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Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People

September 8, 2022

The war in Ukraine has created a rift among the residents in the Finnish village of Värtsilä near the Russian border. Also: Britain's conservatively dressed business community is enjoying a new taste for color now that COVID lockdowns have ended.

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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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