'''Apache''' or '''Apache.be''' is a co-operatively owned and reader-funded independent Belgian news website specializing in investigative journalism, in-depth reporting, and analysis.<ref name=Poynter>{{Cite web | title=How Belgium's Apache increased its membership base despite layoffs, budget cuts and COVID-19 | author=Tara Kelly | date= 1 July 2020 | publisher=Poynter Institute | url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2020/how-belgiums-apache-increased-its-membership-base-despite-layoffs-budget-cuts-and-covid-19/ }}</ref> Based in Antwerp, it was founded in October 2009 by a group of journalists, several of whom had had employment contracts with national newspapers terminated in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.<ref name=Poynter/> On 9 June 2022 the Antwerp Court of Appeal upheld the site's acquittal of stalking and breach of privacy while investigating the activities of Land Invest Group, in a decision that cited the detrimental impact of a strategic lawsuit against public participation.<ref>{{Cite web| author=Dirk Voorhoof | title=Belgian news site Apache acquitted of stalking and breach of privacy in SLAPP-case Antwerp Court of Appeal condemns applicant civil party for abuse of process | website=IRIS Merlin legal database | publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory | url=https://merlin.obs.coe.int/article/9594 | date=2022 }}</ref>
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==External links== * https://apache.be
Category:Belgian news websites