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26th Mar 2023

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EU Scream podcast wins media award

EU Scream, the podcast about EU affairs co-hosted by EUobserver, has won the 'Media of the Year' award from The Good Lobby, a non-profit start-up aimed at empowering European citizens. The award recognised aim to "develop a European public space by uncovering untold stories." Recent episodes have looked at political pressure on the cultural scene in Poland and the anti-abortion lobby in eastern EU member states.

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Opinion

EU's new critical raw materials act could be a recipe for conflict

Solar panels, wind-turbines, electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies require minerals including aluminium, cobalt and lithium — which are mined in some of the most conflict-riven nations on earth, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, and Kazakhstan.

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Okay, alright, AI might be useful after all

Large Language Models could give the powers trained data-journalists wield, to regular boring journalists like me — who don't know how to use Python. And that makes me tremendously excited, to be honest.

Polish abortion rights activist vows to appeal case

Polish abortion rights activists Justyna Wydrzyńska was last week sentenced for giving abortion pills to a 12-week pregnant woman. She will appeal. But with a court stacked by politically-appointed judges, her chances of overturning it are slim.

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