Julio Godoy

Stories written by Julio Godoy
Julio Godoy, born in Guatemala and based in Berlin, covers European affairs, especially those related to corruption, environmental and scientific issues. Julio has more than 30 years of experience, and has won international recognition for his work, including the Hellman-Hammett human rights award, the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting Online by the U.S. Society of Professional Journalists, and the Online Journalism Award for Enterprise Journalism by the Online News Association and the U.S.C. Annenberg School for Communication, as co-author of the investigative reports “Making a Killing: The Business of War” and “The Water Barons: The Privatisation of Water Services”.

HEALTH-FRANCE: ‘Mad Cow’ Case Triggers Wave of Fear

By Julio Godoy

A new case of the human Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and a report from government authorities that infected beef has been sold in local supermarkets have triggered a wave of fear in France about "mad-cow disease," recalling the panic Great Britain faced four years ago.

RIGHTS-FRANCE: Anti-Semitic Vandalism Echoes Crisis in Mid-East

By Julio Godoy

The wave of violence that has broken out in the past three weeks between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East has extended to France, where around 100 Jewish locales have been the targets of vandalism committed mainly by youths of Arab descent.

EUROPEAN UNION: Summit Gives Decisive Backing to Yugoslavia

By Julio Godoy

The participation of Yugoslavia's new president, Vojislav Kostunica, in the meeting of European Union (EU) heads of state and government consolidated the reconciliation of his country with the rest of the continent, made possible by the removal of Slobodan Milosevic.