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Profile of Catherine Martens, reporter for Focus on Europe

October 14, 2019

Catherine Martens has been working for Focus on Europe since 2008. In this week's edition, she reports on growing anger among Amsterdam locals with the city’s red light district because of the many tourists and garbage.

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Catherine-Laurence Martens
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Name: Catherine Martens +++ born in 1978 +++ grew up bilingually with French-German parents +++ graduation in Political Sciences and European Studies at Sciences Po in Lille, Münster and Paris +++ with DW since 2008 +++ works as an author and filmmaker +++ covers stories from Europe to Africa +++ mother of four +++ lives with her family in Brussels, Belgium.

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