LINDOSO / BAIXA LIMIA – Who protects a reservoir when the authorities responsible for safeguarding it fail to act? An investigation into pollution in the As Conchas reservoir in Galicia, reveals the human and environmental cost of cross-border contamination along the Lima/Limia river.

DOBOJ / SKOPJE – A cross-border investigation follows solar development on agricultural land, local disputes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and audit findings and changed laws in North Macedonia, asking who decides where the green transition takes place.

CONCEPCIÓN - Europe’s appetite for cellulose is growing, driven by rising demand for packaging, textiles, hygiene products and other everyday goods. Paracel, a vast pulp and forestry project in northern Paraguay, promises to help meet that demand while creating jobs and tackling climate change. But a cross-border investigation has uncovered widespread scepticism among local communities and independent experts over its pledge to bring sustainable prosperity to the region.

BRUSSELS - An investigation into legal shortcomings and a lack of transparency in Frontex’s €76 million financial assistance programme for deported non-EU nationals, revealing how the agency sought to evade public scrutiny.

DAKHLA – Large-scale resorts and infrastructure projects, often backed by European investment, are transforming fragile desert and coastal ecosystems. What is the real environmental impact of mass tourism development promoted by Morocco in Western Sahara?

DIBËR / ŠIPOVO – In Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, communities are challenging small hydropower projects. The cross-border investigation documents disputed permits, prolonged court proceedings, contested construction and growing pressure on some of Europe’s last near-natural rivers.

OSTIA / VALENCIA - When a young sperm whale’s carcass washed ashore near Rome, its scars revealed how it died: in a vessel strike. The animal was just one of the many fin and sperm whales killed by maritime traffic in the busy Mediterranean Sea.

VALENCIA / EMILIA-ROMAGNA - Two years after devastating floods in Valencia and Emilia-Romagna, this investigation examines failures in early warning systems and the lessons needed to prevent future disasters as the climate crisis worsens.

NOVA KAKHOVKA - Nearly two years after the sinking of two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait, authorities in the Krasnodar Krai reported that the cleanup operations had been completed. However, this statement merely meant that Russian agencies had ceased their efforts to collect the fuel oil, while satellite images continue to show new leaks from the hulls of the sunken vessels. This investigation reveals how Rosneft’s leadership evaded responsibility while oil slicks spread across the Black Sea, destroying marine flora and fauna.

ALIAGA / ALANG / CHITTAGONG - When Europe’s ships become obsolete, they are sent to India, Bangladesh and Turkey, where they fetch the highest prices for their scrap metal. Picked apart by poorly paid workers, these vessels take a deadly toll on people and the environment. This investigation examines how a landmark treaty intended to clean up the sector may be falling short in practice.

TAVIRA - Postal do Algarve launched the AI Postal Service in May 2026, opening its local news archive to multilingual conversational searches. Developed particularly for migrant and non-Portuguese-speaking communities in the Algarve, the chatbot allows readers to ask questions and receive answers grounded in journalism published by POSTAL. By 19 August 2026, it had handled 374 conversations and 1,467 messages, including 267 conversations in English and 107 in Portuguese.

CESENATICO / MALI LOŠINJ - Every year in the northern Adriatic, hundreds of loggerhead turtles and dozens of bottlenose dolphins die in Italian and Croatian fishing nets. They are protected species under EU law, and only 250–400 dolphins live in these waters. Officially it is "accidental" bycatch. In practice it happens every day, on both coasts, and almost nobody reports it.

MONTREUIL - Thanks to support from Journalismfund Europe, Basta has launched a unique platform: a news aggregator dedicated to independent media outlets, which runs without algorithms or AI assistance and is curated by a team of journalists. 

BUENOS AIRES - Vaca Muerta is a vast area of Argentine Patagonia, home to the world’s second-largest reserve of unconventional natural gas and the fourth-largest reserve of unconventional oil. In 2012, the Argentine government began investing in the region, with the stated aim of using these resources primarily to meet the country’s domestic energy needs.

VIGO / TAIPEI - Together, Spain and Taiwan account for almost two-thirds of the world’s reported blue shark catch, turning one of the ocean’s most widely distributed predators into a global commodity.

MILAN / WARSAW / KYIV - How Europe's exceptional welcome of 2022 turned into years of permanent uncertainty, exposing the cracks of a reception system that expects people in need to accept whatever they are offered.

WALANDAWE - A year-long investigation traces nickel from deforested forests and Indigenous land in Sulawesi through China’s battery industry to Volkswagen’s electric cars in Europe, exposing the hidden environmental cost of the green transition.