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PERMIAN BASIN / LONDON / BRUSSELS – The EU methane regulation, in force since August 2024, requires energy firms to monitor, report and verify methane emissions at their drilling sites and conduct regular leak detection surveys. It will also require importers to obtain methane-intensity data from ...

BRUSSELS / BARCELONA / ROME / ZURICH – This investigation looks into the wave of political response that swept Europe during and in the aftermath of the 2024 tractors protest, and that dismantled key environmental policy under the guise of protecting farmers.

QAYYARAH – Wedged between an oil field and a refinery, this Iraqi town has paid the price for its country's petroleum wealth for decades. The facilities blanket the surrounding air with toxic gases and pump oily wastewater into the adjacent Tigris River. The industry that gave Qayyarah its existence ...

SANTIAGO DE CHILE - On the American continent, the large northward migration flow is gradually drying up, due to Trump’s tough anti-immigration measures. But what about other migration flows in the region, between Latin American countries themselves?

KINSHASA - Marlies Geyskens travels to Kinshasa, a city of millions that has been struggling with a growing mountain of rubbish in recent years. There, she follows two local artists who make costumes from recycled materials.

ACCRA - In Destination Ghana, we follow four people from the African diaspora. Each has a different life story, but there is also something that connects them: none of them has ever set foot on the African continent

PEJË / KUKËS - The White Drin River is turning into an open sewage channel. Untreated wastewater, plastic waste and chemical pollutants are damaging ecosystems, public health and local economies, while pollution continues to cross the border into Albania. The investigation covered fieldwork from ...

CLUJ-NAPOCA − This investigation revelas that small towns in the Transylvanian mountains are hubs for a chaotic mushroom trade, both in Hungary and Romania.

BOGOTA - Just as in the rest of Latin America, Pentecostal churches are on the rise in Colombia. They promote a personal relationship with God, place great emphasis on the emotional aspect, and promote prophecies and miracles. However, many of these churches also have clear political objectives.

MONTROSE / MADRID – Europe reportedly plays host to one in four of the world’s golf courses – with almost 9,000 peppered across the continent. More than 1,450 – almost one in five – including some of the world’s most iconic, can be found in Spain, Italy, and Scotland, where the sport originated.

KAMPALA - Uganda has for years hosted the largest refugee population in Africa, long celebrated as a regional success story thanks to its progressive open-door policy. But sweeping global cuts to development aid, most dramatically the dismantling of USAID under Trump, have plunged that system of ...

IKEBIRI / POTENZA - From the dry hills of southern Italy's Basilicata region to the flood-stricken communities of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, oil giant Eni has left a trail of pollution and environmental degradation spanning continents. This cross-border investigation examines the consequences.

COSTACHE NEGRI - As floods caused by climate change get worse across Europe, thousands of farm animals are dying without being seen, counted or getting any money for it. The deaths of livestock remain a systematic blind spot in disaster data and emergency planning mainly focusing on human losses.

BRUSSELS - Humiliating language, a common mobile phone number, an age that does not match the photo shown: one in three Brussels sex profiles on Quartier Rouge and Redlights show signs that something is not right.

ADANA - Europe’s plastic waste exports are flooding southern Türkiye. And, as this investigation finds, instead of being recycled, large volumes are dumped, burnt or leak into waterways, threatening ecosystems, public health and coastal livelihoods.

MECHELEN - The monk vulture is threatened with extinction. A breeding program at Planckendael Zoo wants to do something about this. But it is a process of trial and error.

DUFFEL - When therapy and medication offer no relief for severe depression, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) — better known as electroshock therapy — can provide hope. Mie and Tine have been struggling with depression for years. Now, they are placing their hopes on ECT. How do they experience the ...

TERVUREN / LUBUMBASHI - The increasing pressure on the Africa Museum to return artefacts has taken a new turn. The US, Congo and the EU are keen to digitise the museum's geological archives from the colonial era and gain access to information about the subsoil of Central Africa and its potential ...

TEHRAN / BRUSSELS / MWANZA / TOKYO – Whether by lorry, bicycle, plane, boat, rickshaw or motorbike, they flout prejudices, rigid traditions and absurd laws. All over the world, courageous women are setting out on their journeys. They challenge gender roles, transform their surroundings and gain ...

CATANIA / REYKJAVIK - Iceland and Sicily host Europe's most active volcanoes - but it is not over once the lava cools. The eruptions leave behind lasting health risks for local communities and serious environmental challenges, but also unexpected opportunities for sustainable development.

ANTWERP - It is well known that plastic and microplastics are everywhere. But the fact that they also leak harmful substances is much less well known. In this book, journalist Isabelle Vanhoutte sounds the alarm about this issue.

SHKODRA / PODGORICA - This cross-border investigation looks at the potential environmental and governance consequences of Albania’s 2025 “Mountain Package” law in the Albanian Alps and Prokletije National Park in Montenegro.

WILLEMSTAD / TICINO / AREZZO – A major investigation exposes the route of gold extracted from the Amazon in Venezuela and into Europe: over 90 tonnes of the precious metal were routed through the Caribbean and refined in Switzerland, Italy, and Turkey, reaching the supply chains of Apple, Tesla, and ...

KHARTOUM - Almost a year after the recapture of Khartoum by Sudanese government forces from the RSF (Rapid Support Forces), the capital lies largely in ruins — a ghost town scarred by conflict. Arnaud De Decker found widespread devastation and spoke to residents who endured the occupation and to ...

CAYAMBE – An investigation into Ecuador's flower trade reveals severe exploitation of workers and indigenous communities encircled by the plantations - and how European customers are misled about the true conditions behind the pesticide-laden blooms they are buying.

KABUL - In the remote mountains of central Afghanistan, a Hazara family embarks on a quest for truth and justice after their daughter Zahra mysteriously dies at Kabul University.

ANTWERP - Flemish industry urgently needs to become greener in order to meet climate targets, but the transition is proving difficult. Although the government is making more and more resources available, it remains unclear whether these investments will actually lead to greening.

PORTO-NOVO - Can the close partnership between Belgium and Benin serve as a model for sustainable European-African cooperation? The failure of European states in Sahel countries such as Mali and Niger has shown that military cooperation alone does not work. In Benin, Belgium offers not only military ...

ANTWERP - The Organisation Todt (OT) was a German paramilitary government organisation named after its founder, Fritz Todt. The group was involved in major construction projects (such as the Atlantic Wall), security assignments (such as guarding prisoner-of-war and concentration camps) and military ...

CASABLANCA - What happens when the waste you collect from a factory or a landfill is both making you sick and providing your only source of income? For Morocco, Europe’s circular economy brings a new pattern of colonial co-dependence.