🐟 Deltas are delicate ecosystems. Increasingly, large scale agriculture upstream is causing disruption at the river mouths.
This investigation documents the socio-ecological effects of fertiliser runoff in those deltas.
Read more here: t.ly/EvNQA
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
📡 This investigation identifies intelligence agencies in Serbia and Slovenia's procurement ties to suppliers of IMSI catchers.
It points to what is and isn't known about the potential presence of these surveillance tools.
Read more here: t.ly/dCvWn
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
📡 Leaked internal documents reveal that Serbia’s Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) explored the purchase of a portable IMSI catcher.
This investigation identifies procurement ties to suppliers. Research is ongoing in other countries.
Read more: t.ly/dCvWn
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
💶 EU funds mismanagement for Roma integration raised concerns with the 🇪🇺 Court of Auditors.
In 🇭🇺, 🇧🇬, 🇮🇹, 🇨🇿, money went to projects that worsened the conditions of Roma communities, or had not benefited them.
Read about the investigation: t.ly/u2oeV
#Investigation #Crossborder #Plupro
👋Harm reduction operators assisting drug users are known to curb overdose deaths and deadly diseases.
Yet these programmes are underfunded.
Reporters spent months investigating operations across Spain and Italy.
Read more: t.ly/NRVfj
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
🖼️ Locals in St Malo, France, express a “sense of dispossession”, while those of Sintra in Portugal feel they live in a “theme park”.
This investigation shows how smaller towns grapple with the impact of holidaymakers.
Read more here: t.ly/dKsgl
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
🛶 Prejudice often sows distrust across borders in Central and Eastern Europe.
👁️These stories investigate cooperation where environmental activists resist business interests, nationalist politicians, and cross-border complexities.
Read more: t.ly/vCr4x
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
The #manosphere, once just an online world of male-dominance and anti-feminist ideologies is rapidly moving offline. Journalists track how leading figures build clubs, business ventures and monetise young men’s insecurities under the banner of “self-improvement.”
Find out more 👉 t.ly/_LO2C #plupro
⛈️ Italy and Greece, hit hard by recent floods, are shifting disaster recovery responsibility onto private insurance.
💢This investigation points to the disadvantages of relying on private markets for extreme weather relief with rising costs.
Read more below: t.ly/kp9kv
#Investigation #Plupro
🍷This investigation dives deep into the world of #wine #competitions.
With the rise of global competitions and alarming fraud cases, journalists spoke to industry insiders to uncover how these competitions operate, often lacking the oversight you might expect.
Read more 👉 t.ly/M4zuU #plupro
🌆 Istanbul and Athens are densely populated cities sitting on seismic fault lines. Yet, their disaster preparedness lags behind.
This investigation zooms in on residential buildings and governmental negligence in seismic compliance.
Read more: t.ly/eivgO
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
⚖️💔 A new investigation shows how the #Hague #Convention on International Child Abduction is often used against mothers fleeing #domesticabuse, forcing them to return children to violent environments — despite the treaty’s own “grave risk” safeguard.
Find out more 👉 t.ly/G-KxL
#plupro #ecb
‼️Beyond the Caliphate is a cross-border investigation by journalists from Germany and the Netherlands uncovering how suspected #ISIS affiliates used secret routes, false identities and legal loopholes to enter and remain in Europe.
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4i6BHNz . #plupro #ecb
🖲️ Across Europe, public money is fuelling apparently high-tech projects that promise safety, innovation, and inclusion.
⬛ This investigation uncovers initiatives lagging behind the slogans in Romania and Czechia.
Read more here: t.ly/ndUaq
#Investigation #Crossborder #Plupro
👜 Behind the postcard image of packed beaches and lively streets lies another reality: rising rents, vanishing neighbours, and the slow erosion of community.
✊ Yet, grassroots resistance is gaining ground.
