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for the future. to make a city. to insight. into. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore the mating world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 getting at now. well in a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week in eastern europe in poland to be precise where a man called pavel adam over each scene on the right of your screen was the man of
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the northern port city of danske then almost exactly a year ago he was stabbed to death during a charity event. now before that shocking attack pavel adam of which was a prominent advocate for liberal causes and a strong supporter of pro european sentiments and prior to his killing he come under massive pressure from a right wing hate campaign so after his death his widow magdaléna has taken up the fight against the hate speech that she says is having such a devastating impact in poland poisoning politics and frightening lifes. for a year magdalena has been visiting her husband's grave at st mary's church in dansk . she says he stood for freedom and against poland's right wing populist law and justice party that tramples on that freedom and that this cost him his life.
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he was killed by hate speech was averted by these troll factories. by the distant from ations read about pavel. accusations in the defamation. that's what killed him. in the 1980 s. pavel at demo that she was a student leader in the celadon issue led by les at the dance shipyard soli don helped put an end to communist rule in poland. years later when the populist law and justice party came to power as damasks mayor adam ovitz was the face of a different liberal poland and for years the target of hate propaganda on january 18th 2019 pavel i demoed which was taking part in poland's biggest charity fundraiser when he was stabbed in front of millions of viewers his attacker then grabs the microphone and shouted hate slogans against adam over each and fellow politicians. it appears hate slogans and campaigns originate at places like this
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the office of the ultra nationalist organization all polish youth in 2017 spokesman matteo and his allies became known for issuing symbolic death certificates for 11 mayors who agreed to welcome refugees to their cities the certificate stated. liberalism multiculturalism stupidity. the public prosecutor's office which is controlled directly by the justice minister found no reason to charge the campaign's initiators that's possibly not within call for violence and hate. but it fell within the framework of public debate. and that was simply draw attention to certain politically sensitive issues. for magdaléna that's a mockery she says issuing fake death certificates is illegal as a member of the european parliament she's fighting against hate campaigns. in 2
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weeks i have to go to. a certificate of that awful lot of my husband this was something. that i have never you know just think about specter magdaléna knows that words can kill so she's launched the international initiative imagine there's no hate she's also campaigning for a european law against hate speech. we have to define the word hate speech. freedom of the speech we need to. really group of. professionalism and special is in many fields to find these definitions in dansk adam overage who is a trained lawyer tries to sensitize students to have words to create.
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the high monday march today and many countries populist governments resort to mechanisms which are based on manipulating people the washing mindful of our new. magdaléna says she's not afraid. her husband told her not to be she still senses his presence. and the parents saw it a lot of it and that that i still wear my wedding ring on my right hand to. married women do here in poland to get on to your share because i still feel like his wife died of emotion i don't like the word widow that there should. magdaléna i don't know that she's doing all she can to keep her husband's legacy alive. and it's a fight that madeline i don't know which doesn't want to limits a poll and after all hate speech knows no borders no one
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a very different note we had to italy and i wonder are you a fan of prozac oh the sparkling wine made in italy that provides a light that i remember seek alternative to champagne but there's a problem because prozac a used to be produced in a specifically defined area in the north of the country however big new manufacturers have been moving into the market and according to traditional lists like french as good rusian are watering down the brand as a result it seems there's a prozac oh war in the making. vines as far as the eye can see francesco the family has owned a vineyard here for 3 generations. the visitor is proud of its impossible hills they had a hold of genuine percent though. the fact that they have a ties down the loans with the same name annoys him. see that all on their ads
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you see pictures of our beautiful hills we still see their prosecco does not come from here at all. you can't advertise in an area you don't even own. the mineral rich soil and the steep slopes of be a den there gives the glitter a great variety the unique flavor for 2nd. yeah better but only a fraction of the percent go sold worldwide comes from producers like francesco the c.m. . this is where per 2nd was born between. the 2 to the efforts of our great grandfathers it's thanks to them that our sparkling wine is known and loved all over the world. for the simple. this kind of advertising as done by competition from the lowlands is below his dignity because they even advertise the percent as a mixed drink in red or orange. this mass produced product is made 125000
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hectares in 501 centers. last year we sold nearly 500000000 bottles of percent. that means more market power and a higher degree of product recognition. everyone in the business benefits from that is just. not the big vineyards with large steel tanks the emphasis is on volume so the final is a net day presents the dio see spock. in wine producers the d o c that nation is now valid and 9 provinces in the northern italian regions of inept oh i'm feeling it would be. this means that traditional wine growers have to cut back a little and open up the market to us lowlanders as well. that way the overall product can enjoy a lasting success. this is acceptable to the producers of classic percent
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involved be a dandy they now want to preserve their culturally protected product from lowland competition a group of established vintners meet in this old wine cellar. only. they choose the best bottle every year the percent almost be pure and made only from the grapes that have grown here. from britain to. get on the paizo the high quality of the lowland prosecco makes our work difficult we are struggling to keep our identity from simply being watered down. the venues shaped this cultural landscape over generations and have now even received the unesco designation. this has its price in their vineyards the grapes still have to be harvested by hand. the slopes are too steep for machines every square metre here requires 5 times as many working hours as down in the lowlands. each grape cluster
