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Big polluter but ‘plastic neutral’: how does PepsiCo’s green pledge add up?

Mira Sys & Ties Gijzel
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30 July

Hungary and Italy join forces to chop up lab-grown meat

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The EU Files
29 July

Politics or poverty? EU channels billions of aid funds to serve own agenda

Emma du Chatinier
The Russia Files
26 July

Russian engineers work on European cables and pipelines in North Sea for EU companies

Birte Schohaus & Dimitri Tokmetzis
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23 July

Alleged sexual harassment at the EU’s top court raises questions of ethics oversight

Lise Witteman
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18 July

How the EU is killing farmers' livelihoods with multi-million dollar aid to a Ukrainian chicken king

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The China Files
16 July

Chinese takeover of European seaports: EU turned a blind eye on security risks for years, experts say

Hans Wetzels
The EU Files
10 July

Chinese fashion mogul Shein lures customers with false promises of free gifts

Alexander Fanta & Yara van Heugten
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8 July

Revealed: Europe's production of crucial ammunition fails to meet Brussels' promises to Ukraine

Laurens Groeneveld, Iliès Hagoug & The Investigative Desk
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5 July

Friends of Marine Le Pen continue to receive hundreds of thousands from European far right group

Alistair Keepe
5 July

Microsoft uses carbon-offsetting scheme with no measurable impact

Ties Gijzel & Ties Joosten
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