The second part of Addendum’s in-depth investigation into timber smuggling in Eastern Europe. Here, the system of fraud and corruption that allows illegal logging to happen is revealed.
Eastern Europe hosts vast areas of virgin forest which could play a vital role in the battle against the climate crisis, yet they are being mercilessly torn down by a multi-billion euro Austrian-owned industry and a mafia-like system that stretches all the way from Romania to Ukraine.
Disinformation is not always ideologically motivated. On the contrary, most fake news websites serve primarily to make money. The disinformation economy relies heavily on Facebook and Google Ads, a report on five eastern European countries shows.
Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany and Austria, previously very tolerant, are giving more and more of their votes to nationalist parties. What could explain this change?
The election of neo-nazi Marian Kotleba as a regional governor last weekend is the latest example of the far-right surge in Europe. Will the Slovak political elite and civil society, who allowed the rise of this outsider, be up to confronting the situation ?
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