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Focus on Europe — Spotlight on People

January 16, 2025

At the start of 2025, Russia halted gas supplies to Moldova – leaving the pro-Kremlin region of Transnistria to struggle. +++ At Europe's largest wildlife clinic near Madrid, vets and carers nurse birds, reptiles and mammals back to health.

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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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