Tom Bolsius
@tombolsius.bsky.social
I am working on international collaborations for the Dutch platform for investigative journalism Follow the Money (ftm.nl/ftm.eu).
(And I will likely share thoughts regarding AFC Ajax.)
(And I will likely share thoughts regarding AFC Ajax.)
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🇪🇺⚒️ 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗩𝘀 – 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁?
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
Podcast | The dark side of Morocco’s mining boom
Phosphate minerals from Morocco are essential for producing fertiliser and the batteries that power electric vehicles. But local communities say that the world’s biggest exporter – the state-owned OCP...
www.ftm.eu
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🇪🇺⚒️ 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗩𝘀 – 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁?
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
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🇪🇺💻 Can Europe ever achieve digital sovereignty?
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🇪🇺💻 Can Europe ever achieve digital sovereignty?
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
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💧 Will Europe’s green hydrogen dream run dry before it even begins?
Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
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Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
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Europe’s climate goals at risk as hydrogen dream faces wake-up call in Namibia
Namibia’s green hydrogen industry has been hailed as a vital part of the EU’s clean energy transition. Yet the fledgling sector is plagued by problems and struggling to get off the ground, Follow the ...
www.ftm.eu
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
💧 Will Europe’s green hydrogen dream run dry before it even begins?
Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
👇 Read the article
Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
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Op de klimaattop in Belém kunnen landen op dit moment miljoenendeals sluiten. En die gaan niet over olie of goud, maar over iets veel waardevollers: de bescherming van bossen. In ‘Wie betaalt, mag vervuilen’ onthullen Mira Sys en Ties Gijzel wie er écht profiteert van deze groene miljardenhandel.
Op de klimaattop gaan bossen voor miljoenen over de toonbank
Terwijl wereldleiders in Belém samenkomen voor de zoveelste klimaattop, luiden Mira Sys en Ties Gijzel de noodklok. Voor hun nieuwe boek ‘Wie betaalt, mag vervuilen’ onderzochten ze lucratieve klimaat...
www.ftm.nl
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Op de klimaattop in Belém kunnen landen op dit moment miljoenendeals sluiten. En die gaan niet over olie of goud, maar over iets veel waardevollers: de bescherming van bossen. In ‘Wie betaalt, mag vervuilen’ onthullen Mira Sys en Ties Gijzel wie er écht profiteert van deze groene miljardenhandel.
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🇪🇺📬 A sneak peek from this week’s Bureau Brussels: Germany’s sensitive exports to Israel have surged fivefold since the Gaza war; a Parliament pizza party sparks an ethics scandal; ministers weaken 2040 climate goals as the ultra-rich tighten their grip.
👇 Here’s the latest edition
👇 Here’s the latest edition
Newsletter | From Berlin to Tel Aviv: exports of sensitive goods soared more than fivefold
Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
www.ftm.eu
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🇪🇺📬 A sneak peek from this week’s Bureau Brussels: Germany’s sensitive exports to Israel have surged fivefold since the Gaza war; a Parliament pizza party sparks an ethics scandal; ministers weaken 2040 climate goals as the ultra-rich tighten their grip.
👇 Here’s the latest edition
👇 Here’s the latest edition
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“The CEO used to be an elite spy.”
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“The CEO used to be an elite spy.”
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Statistisch gezien wordt de kans steeds groter dat mijn naam valt, dus hierbij:
ik ben best beschikbaar als trainer van Ajax.
ik ben best beschikbaar als trainer van Ajax.
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Statistisch gezien wordt de kans steeds groter dat mijn naam valt, dus hierbij:
ik ben best beschikbaar als trainer van Ajax.
ik ben best beschikbaar als trainer van Ajax.
Deze tanks zijn defensief slecht én aanvallend kunnen ze ook geen potten breken.
British military announces first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles – eight years late
British military announces first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles – eight years late
First 50 vehicles, costing nearly £10m each, finally ready to deploy to Nato’s eastern flank, where drones now dominate
Britain’s military has announced the first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles, eight years behind schedule and amid questions about their relevance as cheap drones dominate the battlefields of Ukraine.
The junior defence minister Luke Pollard said the first 50 vehicles, costing nearly £10m each, were ready to deploy on Nato’s eastern flank, though he acknowledged the problems of the past when delivery deadlines of 2017, 2020 and 2021 were all missed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Deze tanks zijn defensief slecht én aanvallend kunnen ze ook geen potten breken.
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“𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲.”
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
Brussels turns blind eye as Albania’s drug empire threatens Europe
Under Prime Minister Edi Rama, Albania has become a narco-state over the past 10 years. Albanian criminal networks are increasingly active in Europe. Yet, the EU continues to support Rama's efforts to...
www.ftm.eu
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲.”
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
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🇧🇪⚖️ 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 – charged with money laundering in Belgium after an October hearing with his wife.
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
Ex-EU justice chief Didier Reynders charged with money laundering
The charge comes after months of investigation.
www.ftm.eu
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🇧🇪⚖️ 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 – charged with money laundering in Belgium after an October hearing with his wife.
