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🚨 REVEALED
#Deadlyprices
: Europe’s secret drug pricing system and unequal access to life-saving medicines. A new investigation coordinated by Investigate Europe, with media in 20 countries, reveals how big pharma feeds inequality across the continent:
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#Breaking
French minister for energy transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, helped her father (
#Perenco
#oil
executive at the time) launch a million-euro company for her children that invests through tax havens // by
@investigate_eu
&
@Disclose_ngo
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2/ Each year EU Member States are supposed to share their
#ArmsExport
numbers & policies with
#COARM
, a working party of
@EUCouncil
. According to its little known data, ten EU countries exported arms to
#Russia
in the years 2015-2020,
@investigate_eu
can report.
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Evangelos Marinakis and Giannis Alafouzos - owners of two Greek football giants - have both criticised Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Yet their shipping firms still trade with and export oil from
#Russia
. Our findings w/
@reporters_gr
in the
@nytimes
:
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9/ According to the information we collected,
#Germany
exported €121.8 million worth of military equipment to Russia. This represents 35% of all EU arms exports to Russia. The German govt has not responded to our questions about this.
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3/ This comes after the EU has agreed to stop exporting arms to Russia, following the illegal annexation of
#Crimea
and Russia-backed proclamation of indepedence by separatists republics in the
#Donbass
region. Here’s an excerpt of the
@EUCouncil
’s decision.
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6/ As first reported by
@Disclose_ngo
this Monday, France has sold € 152 mln worth of military equipment to Russia. A figure confirmed by our analysis, which places France far ahead of its neighbors, with 44% of European
#arms
sent to
#Russia
.
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10/On the 3rd place among the top post
#embargo
#arms
exporters: Italy. The country authorised selling €25 mln (delivered €22.5 mln) worth of military equipment to 🇷🇺 in '15-20. This image shows some of the 🇮🇹 parts made it to the frontline of
#WarInUkraine
, spotted by
@La7tv
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4/ 1/3 of the EU countries, however, used a legal loophole in the regulations to continue
#ArmsTrade
. Indeed, the embargo did not apply to contracts & agreements concluded before 1 Aug 2014. Responding to
@investigate_eu
,
#COARM
claims the
#EU
states "are not arming Russia."
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7/ The number of licenses (authorisations for arms deals) issued by France exploded right after the post
#Crimea
embargo came into force, in 2015.
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8/ In 2014, the 🇫🇷 authorities were indeed still giving their authorisation to send to Russia "chemical","biological","riot control" agents & more. After 11 days after our inquiry,
@Armees_Gouv
told us France is committed "to apply very strictly" the 2014 embargo.
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Kudos to our partners at
@reporters_gr
for their brilliant investigation into phone hacking at the heart of the Greek government 👏👏👏
The wiretapping scandal has led to the resignation of two top officials and is making headlines around the world:
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5/ But the conclusion is not that simple.“Weapons are a part of our foreign policy, not of economic policy. Political reasons are the main thing.”
#ArmsExport
should not take place due to the economic reasons, told us Siemon Wezeman, senior researcher at
@SIPRIorg
.
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A train crash in Greece last night left dozens dead and many injured. There is shock, horror but, sadly, no surprise among those aware of the state of Greek railways. In our investigation last year,
@reporters_gr
&
@ebersi
revealed the worrying reality:
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If you are interested more publications on the miliarisation of the EU: We are offering an english newsletter and publication alerts in 8 more languages. Check it out!
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#NEW
European vessels have shipped millions of tonnes of oil, gas and coal from Russian ports in the 6 months since Putin started the
#war
on
#Ukraine
//
#FuellingWar
- a joint investigation by
@investigate_eu
and
@reporters_gr
data viz by
@Tagesspiegel
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🚨 Revealed: France, Netherlands & allies lobbied for child detention clause in EU migration pact
Confidential docs obtained by
@investigate_eu
show how a host of govts pushed for measures to legalise border detention of families with children from birth:
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Greek reporter
@Malichudis
has been monitored by the National Intelligence Service. Because he was seeking info about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee. He asks: Is that enough reason for surveillance?
