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Focus on Europe – Spotlight on People

January 23, 2025

Holocaust Remembrance Day: how massacres committed outside of concentration camps are commemorated in Poland. Plus: Mafia stronghold Naples: how youth violence is getting out of hand.

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Focus on Europe — Spotlight on People

What drives people in Europe – politically, socially and culturally? How do Europeans lead their lives? What are their views, hopes and fears? Focus on Europe – Spotlight on People provides the answers.

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