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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 1 hour 17 minutes
Germany's turks clash over a referendum
Opposition to a proposed amendment to Turkey's constitution is strong in Germany's Turkish community. Now they've started a "No" campaign. President Erdogan is hoping for a yes from his AKP party's supporters in Germany.
Putin's plans to tax the Garazhniki
Millions of Russians work off the books. Known as "Garazhniki," they make furniture, fix cars and do odd jobs. Now, President Putin hopes to legalize them and collect taxes. But many think they'll resist.
Belgium one year after the attacks
On 22 March 2016 terrorist attacks in the airport and an underground station in the Belgian capital killed 32. Many people continue to feel insecure, despite a boosted police presence.
Turkey - academic protest
Hundreds of university teachers in Turkey were dismissed after the failed military coup of July 2016. Entire departments have been incapacitated. Some of the academics are now giving lectures outdoors.
Franco cult to end in Madrid
Madrid’s mayor Manuela Carmena wants to rename about 30 of the city’s streets and plazas. The old names commemorate former dictator Francisco Franco, and that offends many residents.
Refugees mistreated in Hungary
Hungary’s Prime Minister is on the warpath against refugees. Most asylum seekers are turned away at the country’s borders, and those already in Hungary are to be confined to container settlements.
Protests in Belarus
Unemployed people should pay – says President Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian government in Belarus. For the first time in years, people have taken to the streets to vent their anger.
Germany-Turkey: The escalating war of words
German politicians are calling on their government to stop Turkish ministers campaigning in Germany. Ankara wants to address German Turks ahead of a planned referendum. But Turkey’s arrest of a German-Turkish journalist has angered Berlin.
Spanish orange farmers invent crowdfarming
A group of Spanish farmers decided to start an agricultural revolution when dumping prices almost drove them to ruin. They set up a crowdfarming platform which invites users to plant a tree or adopt a beehive.
Russian Buddhist monks fight for their monastery
A Buddhist monastery in the Russian Urals is under threat because the company that claims the land wants to mine iron ore. This would bring jobs, but the monks refuse to leave. Public opinion is divided.