diff --git a/recipes/focus_de.recipe b/recipes/focus_de.recipe
index d0b0f4aef8..7fbaa88623 100644
--- a/recipes/focus_de.recipe
+++ b/recipes/focus_de.recipe
@@ -1,48 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, division, absolute_import, print_function
+
+'''
+focus.de
+'''
+
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1305567197(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title          = u'Focus (DE)'
+    title       = 'Focus (DE)'
     __author__  = 'Anonymous'
-    language = 'de'
-    oldest_article = 7
-    max_articles_per_feed = 100
-    no_stylesheets         = True
-    use_embedded_content   = False
-    remove_javascript      = True
+    description = 'RSS-Feeds von Focus.de'
+    language    = 'de'
+
+    oldest_article            = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed     = 100
+    no_stylesheets            = True
+    remove_javascript         = True
+    use_embedded_content      = False
+    remove_empty_feeds        = True
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
+
+    feeds = [
+        ('Politik', 'http://rss.focus.de/politik/'),
+        ('Finanzen', 'http://rss.focus.de/finanzen/'),
+        ('Gesundheit', 'http://rss.focus.de/gesundheit/'),
+        ('Panorama', 'http://rss.focus.de/panorama/'),
+        ('Digital', 'http://rss.focus.de/digital/'),
+        ('Reisen', 'http://rss.focus.de/reisen/')
+    ]
+
+    keep_only_tags = [
+        dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'article'})
+    ]
+
+    remove_tags = [
+        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['inimagebuttons',
+                                         'kolumneHead clearfix']})
+    ]
+
+    remove_attributes = ['width', 'height']
+
+    extra_css = 'h1 {font-size: 1.6em; text-align: left; margin-top: 0em} \
+                 h2 {font-size: 1em; text-align: left} \
+                 .overhead {margin-bottom: 0em} \
+                 .caption {font-size: 0.6em}'
 
     def print_version(self, url):
         return url + '?drucken=1'
 
-    keep_only_tags = [
-                              dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['article']}) ]
-
-    remove_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'sidebar'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'commentForm'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'comment clearfix oid-3534591 open'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'similarityBlock'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'footer'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'getMoreComments'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'moreComments'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'ads'}),
-                            dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'articleContent'}),
-
-
-                            ]
-    remove_tags_after = [
-                            dict(name='div',attrs={'class':['commentForm','title', 'actions clearfix']})
-                                   ]
-
-
-    feeds          = [	(u'Eilmeldungen', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/533875/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Auto-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443320/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Digital-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443315/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Finanzen-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443317/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Gesundheit-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443314/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Immobilien-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443318/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Kultur-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443321/index.rss'),
-		(u'Panorama-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/533877/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Politik-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443313/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Reisen-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443316/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Sport-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/443319/index.rss'),
-                                        (u'Wissen-News', u'http://rss2.focus.de/c/32191/f/533876/index.rss'),
-                         ]
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        # remove useless references to videos
+        for item in soup.findAll('h2'):
+            if item.string:
+                txt = item.string.upper()
+                if txt.startswith('IM VIDEO:') or txt.startswith('VIDEO:'):
+                    item.extract()
+        return soup