Laurens Groeneveld (1992) is a journalist with broad experience in the field of international politics. At The Investigative desk, he specialises in stories on Russia, China and Defense. He previously worked at BNR news radio where he was, among other things, active as editor-in-chief for foreign programmes such as BNR De Wereld, Boekestijn en De Wijk and the China Podcast. As a freelancer, he made, among others, the documentary ‘Breaking the Narrative’, about how Finland deals with military threats and disinformation from Russia.
The agrochemical industry is using Wageningen University in agriculture to set its own rules for the approval of pesticides and genetic technology. This is done
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