Strategic Risks of Budapest’s Covert Ties with Russia
Hungary under Viktor Orbán has become a geopolitical pivot point where Russian oil money, Chinese strategic investments, and American capital intersect. This convergence presents serious risks to both the European Union and NATO. Orbán’s deepening entanglements with Moscow—masked as business ventures—are not only eroding EU unity but also offering Russia a…
Russia’s Backdoor into Europe
Orbán is no longer just a problematic EU member—he has emerged as a direct agent of the Kremlin, wielding bribery and institutions to destabilize the bloc from within. His strategic alignment with Moscow undermines EU solidarity, sanctions policy, and financial security—and demands urgent European scrutiny. In recent years, Hungarian Prime…
Investigating Europe’s water pollution crisis: blame it on industrial farming
Despite comprehensive regulations, around 60 percent of Europe’s surface water and a quarter of its groundwater do not meet “good” standards. Agriculture bears most of the responsibility. First part of an in-depth investigation on our most precious resource. From the beaches in Brittany, France, to the groundwater of Aragon, Spain;…
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years
A new international study has found that deforestation has caused the premature deaths of around 500,000 people over the past two decades. Researchers in Brazil, Ghana and the UK compared non-accidental mortality rates with temperature rises in regions where tropical forests have been cleared. While earlier studies highlighted the role…
Chinese bankers are at the center of global crime
China’s underground financiers have specialized in international money laundering. Three separate police investigations in Italy recently uncovered around 1 billion euros in proceeds from drug trafficking of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Colombian drug cartels, and Albanian organized criminal groups. The more important finding may have been who it was determined had laundered…





