Interactive Map Pesticides, Mercury, Lead: How Clean is Your Bathing Site Really? Officially, most bathing sites are designated as clean. However, research by CORRECTIV.Europe indicates that bathing waters at thousands of sites across Europe are contaminated with chemical pollutants – in some cases posing health risks. read more
International The Ideal Woman: How autocrats built the archetype. Women in autocracies often seem like the regime’s showcase figures. Whether it is patriotic breast implants or pastel dresses as a sign of evangelical modesty, their appearance conveys political messages that can hardly be stated openly. A text about female power in the service of unfreedom. read more
Europe Discover How Drought is Affecting your Region An analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe reveals for the first time how widespread drought has become across Europe. Two-thirds of all regions have recorded severe drought years since 2012. read more
Europe Made in Moscow: The Foreign Agent Law as a Blueprint for Autocrats It is not a secret weapon or a military tactic. It is a law — bureaucratic, dull, and devastatingly effective. Russia’s 2012 foreign agent legislation gave autocrats everywhere a template for dismantling civil society while keeping their hands seemingly clean. read more
Europe “They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System Europol is aiming to become a powerful police force with far-reaching surveillance powers. But in an attempt to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, the agency has apparently gone rogue itself, this investigation reveals: Secret data analysis platforms have put innocent citizens at risk, an issue that remains unresolved today. read more
Europe A Ukrainian in a Russian Uniform What prisoners of war from the occupied territories reveal about identity, coercion, and the story Russia tells about why it went to war – and why it matters for how Europe understands Russia’s justification for the war. read more
Europe Half of Europe’s towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago A data analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe reveals for the first time that even as Europe’s overall population grows, half of its municipalities are losing inhabitants – putting increasing pressure on the quality of life in rural areas. read more
Europe Housing Cost: One in Seven Municipalities in Europe Unaffordable for Nurses Data analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe reveals: In these European locations, even a mid-level salary like a nurse’s is not enough to afford a small apartment. read more
Europe The Oligarch-Autocrat Alliances Democracy is not dying by sudden coup – it is being dismantled through the law itself, using a shared playbook refined across continents. read more
Europe Learning to Backslide: How Autocrats Share Money, Methods, and Models Democracy is not dying by sudden coup – it is being dismantled through the law itself, using a shared playbook refined across continents. read more
Europe Azerbaijan: The Price of Victory and the Silence of Dissent In this article series, we take a second look at current events in countries that often remain only briefly spotlighted in German reporting. Together with local experts, we ask: What political and social developments lie behind the current events that we see in the news? What does this mean for democracy and media freedom? With our exile expertise, we want to reveal global connections and understand what we can learn from this for free, democratic coexistence. In this episode, Azerbaijani journalist Fatima Karimova writes about the repression of media workers in her homeland and why the European Union repeatedly turns a blind eye to it. read more
Demolition Atlas Europe „White Gold“: Debris and Deception Crooked deals with waste are just as lucrative to drug deals – only easier to conceal. An investigation by CORRECTIV.Europe shows how two companies from Germany and Czechia are making hundreds of thousands of tonnes of debris disappear just behind the border. read more
