Investigative Journalism
The night once again brought the familiar wail of air raid sirens over western Ukrainian cities, but this time the missiles fired from Russia struck a target of particular symbolic and economic significance.
From the outside, Hungary appears to be the darling of Europe’s far right. For Germany’s AfD, the country under Viktor Orbán is seen as a model – a fortress against migration, a haven of conservative values ...
It is a grim image painted by the UNICEF report Innocenti Report Card 19 – an image that shows children in Germany far removed from the sense of security that still dominates the country’s public self-image...
What at first glance looks like the diagram of a fantasy role-playing game is in fact an attempt to bring order to a complex web of companies, ...
One morning in 2025, students at School No. 15 in Melitopol enter their classroom. In front of them stands a man in camouflage and a balaclava. “Good morning. I am your new ...
The republic is at a tipping point. 26 percent for the AfD is more than a statistical anomaly - it is the symptom of a fundamental shift, the scope of which we may only understand ...
A summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is on the horizon. The details? Still unclear. The timing? Maybe next week. The location? "To be announced later." It sounds more like the teaser for a boxing match ...
(Reading time approximately 25 minutes) The Vision at the End of the World On Norway's rugged west coast, where fjords cut deep into the land and the Atlantic ...
Shortly after midnight, explosions tear the sky over Kyiv. Drones loaded with explosives penetrate the Ukrainian capital from all directions, followed by a relentless salvo of deadly rockets. Blazing ...
A reader wrote to me today saying she searched for “Fury in the Slaughterhouse” on Facebook – and was immediately greeted by a warning: Are you sure you want to proceed? This may contain graphic violence!
It is a process that exemplifies how fragile the digital public sphere has become in 2025: Facebook has deleted a scientific paper created by me that critically examines the AfD ...
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world, yet behind its aromatic scent and shiny beans lies a bitter reality that keeps millions of people in poverty and robs countless children of their childhood.
There are voices that sound like a Saxon gong strike to the collective discomfort – loud, didactic, and always ready to affirm themselves. Dr. Maximilian Krah, the political Instagram filter for doomsday mood ...
Investigations reveal: The State Technical Commission of the Russian Federation – Gosudarstvennaya Tekhnicheskaya Komissiya, or GosTekhKomissiya for short – is far more than a body for device certification. It is the invisible gear in Putin’s war economy ...
In the halls of the Roma Convention Centre on this July 10, there was a tense seriousness in the air. The conversations were polite, the setting familiar, but the tone ...
The night over Kyiv was short, loud, and deadly. For the second time within 48 hours, Russia pelted the Ukrainian capital with a hail of rockets ...
It begins with an indictment that was long overdue. For years, the families of the victims of flight MH17 fought for justice - against the machinery of international politics, against Moscow’s refusal to accept responsibility.
For the first time in months, a civilian cargo ship in the Red Sea has become the target of a deliberate attack. According to consistent reports from international media and security services, the Magic Seas, a Liberian-flagged, ...
It was a historic moment in the history of the German language. In a nondescript conference hotel near Berlin, somewhere between poorly decaffeinated coffee ...
Imagine living in a world where you could be arrested for saying, “Don’t kill children.” Not because your words are wrong. Not because they incite hatred ...
Belgrade – Resistance is growing on the streets of the Serbian capital, and with it, Europe’s concern. What began as a peaceful protest against corruption and cronyism has ...
One day before American Independence Day, a new mural was unveiled in the northern French city of Roubaix ...
t was a night that sliced through the air like a glowing knife. Just before midnight, sirens began to wail in Kyiv. Minutes later, the sky over the Ukrainian capital ...
A country that intends to cut its development aid by one billion euros, with the parliamentary decision scheduled for July 9, that relativizes human rights and deports critically ill individuals without wheelchairs ...
Laura Loomer wasn't making a joke. Her statement was not sarcasm, not exaggeration, but a calculated act of dehumanization. "Alligator lives matter," wrote the far-right commentator on June 30 - and added: ...
He sits there, pale, self-righteous, claiming to be misunderstood by the world. Martin Sellner, the tragicomic mascot of the Identitarian movement, once again finds life difficult.
34 million pounds for a wedding in Venice – that’s not love, that’s logistics. Jeff Bezos, space tourist and passionate tax avoider, treated himself and Lauren Sánchez ...
Amid the Western world, where the right to rest has become a social standard, the United States stands out as a troubling exception: Not a single law requires employers there to offer even one day of paid vacation. Zero...
In Kabul, silence has fallen. Where once the desperate cries of malnourished children echoed off the walls of a therapeutic feeding center, all that remains now is the squeak of empty metal beds...
Wonsan, June 26, 2025 – It was a spectacle straight out of a postmodern dystopia: North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju and daughter Ju Ae, ceremoniously cut the red ribbon on Tuesday ...
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