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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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’.

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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.

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06 / 06 / 2025

He Escaped Death, But Dreams of Returning to Gaza

Yousef fled Gaza in 2024, still a minor. Now 19, he’s in Cairo — caught between loss and survival, still hoping to return home one day.

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07 / 05 / 2025

“We don’t feel comfortable in our own homes” – Your answers to Solomon’s questionnaire 

We asked how you deal with the cold in winter and the difficulty of keeping your homes warm. From using the oven as a heat source, to staying confined to a single room, these are the experiences that 546 Solomon readers shared with us.

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30 / 04 / 2025

In Zakynthos, activists confront poachers and the long tradition of impunity

The environmental organization CABS, active on Zakynthos for three years in an effort to protect the endangered turtle dove species, reports that it has been attacked by poachers. It is the latest episode in a series of violent incidents that have been escalating since April 2024.

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