#PressFreedom
|
@reporters_gr
@EFSYNTAKTON
@we_are_solomon
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Greek journalist
@Malichudis
, who works for our partners
@we_are_solomon
and
@reporters_gr
is right now testifying at the
#EuropeanParliament
about the
#spyware
scandal at the heart of the greek government.
#pressfreedom
#PEGA
"Is
#Greece
turning into an authoritarian state?"
@nasoskook
,
@Malichudis
,
@e_triantafillou
at the
@EP_PegaInquiry
.
#PEGA
#spyware
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The ‘Oligarchs’ Derby’ 🇬🇷. Evangelos Marinakis and Giannis Alafouzos have supported Ukraine through their football clubs and TV stations they own in Greece. But we found their shipping firms still export 🇷🇺 oil and ultimately help fund the Russian state:
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🚨 Revealed: EU states want ability to spy on journalists under new media freedom law
European Council docs obtained by Investigate Europe,
@FTM_eu
&
@Disclose_ngo
show France, Italy and Greece among 7 govts still pushing for 'national security' loophole:
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Out now:
#SilentDeath
, our cross-border investigation into Europe's pesticide problem and
#BiodiversityCrisis
. The science is alarming, but the political & industrial resistance to a green transition in
#agriculture
is huge. Read now:
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🚨 🇫🇷
#Enquete
: le groupe pétrolier franco-britannique
#Perenco
responsable de 17 fuites de pétrole au
#Gabon
depuis 2019. Des centaines de km2 de
#for
êts
#rivi
ères et
#ocean
affectés. Nouvel épisode
#PerencoFiles
par
@Investigate_eu
et
@Disclose_ngo
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#greece
🚨 Our partners
@reporters_gr
were the target of a spear phishing operation incl. a fake website, a fake international "journalist" & references to the outlet's tax data only known to Greek authorities. All of this following their revelations on the
#predatorgate
scandal
#Thread
& #Ρεπορτάζ: Αποκαλύπτουμε επιχείρηση «spear phishing» που στήθηκε για να εκφοβίσει & να δυσφημήσει το
#ReportersUnited
εν μέσω των υποκλοπών.
❗Η ψεύτικη σελίδα, ο ανύπαρκτος ρεπόρτερ, η πρόσβαση σε φορολογικά στοιχεία που μόνον η #ΑΑΔΕ γνωρίζει.
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OUT NOW 🚨
#Wasteland
-
@investigate_eu
’s reporters have examined the shortcomings in
#plastic
production
#recycling
in 🇪🇺. The reports reveal the influence of the plastic industry and how
#Europe
neglects initiatives limiting plastic waste.
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🇪🇸 Meanwhile, in Spain
@manuelrico
and our partner
@_infoLibre
revealed how a Spanish senior prosecutor failed to investigate thousands of Covid-related deaths that occurred in the country's care homes:
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Olympiacos hosted Shakhtar Donetsk 🇺🇦 in a "Stop War" friendly match in Greece last April. That week, the shipping firm of Olympiacos's owner Evangelos Marinakis sent two Russian oil cargoes to Europe - and his 🇷🇺 trades persist. Our findings in
@nytimes
:
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Aujourd’hui, il ne reste plus que cinq
#Ehpad
à but lucratif dans la Norvege. Des multinationales considèrent désormais le pays comme « politiquement difficile » : une no-go zone | Pour
@Mediapart
par
@ingel2
et Anne Jo Lexander.
#GrisOr
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dear
@Telegraph
- thanks for quoting us again, but could you let us know whats exclusive and new about this report? You had already picked up & quoted our analysis in march...
#servicetweet
---> no paywall:
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NEW INVESTIGATION: We are happy to share our latest investigation, which delves into the EU's subsidies of the fossil sector by more than €137 billion per year. That is bad news for the climate crisis and the European Green Deal. Full investigation here.
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#JustPublished
Europe is on its way to become a military power, but so far mostly to the benefit of arms producers and with little democratic control. Discover our latest investigation into Europe's
#military
and
#defence
policies now.
#ArmingTheEU
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BREAKING: The European Media Freedom Act agreed in Brussels this evening excludes the ‘national security’ exemption lobbied for by France, Greece and Italy. Investigate Europe first revealed these efforts back in June. An important victory for press freedom in Europe. ✍🏻
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🇫🇷Une loi censée protéger la liberté de la presse pourrait conduire à l'autorisation de la mise sous surveillance des journalistes. Etats membres dont le France essayent de créer une brèche dans la protection des sources. Avec
@netzpolitik_org
&
@FTM_eu
.