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must be cut by hand to get up all of the. basket must be carried up or down the slopes. for starters who is your mean. in the lowlands whoever machines harvest the grapes worlds collide the world's a perceptible. envelop be attending the more convinced than ever that they must defend their identity. francesco dressy and looks at no compromises where food and drinks are concerned tradition is tradition no shall mourn always we are who we are not. the child more. and your birth conservatives and don't want our wonderful help to simply be globalized and commercialized like the lowlands. for see not being all that now. so francesco dristan is going to extremes to protect a special sparkling wine by not calling a perception any more in future it will only be known as vulgar be
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a deadly superiority. well now we go to greece where homelessness remains a major problem and many of those living on the streets are of course the victims of the economic crisis that has rocked the country in recent years so is it possible for people to get their lives back on track yes it is crystal sunny frontis the man known as the cane for home. christos often goes outside to his athens he doesn't need to walk far until he runs into homeless people or there deserted sleeping places even in the middle of the greek capital more and more people are living rough it has become his life's work to help at least some of them many here call him the king of the homeless. just look at the borders before the crisis i already saw homeless people in abandoned
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buildings in the city center. there's houses. christos telefon just has provided an income for about 150 homeless people in the last few years as vendors of the newspaper shadia english craft fotis is one of these vendors he hasn't had a home for a long time and sleeps in a factory where there is no room for him during the day. i'm happy that i can work and do not have to beg anymore. talking to people to work it's like medicine and then a farm of. a life for the homeless kristie to make it look like this oh dear care for actually all those who practice here don't have a home but playing together gives them a sense of support and belonging they play here once a week and often take part in tournaments. but it's great to see these people start
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smiling again and you give them the ball to play with. it's probably going to. yanis cold so as the homers team's coach he tries to teach them tactics in playing disciplined and of course to give the motivation. he knows what he's talking about for years young is was also homeless. doesn't earn money from football but here in the shady a restaurant's kitchen as a chef elefant this is also in charge here the catering business in the middle of athens is largely run by former homeless people like you honest sick on the bottom if you recall at the beginning many of my colleagues find it difficult to return to regular work. as homeless people they've forgotten how to do it so to speak and quickly become tired. on the outside the homeless restaurant in athens looks like a normal restaurant but you can see up stairs the editorial offices of the street newspaper and
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a workshop for former homeless people are located. small metal houses hanging from the restaurant ceiling $45.00 in total each one of them stands for a homeless person who has found work and shelter thanks to christos. poor people. we make every effort to ensure that our guests feel comfortable in this place of solidarity movement is going to have many guests come here not just for the food or drinks they want to support the homeless project with the revenue they generate. money to buy accordingly i like this place you know it's more than just a restaurant it's designed to help people in need. for you to buy a bully. the king of the homeless christos other frontis has only lived in athens for a few years he is a journalist by profession editor of shadia and for several months now a part time to straw member to. the people we hire must meet certain criteria they
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must be homeless and at least 50 years old. and they must have boiled an egg in their life and really want to work for the. in the afternoon crystal style of fundies goes back to the world of the homeless their life is particularly hard in greece the state does practically nothing for them. far argument is not enough to give the homeless food and a bad job a lot of the biblical i could possibly also like to make him feel like a full member of society from another group only christos elephant is the king of the homeless in athens has big plans in the future he wants to get even more people of the streets. well these days almost everybody agrees that global warming poses an ever growing threat to the future of our planet part of the solution is to reduce our dependency on forssell fuels and one of the places that's
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leading the way here is the danish island of zanzibar it's become a poster child for a climate friendly way of life with the island and its inhabitants producing more energy than they actually need the big question is how. it takes a deep love for nature and peace and quiet to live on denmark's exams oh i learned the ice age left gently rolling countryside here. but tina and her husband ben had other reasons to leave the city life copenhagen and or who's behind and move here 3 years ago. they set out to take part in an experiment it was the island communities bid to save the world. for us. and unfortunately factor for us was that some so is far ahead in terms of sustainability and what they started here 20 years ago inspired us we wanted to be a part of this. on a little excursion around the island exams oh with
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a population of around 3500 seems ideal and in many ways like any other danish island. what stands out are the many wind turbines of the 1st generation and the outside solar panels in front of the town hall and men like the farmer your been one of the energy pioneers. 20 years ago he and other islanders joined forces to create sam's those 1st wind farms. they got. back then and when i put 12000000 kroner into my 1st winter blend i had sleepless nights. i had to change banks and go deep into debt and food but that's what you do for mother earth for fuel and. he and the others were determined to enzymes as dependence on oil and gas from the mainland investments paid off now he earns money as a wind and solar power farmer and the straw he grows in the summer heat islanders
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homes and winter. the straw grows here and the oil stays in the ground elsewhere. the best part is that in spring the straw grows back again pretty smart doesn't. trampers smart straw is used to fire boilers for a mini biogas c.h.p. plant and he sam's those homes step by step became energy independent and entirely c o 2 neutral. geriatric nurse elizabeth hawk demonstrates how it works her shift begins every day with the same ritual unplugging her electric car. the house with 3 movies filling station is above us here on the roof so the cars are recharged from solar energy that's how easy it is.
