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21 April 2021 Secrets of the council

Greece has been blocking an EU law promoting gender balance – is this about to change?

By Thodoris Chondrogiannos, Nikolas Leontopoulos, Paulo Pena and Harald Schumann

Research has revealed that Greece is one of a handful of smaller EU member states blocking a proposed directive in the Council of the EU. The Greek government denied this, but a breakthrough may be in sight. Read more "Greece has been blocking an EU law promoting gender balance – is this about to change?"

7 May 2020 Covid-19

How a global call centre giant (mis)managed the pandemic

By Thodoris Chondrogiannos and Nikolas Leontopoulos

Fear of surveillance, overcrowding, home inspections. Investigate Europe goes inside Teleperformance customer care centres in Greece to uncover a trail of corporate mistreatment during the Covid-19 pandemic that leads to some of the most powerful companies in the world. In cooperation with Reporters United, the first Greek centre for investigative journalism. Read more "How a global call centre giant (mis)managed the pandemic"

The little dead of Lesbos

30 March 2020
Mediapart, France

Europe ignored Greece’s request to host refugee children for months

14 March 2020
Diário de Notícias, Portugal

Borderlands: Minor migrants imprisoned in Europe

From the remote island of Mayotte in the Comoros Archipelago, to the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos; and from Spanish territory cities in Morocco, to cosmopolitan airports in Berlin, Lisbon and London – we found children being detained, against international rules. Read more "Borderlands: Minor migrants imprisoned in Europe"

Keeping them out: Europe’s governments ignore minor migrants

By Ingeborg Eliassen, Juliet Ferguson, Stavros Malichudis, Nikolas Leontopoulos and Nico Schmidt

When Greece asked Europe to divide 2,500 minor migrants between them, most countries rejected the request. Investigate Europe asked the governments why. Their answers reveal that a common and humane European asylum policy has become a fiction. Read more "Keeping them out: Europe’s governments ignore minor migrants"