Focus on Europe | Video Podcast | Deutsche Welle

What drives people in Europe? How do Europeans lead their lives? What are their views, hopes and fears? Fokus Europa provides the answers: up close, exciting and balanced.

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Elite university could close


Founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros as a bastion of liberal thought, Budapest’s Central European University has become one of the most prestigious in the region. A new law threatens its existence.


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 April 20, 2017  5m
 
 

France: Campaigning in the banlieues


France is about to elect a new president. However, in many banlieues where there is high unemployment and crime – for example in Marseille - few are interested in the campaign. Many have lost faith in politics.


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 April 20, 2017  4m
 
 

Under-age marriages in Germany


A small proportion of the refugees who have recently arrived in Germany are under-age couples. The government has put forward a bill that would automatically annul forced marriages between minors.


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 April 20, 2017  5m
 
 

Referendum - Turkey at a crossroads


Over 50 million Turkish voters cast their ballots in a referendum on whether to replace the current parliamentary system. A small majority voted in favor of giving more powers to the president.


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 April 20, 2017  4m
 
 

Spain: Cheap laborers for cheap vegetables


African immigrants tend and harvest vegetables for European supermarkets under extreme conditions. They often have to work in the plastic greenhouses where the produce grows. They sleep next to the farms in plastic tents, with no electricity or running water.


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 April 13, 2017  5m
 
 

Kurds resist Erdogan’s referendum


Resistance to the proposed presidential constitution in Turkey is particularly strong in the southeast. President Erdogan has overseen a draconian crackdown on the pro-Kurdish HDP. Almost half of the party leadership has been jailed.


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 April 13, 2017  4m
 
 

The last Ukrainian shamans


In the Carpathians, many people believe in the supernatural powers of soothsayers and folk healers called molfars. The tradition is deeply rooted in the region. Even politicians from Kyiv are said to have risked a look into the future here.


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 April 6, 2017  4m
 
 

School solidarity in Germany


School pupils in Cottbus are using petitions and protests to fight for their Afghan schoolmates, who face deportation back to Afghanistan because their asylum applications have been turned down. Refugee organizations warn against such a move.


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 April 6, 2017  5m
 
 

Italy: Winter light for the valley


Viganella in Italy's Piedmont region lies at the bottom of a deep valley. During the short winter days, it rarely gets a ray of sunshine. Now, a giant mirror reflects sunlight into the town square.


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 March 30, 2017  5m
 
 

Romania: Children of the streets


Hundreds children live on the streets or in the heating tunnels of Bucharest. Underground they can stay warm and survive the hard winter. Now, aid workers are trying to provide them a way out by teaching them marketable skills such as circus tricks.


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 March 30, 2017  3m