Investigate Europe

Sep 15, 2024 | investigate-europe.eu

Pharmaceutical industry pours €110 million into advocacy organisations across the continent, Investigate Europe research reveals. Critics argue that funding threatens “independence” of the sector, claims that are rejected by groups.

Jun 12, 2024 | investigate-europe.eu

Investigate Europe reveals how cystic fibrosis patients across the continent have been priced out of access to life-saving medications.

Aug 27, 2023 | investigate-europe.eu

Across Europe, elderly people and their relatives are sharing a terrible experience: understaffed with overworked caregivers, the situation in care homes can become a threat to the lives of residents. The Covid-19 pandemic caused an escalation of the already dire circumstances in many countries. But while there is a shortage of care workers almost everywhere given the ever-growing number of people in need, international corporations and financial investors are making huge profits.

Jul 20, 2023 | investigate-europe.eu | Leïla Miñano |Maxence Peigné |Yann Philippin

Congolese businessman Nicolas Wan likes to post pictures on social media of Mateba, a lush island the size of Paris, nestled where the Congo River meets the Atlantic Ocean. In one photo from April 2020, the young man contemplates the tranquil waters turned orange by a glowing sun.

Jul 17, 2023 | investigate-europe.eu | Alexander Fanta |Harald Schumann

When journalists cannot protect their sources, press freedom is threatened. But recently, revelations about phone hacking against journalists in Hungary, Spain and Greece were brushed aside by the authorities. To the outrage of press freedom organisations, governments claimed they acted to protect “national security”. In order to put a stop to such surveillance measures against journalistic work, the EU Commission has proposed the European Media Freedom Act.