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🇩🇪NEU: EU-Staaten wollen Überwachung von
#Journalisten
& ihren Quellen inkl. Spähsoftware zulassen, wenn Sicherheitsbehörden dies für nötig halten. Das zeigen Unterlagen zu Verhandlungen zum geplanten🇪🇺Medienfreiheitsgesetz mit
@netzpolitik_org
&
@FTM_eu
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🇪🇸 "Apagón a la
#transparencia
en Europa: la Justicia corta el acceso público a los datos sobre dueños de las empresas". Hoy publica
@_infoLibre
nuestro análisis sobre una medida que supone un duro golpe para periodistas y activistas por la transparencia.
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Fires, breakdowns, cancellations and unplanned 'shaking' on the ETR 470 train led Swiss authorities to dismantle the trains. And yet, they are being launched on the Athens-Thessaloniki route in Greece. | Our latest co-pub with
@reporters_gr
by
@ebersi
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#OrpeaSecrets
: Des sociétés au 🇱🇺 et 🇨🇭ont facturé des commissions occultes sur des cessions d’EHPAD en 🇫🇷.Une de ces opérations a été couverte par
#Lipany
. Des intermédiaires raconte ce système en partie orchestré par des dirigeants d’
#ORPEA
->
@Mediapart
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Kudos to our IE colleagues for breaking a string of major stories across Europe this week... 🧵
🇵🇱 🇬🇷 Wojciech Cieśla w/ our partners
@FRONTSTORY_PL
&
@reporters_gr
exposed links between a Polish lawyer and the
#Predator
wiretapping scandal in Greece.
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#JustPublished
The Greek islands have remained cut off from the country’s main power grid for decades. They run on oil generators that cost billions of €. Why? Read our copublication with
@reporters_gr
to discover the few winners & many losers.
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[EXPLOSIF] Pr toujours + rogner sur les coûts, le géant des EHPAD privés ORPEA multiplie l'usage de CDD avec des remplacements fantômes, pour éviter le recours au CDI. Voilà ce que
@LeilaMinanO
et
@DrevetB
ont découvert après de longues semaines d'enquêtes
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🚨 New investigation:
#Untaxed
- how governments lure capital into real estate and feed the
#housing
crisis.
@investigate_eu
’s reporters analysed the
#taxation
& loopholes for
#RealEstate
#investments
in several European countries
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🚨
#MineGames
: Europe's hunt for critical raw materials
What coal was to the 20th century, rare earth elements are to the 21st. Now, the EU wants to bring mines back to Europe. Our new investigation unearths the truth behind its 'green mining' ambitions:
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🇩🇪 🧵 Europas Atomindustrie importiert Uran im Wert von Hunderten von Millionen Euro jährlich aus
#Russland
. Auch das neueste Sanktionspaket schont die russische Atomindustrie – gegen den Willen von Polen, Deutschland und vier weiteren EU-Staaten. 🧵
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🧵The Greek train crash left a nation consumed with grief and anger for 🇬🇷 govts that for years neglected the rail network. Our joint investigation w/
@reporters_gr
reveals that French and Italian multinationals as well as EU policies are also to blame:
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New
#blogpost
:
#Portugal
, former poster child of the
#eurocrisis
turned into a poster child for
#Europe
's
#left
.
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🚨 Investigate Europe &
@reporters_gr
ont obtenu des documents confidentiels qui montre la responsabilité du géant français
@Alstom
dans l'accident ferroviaire qui a eu lieu en Grèce, le 28 février dernier.
@EurdydiceBersi
A lire dans
@Mediapart
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64 mysterious deaths in an
#ElderCare
facility in Crete. What really happened at the Aghia Skepi home? Families & employees chronicle the torture faced by residents. Official records show that violations have been going on for over a decade. With
@reporters_gr
|
@Malichudis
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#EnergyCharterTreaty
lets
#fossilfuel
companies sue governments for billions in taxpayers money. Could it decide Europe's
#GreenFuture
? Read all about it in our latest investigation ⚡️ and subscribe for more:
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#NEW
: The
#MediaFreedomAct
, set to be voted on in the
#EuropeanParliament
tomorrow, could provide crucial protections to journalists and trigger a wave of lawsuits against governments which fail to abide by it. But will
#Brussels
agree on the landmark law?