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
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🔥 Ex-EU justice chief Didier Reynders charged with money laundering. @ftm.eu SCOOP with @lesoir.be @standaard.be and Le Vif www.ftm.eu/articles/rey...
Ex-EU justice chief Didier Reynders charged with money laundering
The charge comes after months of investigation.
www.ftm.eu
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🔥 Ex-EU justice chief Didier Reynders charged with money laundering. @ftm.eu SCOOP with @lesoir.be @standaard.be and Le Vif www.ftm.eu/articles/rey...
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🚨📱Under the EU’s DSA, X must report user-safety risks. Yet the platform hid data about child abuse and terrorism and now Brussels is helping to keep its reports confidential.
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨📱Under the EU’s DSA, X must report user-safety risks. Yet the platform hid data about child abuse and terrorism and now Brussels is helping to keep its reports confidential.
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
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Think Europe shapes its own policies? Think again. A third of Brussels’ 'independent' think tanks get millions from the U.S. and Big Tech to protect their interests and shape the EU agenda.
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Think Europe shapes its own policies? Think again. A third of Brussels’ 'independent' think tanks get millions from the U.S. and Big Tech to protect their interests and shape the EU agenda.
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
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Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
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🇺🇸 ⚖️ Why did the U.S. suddenly drop two major NATO corruption cases?
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🇺🇸 ⚖️ Why did the U.S. suddenly drop two major NATO corruption cases?
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
aldus Schoof tegen Heitinga
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
aldus Schoof tegen Heitinga
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"It’s a shitshow". Ivory gone, two dead in a plane crash, whistleblowers fired. Reports to FTM reveal chaos at Zakouma Park – run by African Parks, with Prince Harry on its board. Chad tried to expel them for fraud. Why did Brussels step in?
Read the full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/afr...
Read the full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/afr...
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"It’s a shitshow". Ivory gone, two dead in a plane crash, whistleblowers fired. Reports to FTM reveal chaos at Zakouma Park – run by African Parks, with Prince Harry on its board. Chad tried to expel them for fraud. Why did Brussels step in?
Read the full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/afr...
Read the full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/afr...
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Albert Bos jongen fuck die foutmarge gewoon. Live a little.
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Albert Bos jongen fuck die foutmarge gewoon. Live a little.
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🎙️ A NATO corruption scandal rocked Europe – then the US quietly dropped charges against four suspects. In our new FTM podcast, Jesse Pinster and Simon Van Dorpe uncover why Washington backed off the crackdown.
Listen to our latest episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Listen to our latest episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Podcast | Inside the NATO corruption scandal
A NATO corruption scandal made international headlines when several suspects were arrested across Europe earlier this year. But a cross-border investigation reveals that just a few months later, the U...
www.ftm.eu
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🎙️ A NATO corruption scandal rocked Europe – then the US quietly dropped charges against four suspects. In our new FTM podcast, Jesse Pinster and Simon Van Dorpe uncover why Washington backed off the crackdown.
Listen to our latest episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Listen to our latest episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Het @parool.nl mist hier even dat hier de Bijlmer-bajes stond en dat er toentertijd ook al een (handgeschreven) bordje was geplaatst met deze naam.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ee...
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ee...
Eerbetoon of grap? Straatnaambord Peter R. de Fietspad gespot in Amsterdam-Oost
Op een paadje tussen metrostation Spaklerweg en school Spinoza20first is een naambordje opgedoken: het Peter R. de Fietspad. Hoe het bord er is gekomen, is vooralsnog een mysterie.
www.parool.nl
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Het @parool.nl mist hier even dat hier de Bijlmer-bajes stond en dat er toentertijd ook al een (handgeschreven) bordje was geplaatst met deze naam.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ee...
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ee...
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🌍💰 The world is burning – and banks are cashing in.
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
Major banks pump $1.6 trillion into fossil fuel industry as world nears climate tipping point
The world’s biggest banks have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years in fossil fuel companies, new data shows. Analysts told Follow the Money that the financial institutions are bet...
www.ftm.eu
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🌍💰 The world is burning – and banks are cashing in.
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
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Met de prijs is 20.000 euro prijzengeld gemoeid, maar het gaat ons vooral om de enorme eer. Wat we met dit bedrag doen en waarom onderzoeksjournalistiek juist nu zo cruciaal is, lees je in de nieuwste editie van Hoofdzaken.
www.ftm.nl/nieuwsbrieve...
www.ftm.nl/nieuwsbrieve...
Waarom Follow the Money 20.000 euro weggeeft
Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek
www.ftm.nl
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Met de prijs is 20.000 euro prijzengeld gemoeid, maar het gaat ons vooral om de enorme eer. Wat we met dit bedrag doen en waarom onderzoeksjournalistiek juist nu zo cruciaal is, lees je in de nieuwste editie van Hoofdzaken.
www.ftm.nl/nieuwsbrieve...
www.ftm.nl/nieuwsbrieve...
Leest als een Ajax-headline
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Leest als een Ajax-headline