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6 / APRIL / 2012 - The programme for the Data Harvest Conference that will be taking place in Brussels from May 6th-8th 2012 is online. Read it here.
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2010/009 Jolkina & Smyth: Latvian Brides

Quoted in numerous countries

BRUSSELS - 7 / 2 / 2011 - Two journalists, one story – but how to achieve impact? In the story about the Latvian Brides, cooperation of journalists from two countries led to research so important, that the story was quoted in various European countries.

Latvian brides – European story covered in Latvia and Ireland

BRUSSELS - 11 / 10 / 2010 – In the far East and far West of the EU two journalists work on the same story about scam marriages. Thanks to a grant from Journalismfund.eu they could cooperate and uncovered a world where fraud, sexual exploitation and rape are commonplace. The scam bases the EU rules on free movement and legal loopholes.