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
Russia: Like back in the USSR
16 families sharing one apartment - the days of the Kommunalkas seem to be back in St. Petersburg. Communal apartments in older buildings are a relic of the Soviet era and starkly out of step with the grandeur of the world-famous Venice of the North.
Poland Proposes Tightening Abortion Laws
The proposed law would leave serious risk to the mother's life as the only legal reason for an abortion, while penalizing illegal abortions with up to five years imprisonment. Thousands of women and men have turned out in protest.
Corsica: Freedom in a Pig's Eye
Traditionally, livestock has roamed freely on Corsica. Now, some incensed farmers would like that to stop. One Corsican shot down over forty pigs and cows - an unmistakeable warning to keep livestock on the French island fenced in.
Russia: A city sinks into the ground
Some call it the Russian Atlantis: Berezniki, a city in the Ural Mountains known for its potash mines, is slowly sinking into the ground. Its 140,000 residents live in constant fear of being swallowed up by a sinkhole.
Deaths blamed on diluted disinfectant
Hexi Pharma, Romania's market leader when it comes to disinfectants, stands accused of selling diluted products to hospitals for years. The enormity of the scandal is gradually coming to light: patients' health was sacrificed for the sake of profit.
Deaths blamed on diluted disinfectant
Hexi Pharma, Romania's market leader when it comes to disinfectants, stands accused of selling diluted products to hospitals for years. The enormity of the scandal is gradually coming to light: patients' health was sacrificed for the sake of profit.
A city sinks into the ground
Some call it the Russian Atlantis: Berezniki, a city in the Ural Mountains known for its potash mines, is slowly sinking into the ground. Its 140,000 residents live in constant fear of being swallowed up by a sinkhole.
Hitler's house in Austria
Braunau is a pretty Austrian town with an ugly legacy: Adolf Hitler was born here. The house has stood empty for years. Now the state plans to expropriate it to prevent neo-nazis from turning it into a shrine.
The chambermaid scandal in Spain
A good 70 million tourists headed for the Iberian Peninsula this summer. But they brought no joy to hotel chambermaids. Many work hard six or seven days a week for barely more than minimum wage of 655 euros.
Austria: Hitler's house
Braunau is a pretty Austrian town with an ugly legacy: Adolf Hitler was born here. The house has stood empty for years. Now the state plans to expropriate it to prevent neo-nazis from turning it into a shrine.