In this edition, we track how officials are burying EU funding audits on Gaza, shielding judges’ financial interests and limiting access to ownership data, while watchdogs and civil society push back against weakened transparency laws and chronic delays that undermine scrutiny and journalists’ work.
The European Commission has refused to publish full contracts with pharma giants to purchase billions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Now the EU’s top court is set to force its hand.
A legal opinion by the European Court of Justice’s top lawyer could spell the end for Malta’s controversial online gambling laws.
The autonomy plan, backed by Brussels, would mean local legislative, executive and judicial authorities for Western Sahara elected by its residents, while Rabat would control its sovereignty, as well as defence, foreign affairs and religious affairs