Read more about the investigation: t.ly/0mBEB
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro #CBL
As 🌍 demand for #arganoil ⬆️ cooperatives formed in to ensure fair compensation for rural women. Many face closures due to market pressures and climate change. Read more on how Berber women, key to preserving argan 🌳 knowledge, are being marginalized in this changing landscape.👉 t.ly/X1qs0 #plupro
🚣 In 2022, the Oder river suffered an ecological disaster triggering a mass fish die-off.
🐟This investigation explores the tension between economic development and environmental preservation, and solutions.
Find the articles here: t.ly/d8kFC
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
🐑 Despite Europe's unfavourable policies and the pressures to intensify agricultural production, pastoralism endures.
🗣️This investigation outlines issues core to the sector and initiatives that provide fair labour models.
Read more below: t.ly/TxXVY
#Investigations #crossborder #plupro
🇪🇺💔Across Europe, #UnaccompaniedMinors who have fled war must wait months, or even years, to be reunited with families who are living legally in other EU countries. This investigation sheds light on how family reunification has become an obstacle course.
Read more👉 t.ly/XZh3k #plupro #ecb
🏔️This investigation reveals the significant impact of infrastructure projects on vital waterways in north-eastern Italy and northern Spain. Between economic interests and safety for communities, what future for these ecosystems?
Read more: t.ly/C3pXg .
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
🔍This #crossborder investigation uncovers how #Turkey’s booming #recycled #steel industry is fuelled by scrap metal sourced from war-torn countries such as Syria 🇸🇾, Libya 🇱🇾, and Ukraine 🇺🇦 by tracing shipping data , satellite images , and smuggling routes.
Find out more 👉 t.ly/CCecP #plupro
A new investigation reveals that a PFAS factory at the heart of an environmental disaster in Italy was dismantled in 2018, then sold, moved, and reassembled in India where it’s now back in business producing toxic “forever chemicals.” Read more: t.ly/OE3Gl #earthinvestigations #plupro
🚄 🚫Traveling by train between Madrid and Lisbon takes nearly ten hours and at least two transfers. This benefits the most polluting modes of transport.
⌛ This investigation identifies the reasons for delayed progress
Read more here: t.ly/POVNB
#investigations #crossborder #plupro
🎱 Key workers are increasingly priced out of the very places they serve.
The “The Housing Games” investigates and maps affordability for people essential to keep our cities running.
Read Urban Journalism Network's reporting below: t.ly/6sNCz
#Investigations #crossborder #plupro
🐟The European #fishing industry is becoming increasingly dependent on #migrant #labour. Focusing on Ghanaian fishermen working in the North Sea, this investigation reveals how the int'l nature of fishing industry enables migrant workers to be overworked and underpaid. Read more 👉 t.ly/tXgbB #plupro
How European ⚽️ can reconcile its passion for the game with the urgent need to protect the 🌍? A new cross-border investigation across 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸 compares national approaches, highlights concrete actions while exposing their limitations while giving voice to fans. Find out more👉 t.ly/TVQyB #plupro
🌇 Malta’s and Spain's populations have increased, as have tax revenues, due to migration.
However, the poor redistribution of resources means budgets for frontline services remain underfunded. This feeds misguided xenophobic rhetoric.
Read more: t.ly/aS2ZS
#Investigations #crossborder #Plupro
👶 Pregnancy and postpartum are among the most vulnerable periods in a mother’s’s life.
🔔This reporting digs into inequalities in access to care in four countries. Gaps in healthcare and receiving treatment can lead to invisible trauma.
Read more: t.ly/GwLsr
#Investigation #Plupro #CBL
🐑 Far from romantic ideas associated with herding, migrant workers suffer systemic exploitation in the pastoral sector. Yet, in some cases, positive examples of fair labour practices exist.
Read this investigations' summary and articles: t.ly/GvsvT
#Investigation #Crossborder #Plupro
🇲🇦🇪🇺For over a decade, the EU has invested nearly €800 million in modernising justice and security in #Morocco. This 🔎 reveals how the EU funds have been used to reinforce the regime's #repression of dissidents and activists, both nationally and internationally. Read more 👉 t.ly/1dsPH #plupro