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Ingrid Gercama

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Investigative editor and journalist

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 17/08/2026
🇮🇪 Following an investigation by OCCRP and partners, the Irish government launched its own probe into whether the country’s alumina exports have been feeding into the supply chains of sanctioned Russian arms makers: www.occrp.org/en/feature/f...
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FAQ: What to Know About Ireland’s Probe Into Our Reporting on Its Alumina Exports to Russia
Following an investigation by OCCRP and partners, the Irish government launched its own probe into whether the country’s alumina exports have been feeding into the supply chains of sanctioned Russian…
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 12/06/2026
Russia has been quietly embedding military veterans and former mercenaries aboard its sanctioned oil tankers — not as sailors, but as watchmen tasked with keeping foreign crews in line and ships on course past European authorities.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 18/06/2026
Albanian Drug Trafficking Investigation Overlaps with Probe into Planned Resort that Sparked ‘Flamingo Revolution’ www.occrp.org/en/scoop/alb...
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Albanian Drug Trafficking Investigation Overlaps with Probe into Planned Resort that Sparked ‘Flamingo Revolution’
Protests continue in Albania against a luxury hotel development boosted by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son in law. Prosecutors are investigating an individual who sold land for the proposed...
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 28/03/2026
This week in Europe Uncovered: Irish metals fuelling Russia’s war machine, Chinese LinkedIn spies targeting EU and NATO officials, the Commission letting illegal fishing slip through the net, and Hungary charging a journalist who exposed a covert operation, and more.
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Phishy networks, dirty supply chains & smear tactics
Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 24/03/2026
Leaked transaction data reveals how a major refinery in Ireland feeds into the aluminum supply chain of Russian weapons manufacturers arming Putin’s forces as they attack Ukraine. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Inside the Aluminum Supply Chain Linking Irish Industry to Russian Rockets
Leaked transaction data reveals how a major refinery in Ireland feeds into the aluminum supply chain of Russian weapons manufacturers arming Putin’s forces as they attack Ukraine.
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Hereward Holland @hezholland.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The staff at the Eetcafé Oppe Platz pub in central Echt didn’t know that quiet Tuesday in September 2024 that they had served their last plate of bitterballen, a fried Dutch snack. But in the pub’s attic, a disaster was quietly unfolding. @ingridgercama.bsky.social www.occrp.org/en/feature/b...
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Breaking Bad In The Attic: A Dutch City’s Battle Against Secret Amphetamine Labs
The tranquil city of Echt is being poisoned by the Netherlands' booming drug trade. As drug labs leak toxic waste, the city's mayor has teamed up with the police chief to contain the cartel-driven ope...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 03/02/2026
A synthetic drug laboratory was discovered in the attic of a popular pub in the tranquil Dutch city of Echt — packed with lunchgoers by day and dancers by night. OCCRP's editor @ingridgercama.bsky.social went there to see how the Netherlands' booming drug trade is hiding in plain sight.
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Tristen Taylor @tristentaylor.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Sweden is destroying Sámi culture in the name of critical minerals for weapons. This is the story of the Sámi community around the town of Kiruna. In their words. #Sámi #Saami #colonialism #colonialism #reindeer #indigenious #radiodocumentary #criticalminerals open.substack.com/pub/redlinec...
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The green colonialism issue: Swedish repression of the Sámi
A Red Line radio documentary for Indigenous Rights Radio on how Sweden's lust for minerals threatens the Sámi, the EU's only recognised indigenous people.
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Het Financieele Dagblad @fd.nl · 14/12/2025
Rabobank en FMO financieren geldschieter van prominente Paraguayaanse ontbosser
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Rabobank en FMO financieren geldschieter van prominente Paraguayaanse ontbosser
De twee Nederlandse banken zijn voor 29 aandeelhouder van de grootste bank van Paraguay, Sudameris. Die heeft tientallen miljoenen geleend aan een omstreden grootgrondbezitter.
