i am a challenge for you to the weekend and the week. to the arab street food to the irish star restaurant. start september 1st. the a i. am. hello and a warm welcome to our program thanks for joining us today europe's coastlines are littered with ticking time bombs remnants from the 2nd world war that are becoming ever more dangerous in the north and baltic seas alone around 1600000 tons of war ammunition lie on the seabed like this huge underwater mine most of it was simply

disposed of in the sea by the victorious allies and decades erosion is threatening to release the toxic loads substances such as arsenic mustard gas and t.n.t. could contaminate the already vulnerable waters of the polish coast and one of the biggest worries for ecologists is the massive amount of oil from sunken warships found in places such as the bay of the downscale environmentalist olga sarna fears that the past will soon catch up with the present and ruin the sea that holds a very special place in her life. the best to plot a peninsula in the divine's copper channel this is where the shots were fired that marked the start of the 2nd world war polish marine conservationist augustana is worried about the threat posed by contaminants and new missions that are still lying at the bottom of the baltic sea. there is at least. 80 to

100 wrecks in the baltic that are potentially dangerous to the environment and i might still can contain a big. and out of oil in them and if it leaks and the whole eco system of the body will be in danger the firm composes the most serious threat the german oil tanker was torpedoed by soviet aircraft in the gulf of diced at the end of the war. the wreck has been decomposing on the seabed for 75 years and still has feeling it's hollow. son of fears that the function could soon break apart with devastating consequences. 1 marchin public is a diver that has confirmed that the vessel is badly corroded but the 2 environmental activists say no one is prepared to take responsibility. some people say that the past owners of the regs should be responsible some say that the

countries in which waters the directs are responsible for taking actions on the record so that's this is basically why this is such a complicated issue because there is no clear definition of who is responsible and who should take action. the baltic sea bed is littered with potentially dangerous munitions. that the institute of oceanography and dines researchers are examining samples such as these rusty containers of chemical warfare agents tracked down by professor yet sick bodog ski. it's about 404242000 tons generally it's estimated like the major origin of it is in the home basing it's about 38240000 tons whereas about 2000 tons it's in the goat of differently but if some of them large amount crawled at the same time in a small amount but you will have

a large release then you can have. disposal clouds moving like 15 kilometers away and killing ever think all the way. ecosystems in the baltic sea are already under threat fertilizers from agriculture end up in the sea that are causing low oxygen levels that are becoming critical for many species. for all of our son and her fellow activists the baltic is a major part of a polish cultural identity and must be protected wherever all the baltic has some special place in our hearts i mean i spend every holiday every summer at the seaside since i was scared little daryl so we kind of have this connection with the body even if we are not strictly from here. sana says the oil in the function needs to be drained immediately to prevent an environmental disaster in the scenic danske bay. salvaging the entire time is too risky and in fact

shipwrecks attract marine life and actually help ecosystems to flourish. you all you think you would see on the bottom is just sent there's not much life life for this world of wrecks or you can see big fishes sometimes 3 lions so it's it's it's really good to have those rocks and to take care of them and to preserve . the toxic legacy of the 2nd world war urgently needs to be dealt with time is running out oldest son of talks to the media as often as she can tirelessly sounding the alarm. unless action is taken with dimes could soon be witnessing an environmental catastrophe. domestic abuse is a subject that is still largely taboo in our society an epidemic hiding behind closed doors and is

a problem that women in russia are acutely aware of despite it claiming the lives of some 14000 women there each year the government has downgraded some forms of domestic violence to a misdemeanor and for survivors the physical scars left behind are painful reminders of the past a tattoo artist yes a car is helping women transform their wounds into works of art for her clients this form of therapy and able them to again feel comfortable in their skin. up husband who fled the city of over 1000000 in southern russia. this is a benefit concert to help jenea take the 1st step towards achieving her dream. jenea tattoos women who've been abused by men. that's a nice theater when the project 1st started touch it was one of the 1st women to

show up actually i don't want the women to be constantly reminded of why they came . and it's over and done with but people want to hear their stories. the heart of months of the q. store to. jenny is dream is to cross russia on a motorcycle offering free tattoos to female victims of male violence. her project is called transformation. has a long scar across her belly jenea turns it into a little. or you can. it can't get any worse than what i've been through. of course not. the man all your blames for her scar was a distant relative. she came on a visit when she was 17. he was drunk.

