the people of east germany. the mideast tense. clamors for unity. journalist peter lim bork was at the scene. 30 years later looks back on the. interest. starts december 19th d.w. . alone a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week with the threat posed by russian cyber attacks on the west we're not just talking about data theft but also the spreading of what's described as industrial scale this information and computer experts loyal to the kremlin so-called trolls are accused of infiltrating social networks with huge quantities of manipulated

content now one country on the frontline in the cyber conflict with russia is leaf you are india where they've responded by creating a digital citizens army made up of activists known simply as the elves and one of the key weapons in this kind of hybrid warfare is anonymity as we found out when we visited an elf in action. this is falcon as he calls himself on the internet. he doesn't want to reveal his true identity because he has formidable enemies in the digital world. in his free time he fights russian trolls peddling just information and fake news on the net. the online activist is part of a wider community trying to counter russian online propaganda they call themselves the elves when they're often with integrated ukraine and that was to do something

not just the words t.v. and discuss what to do and to do some practical things and the beginning was a bit of simple. never reports that the fight the girl i mean on the news. was followed by the hundreds of negative comments what was the need to or europe you know and i would this is a muslim who simple just to counter them would impose if. the baltic states have been targeted by descent from asian campaigns arguably orchestrated by the kremlin. falcon shows us an example of this on a news site in lithuanian which claims that german nato members desecrated a jewish cemetery in lithuania is made up of german time this is the jewish cemetery in the coldness it's the liquor is the procreation. but they go they work so that means. 30 years ago lithuania gained independence and

people there know that the fact that the former soviet republic has since joined the e.u. and nato is not welcomed by moscow lithuanians now live in constant fear of their powerful neighbor. boy are you going to pick up what you just need to open a history book to understand russia's true nature then and now. about the quote from an integrated regime i would say that russia poses a threat to us though i can't say what kind. of on the outskirts of the lithuanian capitol hill news there's a memorial in honor of all those who wants to ported to siberia. maxime's are off who belongs to the country's russian minority thinks it's right to keep the memory of the crimes committed during soviet occupation alive and he fears that russian propaganda is driving a wedge between lithuanians and the country's russian minority though he thinks the lithuanian government is also responsible. on the. used to have our own russian

language t.v. station in this country you could follow lithuanian developments in russia but at some point lithuanians were refusing to give interviews to the station simply because its logo resembles that of a moscow based broadcaster the us if you like discrimination to no longer have any russian language media in this way india. appears tomorrow to needing a. good use for the country's national cybersecurity center meanwhile warns that russian internet propaganda poses a danger it believes that if left unchallenged it could increase the possibility of war. we believe much of it will be influenced by a russian or i would see crammed regime propaganda campaign as much of it will be heating costs as much more debate of soldiers there will be to do something against us against the feeling i'm all good all are doing the best i'm going to do so for

us it would be really. very useful to have a possibility to talk of will for russians to design the falcon to thinks it would be helpful to team up with like minded russians to counter-propaganda he speaks russian well because he served in the former soviet army now together with more than a 1000 other elves from around europe he spends his evenings fighting just information spread by internet trolls that we do think doesn't like we don't fight we are fighting for the liberal democracy. it should be treated very professionally the danger or that they're all fucked is. elvis versus trolls. the outcome remains uncertain. now here in germany something remarkable has been happening in recent years the country's jewish community has been growing and growing rapidly but at the same time anti semitism is also on the rise leading to almost daily attacks on the community and

its members and it felt like a watershed moment when in october and the o. nazi gunmen attacked a synagogue in the eastern city of heller a massacre was only narrowly averted but 2 people were killed near the synagogue frontin looks at is among those who are now thinking twice about their lives here in germany. communication designer valentino has been living in berlin for 8 years. he's from poland and he is jewish. one reason he chose to live here is the cultural diversity and the fact that he can easily find kosher food as. it's a very diverse community it's really nice here this is become a jewish area again. but the atrocities of the past are not forgotten the stumbling blocks are in mind or the 10s of thousands of berlin jews were murdered during the holocaust. it is sad that despite the blocks anti-semitism is on the rise again.

even that was when people talk about something it's because it's really terrible they don't talk so much about small incidents but anti semitism is becoming routine again. today is returning to hala. he was there on the 9th of october when the main synagogue was attacked on the jewish day of atonement young poor. kid going to holland to pray with others at the central synagogue they were already inside when a neo nazi launched his attack he was unable to get into the building but was still able to murder 2 people and injure several others. i feel an emptiness now that we really have to realize that 2 people died here one of the next actually here. and a part of us tied to a part of our souls. is hoping to be able to come to

terms with what happened by going back to the synagogue. at midday on october 9th the congregation had already started praying when they heard shots and explosions outside. they could follow what was happening on screens linked to the security cameras. the attacker had intended to kill as many jews as possible but he failed to get past the synagogue's new security system he ended up killing a 40 year old female passer by and later a 20 year old man inside the synagogue the service continued. we continued in a very emotional way we were so affected. we cry and we screamed. we sang this song for about 10 minutes. and that.