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
New investigation: Swedish rare minerals threaten Sámi culture. Plans to open a mine for one of Europe’s largest rare earth deposits could harm nature and local communities. By @ingridgercama.bsky.social, Tristen Taylor, @nathaliebertrams.bsky.social: t.ly/g2k8D #earthinvestigations
Sweden reindeers under threat: earthinvestigations on Sámi communities and Mining #GreenTransition #EnvironmentalJustice
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 11/11/2025
OCCRP Investigative Editor @ingridgercama.bsky.social spoke at the iMEdD conference about her previous freelance work into the illegal trade of animals in Europe. Watch a full interview where Ingrid explains how wildlife trafficking is often tied to organized crime: lab.imedd.org/en/unpacking...
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Manganese, key for wind turbines and EV batteries, is crucial to Europe’s green transition. In Georgia, extracting it strains local ecosystems and communities, a quiet reminder that the metals behind renewables come with real costs. t.ly/dafhF #earthinvestigations
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The controversial Georgian mine fueling Europe’s new industrial arms race
A troubled manganese mine in the former Soviet state is exposing the European Union’s double standards on environmental and worker protections.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
NEW: Belgium continues to have the most crowded, violent prisons in Europe, despite whistleblowers, legal efforts and government promises, report @nathaliebertrams.bsky.social and @ingridgercama.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/be...
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Belgium's Broken Prisons
In one of Europe’s richest countries, overcrowded and neglected facilities trap inmates and staff in a cycle of violence, fear and institutional decay
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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 23/07/2025
De Georgische regering wendt zich af van Europa en beweegt richting Moskou. In Tbilisi neemt de repressie sterk toe. Aan het hoofd van het verzet staat Salomé Zoerabisjvili, de vijfde president van Georgië, die zich niet laat wegspelen door de autocraten.
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Volgens velen is Salomé Zoerabisjvili, in weerwil van de oligarchische en pro-Russische regeringskliek, nog steeds de president van Georgië
De Georgische regering wendt zich af van Europa en beweegt richting Moskou. In Tbilisi neemt de repressie sterk toe. Aan het hoofd van het verzet staat Salomé Zoerabisjvili, de vijfde president van…
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I am lucky to meet the most amazing people through my job. Last week, for Red Line, I interviewed one of my all time heroes: Dr. Allison Skidmore, a wildlife crime expert, who went undercover to investigate tiger poaching in Siberia! 📸 by Allison! With @nathalieb.bsky.social and Tristen Taylor.
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NRC @nrc.nl · 09/07/2025
Na acht maanden protest tegen de regering verhardt het conflict tussen studenten en autoriteiten in Servië. De studenten willen verkiezingen, president Vucic antwoordt met geweld en arrestaties.
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In Servië neemt de onvrede over aanhoudend protest toe, en daarmee ook het politiegeweld
Protest in Servië: Na acht maanden protest tegen de regering verhardt het conflict tussen studenten en autoriteiten in Servië. De studenten willen verkiezingen, president Vucic antwoordt met geweld en arrestaties.
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Marjolein Koster @marjoleinck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Het vierde verhaal is dat van Elma Čavčić. Ze werd in 1995 geboren in een van de andere VN 'safe areas' Žepa, die vlak na Srebrenica ook viel. Elma was nog maar een baby. Nu maakt ze schilderijen op basis van de herinneringen van haar familieleden. www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Suitably impressed with Elma Čavčić’s art! #arte See more of her work here: www.elmacavcic.nl?fbclid=PAQ0x...
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Communities in Georgia living near a controversial regime-backed manganese mine –supplying the EU's ever-growing demand for critical mineralls– face landslides, water pollution, and report labor rights abuses. Read more in the recent article on L'Espresso + find all the info here: t.ly/7LBoT
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Beautiful #Bosnia #analogue 🖤
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Al Jazeera English @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
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Serbian police arrest dozens in clashes with antigovernment protesters
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
In Chiatura, Georgia 🇬🇪, citizens and mineworkers like Giorgi Kapanadze are fighting against a regime-backed managese mine, causing an environmental disaster. Read our - with Olivia Acland & Stefano Vergine - article for L’Espresso with the support of @journalismfund.bsky.social.