he tried to strangle me. he said either i'll kill you or you let me do you. i broke free and screamed i'll stab myself if you touch me he said you won't do it you wouldn't have the guts come on come on try he came at me and i stabbed myself in the belly with a knife. an estimated $14000.00 and more women die as a result of male violence every year and russia. jenny says the numbers are in fact much higher. you have the most. probably a more. than i think the problem has to do with the mentality. and the farther away from central russia you get the greater the unemployment and the alcoholism among men. oh you hopes the lily will also grant her fur till it. since the knife wound in 2005 she's never been able to get

pregnant. the russian parliament the duma has passed legislation led by arch conservative female m.p.'s exempting offenders from criminal prosecution for the 1st domestic violence offense the 1st one has to be classified as a petty offense a relatively trivial matter. in that these women in parliament absolutely do not represent ordinary russian women not in the slightest. i represent the interests of russian women because i see all this these politicians have no idea what they're talking about this new law is against the people not for the people. the next day genya and her friend set out for some are. it's a 13 hour trip. to use to victims of abuse jenny and never expected so many women

to contact her from all across russia the 1st woman here is 39 year old vic oh she's embarrassed by the large store that her coworkers can see on her hand. my ex-husband. and i wanted to leave him and he locked me and. he cut me all over so i wouldn't ever belong to anyone else but him. he hurt me wherever he could and my face hands and my toddy. later the doctors told her she'd come close to losing her hand now a flower across on the spot that had been so painful. who is overwhelmed that someone came all the way from. to give her a free tattoo. but i've been

a couple to me it's not only about helping these women to the finish i want to show people that it's possible to do something good that it isn't hard to do something good. for them but for her she. was on the way back to another abuse victim calls for help on jenny a small pile. her star was left by a wound from a hunting rifle. i've been doing this for 2 years nothing's changed. more and more women are coming to me. there's a real problem but i don't know how to solve it if there's no end to it and. they live undetected underground where their colonies can multiply and outnumber humans rats are

a plague in many large european cities such as portugal's capital lisbon well the city is crawling with millions of rodents who have the potential to spread disease so how to get rid of the pests enter the park patrol an elite feline unit tasked with sniffing out the vermin. they prole through the streets in silent pursuit of their prey. lisbon's cats are helping sort out the city's rodent problems. some 6000000 rats live here and the feline forces are out to get them. and into r.j. and her colleagues from the organization animals on the street go around picking up feral cats. then they relocate them in places where the rat plague is at its most severe. with cats being created. so the smell of the

cats keeps the rats away from the surface so it's a good thing for them to do you give them a home and in exchange they keep the rats away from your house. lisbon authorities are keen to build up a capital that rounding up the city's feral cat colonies is anything but easy. a lot of time this attempt fails. anna and her team make another attempt ideally they'd like to catch the entire colony can't just make sense so it's usually much easier to relocate a colony if you put friends together. usually sleep together play together. brothers all sisters and then if you do it individually. lisbon is home to thousands of cat colonies. residents have mixed feelings about them some people think they're useful others can't stand them. it's

a scandal there are far too many cats to do that. you really really are or are you one of my neighbors even fido sling shots at the. dog. or you will and the cats help. the city claims they don't harm anyone but the rats they're a pest the cats aren't. is lisbon's ombudsman for animal rights. she's one of the initiators of the rat control program. the cats when. people win and of course the rats we know as well because this is unethical way to control rats in the city well redskin of course being afraid of cats and they just disappear from the places where they are seen.

success one cat is trapped. it panics that has no idea that this will work out well. before colony is no longer welcome where they belonged because. the neighborhood is not ok and they're facing dangers like poisoning or abuse or if the entire building where they lived is coming down for new construction they have to move. this school in central lisbon is the new home of the cat colony. is at home here now. the tomcat has a kind of educational mission for the new arrivals. i think it's important for them. to gain respect for animals and it's always

good for both so we've talked so much about 50 cent ship and this is also creating this awareness. for animals. and to our taste thinks this is desperately needed. she says the cat patrol is just a 1st step. i think this is a tip of the iceberg of more you main and green ways of solving these issues. these cats are pioneers so to speak a lot is expected from them. but they're taking it easy as the hunt begins. their mission should they choose to accept it a place to call home is something many of us take for granted but for people living on the streets it's a foundation upon which a new life could begin and in finland a country known for its generous social welfare people like cancer are being given

a new opportunity to escape homelessness through a special program the no strings attached seem has given them a chance to rebuild their lives. trains for her marathons at least 3 times a week she takes part regularly. allen york said they only come when i started running 5 and a half years ago a real turning point in my life right i had just gotten off drugs and that's how i got the psychological part straightened out but i do much better when i get moving . used to be a radically different life sleeping in public restrooms and shooting up heroin she'd never know a real home. i was a drug addict on the skids i didn't have any teeth. life was a really really bleak.