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"Hydrogen is just an excuse to continue using fossil fuels" —
@CKemfert
, DIW Climate Economist. Read our full report on the EU's unsustainable hydrogen policy here:
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#Impact
: 7 arrests in the case of the Aghia Skepi care home in Crete, Greece, which
@malichudis
investigated for
@investigate_eu
&
@reporters_gr
.
They include the owner, two doctors and a nurse.
Read the story:
Edited by
@SindhuriN
&
@georgia_nakou
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🚨 Revealed: Europe’s €13bn trade in Russian metals
Airbus, Safran and others are still buying titanium, nickel and critical raw materials from Russia more than a year after the Ukraine invasion. State firms and sanctioned oligarchs continue to profit:
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#Breaking
: Care giant
#Orpea
relied on secret holding
#Lipany
in 🇱🇺 while conquering the 🇪🇺 market. The network of 40+ subsidiaries carried out several dubious operations involving some of Orpea's top managers.
#OrpeaSecrets
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#Datenanalyse
: EU Staaten haben auch nach dem Embargo 2014 weiterhin Waffen an Russland verkauft. Bis mindestens 2020 haben 10 Mitgliedsstaaten Militärgüter im Wert von 346 Millionen Euro exportiert. Darunter auch Deutschland.
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#PressFreedom
in Greece is facing challenges. One of the biggest one being the authorities notoriously refusing to provide independent journalists with information. Read more at
@globalfreemedia
, with contributions from IE's own
@ingel2
& colleagues. 1/2
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#New
🚨 European firms continue to finance Russia's war in
#Ukraine
w/ multi-million euro fossil fuel trades. Oil, gas & coal tankers from Europe conducted hundreds of trips after new EU sanctions started in December.
#FuellingWar
latest w/
@reporters_gr
:
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"Alors que le rôle des énergies fossiles dans le réchauffement climatique ne fait plus aucun doute, l’Europe s’apprête à dépenser 104 milliards d’euros pour développer de nouveaux projets gaziers." Publié par
@Mediapart
, écrit par
@Cecileski
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We are delighted and humbled to be nominated for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism. Earlier this year
@investigate_eu
revealed the shadowy dealings of a secret company set up by one of Europe's largest
#eldercare
providers, Orpea.
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🚨 La Haute autorité à la transparence de la vie publique ouvre une enquête sur la ministre de la transition énergétique Agnès Pannier-Runacher à la suite des révélations
@investigate_eu
e
@Disclose_ngo
sur la société Arjunem dont elle n'avait pas révélé l'existence
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The new "rising star" of Greek politics
@kmitsotakis
slams nepotism & corruption. But the intl praise ignores hard facts: the inclusion of his spouse in
#ParadisePapers
+ his involvement in one of biggest
#corruption
scandals in
#Greece
.
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“It still enables fossil fuel companies to launch uncapped compensation claims against states that phase out coal, gas and oil,”
@CANEurope
said.
IE has found govts still debating withdrawal from controversial Energy Charter Treaty despite 🇪🇺 reform plan:
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#Breaking
The little-known
#EnergyCharterTreaty
protects fossil infrastructure worth 344,6 bn € in Europe (incl UK & Switzerland). Investors could even claim much more at arbitration tribunals, if governments decide for a more radical fossil phase out ⬇️
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#Impact
Two former executives of French care home giant
#Orpea
have been arrested on suspicion of
#fraud
, aggravated misuse of corporate assets, organised money laundering and private
#corruption
:
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📹In Europe, there is a clear north-south divide when it comes to Deposit & Return Schemes implementation.
@investigate_eu
travelled to 🇮🇹 & 🇳🇴 and found two different realities.
Read the latest dispatch from
#Wasteland
:
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🇪🇸 Empresas europeas se lucran con el transporte de combustibles fósiles rusos pese al anuncio de sanciones. No te pierdas la última investigación de
@investigate_eu
y
@reporters_gr
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#New
Since November most beneficial owner registries across Europe are closed to the public. The man who got them shut down has massive
#offshore
interests, this investigation led by
@OCCRP
reveals.
