EU to tighten rules on social benefits

Campaigners say young Europeans need better quality jobs and contracts, after a UN agency documents how hundreds of thousands of young workers risk living in poverty.

Italian prime minister is expected to present a quick reconstruction plan and request more budget flexibility from the EU after this week's tragic earthquake.

The interior minister warns against "stigmatisation" of Muslims after a woman was fined for wearing a scarf and leggings on a beach.

The EU executive supports the former head of the Greek statistic office, who faces criminal charges for accurately reporting deficit figures.

In Brussels, the unthinkable in our supposedly modern societies – unpaid labour – has become the new normal.

Immigration and terrorism top people's concerns in Europe - a shift since the economic crisis. But the EU commission flattered itself in its reading of the latest polls.

By helping refugees being full members of the labour market, unions will adapt to changes in society and will be better prepared to face the future.

Mandatory education of soon-to-retire people has become a hot topic at the Nordic region's political summer festivals.

"Personal activism" is worth more than politicians' talk, but a “meek” EU will never win public support, an Irish gay rights campaigner tells EUobserver.

Hate speech, whether homophobic or islamophobic, can prompt violent crime, justice commissioner Vera Jourova has warned in the wake of the Orlando and Jo Cox killings.

Just nine days ahead of British referendum, EU court backs UK government on restricting welfare for EU migrants in a ruling welcomed by the Commission.

EU enlargements failed to deliver basis human rights to Roma minorities, but the philanthropic billionaire hopes current candidates will fare better by learning lessons from previous mistakes.