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Reckon you know who’s running Europe? Think again. Every week, we dive into a Follow the Money investigation exposing the continent’s hidden powerbrokers: from deceiving companies and influential lobbyists to corrupt politicians and financial fraudsters.
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The EU’s hydrogen dream in Namibia is falling apart (opens the original)
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Namibia was supposed to become one of the countries powering Europe’s climate goals: a multibillion-dollar EU-funded project to develop green hydrogen promised jobs and economic growth. But when journalist Olivier van Beemen travelled to Namibia, he found a very different reality.
Summer series | Hungary’s hotline to the Kremlin (opens the original)
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Viktor Orbán has drawn Hungary increasingly close to Russia. But what has been happening behind closed doors between the Hungarian government and Moscow? Investigative network VSquare obtained recordings and transcripts of calls between Hungary’s foreign minister and senior Russian officials, offering a rare glimpse into Hungary-Russia relations and the conversations taking place away from public view. In the final episode of Follow the Money’s summer podcast series, Emma du Chatinier and Lise W
Summer series | Exposing a pro-Russian disinformation network (opens the original)
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Disinformation campaigns are no longer built around a single false claim or suspicious account. Hundreds of profiles can push the same message simultaneously, creating the illusion of widespread public support. But how can journalists tell the difference between a genuine political movement and a coordinated influence operation? Romanian investigative newsroom Context.ro has built its own software to uncover such networks. During Moldova’s 2025 elections – a crucial vote that pitted closer ties
Summer series | Investigating the killing of journalists in Gaza (opens the original)
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Hundreds of Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza – making it the deadliest conflict for reporters in decades. Were their deaths an inevitable consequence of Israel’s war, or has the media been deliberately targeted? As part of the Gaza Project, dozens of journalists from around the world joined forces to investigate the killings. Emma and Lise speak to Frederik Obermaier, co-founder of the Munich-based German investigative newsroom Paper Trail Media, who was involved in the reporting
Summer series | From a fish to the fall of Lithuania’s PM (opens the original)
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Last year, Lithuanian journalist Šarūnas Černiauskas began investigating his prime minister’s finances. What started as a seemingly small story soon grew into a series of scandals. The government turned against Černiauskas and his colleagues – but they persevered: their reporting ultimately helped force the prime minister to step down. And yet, that wasn’t the end of the story. Emma and Lise speak to Černiauskas about the corruption uncovered around EU funds, and how frighteningly quickly a demo
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