European Journal: The Magazine from Brussels
European Journal is a 30 minute magazine on DW-TV that delivers the inside take – reports on important political, economic and cultural developments in the EU with a strong focus on the European integration process. European Journal features issues that move Europeans and shows Europeans ...
European Journal is a 30 minute magazine on DW-TV that delivers the inside take – reports on important political, economic and cultural developments in the EU with a strong focus on the European integration process. European Journal features issues that move Europeans and shows Europeans on the move.
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France: How Charlie's Doing
After the attack on Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine is ...
After the attack on Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine is struggling to set a new course. The survivers have to cope with the trauma and are under round-the-clock surveillance. Journalist Zineb El Rhazoui really wants to keep going.
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Georgia: Atheists unwanted
The Georgian Orthodox Church is gaining influence. Although the church ...
The Georgian Orthodox Church is gaining influence. Although the church traditionally played no role in schools, religious instruction is becoming increasingly common. Children from atheist families are now being targeted for bullying. Pro-Western experts are raising the alarm. They say that Moscow is exploiting the Georgian Orthodox Church to stir up opposition to the West and its values. Although Georgia is formally a secular state, about 80 percent of its population is Georgian Orthodox. And the Georgian Orthodox Church traditionally has strong ties to its Russian counterpart.
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Belgium: War games
Belgium is preparing to host Europe’s largest battle reenactment to ...
Belgium is preparing to host Europe’s largest battle reenactment to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. At the site south of Brussels, trenches are being dug and thousands of actors and horses are being brought into position. In 1815, Britain waged a bitter battle against Napoleon and his army. The French leader was defeated after Prussian troops joined in. The battle became a symbol of the victory over Napoleon. More than 90,000 soldiers were killed at Waterloo.
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Finland: Boosting military readiness
Concern about neighboring Russia is growing in Finland. The Finnish ...
Concern about neighboring Russia is growing in Finland. The Finnish ministry of defense has now written to about a million reservists. The letter tells them which unit or regiment they would be assigned to in the event of a military crisis. Finland has a professional army of about 16,000 soldiers. With Russia now sending more and more warplanes over Finnish airspace, the country has decided to take action. As one measure, Finland is planning to boost military cooperation with Sweden. Wariness of Russia has long roots in Finland. Finnish citizens who experienced the Second World War remember the battles against the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1944, when Finland lost much of Karelia to the Soviets. Hundreds of thousands of Finns fled the Russians from the occupied and annexed territories.
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Italy: Waiting for foster parents
Thousands of refugees are stranded on the south coast of ...
Thousands of refugees are stranded on the south coast of Sicily, among them many children who either set off without their parents or lost them on the way. Their only hope now is to be taken in by foster families or be adopted. A growing number of couples in Italy are taking in refugee children. Last year totaling there were around 1,500 potential foster parents - but only 10 children were assigned. Parents have to go on special courses in preparation, while tough suitability criteria and officials overstretched are currently preventing more minors from being taken in by the families.
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Switzerland: Cross-border sex workers
The prostitution industry is booming in southern Switzerland. Estimates already ...
The prostitution industry is booming in southern Switzerland. Estimates already say that the majority of customers are from Italy, with a rising number of sex workers hailing from Eastern Europe. Due to open borders and the legalization of prostitution in Switzerland, authorities are continually haveing to invent new methods of intervening in the world's oldest trade. The women work in Switzerland to benefit from police protection and other favorable conditions. They pay taxes and social security and will later be able to claim a pension. In the canton of Ticino, however, prostitutes are facing a growing number of stipulations, e.g. applying for permits, writing application letters and submitting "business plans”. As a result, illegal prostitution is growing.
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Czech Republic: Welcome to reality TV
A family who had no idea what was in store ...
A family who had no idea what was in store for them were transported back in time to the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was all part of a Czech reality TV program, and the broadcaster is hoping for a record ratings. But the production is controversial. The family are living in a mountain village, in a house that recreates the décor of the 1930s. During the Second World War, the area was under German occupation. Czech partisans fought German troops, who subjected the local population to harassment and reprisals. The Gestapo was stationed in the neighboring village. The history of resistance to the Nazis remains an important chapter in Czech history. Many different resistance groups were active during the Second World War.
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Iceland: A tunnel through the ice
Europe’s biggest ice tunnel is more than 400 meters long, ...
Europe’s biggest ice tunnel is more than 400 meters long, and one of Iceland’s "coolest” tourist attractions. The plan is that it will lure tens of thousands of tourists to the country, and help support an industry that has become even more important since the start of the global finance crisis. Iceland recovered fairly quickly after the crisis of 2008. Its economy is growing, and the jobless rate has been reduced by half. Tourism is an important component of the country’s economic recovery. Today Iceland benefits from about twice as many tourists than before the finance crisis.
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Denmark: Alone against Al Qaeda
Morten Storm grew up in a small Danish town. He ...
Morten Storm grew up in a small Danish town. He led a troubled life and converted to Islam. At age 21, he befriended one of the most-wanted Al Qaeda terrorists: Anwar al-Awlaki. Later, Storm helped security services kill him. After changing his first name to Murad, Storm toured Europe for years preaching jihad. Then, in 2006, he started to doubt the message he'd been preaching and eventually became an informant for Denmark's intelligence service. Storm's information led to the killing of al-Awlaki by a CIA drone four years ago. Today, Storm is living in a secret location after receiving death threats.
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Greece/Germany: German couple makes reparations to Greece
As the euro crisis continues to plague Greece, the country ...
As the euro crisis continues to plague Greece, the country has demanded reparations for World War II from Germany's federal government. Policymakers in Berlin balked at the demand, leading a German couple to take the initiative themselves.They travelled to Nafplio - once capital of Greece in the 19th century - where they handed the mayor a check for 875 euros. They say the sum equals the amount each German would owe per capita, if Germany were to comply with Greece's demand for war reparations. The new Greek government is using its claim and a forced loan in 1942 as a bargaining chip in talks on restructuring Greece's debt. The Greek justice minister has even suggested seizing German property in Greece if Berlin fails to pay.
