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Arrested in Italy. Wanted by the ICC for torture. Yet back in Libya as a free man within 48 hours. Our latest podcast with Lorenzo Bagnoli unpacks how migration politics may have overridden justice.

🎧 Listen now, free on our app for five days: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📱Your favourite apps are getting pricier – and in some cases glitchier. WeTransfer, Meetup and Evernote now belong to a fast-growing Italian company that has laid off much of their staff. What does that mean for millions of users?

Read the full article here: www.ftm.eu/articles/wet...
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
🇲🇦 ⚒️Morocco’s phosphate powers Europe’s food and EVs –but communities living beside the mines say they’re paying the price.

🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🇪🇺💻 Can Europe ever achieve digital sovereignty?

Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“The CEO used to be an elite spy.”

FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.

🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Think Europe shapes its own policies? Think again. A third of Brussels’ 'independent' think tanks get millions from the U.S. and Big Tech to protect their interests and shape the EU agenda.

💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?

Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🇺🇸 ⚖️ Why did the U.S. suddenly drop two major NATO corruption cases?

In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.

Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🏆 This week, 'The Shadow Fleet Secrets' won the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025. It exposed how Western shipowners sold 230 old tankers – earning $6 billion from deals that built Russia’s shadow fleet and helped it dodge EU sanctions.

🎧 Watch the podcast clip: lnkd.in/eXGbR4Cs
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🍺⚠️ Ireland wanted to tell drinkers the truth: alcohol causes cancer.

Big Alcohol made sure cancer warnings never reached your bottle – using the same scientists and tactics once hired by Big Tobacco.

🔗 Read our investigation here: www.ftm.eu/articles/alc...
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
💰 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲. €𝟭𝟱𝟬𝗠 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗮𝗶𝗱. 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁.
Virunga was meant to protect nature – instead, EU money helped fund a crypto-fuelled project in Congo.

🎧 Listen to our latest episode on our website, app and on major streaming services here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
💶 Your tax money. Their spyware.

Journalist Vas Panagiotopoulos reveals how EU funds flowed to spyware firms – tools weaponised by regimes, criminals and terrorists, threatening press freedom and safety.

🎧 Latest episode 👇

www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
💰 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 – 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞? Eve Moore reveals how billions flow through banks and insurers in our latest investigation.

Read the article: www.ftm.eu/articles/isr...
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM