Supported projects

TULKARM - The Nitzanei Shalom industrial hub, built on Palestinian land in the mid-1980s, hosts Israeli factories. This investigation examines allegations that the hub is polluting the surrounding farmland, as well as its previously undocumented ties to European companies and markets.

ROME - From human rights violations and forced labour to frequent illegal fishing, squid fishing in international waters is one of the least transparent food supply chains in existence. However, Europe and the United States are becoming the main buyers of squid linked to human rights violations and ...

GHENT / UTRECHT - In Diary of an Assistance Dog, you’ll see and read the stories of human-dog teams. Through the eyes of the psychosocial assistance dog, you’ll see the challenges the owner faces and how they tackle them together.

GUAYAQUIL – As European demand for tropical shrimp surges, Ecuador has become the continent's leading supplier. However, this booming industry exacts a heavy toll on vital mangrove ecosystems and the coastal communities that rely on them for their livelihoods.

BROOKLYN – Amidst pastel colours, carefully styled product photos and phrases such as “made with love”, “authentic” and “sustainable”, the online marketplace Etsy promises an alternative to the anonymous mass production of fast fashion. It seems that anyone who shops here is not supporting a factory ...

KORTRIJK / WEVELGEM - The airport of Kortrijk-Wevelgem is the least well-known of the three regional airports in Flanders. It is considerably smaller than the airports in Antwerp and Ostend, particularly in terms of passenger numbers. Yet Kortrijk-Wevelgem is not spared from criticism either.

BRATISLAVA - Investigative center of Jan Kuciak in Slovakia has launched training programme to increase the capacity of Slovak journalists in environmental investigations.

BRUSSELS - Our Big Five is the compelling and surprising story of the most iconic inhabitants of our natural world. Our Big Five: the fox, red deer, wolf, seal, and lynx. Paul Cobbaert sets out in wonder to find these animals. He wants to know where they live, whether they’re endangered, and how ...

AMBETHAN - Europe’s “sustainable mobility transition” is contributing to India’s toxic problem. While the European Green Deal promises “zero-emission mobility by 2035”, the supply chain is creating permanent contamination zones in India.

BERLIN - Shortly before Hungary’s parliamentary election in early 2026, the Berlin-based journalism platform Clean Energy Wire CLEW joined forces with Hungary’s investigative newsroom Átlátszó to empower journalists covering the climate and energy stakes of the vote.

PARIS - Reporters d’Espoirs has launched a training programme designed to strengthen French journalists’ capacity to report on biodiversity and environmental issues. The project combines a nationwide “Biodiversity Tour” across 15 regional newsrooms and journalism schools in France with an online ...

CHARLEROI / FARCIENNES - As Google rapidly expands its data centres in the Belgian region of Hainaut residents are watching farmland, wetlands and entire neighbourhoods disappear behind concrete walls and barbed wire.

PRAGUE / ALYTUS / HELSINKI / ROME - The cross-border investigative project explores one of the least discussed consequences of Europe’s return to nuclear energy: what to do with radioactive waste that remains dangerous for tens of thousands of years.

COLOGNE - The "5vor12" Climate Briefings for journalists organised by Netzwerk Klimajournalismus Germany & Austria, are expanding into a cross-border, English-language format to connect international journalists and media professionals.

ODESA - “Environmental Storytelling in Times of Conflict” is a hybrid workshop that trains emerging photographers and journalists to document underreported environmental issues, with a focus on the ecological impact of conflict.

LEUVEN / LOOSDRECHT - Hooligans, online hate-mongers and orthodox Christians are rallying behind the call for ‘remigration’. For some figures and groups within the far right, the use of violence appears to be no obstacle.

GHENT - Psychedelics are illegal, but show great therapeutic promise and are on the verge of medical acceptance. If clinical research and the claims of pharmaceutical start-ups are to be believed, psychedelics may well become the latest weapon in the fight against conditions such as depression ...

GHENT / TERNEUZEN - Our region has everything it needs to be a world leader in green chemistry. At least, that is what the government and industry unanimously claim. We put this to the test in North Sea Port, the binational port that says it is fully committed to a circular future. Will the chemical ...

NARDÒ / STUTTGART – Natura 2000 constitutes the biggest network of protected natural areas in the European Union. But under the guise of public interest, these nature protection zones are increasingly being threatened by private industrial investments. It is the case of Nardò’s countryside, on the ...

KECSKEMÉT - A cross-border investigation into failed water policies and grassroots solutions in the Sandy Plains region of Hungary reveals that, as the drought worsens, the authorities continue to drain rainwater. Meanwhile, communities are racing to save it.

POLINKHOVE / ANTWERP – Every Flemish citizen has the right to add a question or a proposal to the municipal council’s agenda. Research by Apache shows that around a quarter of Flemish towns and municipalities do not have regulations setting out the conditions for doing so.

ROTTERDAM / RIMINI / FAIRBOURNE - The investigation looks at three cities that are all vulnerable to increased flooding as the sea level rises. It analyses the municipal policies designed to protect the cities from flooding, demonstrating that greater protection is linked to a higher economic value ...

ZUGDIDI - The 250-kilometre border between Abkhazia and Georgia has been dividing the two countries for decades, making life increasingly difficult for the communities living along it. Caught between Russian pressure and the manoeuvrings of the ruling Georgian Dream party, those living near the ...

PRAGUE / KYIV – Across scarred landscapes where war has reshaped both land and lives, this cross-border series traces the invisible wounds left in soil and water and the fragile paths toward healing. From Ukraine’s frontlines to former Soviet military zones in Czechia, it follows how history lingers ...

SARAJEVO - For years, real estate companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina owned by Arab citizens have been selling what they call a “dream house in Bosnia” to buyers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.

ROME / PARIS / PRAGUE / SARAJEVO - The European transition toward a “green” automotive industry is often presented as a key climate strategy. Yet behind this narrative lies a fragmented environmental reality. While products evolve, production sites often remain tied to past industrial cycles: former ...

BRUSSELS - It is everywhere, yet invisible. Hawala, an ancient, trust-based money transfer system, moves vast sums of cash around the world every day, leaving almost no trace. No banks. No paper trail. Just a handshake and a code.

BULIISA - This investigation focuses on how oil development has reshaped communities in western Uganda, and on why displaced Balaalo pastoralists are still waiting for promised compensation.

MAZARA DEL VALLO – This investigation reveals that Mazara's renowned red shrimp brand is becoming increasingly dependent on global supply chains, Libyan waters and opaque practices. Declining local catches and rising costs are pushing this famous Italian fishery into crisis.

BUCHAREST / PRAGUE / WARSAW - The Polluter Profits Project is a data investigation that uncovers how billions of euros from the EU Modernisation Fund, one of the main sources of public decarbonisation funding for lower-income member states, have been channelled towards polluting industries.