cartoon i was at rock bottom but then the city of helsinki gave her an apartment it was part of a national program to get people off the streets of the state cities and a few foundations pooled their resources and achieve results. 80 years later the number of long term homeless has dropped by 35 percent. the housing 1st strategy means everyone should have a home of their own even if they're drug addicts or unemployed. getting the housing 1st principle means that homeless people are offered a home 1st. not just an apartment or lodging or a door they can close but a real home. on help me start on our task here is to give people a feeling of security. to help them rebuild what are often wrecked lives. song

enemy stuff and in our sociality we help out with every day problems and social and health problems. gosh. the residents get together in a common room if you want us is $31.00 and has been living here for 3 years currently he's in drug replacement therapy but he landed on the street after his father died he slept in stairwells or at his grandmother's place and he spent 5 years in prison the label on his doorbell says your house the boss. this is his 1st real home in many years he has his own key and private space but he knows that he'll need help for a long time. by friday i will have cleaned up here and gotten rid of all the syringes and things so you won't have to watch where you step anymore. so it's very important for me to have my own apartment and it's the most important

thing of all. i know how it is when you don't have that. i get the feeling that people take having a home for granted. but they shouldn't. so it's the same as with the freedom that i used to take for granted. look when i was in prison i realized that i couldn't take it for granted. that. the success rate speaks for itself 8 out of 10 never go back to the streets. is one of the success stories she's training to become a social worker the 1st training she's at the age of 42. 1000000 years you can running was just one step on the path to getting back on my

feet again. she had a 1st step was getting an apartment. and money all skill and. describes a way of life that is joyful and relaxed and where better to study living the sweet life than in italy that's where one mare is rewriting the laws of decency he is determined to rid his town of newsarama of offensive language those caught making insults are penalized but instead of fines or community service the town is using love and culture to sweep even the most of tongues. is full of terror mouths wide open. the terrible result of nastiness underway across to the mayor of says this painting serves him not only as a warning but as inspiration. i don't have this painting to scare people but so

that i always see what nastiness can actually do. earlier this year the mayor introduced an ordinance banning offensive behavior in lusaka it's the 1st of its kind in italy. you know denounce the u.s. that they will not. want to build a dam and against the degradation of social relations especially on the internet and social media. but at the vet of people are so nasty to each other on social media on facebook instagram twitter etc. you'd never see such direct to his behavior on the piazzi in the bar or at the newspaper kiosk if people were face to face because of the money the. mayor has a lot to do in his small town of 10000 inhabitants between reggio emilia and months away in northern italy. but he hopes

the loop sorry can act as a bulwark against nastiness and be a model for the whole country. the mayor has a plan for punishing offenders. for example a compulsory trip to the city's theatre he thinks culture can serve as a weapon against the potential collapse of society. forgotten or in many of us but it doesn't change anything and people vent their frustration angrily and nastily their frustration remains their problem stays and the whole community suffers but a switch at the. andrea custer also recommends literature the municipal library houses all the italian classics and much more all those who violate his ordinance will have to read certain books he chooses costa was inspired by chestnuts of a teeny a screenwriter born in lazzara who worked with the directors viscounty and tony

only and fellini and had an impact on italian cinema for more than 3 decades. i want to be but this is an it's of a teenager who wanted to create a library of italians that every italian should have in their home. books about philosophy literature and science. his idea was that only a well rounded general education could bring about peaceful coexistence. but not everyone in lazzaro agreements naturally the mayor's ordinance against nastiness has its critics. but nobody thought it was a really normal citizens like me feel offended we are decent people and if i go overboard a bit once i'll be immediately punished. for stuff you see all the same row. but others are happy about the new decree especially when it comes to social media

. for the cowardly to not express opinions to people's faces anyone can pretend to be a hero i want to keyboard. if i did during the past year much. the mayor has already taken one of these so-called heroes to task he was offensive on facebook. but i mean that. i contacted the offender and called him to account telling him what mistakes he'd made but i also invited him to read some of the books which are listed in the ordinance or phone conversation ended in a very positive way. they are. andrea's costa is certain of his convictions and the painting will remain as an inspiration against his fight against nastiness. well that's all for this edition of focus on europe but you can always get in touch with me on twitter about this week's topic i'll see you again

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