the authorities had not granted a request for extra police protection on the day of yom kippur because the attacker didn't get into the synagogue frustrated he went on the rampage this is the shot where he killed a 2nd victim memories lutes hard to bear. back in berlin. his wife and some friends me in a cafe. they've all been the victim of anti-semitism. naomi henkel google says she can't stand it anymore. she now spends several months of the year in israel she says many have resigned themselves to increased anti-semitic attacks even the media war and government members. can't quite get what you know counter-argument is offered. that's less and instead there are more and more right wingers

interviewed during prime time. i mean. let's say it is also changing his habits he rarely wears a jewish skullcaps the keypad now. and who could be like trying not to provoke people it's a bit of what is there are situations in which i don't need to highlight the fact that i'm jewish. here else that it moves valentino hopes that one day he will be able to live in berlin his home of choice without having to fear anti-semitic attacks. and it's certainly worth noting that it's been announced that germany's federal authorities will be significantly stepping up efforts to guarantee the safety of people visiting synagogues and other jewish facilities now on a very different note if we humans are going to survive the grave ecological challenges facing us then we'll certainly need some smart solutions that could include creating self-sustaining ecosystems the provide herb's vegetables and much

more besides all year round were well in sweden's capital stockholm they're doing it in the cellar. at 1st glance stockholm so very a district looks like an ordinary residential neighborhood but it's not this is where some locals have begun experimenting with self-sustaining minicon systems topi and freezer is one of them he set up a test lab in one of the houses cellars he wants to see whether it's possible to grow agricultural products and farm fish there on a small scale. talk then began the project some months back with some neighbors and today they're planting coriander. than happy that this is nothing unusual really you put the seeds in the flower pot just as you would do outside it's really simple who's not there yet they look. thanks to our typical u.v.

light and a constant ambient temperature of 27 degree celcius they can grow and harvest all the around. young eklund who lives in the house feeds them every day. they're clever aquaponics system turns fish excrement into plant but. they currently have 70 small sick lids that generate enough fertilizer for the plant visions so really right now this is still a somewhat sterile environment. we only just set this up. but we want to add some aquatic plants so it looks a bit more natural. insulin your 70 variants of. the fish will be raised for about 6 months until they're large enough to be eaten it's all about creating a self-sustaining mini ecosystem. top units experimenting with 3 different kinds of plant cultivation these plants draw nutrients directly from the water but this sets

up doesn't work for tomatoes so too will be and has planted them in gravel filled traits that are irrigated with fish tank water every 2 hours at the yang but if you have to look in here there is an army of bacteria on the gravel the sea for a stance the. they transform fish excrement into nutrients for the plants. to hit the. next enough. word of the project spread quickly getting not only retirees like yana to join in but many of the locals to. first site people looks pretty normal. though it's a bit odd we've got a fish tank in our cellar you know what i think some of the video they still produce basil mainly for their own needs but the herds are now growing so well that they will soon be sold in the local supermarkets. green so beriah is the name of the project which is supported by the swedish

environmental institute and the new among others will need a lift it is project manager she also is actively involved for example in the unit painted garbage dump where no more stench develops these nozzles regularly spray bacteria on the garbage which eliminates the bad smell. i do my rounds here regularly because the lids were always closed at the beginning then of course the whole thing didn't work. the bacteria couldn't do their job. first i turned the barrels over. recently we simply removed the lids. in the kitchen. are making pesto from the fresh basil. there you would settle that's how people get off the sofa before they get a little curious in the swedish soul is rather slow with everything so we swedes are basically shy people and very careful with everything. young and

servants pesto is a small step on a long road towards a green and sustainable stock i'm. new. now here's an offer a nike t. shirt for 5 euros or gucci humbug 20 those are typical prices for branded products on the streets of the spanish city of. the problem is though that the goods are sold by illegal vendors who unlike authorized traders don't pay taxes and other overheads and that divide has triggered a battle for barcelona sidewalks a battle with racial overtones. heavily packed the street vendors of barcelona wander through the city. they spread out their blankets in the tourist hot spots. i just bought something so it's good for the people but do this for

their noise shopkeepers they don't pay any taxes. that's exactly what's bothering guillermo he sold antiques of the port for the past 16 years in addition to taxes he pays a high rent for his stand but business is declining steadily for him this street vendors are to blame. barcelona is now the capital of street vendors actually in all of europe there are illegally occupying public spaces. for a long time the authorities tolerated the street vendors know the police are intensifying their checks i. was happy about this but sometimes he's just afraid. that it will mean that i was attacked by one of them he broke my cell phone they're doing more and more violent. and that. you can see the aggression here in the video. game it was a number of years ago that he was fined 100 euros and myself on

a still broken he still selling things here as if nothing happened here in barcelona people do what they want. even though such attacks are very rare many traders are demanding tougher action. with posters stating no illegal sales more police presence may draw attention to their situation at the stands. around 800 street vendors live in barcelona. the sale of counterfeit goods is illegal and can be punished with prison sentences of up to 3 years. 29 year old son wants to go to the harbor to sell his t. shirts one of the few ways he has to earn money but he's always afraid of being detained by the police. to monitor muslim when i work is not so bad what we do is better than stealing or selling drugs. or something like that and.