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
In May, Journalismfund grantee @ingridgercama.bsky.social spoke at TEDxAUCollege. She shared her experience on how journalists reporting about environmental crime can boost real-life impact for those investigations. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJsJgTeXoD8a #earthinvestigations #impact
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16/06/2025
The UK has appointed its first-ever female leader for Britain’s MI6 spy agency — and no, Judi Dench didn’t count. Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Blaise Metreweli chief of the Secret Intelligence Service on Sunday.
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UK appoints first female MI6 spy chief
Blaise Metreweli becomes Britain’s top spook as the country faces “threats on an unprecedented scale,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/06/2025
Of the five billion species that have existed on Earth, 99.9 per cent have vanished. A genetics startup is trying to bring some of them back.
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The Dire Wolf Is Back
Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s extinct ancestors. Is the woolly mammoth next?
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Wilders’ decision to step down: political suicide or strategy? In a PVV-stronghold in Limburg, opinions are divided. What the Wilders voters Alix le Bourdon and I spoke with had in common? Disappointment with politicians in The Hague, who don’t do enough to help them www.arte.tv/.../pays-bas...
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#impact A cross-border investigation into illegal logging in BiH led to a legal case concerning press freedom and official accountability 🚨 bit.ly/4dKdhXX Alena Besirevic Harun Dinarevic @ingridgercama.bsky.social @marjoleinck.bsky.social Jeanne Frank #earthinvestigations #environmentaljournalism
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Mayor in Bosnia Faces Discrimination Lawsuit Over Threats to Journalists | Journalismfund Europe
BANJA LUKA – Bosnia's Wood Barons investigation into illegal logging in that Balkan country has led to a legal case concerning press freedom and official accountability.
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
On Thursday, Russia accused Serbia of enabling weapons deliveries to Ukraine, calling it a “stab in the back.” Vučić says he discussed the issue with Putin and that a joint working group will be set up to "investigate" how these weapons are getting through. But we already know how! 🧶
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Watch our report - with Alix Le Bourdon - on LGTBQI migrants fleeing Trump’s USA for the Netherlands @artefr.bsky.social www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...
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L’exil des Américains LGBTQI+ aux Pays-Bas - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Depuis son retour au pouvoir aux États-Unis, Donald Trump a instauré un climat politique de plus en plus hostile envers les personnes LGBTQI+. Certaines d’entre elles décident de déménager aux Pays-Ba...
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
When crime & corruption cross borders, so must journalism. Wrongdoing rarely respects national boundaries; cross-border collaboration is more vital than ever. I’ve had the privilege of working with brilliant colleagues in Bosnia. But such journalism is under pressure spin-portal.info/saradnja-ist...
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Saradnja istraživačkih novinara- kriminal i korupcija prevazilaze međunarodne granice
Prostor slobode u Bosni i Hercegovini, posebno u Republici Srpskoj, posljednih godina sve je uži. Javnim obračunima sa neistomišljenicima, prijetnjama, psovkama, ali i usvajanjem represivnih zakona…
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Marjolein Koster @marjoleinck.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Absolute must read. Beide fotografen kregen politiek asiel in Nederland, Bojan Stojanović is hier toentertijd ook door verschillende media geïnterviewd, maar eigenlijk is er nooit écht kritisch gekeken naar hoe deze foto's tot stand konden komen. Goed werk van Barbara Matejčić.
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
If you read one thing today, let it be this: Barbara Matejčić investigates the World Press Photo of a murder in Bosnia during the war. How did the photographer capture the killing — and why didn’t the jury ask tougher questions? birn.rs/ubijanje-za-...
