Non-ratification of Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women
PRAGUE - One in three women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15 – a total of 62 million women in Europe. The Istanbul Convention, a treaty ...
GITEGA / ROME - Climate change is making it increasingly difficult to grow coffee plants. What is the future holding for the lovers of this drink? How will plant cultivation ...
BUCHAREST / PAZARDZHIK — The green transition is not necessarily a clean one. The European frenzy for green energy projects, and the massive funds assigned for this process generated a ...
From Crime to Community: The Social Reuse of Confiscated Assets
ROME/MADRID/BUCHAREST - Every year, law enforcement authorities across Europe seize millions of euros worth of properties coming from illicit activities. Land lots, apartment buildings, warehouses, luxury cars or yachts were once ...
Caspian Sea Catastrophe: Poor Management and Cross-Border Failures
DAGESTAN / ASTRAKHAN / ATYRAU — Amid the Ukraine conflict, the Caspian Sea has gained importance for energy and trade. As Baku will host COP29 in late 2024, the world's largest inland ...
MADRID / FERRARA / BERLIN / PARIS / BARCELONA - 'Visualising Investigations' consists of five different training and networking sessions in five different cities: Ferrara, Berlin, Paris, Madrid and Barcelona ...
GULU - Since 2005, the ‘LRA’ has been expelled from Uganda. Despite an international arrest warrant, Joseph Kony is still a fugitive. President Musevini is still in power after 38 years ...
How to Protect the Unique Ecosystems of the Danube
DANUBE - Romania and Ukraine share a very important river — the Danube. As a transport artery, one of the mouths of the Danube started to be used at the ...
True participation? Citizen’s Assemblies as a Solution for Climate Policies
MILAN/ROTTERDAM - Many cities in Europe are experimenting with citizen’s assemblies to develop stronger and more inclusive climate policies. But are these experiments effective? The team investigated the value and ...
LISBON - As cities battle with the dual challenge of maintaining resident populations amidst rising real estate interests and overtourism, the team investigated if there are any evidence-based ways to ...
BUCHAREST - EU residents are buying 40% more clothing than a few decades ago, with less than half being collected for reuse and only 1% recycled. The investigation focused on understanding ...
MADRID - Heat is killing thousands of people in Southern European cities but what is being done in Barcelona, Milan and Lisbon about it? In 2023, more than 45.000 people died ...
Climate Migration: Journalism Workshop on Myths & Stories
ONLINE – This comprehensive three-part online workshop series aimed to support investigative journalists reporting on the complex intersection of migration and climate change in Europe.
ALMERÍA - At the far end of Europe, on the southern border of Spain, lies Almería. It is a huge province completely covered with white plastic, harbouring Europe’s largest vegetable garden ...
TIRANA / DURRES / BELGRADE / PRISTINA- Across the Balkans, particularly in Albania, a disturbing trend is emerging among organised crime figures and influencers: the ownership of exotic ...
Eco-Journalism Investigations: Spotlight on the Black Sea & Danube
SOFIA / RUSE— This cross-border training project for environmental investigative journalists, organised by the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) took place between July and November 2024. It focused on the ecological issues ...
BRUSSELS - Our meat consumption must go down, and to facilitate this, an army of producers is ready with alternatives. Some found inspiration in age-old recipes, others are reinventing meat ...
Food, Water, and PFAS: Grassroot Solutions to Chemical Pollution
PRAGUE - PFAS, a family of extremely hazardous chemicals linked to severe health issues, have been found in drinking water and vegetables, among others all over Europe. Against all odds ...