Just days after leaving office, former EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders saw his home raided by Belgian authorities.
In our latest @ftm.eu podcast episode, @simonvandorpe.bsky.social tells us the full saga of a man fallen from grace.
open.spotify.com/episode/64qs...
Read the full story for free today on Follow the Money EU (3/3)
www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
With @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social and @irpimedia.eu
This move is paralyzing one of the EU's key framework contracts for external action and casts uncertainty on IBF's future, as the company remains under criminal investigation by European prosecutors. (2/3)
โก The European Commission has once again suspended IBF International Consulting from bidding on new EU tenders for two years due to alleged "grave professional misconduct." IBF has challenged the decision before the EU General Court. (1/3)
S2E1 of the @ftm.eu podcast is out now! @sebasbrommersma.bsky.social & @tokmetzis.bsky.social explain how they revealed that data from Tinder can be used to track where soldiers are โ and even find out where they live.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Cfe...
๐ง ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ | ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐!
From military security exposed via Tinder to Big Tobacco and power in EU politics, we dig into investigations that hold power to account, with expert voices and great guests.
Stream from tomorrow on our app, website and podcast platforms.
Met dank aan @marjonrozema.bsky.social van @amnesty.org / @amnestynl.bsky.social voor haar inzichten:
๐ง As 2025 wraps up, weโre revisiting our most-listened podcasts of the year. From Pfizergate and spyware to festival takeovers and fast fashion, these episodes sparked major conversations. Weโve curated special Spotify and YouTube playlists to revisit the highlights.
๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐?
In this weekโs @ftm.eu podcast, Thomas Bollen explains why money is not โrealโ in the way we think it is, how banks control around 90% of it, why reform keeps failing, and what democratic control would actually take:
open.spotify.com/episode/5yGG...
๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ: ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ฑ?
EU regulators say Google is abusing its dominance and distorting competition. In our latest podcast, we break down what our investigation found โ and why the U.S. might step in to stop Brussels from acting.
๐ง Latest episode: youtu.be/o72231r4hLk
Is the EU about to break up Google? In the latest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @alexfanta.bsky.social and @simonvandorpe.bsky.social explain the controversial business tactics that put Google in Brusselsโ crosshairs: open.spotify.com/episode/5s9U...?
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.
๐ง Listen now, free on our app for five days: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
In January, Italy arrested an alleged Libyan war criminal wanted for torture and crimes against humanity. 48 hours later, Almasri was flown home as a free man. Italyโs migration politics may have trumped international justice. Listen to our latest @ftm.eu podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1hVB...
๐ฒ๐ฆ โ๏ธMoroccoโs phosphate powers Europeโs food and EVs โbut communities living beside the mines say theyโre paying the price.
๐ง 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...
โThe CEO used to be an elite spy.โ
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence โ and the risks that poses.
๐ง Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
A โsecureโ messaging firm used by hospitals and courts across Europe can actually access usersโ messages โ and is now owned by a U.S. company run by former Israeli spies.
In our newest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @sebasbrommersma.bsky.social explains it all:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
"Between Flags", our documentary on the division of Cyprus and Turkey's growing influence on the island, is now available on YouTube - with English subs www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1y7...
Google, the worldโs largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle โ shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brusselsโ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
How Google won friends and influenced people - while slowly gobbling up a quarter of all ad revenue on the internet.
Here's my look at two decades of Googleโs ruthless tactics to secure its dominance.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Cyprus: a divided island with a dark history of violence and occupation. How do Greek and Turkish Cypriots find connection in a country where politicians would rather see them separated? Our very first documentary is out now on VRT MAX and airs this Friday on VRT Canvas: www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/n...
Several suspects were arrested earlier this year in a NATO corruption scandal. Few months later, the US dropped charges against four of them โdespite strong evidence.
@jesse-pinster.bsky.social & @simonvandorpe.bsky.social dig into it in ep.16 of the @ftm.eu podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXl2...
In ep.15 of the @ftm.eu podcast, @jesse-pinster.bsky.social tells us all about how Viktor Orbรกn handed over Hungary's defence industry to one of his business allies. Watch/listen on YouTube and all podcast platforms:
open.spotify.com/episode/7MAc...
๐๏ธNew podcast: As Europe ramps up defence spending, Hungaryโs Viktor Orbรกn has handed his countryโs defence industry to a trusted ally. Journalist Jesse Pinster uncovers how EU funds and state assets are funnelled into Orbรกnโs inner circle โ and why Brussels seems powerless to stop it.
Listen now ๐
๐ Weโre honoured to receive the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025 for our cross-border investigation The Shadow Fleet Secrets.
Read the investigation here: www.ftm.eu/files/the-sh...
๐ฅ Hereโs what you need to know about #Natogate, the corruption scandal that broke today, in 10 skeets #bagsofcash #ammunition #NSPA (link to full stories below)
Three suspects (incl the CEO of a big Turkish arms company), involved in major bribery cases related to NATO, were about to be extradited from European jails to the U.S.
But then something happenedโฆ
Read our @ftm.eu investigation together with @lesoir.be @knack.be and La Lettre.
#NatoGate
๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. โฌ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐.
Virunga was meant to protect nature โ instead, EU money helped fund a crypto-fuelled project in Congo.
๐ง Listen to our latest episode on our website, app and on major streaming services here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
๐ช๐บ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ.
What began as a conservation project to protect Virunga National Park became a story of conflict, broken promises โ and Bitcoin mining in the rainforest.
๐๏ธ Journalist Olivier van Beemen investigates ๐
www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
