Romania between institutional crisis and attacks on independent media. An interview with journalist Attila Biro. This interview was made by Giovanni Marenda. Attila Biro is a Romanian top investigative journalist, currently leading the newspaper Context.ro, partner in the S-Info project. As S-Info Editorial Committee, we felt the urgency to interview him in the light of […]
by Anastasiia Morozova (Frontstory), Iulia Stānoiu (Context.ro), Eva Stefankova (Investigative Center of Jan Kuciak), Josef Slerka (Investigace.cz), Kaili Malts (Delfi), Petra Blum (Westdeutscher Rundfunk – WDR), Zalán Zubor (Atlatszo)Illustration by Josef Slerka Firehose of Falsehood is a joint investigation by 10 independent media outlets in the EU. The aim of the research was to analyze […]
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by Alessia Capasso translation by Anna Irma Battino Nationalists, conspiracists, misogynists and enemies of the ‘different’, radical right-wing parties are advancing. Political scientist Andrea Pirro explained to Today.it how they manage to stay in power and how difficult it is to remove illiberal regulations once they have been introduced. The parties of the ultra-right family […]
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by Mark Wood I wrote this editorial in October 2020 during my time as print editor of Times of Malta. It marked the last speech made in Parliament by former Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat, as he resigned as a Member of Parliament and pulled out of Maltese political life. The editorial may be […]
by Iulia Stănoiu Abstract: In recent years, more than a dozen people have died in hospital fires in Romania, some of which resulted from old electrical infrastructure. At Context, we have spent months investigating the phenomenon and found that almost half of Romania’s state hospitals have intensive care units with electrical systems older than 20 […]
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by Dominique Soenens Abstract: The port of Antwerp plays an important role in the international plastic waste trade, which is increasingly falling into criminal hands. Inadequate controls, understaffing at customs and broken scanners open the door to abuse, according to research by Humo and others. Containers full of illegal plastic waste leave Antwerp for Asia, to be dumped there. Figures from […]
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