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How an Orban backed populist think tank is stoking Scotland’s culture war
MCC Brussels, a think tank funded by Hungary's populist government, is working with academics and campaigners with influence in Scotland.
January 5, 2025
NHS contraceptive pills funding Orban ‘propaganda’ as Hungary restricts abortion
A university linked to Viktor Orban is partly funded by profits from a company that provides the contraceptive pill to the NHS.
January 5, 2025
Photo essay: the blight of plastic pollution
As part of The Ferret’s Scotland’s Seas in Danger series, our co-editor Billy Briggs, and photographer Angela Catlin,…
December 13, 2024
‘Disturbing’: pollution from rubbish burning surged last year
Pollution is rising at incinerators which burn rubbish, but the Scottish Government says overall emissions from waste are falling.
November 17, 2024
Trafficked young people left to sleep on Scottish streets after ‘flawed’ age assessments deem them adults
Trafficked and vulnerable asylum-seeking children are being “unlawfully” denied support and left homeless by Scottish local authorities, according to a new report.
September 15, 2024
Explained: Scotland’s carbon storage
Ferret Fact Service looks at the ways carbon storage can be done through natural processes, and how successfully we have protected them.
September 8, 2024
‘Indefensible’: firm linked to North Sea oil giant renews IDF contract
An Israeli company with close financial links to a Scottish oil firm has renewed a contract to provide…
September 4, 2024
Fact check: SNP manifesto
Ferret Fact Service looks at five claims from the SNP manifesto.
July 1, 2024
Claim national service could be introduced in Scotland if Tories win is True
Ferret Fact Service looks at one of the Conservative Party’s top election pledges.
July 1, 2024