The following resources on European affairs can be wholly or partly accessed free of charge or through the University of Malta’s library services.

Academic journals

• Comparative European Politics
• Journal of Common Market Studies
• Journal of Contemporary European Studies
• Journal of European Integration
• Journal of European Public Policy
• East European Politics
• East European Politics and Societies
• Europe-Asia Studies
• European Security
• European Union Politics
• European Politics and Society
• Mediterranean Politics
• Nationalities Papers
• Post-Soviet Affairs
• Problems of Post-Communism
• South European Society and Politics
• West European Politics

News sources

• Politico Europe is the leading EU news outlet offering both free coverage as well as specialised paid content for professionals working in European affairs. It also produces several podcasts and widely-read daily briefs such as the Brussels Playbook. It is based in Brussels and owned by the German media company Axel Springer.
• The Financial Times is a leading international newspaper with a strong coverage of EU politics. It is based in London and owned by the Japanese media company Nikkei. Students at the University of Malta obtain access via the library.
• Rapporteur is a pan-European media platform targeting professionals working in European affairs. It was known as Euractiv until September 2026. It is based in Brussels and owned by the Belgian media company Mediahuis.
• EUobserver is an independent, member-supported online newspaper specialising in investigative reporting, critical commentary and coverage of underreported issues in European affairs. It is based in Brussels.
• Contexte is an independent online newspaper providing in-depth political news on the European Union. It is available in both French and English. It is based in Paris.
• Eurotopics is a European media platform that reviews and translates news items and opinion pieces from leading media in 32 European countries. It is operated by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education, which is based in Bonn.
• VoxEurop is an independent media platform that translates and curates European journalism across ten languages. It is based in Paris.

Podcasts

• Arena Europa, by the ARENA Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo.
• EU Confidential, by POLITICO Europe.
• Europe Inside Out, by Carnegie Europe.
• EU Scream, by The Brussels Times.
• Europe Today, by Euronews.
• EPC Podcast, by the European Policy Centre.
• Inside Europe, by Deutsche Welle.
• Talk Eastern Europe, by Adam Reichardt, Alexandra Karppi and Nina Panikova.
• The Sound of Economics, by Bruegel.

Think Tanks

• The Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) is a Spanish think tank headquartered in Barcelona.
• Bruegel is a Brussels-based think tank that specialises the economics of the European Union.
• Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is an independent, pan-European think tank based in Brussels.
• Chatham House (also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs) is a British think tank based in London.
• Clingendael (also known as the Netherlands Institute of International Relations) is a Dutch think tank based in Wassenaar.
• Carnegie Europe is the Brussels office of the American think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
• Egmont (also known as Royal Institute for International Relations) is a Belgian think tank based in Brussels.
• The Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) is a network of research centres and think tanks in the Euro-Mediterranean area including the University of Malta’s Institute for European Studies.
• The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is an independent, pan-European think tank with offices in several European capitals.
• The European Policy Centre (EPC) is an independent, pan-European think tank based in Brussels.
• The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) is a Paris-based agency of the European Union that is serving as the EU’s in-house foreign and security policy think tank.
• The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) is a Barcelona-based think tank specialised in Euro-Mediterranean relations.
• The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) is a German think tank based in Berlin.
• GLOBSEC is a Slovak think tank based in Bratislava
• The Institute for European Environmental Policy is Brussels-based sustainability think tank.
• The Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) is an Irish think tank focusing on European and international affairs based in Dublin.
• The International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) an Estonian think-tank based in Tallinn.
• The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is an international think tank focusing on defence and security. It is headquartered in London.
• The Istituto Affari Internazionale (IAI) is an Italian think tank based in Rome.
• The Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) is a German think tank based in Berlin.
• The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is a Swedish think tank with a special focus on armed conflict, military expenditure and arms trade.
• The Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) is a European affairs research network that comprising 51 members including the University of Malta’s Institute for European Studies. Among other things, it provides a large number of explainer videos on all things EU.