#CorporateTransparencyEU
#UBO
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#FuellingWar
Check out these visualisations to learn more about the routes, companies & countries involved - based on data by e.g.
@Greenpeace
@CREACleanAir
@MarineTraffic
@equasis_news
amazing work by
@SotSideris
@_davidmeidinger
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#Update
: EU member states yesterday strongly opposed plans for a landmark law to slash 🇪🇺
#pesticide
use by 50% by 2030. The arguments in the
@EUCouncil
discussion were reminiscent of those put forward by agribusiness lobbies. by
@p_hansens
&
@hsc55
#SUR
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🧵A top-up EU pension fund used by 900+ former and current MEPs is set to go bankrupt by 2025. Members include EU foreign chief
@JosepBorrellF
, commissioners
@jwojc
and
@ElisaFerreiraEC
, Brexiteer
@Nigel_Farage
& French far-right figure
@MLP_officiel
:
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Der EuGH setzt einen weiteren Schlag gegen die Geheimhaltung im Rat der
#EU
und erzwingt Akteneinsicht - jetzt neu bei
@investigate_eu
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#New
: 🇪🇺 is set to phase out its dependency on
#Russian
oil, gas & coal. But a network of European ships continues to transport Russian fossil fuels and help fill the pockets of Putin’s regime. Who are the profiteers?
#FuellingWar
with
@reporters_gr
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🚨
#FuellingWar
Western
#oil
traders are moving
#Russia
-linked oil in uncontrolled
#STS
trades out in the Mediterranean. Transfers occur daily off Greece and fears of an ecological 'disaster' are rising. A
#new
@investigate_eu
&
@reporters_gr
investigation
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Europe has a deep-rooted
#pesticide
problem and a biodiversity crisis on its doorstep.
#SilentDeath
goes inside 🇪🇺 battle over pesticides and asks - what can be done?
Explore the series on our website, and with media partners across Europe (Linked in🧵)
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MEP
@daniel_freund
says the top-up pension fund is like a “pyramid scheme”, operating “with almost criminal energy”. Scrutiny of the fund - used by 900 past/present MEPs - is mounting, but the
#EU
has rejected calls for ex-MEP members to leave the scheme:
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We're pleased to announce that we're now a member of
#GIJN
! We're now up to 20 investigations in 27 countries and are excited to reach new heights with this impressive global network.
#InvestigativeJournalism
Investigate Europe (
@investigate_eu
) is a cooperative producing cross-border investigations on European issues. Publishing both with national media partners and on its own channels, the group has produced 18 investigations with partners in 25 countries.
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🧵 Greek firms made 1600 trips from Russia, on ships with 136 million DWT (35% of total) since
#Ukraine
invasion started.
A month after EU sanctions intro’d on 5 December, 🇬🇷 ships still dominate
#fossilfuel
exports. But who are behind these often little-known tanker companies?
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#NEW
Internal border controls set up by 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇦🇹🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴 are illegal. This is clear from a ruling by the EU’s highest court in April. Still, the disregard for
#Schengen
rules persists and now, several nations are trying to loosen the
#freemovement
agreement:
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"Fruit and vegetable producers are virtually forced to use pesticides to meet the cosmetic requirements of supermarkets."
New
@foodwatch_int
study lays bare Europe's
#pesticide
dependency. We spoke to the author about the problems and possible solutions:
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We are pleased to share that our story on the
#Moria
logbook is one of 5 journalistic works shortlisted for the
@EuroPressPrize
Distinguished Reporting Award. Congratulations to reporters
@Malichudis
and
@IPapangeli
+
@reporters_gr
@we_are_solomon
& our media partners!
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An 🇪🇺Law meant to protect
#journalists
and their sources' privacy could instead lead to more surveillance of journalists as some member states are trying to create a loophole for security services. Our story with
@netzpolitik_org
&
@FTM_eu
.
#mediafreedom
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European govts want to legitimise surveillance of journalists
France, Italy and Greece among 7 states lobbying to allow state spying on journalists under a new law designed - on paper - to protect them. Our new revelations on the EU Media Freedom Act:
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As part of our investigation on the
#SecretsOfTheCouncil
, we spoke with
@EUombudsman
Emily O'Reilly, who has criticised the lack of access to information and documents in the Council. Recommendations from her office have been ignored by the Council.
