Adrian Mogoș is a freelance journalist from Romania and the founder of NewsRomania.net, which he launched in 2017.

Since 2019, he has been an accredited researcher at the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS), investigating corruption within the communist judicial system, as well as terrorist attacks and organisations operating on Romanian soil during the communist era.

Mogoș has twice been awarded the Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, and in 2016 he was a Milena Jesenská Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He has received multiple accolades for his journalistic work, including two CEI-SEEMO Awards, the Kurt Schork Award and the Special Global Shining Light Award.

He coordinated one of the investigations featured in UNESCO’s Global Casebook for Investigative Journalism, and another received a special commendation from the European Press Prize jury. In 2022, he received a grant from the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network's Digital Rights Programme for Journalists.

Adrian Mogoş

Basic information

Name
Adrian Mogoş
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Balkan affairs, environment, corruption
Country
Romania
City
Bucharest
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Supported projects

Hydropower Boom Destroys Nature in Eastern Europe

  • Energy
  • Environment

BELA CRKVA / PRIGOR / PETRILA - This cross-border investigation has revealed that the European Commission is turning a blind eye to Romania's systemic failure to protect its wildlife.

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Europe, the Uranium Hell

  • Energy
  • Environment

BUCHAREST - The EU's focus on achieving energy independence is endangering the environment and the health of its citizens due to the continued exploitation of European uranium resources.

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Buy your way into EU Citizenship

  • Corruption
  • Trafficking

BUCHAREST - Dodgy dealers in Romanian nationality can conjure up genuine documents for fake applicants, and with it the right to work within the EU.

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Fields of Terror

  • Agriculture
  • Exploitation
  • Trafficking

BUCHAREST - 'The New Slave Trade in the Heart of Europe': poor people are being lured from Eastern Europe to the Czech Republic for forced labour. Some of the worst gangsters are now on trial but there is no sign of this evil trade coming to an end.

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