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Jan Meeus @janmeeus12.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Over corruptie en waarom dat in Nederland een serieus probleem is. Het heeft alles te maken met de grote drugseconomie hier. share.podimo.com/s/0Kp8nomD
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Waarom corruptie ook een Nederlands probleem is | Exclusief bij Podimo
Of het nu bij de Gemeente Amsterdam is, een Limburgs-vliegveld, bij de Belastingdienst of bij Defensie: overal in Nederland zijn recente voorbeelden van corruptie te vinden. Corruptie is dus niet zo'n...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 15/05/2025
NEW: Dozens of criminals belonging to some of the Balkans’ most violent gangs have been stealing the identities of Bosnian citizens to obtain fraudulent passports, helping them cross borders, plan murders, and disappear. Read the investigation by CIN (Bosnia) www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Using Stolen Identities, Balkan Gangsters Armed Themselves With Bosnian Passports
Dozens of notorious Balkan crime figures have obtained Bosnian passports using stolen identities and insider access. The cost is borne by innocent citizens, whose names then trigger red alerts at the ...
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Yann Bigant @yannbigant.com · 14/05/2025
Fascinating interview of Allison Skidmore, a wildlife crime expert, investigating tiger poaching undercover in the Russian Far East
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I am lucky to meet the most amazing people through my job. Last week, for Red Line, I interviewed one of my all time heroes: Dr. Allison Skidmore, a wildlife crime expert, who went undercover to investigate tiger poaching in Siberia! 📸 by Allison! With @nathalieb.bsky.social and Tristen Taylor.
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Marjolein Koster @marjoleinck.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Another Balkan Unscripted - Dispatch from Ćaciland. @ingridgercama.bsky.social tells you all about fake Serbian students and we gathered the best articles and memes for you! balkanunscripted.substack.com/p/balkan-uns...
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Really cool initiative on making disaster early warning systems work for Aymara communities in Bolivia through community radio, integrating traditional knowledge on bioindicators: youtu.be/WVZgPeewwLs
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Sistemas de alerta temprana participativos e inclusivos
YouTube video by Practical Action en América Latina
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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
At the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Novi Sad #Serbia the police is trying to break through the student blockade with force. Via: www.021.rs/story/Novi-S...
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UŽIVO: Policija pendrecima na građane koji blokiraju DIF u Novom Sadu, ima i povređenih
Ispred Fakulteta sporta i fizičkog vaspitanja u Novom Sadu došlo je do guranja između policije i građana.
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
👀 #NoviSad #studentprotests x.com/radio021/sta...
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Radio 021 on X: "Interventna policija nasrnula pendrecima na građane kod DIF-a u Novom Sadu. Ima povređenih. https://t.co/EDNgGJ9kTb" / X
Interventna policija nasrnula pendrecima na građane kod DIF-a u Novom Sadu. Ima povređenih. https://t.co/EDNgGJ9kTb
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 27/04/2025
Researchers say the rule will make it impossible for the majority of scientists in the country to carry on with, or to apply to, prestigious ERC research grants, or grants from Serbia’s own national science foundation.
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Serbia limits academics’ research time to just one hour a day
Researchers say controversial policy will block majority of scientists from applying for grants
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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
For real apparently: "Serbia’s [authoritarian] government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week" This is not compatible with EU Membership and since Vučić's #Serbia is an autocratic mafia state, beyond time EU accession negotiations are suspended
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Come all! Tickets: www.eventbrite.nl/e/tedxaucoll...
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This will be an important conversation with @clientearth.bsky.social lawyers: how can journalists gather their evidence so that if necessary it could 'work' in a legal case, too, not just in their articles? Register and join this free webinar organised by Journalismfund Europe! bit.ly/44pM75V
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Fantastic piece by my former roommate Dasha, whose sharp reporting on the intersection of sports and politics is always worth following. www.politico.eu/article/how-...
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Exposed: The links between world chess and Russia’s war machine
How Vladimir Putin uses the iconic strategy game to his advantage.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 24/04/2025
In 2024, about half a million tonnes of krill was hauled out of the Antarctic. What would happen if the #krill disappeared? Grantees @ingridgercama.bsky.social, @nathalieb.bsky.social, and Tristen Taylor explore this possibility in this report for @dailymaverick.co.za. 👉 bit.ly/4jGE0X8
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Ingrid Gercama @ingridgercama.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
“This graph shows 73,332 news stories on the RTS portal from 2008 to 2025 and the % of those in which Vučić is the main actor, day by day”
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