not, the bloc faces "sleepwalking into dark scenarios", warns EU commission vice-president Dubravka Šuica.

Europe has warned Russia not to use the weekend's terror attacks in Moscow as a pretext to escalate its war in Ukraine and crackdown on internal dissent.

Balancing its support for the Palestinian cause with its national interests remains a difficult task for Egypt

Facing a predicted shift to the right after the EU elections, anti-discrimination organisations are calling on the bloc's institutions to ensure that equality, anti-racism and fundamental rights are at the top of the EU's agenda in the next mandate.

This week, expect no more than talks on environment, agriculture and fisheries, including discussions between the Polish and Ukrainian governments over angry protests by Polish farmers objecting to cheap grain imports from Ukraine.

The EU Commission is officially sidelining the EU Parliament's scrutiny role on €1bn of loans being sent to Egypt.

EU delays Nature Restoration Law vote after a Sweden, the Netherlands and Hungary retracted their support.

An EU-UK treaty on defence and security policy is back on the agenda. What it might look like is less clear.