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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McCord's Brexit battle


A man who lost his son in the Northern Ireland conflict wants to block the UK's exit from the EU. He argues Brexit could undermine the Good Friday peace agreement, which is based on European law, and has taken his case to Britain's Supreme Court.


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 December 1, 2016  4m
 
 

Putin's plans to tax the Garazhniki


An estimated 30 million Russians work off the books. Known as "Garazhniki," they make furniture, fix cars and do other jobs. Now, after two years of recession, President Putin hopes to legalize them and collect taxes. But many think they'll resist.


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 November 24, 2016  5m
 
 

Germany: now that's cricket


Cricket is as popular in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan as soccer is in Europe. Not many Germans even know the rules, but that may soon change. Young refugees are forming cricket clubs all around the country.


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 November 23, 2016  5m
 
 

Russian Trump fans celebrate


'God bless America' - that was the chant of many Trump fans in Russia after the results of the US election emerged. Many Russian nationalists in Moscow celebrated Trump's victory.


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 November 16, 2016  5m
 
 

National Front expects huge protest vote


France’s far-right National Front believes Donald Trump's victory has boosted its own chances of success at the polls. Like Trump, party leader Marine Le Pen is hoping to gain from disenchanted working and middle class voters to secure the presidency.


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 November 16, 2016  5m
 
 

Techno as a pro-west protest


Many young Ukrainians feel disappointed. The ideals of the Maidan protests are fading. Far from implementing, Ukraine remains in the grip of oligarchs and mired in corruption. Many Ukrainians are seeking their fortunes in a western subculture.


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 November 10, 2016  3m
 
 

Nameless heroes


In 2015 Islamist terrorists killed 130 people in Paris restaurants, cafés and a theater. Many Parisians braved gunfire to render aid to the wounded. In some cases, they saved lives.


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 November 10, 2016  4m
 
 

Nameless heroes in Paris


In 2015 Islamist terrorists killed 130 people in Paris restaurants, cafés and a theater. Many Parisians braved gunfire to render aid to the wounded. In some cases, they saved lives.


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 November 10, 2016  4m
 
 

Reporters under arrest


Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief and several reporters have been arrested, but Turkey's last remaining opposition newspaper is standing fast. Following the arrests, it ran the headline, "We're not giving up.


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 November 10, 2016  5m
 
 

The refugee hotel in Greece


Refugees manage their own affairs at a squatted hotel in Athens. The building currently houses some 400 migrants from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. The Greek state is tolerating the squat, which provides an alternative to refugee camps.


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 November 2, 2016  5m