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👀 At least 11 EU countries rely on US tech giant Palantir for defense, intelligence, healthcare and other critical sectors. Experts warn that Europe's growing dependence on the controversial company poses serious risks. @FTM_eu @VSquare_Project vsquare.org/european-countri…
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💥A fake Israeli think tank linked to Kremlin disinformation was promoted by real experts and Israeli media—and its founder lobbied lawmakers. My colleagues have uncovered ties to a suspected Russian spy. One promoter admitted taking cash, then backtracked.vsquare.org/journalist-admit…
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💥An Israeli think tank whose "sovereignty index" reached reputable media and academia is actually part of a Russian influence operation. Leaks show the Kremlin's propaganda firm Social Design Agency planned influence ops as early as 2024. @investigace_cz vsquare.org/international-bu…
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💥Fresh Goulash newsletter is out with new stories and scoops from Central Europe, including Hungary’s expulsion of Russian diplomats and Orbán’s oligarchs waving a white flag. Investigative journalism from the region, all in one place. Read and subscribe👇vsquare.org/goulash-slovakia…
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💥SCOOP: Hungary calls him back from retirement, and sends Václav Havel's old friend and translator, György Varga, back to Prague as ambassador. He has already served there as ambassador in 1990–1995. Havel called Varga his “window into Hungary.”
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👌🍲 Goulash is back this Thursday! Our bi-weekly newsletter brings fresh scoops and standout investigations from Central Europe’s top non-profit outlets straight to your inbox.
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Founded 15 years ago, Hungary’s @Atlatszo—whose name means “transparent”—grew into a leading investigative newsroom, exposing Orbán-era corruption while surviving raids, smear campaigns and threats. Founder Tamás Bodoky reflects on what comes next. vsquare.org/investigating-th…
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💥In early summer, a perfect storm of events fuelled Baltic anxiety — and Russian propaganda instantly capitalized, claiming Ukraine was preparing attacks from Latvian soil and that Latvia risked retaliatory strikes. @rebaltica @VSquare_Project vsquare.org/nato-membership-…
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Criminal investigations and an Interpol Red Notice have followed Turkish betting magnate Fedlan Kılıçaslan across Europe — and now reporters have found his Poland-registered company promoting gambling sites it had no license for. @VSquare_Project @OCCRP vsquare.org/inside-the-europ…
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China’s foreign reserve agency quietly amassed stakes in EU infrastructure, utilities and property through shell firms. This joint investigation maps the hidden holdings, warning that opaque ownership keeps the public in the dark. @OCCRP @VSquare_Project vsquare.org/police-wind-farm…
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As Czech PM Andrej Babiš grew closer to Viktor Orbán, his Agrofert empire expanded in Hungary and Romania. It received billions in loans from a bank co-owned by the Hungarian state and Orbán’s childhood friend, and bought into a firm tied to Orbán allies. vsquare.org/babis-orban-and-…
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Russia is turning propaganda into lawfare. Claims once dismissed as Kremlin disinformation are now feeding a planned ICJ case against the Baltics—with help from a Moscow law firm and propagandists linked to Russian intelligence. @VSquare_Project @rebaltica vsquare.org/from-propaganda-…
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Took this out from behind paywall. Text from a talk I recently gave at the Created Butte Public Policy Forum. Builds on years of work at @InsiderEng and @VSquare_Project:
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💥Orbán's office wiped his 2022–26 schedules — FOIAs on the former PM's agendas return "no data." Plus: Poland's PKO Bank eyes MBH's corporate branch as Orbán's oligarch-built banking empire crumbles.
📩This and more in @VSquare_Project's latest Goulash. vsquare.org/goulash-orbans-v…
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💥 Our bi-weekly newsletter Goulash is back today — packed with investigations from Central Europe, plus fresh scoops on post-Orbán Hungary, Russian influence, and more. (Yes, that's me eating a Czech beef goulash.) @VSquare_Project
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👀🕵️Russian hackers spent a month inside a Belgrade think tank's inboxes, reading 28K emails. As Serbia heads toward elections, the attack reveals a darker pattern: Moscow and Belgrade chase the same enemies. @VSquare_Project @srdjancvijic @bezbednost_org vsquare.org/hybrid-war-over-…
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3 years ago, Prigozhin’s Wagner Group rebelled against Moscow. Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, quickly called his Russian friend in concern. Here is a previously unpublished Szijjártó-Lavrov phone call from our Kremlin Hotline investigation. vsquare.org/as-wagner-marche…
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💥Things in Budapest are heating up: the probe into the illegal raid on a Ukrainian bank convoy is closing in on Orbán and his former chief bodyguard, while MOL CEO Zsolt Hernádi’s future is in doubt. This and more in @VSquare_Project's latest newsletter. vsquare.org/goulash-szijjart…
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🎙️Na prestiżowym Moskiewskim Państwowym Uniwersytecie Technicznym im. Baumana działa tajna Katedra nr 4. Jej studenci przygotowują się do pracy dla rosyjskiego wywiadu wojskowego GRU. W międzynarodowym śledztwie przeanalizowaliśmy 2000 wewnętrznych dokumentów pokazujących, jak kształci się młodych szpiegów. Z odcinka dowiecie się, jakie ścieżki edukacji może wybrać student szpiegowskiej katedry, jakie praktyczne umiejętności zdobywa w trakcie studiów, jaka kariera czeka go po zdobyciu dyplomu, a także w jakich akcjach sabotażowych i dezinformacyjnych brały udział jednostki GRU zasilane absolwentami Katedry nr 4.
👉Odcinek już dostępny na YouTube: youtu.be/61jjjKMZEqM
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📩 Przeczytajcie cały newsletter na stronie festiwalu i zapiszcie się na kolejne wydania, aby nie przegapić festiwalowych nowości 👉 breakwaterfestival.org/en/ar…
