Greece’s map for predicting wildfires is anachronistic and inadequate

Scientific gaps and other serious shortcomings characterize the unknown process of issuing the risk prediction map by the Civil Protection in Greece that determines the response of the authorities to fire incidents.

Ukrainians welcome, other refugees unwanted

2022 was the year when Fortress Europe put on its human face. The war in Ukraine has dramatically increased the number of asylum seekers in Europe, but has crowded out refugees from other war zones.

Pre-trial punishment of suspects in Greece

With large prisoner numbers and detention times far in excess of European averages, pre-trial detention is being abused by the Greek justice system, reveals MIIR’s research within the framework of the European Data Journalism Network (EDJNet).

Automation and Surveillance in Fortress Europe

Artificial intelligence and algorithms are at the heart of the EU’s new mobility-control regime. High-risk automated decisions are being taken on human lives. It is an emerging multi-billion-euro unregulated market with dystopian ‘smart’ applications.

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Trapped in Paradise: MIIR’s investigation on the tourism industry is out now

What lies behind the celebratory headlines about Greece’s “heavy industry”, tourism? After poring over thousands of pages, liaising with tens of workers, officials, trade unionists and industry insiders, investigating in situ in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, we...

MIIR attended workshops on FOIA requests

28/2/2010 Workshops on the right of access to information internationally

MIIR becomes member of EDJNET!

15/12/2019 We are happy to announce that the Mediterranean Institute for Investigative Reporting is joning EDJNET, as the first based in Greece journalistic organisation.

Correspondence from London and the “Truth and Trust Online” Conference

8/10/2019 More than 250 academics, professionals, journalists and researchers participated in the “Truth and Trust Online” conference, with public debate on fake news, misinformation, deepfakes

“Tweets on the Dark Side of the Web” is now online

June 4, 2019 – MIIR’s first investigation on automated political propaganda through twitter in the Greek “Τwittersphere” is also being published in English….

MIIR’S first investigation is out!

May 20, 2019 – MIIR may have been officially founded on January 2019, but its data-driven seedlings were planted earlier, in the form of twitter bots…

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