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We stand with
@OCCRP
in the defense of
#journalism
. That’s why are cross-posting an article written by
@DrewOCCRP
demanding an EU mandated special commission to watch over the investigation of journalism murders. Spread the word!
#Daphne
#JanKuciak
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We stand in solidarity w/ our friends & colleagues at
@reporters_gr
and
@EFSYNTAKTON
ahead of next week's
#SLAPP
court hearing! A senior govt figure - and nephew of the PM - launched the lawsuit following their reporting on the Greek spyware scandal. Journalism is not a crime! ✊
🇬🇷 Another attempt to stifle the truth: the lawsuit against Greek media
@EFSYNTAKTON
&
@reporters_gr
seeks €550,000 in damages. We condemn this outrageous
#SLAPP
case and urge Grigoris Dimitriadis
@grigoris_d
, the nephew of the PM, to withdraw it.
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🇪🇸Ya está aquí nuestra última
#investigaci
ón, centrada en el problema de los
#pesticidas
en 🇪🇺. La ciencia nos alarma, pero la transición verde en la agricultura encuentra enorme resistencia entre políticos y empresas.
#MuerteSilenciosa
#SilentDeath
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#OrpeaSecrets
#News
: Companies in 🇱🇺 & 🇨🇭 paid secret commissions on sales of Orpea facilities in 🇫🇷. One operation was covered up by
#Lipany
. Intermediaries tell the story of the hidden system, partly devised by Orpea's most senior executives.
#eldercare
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#GreyGold
Care homes are increasingly becoming profit centres for opaque corporations. Can profit go hand-in-hand with
#ElderCare
? Accounts from relatives, care home workers and state inspectors across
#Europe
reveal a distressing pattern. Our video explains more! 📹
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#NEW
#PerencoFiles
Accused of human rights abuse & pollution, shrouded in secrecy:
#oil
company
#Perenco
specialises in buying up mature assets that other oil giants try to get rid of.
@investigate_eu
&
@Disclose_ngo
take a closer look at the corporation.
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Investigate Europe’s leadership is changing. After 8 yrs, our co-founder & editorial director,
@VonElisa
, will hand over leadership in November. We are very grateful for her deep commitment to IE from the beginning to the present and will continue to follow her work 💐💐
Small news for the world, big news for me: I will hand over leadership at
@investigate_eu
in november. I was so lucky to spend the past 8 yrs pioneering in European crossborder journalism with great reporters that became dear friends. It’s been an honour & a blast!
#ThankYouTeam
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Out of 25 people in the EDMO's governance, 11 are connected to tech giants. Most are academics & journalists who are not individually tied to platforms, but whose employers are funded or paid by some of the code's signatories, such as Google and Facebook.
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#PerencoFiles
: Energy giant
#Perenco
paid over $1 million to companies close to former
#DRC
president
#JosephKabila
. Transactions raise collusion concerns about Perenco & Kabila's business partners already at the heart of various probes:
#CongoHoldUp
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#NEW
€60bn earmarked for
#EU
's post-covid recovery could be diverted to fund
#FossilFuels
.
@investigate_eu
identified at least 41
#LNG
&
#gas
pipeline projects. Critics fear they could lock 🇪🇺 into contracts for the next 20 yrs & undermine
#GreenTransition
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🧵 Russia is amassing a “shadow fleet” to trade
#fossilfuels
untouched by sanctions.
State-run shipping firm Sovcomflot is now sanctioned. But our research found Sovcomflot tied to entities in United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong so it can seemingly continue profiting from trade.
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🚨
#New
#PerencoFiles
European oil firms' secret interests w/ Congo's ruling elite. How the 🇨🇬 president's daughter secretly obtained 15% in a subsidiary of Oslo-listed Petronor, a minority partner in a lucrative drilling licence w/ 🇫🇷🇬🇧 oil giant Perenco:
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#JustIn
🇬🇷The Greek government has denied that it's one of the countries blocking a gender balance directive in the
#CouncilOfTheEU
, but our findings reveal otherwise. Read the full update in this collaboration with our colleagues at
@reporters_gr
⬇️
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