29 / 11 / 2025 Greece a testing ground for smart surveillance technologies Up next 21 / 11 / 2025 How floods are reshaping disaster insurance in the Mediterranean Governments in Italy and Greece are leaning on private insurance to absorb the mounting cost of extreme weather — a… Latest 07 / 11 / 2025 Greece rejected the EU’s sheeppox vaccine, opting for mass slaughter. The virus is spreading. Internal documents obtained by Solomon reveal the EU urged Greece to launch a vaccination campaign against sheeppox. Athens refused — and now the country faces one of its worst livestock crises in decades. Read more 05 / 11 / 2025 Stranded between borders: Europe’s broken system for reuniting refugee families Across Europe, unaccompanied minors who fled war and persecution wait to reunite with relatives a border or two away. What should take months can stretch into years. Solomon’s investigation traces the maze of bureaucracy and policy decisions keeping families apart. Read more 24 / 10 / 2025 Every minute, a building in Europe is demolished. The EU has no record of it. Across the European Union, buildings are disappearing at an astonishing rate — roughly one every minute, according to independent researchers. Yet the bloc has no official record of what is being lost, even as it pledges to curb demolitions and promote renovation. Read more 15 / 10 / 2025 A Silent Postpartum Crisis: How Europe Is Failing Mothers A gap in perinatal mental health care leaves millions of women struggling alone in the weeks and months after birth. Solomon’s cross-border investigation reveals a continent-wide failure to recognize and treat postpartum mental health conditions. Read more 08 / 10 / 2025 ‘Migrants in their own land’: climate displacement at Europe’s external borders When record-breaking floods hit central Greece in 2023, entire villages were uprooted. Some of those left houseless remain in the refugee camp where they were relocated — a stark glimpse of Europe’s new reality, where climate disasters are displacing citizens alongside migrants. Read more 11 / 09 / 2025 EXCLUSIVE: “Following orders” — The defense of the Pylos coast guard officers The Hellenic Coast Guard has faced unprecedented scrutiny since June 2023, when a fishing trawler overloaded with migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Pylos, killing more than 600 people. Thirteen Coast Guard officers–the captain and crew of patrol vessel PPLS-920, the only ship on the scene when the boat went down–now face criminal charges. In an exclusive interview with Solomon, their lawyer presented the officers’ defense. Their version of events is juxtaposed against the findings of the Greek Ombudsman, whose confidential report—obtained by Solomon—challenges several of their claims and notes shortcomings in Coast Guard leadership on the night of June 14, 2023. Read more 11 / 09 / 2025 Exclusive: Lawyer defends Coast Guard officers accused in deadly Pylos shipwreck The lawyer representing the Hellenic Coast Guard officers facing criminal charges over the deadly Pylos shipwreck speaks exclusively to Solomon. Read more 01 / 08 / 2025 On a quiet Greek island, a wind energy push ignites fierce local backlash As Greece races to expand renewable energy, can the island of Kythira be transformed into a wind power hub — with 30 turbines planned in a protected zone — against the will of its residents? Read more 30 / 07 / 2025 KKR: From Greece’s “red loans” to the occupied territories of Palestine What do “red loans” in Greece, a music festival in Spain, the global arms trade, and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have in common? They’re all tied to the controversial American investment giant, KKR. Read more 10 / 07 / 2025 Greece’s smuggling crackdown: are refugees carrying the can? Despite the stories of mass arrests, most “smugglers” jailed in Greece are asylum-seekers who were coerced into driving boats. Fast-track trials and flawed evidence raise serious concerns about justice. Read more 07 / 07 / 2025 Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people’s personal data with Europol Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding refugees, into a widening criminal dragnet through large-scale ‘covert interrogations’. Read more 13 / 06 / 2025 “Smiles Don’t Lie” – Israeli Propaganda Targets Greece, EU Countries As public attention in Greece and across Europe turns to the March to Gaza, Israel has launched a targeted campaign aimed at regional audiences. Through sponsored YouTube ads promoting its “humanitarian aid” efforts, the Israeli government is rapidly boosting video viewership across the region. Read more More Want to be updated? Join our mailing list. Get our latest investigations, in-depth reporting, behind-the-scenes impact, and news from Solomon — straight to your inbox, with personal notes from our journalists. Editors’ picks 13 / 06 / 2025 “Smiles Don’t Lie” – Israeli Propaganda Targets Greece, EU Countries Shadow Fleet Secrets: How Greek tankers were used to transport Russian oil To create the shadow fleet that illegally transported Russian oil, Putin relied on aging tankers whose prices suddenly skyrocketed − among them were many former Greek-owned ships. ‘Migrants in their own land’: climate displacement at Europe’s external borders When record-breaking floods hit central Greece in 2023, entire villages were uprooted. Some of those left houseless remain in the refugee camp where they were relocated — a stark glimpse of Europe’s new reality, where climate disasters are displacing citizens alongside migrants. Stranded between borders: Europe’s broken system for reuniting refugee families Across Europe, unaccompanied minors who fled war and persecution wait to reunite with relatives a border or two away. What should take months can stretch into years. Solomon’s investigation traces the maze of bureaucracy and policy decisions keeping families apart. 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21 / 11 / 2025 How floods are reshaping disaster insurance in the Mediterranean Governments in Italy and Greece are leaning on private insurance to absorb the mounting cost of extreme weather — a…