our son comes from a fishing family and he trained as a welder but in his native senegal he didn't see a future for himself i said i haven't seen my family and 4 and a half years 4 and a half it's really hard. but that's the way it is. i need to hold out a little longer means. my son is living in barcelona illegally to get a residence permit he has to have lived in spain for 3 years have a year long work contract good language skills and no criminal record. farther along the harbor promenade ali is offering his goods the mauritanian came to barcelona 4 years ago but it was like another but i don't want to stay here. when i have enough money to go back i'm gone here as an immigrant going you're nothing. until then all he has left is the street today ali lays out his sheets and blankets

for the 3rd time but i go because if i had been here for just 10 minutes and had laid it all out when the police came and i lost 25 cars today is a bad day. barcelona city hall decides when and whether the police will crack down critics accuse the authorities of making it too easy for illegal vendors so more and more are coming. oh voto porro is commissioner for social economy and is responsible among other things 1st rate vendors. but he lacks the means to solve the problems fundamentally. didn't get it going love this one. is due to world wide inequalities in injustices that many people seek a life beyond their homeland. one cannot dump all the responsibility on the town hall of a tourist metropolis police think up is the. street

vendors are also looking for a solution and have founded a type of association called tough monta doda is one of their spokespeople. to. get a look at what we've developed our own fashion label to show that we're not here to take something away from someone to steal or to hang around with while we pay taxes and create jobs for those who still sell on the street. sometimes street vendors come here for advice doda knows how they feel. but i certainly think racism exists if someone calls me names i'd northern one but if the laws forbid you to work to study and all you can do is sell on the street and then a horde of policemen comes and puts you in prison that's horrible but i was so. many street vendors now experienced this almost every day recently their life in barcelona has become even harder and. the police are showing more presence and

they're cracking down on illegal vendors. it's getting harder for a sign to find a place where he can sell these t. shirts without being seen by the police. the 29 year old is always tired infuse rushed more than anything a sign is depressed that he's not wanted in barcelona. or been so i wonder when i thought i could work here in peace you know but it's extremely difficult that europe is just hard it's really not easy here not at all i just need papers and a job. yes then i could live in peace. a son can't go back to senegal his family is depending on the money he regularly sent home. and in the meantime good news for our son who's being granted a residency permit in spain which of course opens up all sorts of new opportunities

now what i wonder do you do with books that you no longer want to read or even keep on apparently a lot of people simply chuck them away into the next rubbish bin but that was breaking the hearts of refuse workers in the turkish capital ankara so given archaean and his colleagues decided that it was time for a different approach. the refuse workers in ankara turn up at 7 am every morning whatever the weather. moving aachen empties every garbage can but he also checks each bin bag carefully looking for books. he doesn't think the books belong in the trash. for years now he and his colleagues have been bringing them back to the garbage depot in chiang kai a. little as a child i would have loved to have but we lived in

a poor district i'm not they went to the school books and sale not that we could have afforded them. all when i was at the. now he helped stock the refuse company's own library. the books 1st have to be cleansed and sorted. the men have already rescued over 20000 books from the incinerator. if all of us can find books that we like here and we can educate ourselves further it's great. there's something for everyone in this library trashy novels and textbooks and much more. in the past 10 years the number of book forms has risen from 30 to 42 percent in turkey a library is part of a growing trend. through almost i used to be a road sweeper i also found books doing that we used to give them to children or bring them home before the library was set up. can this.

there came a point when they simply had too many books so someone came up with the idea of setting up a library in this warehouse and the company agreed to help. since then then there's what the employees can gain from the use time during breaks or after their shift. has now become very famous find social media. measure that of colin and jenna bush will be shipped received many donations of books from all over the country so. i'll never should. the next idea is to turn an old garbage truck into a mobile library for children given arkin and his colleagues are not only book worms but budding musicians too they found their instruments doing the rounds. tell us that there's always such a nice hollow sound if you beat on the empty cans that we used to drum on them for fun that's how this began.

so ankara doesn't only boast the garbage library but also a garbage orchestra which is even planning to perform abroad. the society has to get used to the fact that we can also do this sort of thing. refuse workers on only people who take away the trash. i encourage refuse workers are showing the world that garbage can be recycled for the good of the whole community. wonderful and without heartwarming story from ankara it's time to wind down on this edition of focus on europe thanks so much for joining us and if you'd like to see any of our reports again just go to our home page on detail to. forward slash focus on europe or visit our facebook page stories we do come back next time around until

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