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Israeli flag projected on EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, after Palestinian terrorists killed around 1,200 Israeli civilians on 7 October 2023 — sparking a near year-long war (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Did Hungarian exploding-pager firm lie about EU contracts?

A shady Hungarian firm that supplied exploding pagers to Lebanon said EU institutions were among its other top clients — but its claims have been called into doubt.

The so-called 'AR-924' pagers exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday killing at least 12 people, including an eight-year-old girl, and injuring some 2,800 more, 400 of them critically, according to the Leb...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Israeli flag projected on EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, after Palestinian terrorists killed around 1,200 Israeli civilians on 7 October 2023 — sparking a near year-long war (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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