Investigations
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Making Babies, Pushing Boundaries: The Great Greek Fertility Market
In the margins of Greece’s booming IVF industry, women trade their eggs and clinics gamble with...
Mapping the migrant camps in Europe
Successful integration of refugees and migrants into their host society is at the core of the European migration strategy - at least, on paper. In reality their current living conditions...
The hidden agenda behind the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Member countries will be continuously assessed for meeting targets and reforms in order to receive their share of the recovery fund. If European governments do not comply with the agreed...
What a year of pandemic tells us about European healthcare systems
The number of doctors and nurses and the population density of a region are more important indicators than the number of ICUs in predicting Covid-19 deaths. There does not appear to be a...
Trapped in Paradise
THE DARK FACE OF THE GREEK TOURISM INDUSTRYPosted workers in the EU: how letterbox companies based in Bulgaria are getting awaywith overworked, underdeclared and underpaid workers in...
Warning, No Signal
Only 30 km of the whole rail network in Greece has functioning train traffic lights. The installation of new European Train Control System has derailed in the country because of...
How the European Rail Traffic Management System works (and why it’s not working)
In order to increase security, capacity and competitiveness of European railways, the European Commission is encouraging the adoption of a common railway signage system throughout the...
Greece’s deadly rail tracks
Greece takes the bloody lead in deaths and injuries in rail accidents in the EU, according to MIIR research results. Problems are mainly caused by unsafe level crossings, poor...
Alexander the Bot
From ‘ghost users’ to ‘cyborg bots’, a birn investigation shows how nationalists in north macedonia, greece and beyond are unleashing automated armies on social media to rally the...
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