Russian Propaganda in Georgian and Moldovan Churches
TBILISI - The project investigates the patterns of forming Russian propaganda messages and their dissemination in Georgian and Moldovan churches based on human sources and stories.
Sanctioned Belarussian Oligarch gets Lucky in Latvia
RIGA - Belarusian businessman Aliaksandr Shakutsin (Aleksandr Shakutin) was sanctioned two years ago for benefiting from and supporting the regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
OYO - The Danish government's Danida Market Development Partnerships (DMDP) disbursed DKK 9 million to its Canadian partner Mennonite Economic Development Association (MEDA) in 2019 for a 4-year project to support Nigerian women shea collectors, but the project was terminated before the ...
BRUSSELS - The flip side of pharmaceutical companies' staggering profit figures is that the marketing for their products is incredibly important. Dutch research shows that pharma even spends twice as much money on this than on the development of new drugs. In this study we examine to what extent and ...
SCHIPHOL - In Belgium and the Netherlands, Mexican laborers have raised a new branch of the drug industry: crystal meth. Arthur Debruyne portrays all those involved. 'Buying gloves? Just tell those mexi to work'.
Wardrobe fasting, uravelling the textile supply chain
BRUSSELS - You never wear one third of the clothes in your wardrobe. Another third you rarely ever put on. You have not touched nine out of ten outfits for a whole year. You throw away more clothes than any other European. And yet you keep buying new clothes. Because you feel that you need them ...
KIEV - What does war do to people? Helena Cazaerck, philosopher, journalist and musician, travels to Kiev to find out. She wants to sketch not only the suffering but also the absurdity and irrationality.
Why Banned Toxic Pesticides from EU markets are a Concern for Cameroon and Kenya
KENYA/CAMEROON - A cross-border investigation has established that pesticides that are already banned within European Union markets are still used in Kenya and Cameroon. These chemicals of concern are readily available to small and large-scale farmers who are ignorant of their effects.
SUMATRA - An EU directive is set to ban the import of palm oil for use as biodiesel. In the meantime, diesel will continue to be made from oil from plantations that have replaced virgin forest. A good example is provided by ENI and TotalEnergies in Indonesia.
BRUSSELS - Experienced staff are being fired, volunteers are dropping out and losses are piling up. Meanwhile, external consultants earn up to €20,000 a month. What is going on at Action Damien?
Mass Misinformation: The UK Catholic Charity Funding the Italian Far Right
ROME - An investigation for Byline Times by the Citizens and il Fatto Quotidiano can exclusively reveal how a Catholic charity is being run by a former National Front member who has promoted a number of conspiracy theories and fundraised for a far-right Italian politician who was arrested and ...
PALERMO – The Italian market for sushi has surged over the last decade and is now one of its most popular foreign cuisines. Sicily – which like many regions of Italy is fiercely proud of its regional food culture – has nevertheless seen a recent food revolution with sushi restaurants and poke bowl ...
COPENHAGEN - By 2050, the earth will have 10 billion inhabitants. At the same time, the area of available agricultural land per person is shrinking. As climate disrupts, classical farming systems are colliding with their limits.
Learning by doing: Young journalists in Environmental Investigative journalism in Finland
TAMPERE - Journalismfund.eu supports this capacity-building workshop for young Finnish journalists to upskill their Environmental Investigative expertise.
Visegrad center for environmental cross-border investigations
CZECH REPUBLIC - This project is developing a network of investigative reporters from Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) who will then collaborate on cross-border environmental investigations.
Protect the “Green Revolution” from Organised Crime and Corruption
MILAN - This project is providing training for investigative journalists on how to monitor the spending around the almost €60 billion Italian Recovery Plan
SKOPJE - Journalismfund Europe is supporting SCOOP Macedonia in this project aimed at raising awareness about pollution through investigative and data journalism.