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The COPS-unit in Ghent

  • Justice
  • Security
  • Terrorism

GHENT - In 2024, COPS, the elite team of police zone Ghent, was deployed several times against non-violent activists. Experts are concerned as the unit is increasingly being used for interventions against activists. As a result, the line between counterterrorism and interventions against activists sometimes becomes very thin and the proportionality and subsidiarity principles of the police are compromised.

The Bad Guy

  • Culture
  • Security
  • Social affairs

AUSTIN - When a Belgian filmmaker moves to Texas and becomes a mother, she is confronted with a reality barely comprehensible in Europe: preschoolers trained to keep quiet in a dark closet, schools deploying armed teachers and children crawling behind their school desks with an escape plan in mind.

82 Days in Hell

  • Armed conflict
  • Security
  • Terrorism

MARIUPOL - As the Russians surround the city of Mariupol, thousands of the city's inhabitants entrench themselves in the cellars of the Azov steelworks. A reconstruction of the 82 dark days of recent Ukrainian history, in which courage, creativity and tolerance help them survive.

Collectors of Sanctioned Exports

  • Armed conflict
  • Security

RIGA - In February 2023, the European Union agreed on the 10th package of sanctions against Russian goods, including the import of bitumen. Despite these bans, 29,5 thousand tonnes of bitumen worth $7.8 million were exported from Russia to Latvia in 2023, as calculated by The Chronicles.Media using data from the customs database.

Arming the World: Rheinmetall's Secret Ammo Factories

  • Armed conflict
  • Industry
  • Security

DÜSSELDORF – Investigate Europe's 'Arming the World' project reveals how German arms giant Rheinmetall has been quietly pursuing its global expansion strategy by supplying ammunition factories abroad, away from public scrutiny.

Europe's Secret Arms Route to Russia

  • Armed conflict
  • Security

PRAGUE/ROME/LATVIA A joint investigation by Investigace, IrpiMedia and The Insider has revealed how thousands of European and American small arms were smuggled into Russia and used in the war with Ukraine.

a Russian sniper armed with a US-made DesertTech .37XC rifle

Russian Spy Ships in the North Sea?

  • Armed conflict
  • Politics
  • Security

THE HAGUE - The Ministry of Defence is considering hiring private companies to guard the North Sea because the navy and coastguard do not have enough equipment and personnel. The decision follows research findings on Russian spying activities in the region among others investigated by Pointer KRO-NCRV and VRT NWS in cooperation with six other countries.

Rainbow Nation

  • Equality
  • Human Rights
  • Security

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa, the queer paradise, or at least that is what is said. We know the images of the annual Pride in Johannesburg. As such, South Africa is the only country on the entire African continent in which LGBTQIA+ persons have equal rights, and can also marry. Only: the contrast between the constitution and daily reality is stark.

Fixing Ukraine: mental problems among Ukrainian fixers and producers

  • Armed conflict
  • Healthcare
  • Security

KIEV - Foreign journalists report plenty about the war in Ukraine, and that is dangerous enough. But they're helped by local journalists, "fixers," and they can't just avoid the situation in their country. What does that nonstop work do to these people?

Balkan security in the light of global warming

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Security

SKOPJE/SARAJEVO – Five journalists from four Balkan countries have worked on the joint theme of climate security risks in the Balkan region