Dw Focus On Europe
Dw Focus On Europe is a TV show on ABC News. The program has been available since 2022. A total of 111 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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28:00Many opposition activists have fled Russia out of fear of persecution and imprisonment. Plus residents in an English seaside resort fight against unfiltered sewage.
28:00In Kherson, Ukraine, we follow a doctor who is trying to save patients. Plus how environmental activists are fighting Tesla's Gigafactory in Germany.
28:00Climate change is impacting villages in the French Alps. Plus violence among Greek soccer fans leads to empty stadiums.
28:00Why Konstantin is escaping from Moscow to the West. Plus should buying sex in Germany be criminalised?
26:00France has raised its terror alert to the highest level after the attack in Moscow. Plus Spain's farmers are worried about their crops and livestock as water is already scarce this Spring.
28:00In Helsinki's underground bunkers, some spaces are open to public use, with a pool, play areas and more. Plus traditional belly dancers are finding it increasingly difficult to make a living in Turkiye.
28:00People in Moldova fear going to war with Russia. Meanwhile in Italy, experts rally to save a tower built during the Middle Ages.
28:00Many Iranians and Russians are currently buying apartments in Northern Cyprus to avoid sanctions. Plus Scotland's hills were deforested centuries ago, but major reforestation campaigns are now changing that.
26:00Andrej Dubravsky is a famous, openly gay Slovakian painter who's being disparaged by the country's culture minister. Plus Cricket pizza? Italian chefs experiment with insects as an ingredient.
28:00Russian President Putin is up for election for the fifth time - his opponents don't stand a chance. Plus Poland's farmers protest Ukrainian grain imports to the EU.
28:00Journalists in Greece reporting on corruption and surveillance scandals fear for their lives. Plus a dance school in Kharkiv is giving children a brief reprieve from war.
27:00Despite the war, Ukraine's Iryna Koliadenko is training hard to win a medal at the Olympics in Paris. Plus the story of how hundreds of British postal workers were wrongly prosecuted for alleged theft.
27:00The Russian invasion of Ukraine two years ago has changed Ukrainian soldiers on the front line as well as refugees abroad.
28:00Russian clergy who speak out against the war in Ukraine face punishment. Plus Sweden, a pioneer in digitisation educational practices, has noted a decline in performance.
28:00A year after the devastating earthquakes in Turkiye, many people are still living in emergency shelters. Plus harmful substances in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy are becoming increasingly dangerous for whales.
28:00The mayor of Hebertshausen in Bavaria welcomes migrants and refugees with open arms. Plus a scientist from Spain has been measuring the temperature in the Mediterranean every day for 50 years finds the sea is getting warmer.
27:00Venice's flood barriers are working, but the lagoon is at risk. Meanwhile in Poland, a former coal mine is to blame for a growing number of sinkholes.
28:00Sweden is taking a tougher stance against rampant crime by criminal gangs. Plus many chefs love them, but more and more French people are calling for a ban on cooking frog legs.
28:00Starting in 2026, only cruise ships powered by alternative fuels will be allowed to visit Norway's fjords. Plus we hear about Britain's Drag Syndrome - the first professional drag collective for performers with Down syndrome.