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the local authorities switched to electric vehicles in 2013 cutting their outgoings to half of what diesel cost and reducing their carbon emissions to 0. twice or 3 times a day the nurse checks on 87 year old good turn home at 1st it bothered miss home that she couldn't hear the car pull up anymore it's entirely noiseless. then my but then i thought i don't care what they drive the important thing is that they come by. my all the islands projects are coordinated here at sam's energy academy in 1907 it was commissioned by the danish government to revolutionize energy use on. men and been shipped were born in the end we succeeded in transforming our carbon footprint is 1st making us neutral and now even negative people in a key in between and so today we produce more energy than we use a direction the whole world wants to take heed of and really. gifts that have been
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brought from around the world countless delegations have been inspired by the small island. this shows on the world us next week we'll be having visitors from new zealand to see them so well together some 45000 guests have been here so far from tools and just like you know not back to ben and tina they'd like to do their part as well they discussed how to save even more energy with the other islanders their latest project is due for launch in 2020 a passenger ferry to the mainland. made of aluminum will be very like weight and consume far less diesel. do we go out and test it be fantastic if we could build an all electric powered ferry but for now the batteries are too big and too expensive our compromise will be to replace the engine the moment the right technology becomes available technically neka. it takes
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a healthy dose of pragmatism to save the world. that. protrude no think back in the country that most likely 1st comes to mind is russia focused on europe has been following the fortunes of one young russian dancer from a small town in the far east of siberia he's travelled a long way from home and work very very hard indeed in a bid to be taken on by one of the most prestigious buying companies in the world that the bottle surely theater now even among the youngest competition is stiff and training is tough so did young sammy all make the grade and has his dream come true . ringback on the curriculum it is just called classical dance ringback in practice it's hard work for hours. to get out more. turn them out out out. and
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let me roll send you on semyonov is getting ready for his very 1st appearance on the big stage in the record the classic winter ballet he practices for hours every morning. my dad says that being a ballet dancer is nice but tough. it's especially tough for someone who comes from a small town and is just starting out. at the vladivostok branch of the moscow state academy of choreography also known as the bolshoi ballet school. it has a language all its own. and you go it is the 1st time i heard paul on your tail i thought what tale that and how do you pull it in. or turn your knee. or thighs out. the strict discipline of ballet is a whole new world for some young he's been living in the academy's boarding school invalid of us stuck for 3 months now. control number that 1st i thought it's great
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living along with your family specially when you're still so young and that you have and i started missing my mother. some you know some enough comes from beer a big jump at sound and rushes far east so 1000 kilometers from a lot of us stuck. with a population of about 80000 cultural life is limited. so it was a minor sensation when the young local boy was recruited for the famous ballet academy. while of the children enjoy the winter break purrs 1st performance but he's allowed a few days at home before. one would it be mutual it's his opportunity to get to know another world. and maybe even to become famous slava duck a car. back in vladivostok the performers enter the final rehearsal face. stop
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you have to follow the music. man since. i was afraid of the big stage. yeah i was afraid the adult dancers who can do everything but see me dance and laugh. down to buy you have to do for the dude that's what i was most afraid of. the day of the premiere and simulants performance arrives. all 1356 seats in stocks opera house are sold out. in the audience is sentenced family who've come all the way from beirut to john to see him perform in .
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the sense this is my chance. like shit. out of l.a. school they said it would be the chance of a lifetime and i thought really i have no problem with that you put your. 11 year old boy from fear of the john his into throes of the 1st to clean career in bali. and perhaps the 1st step on this path to fame. great stuff set me on what a wonderful smile well that's all for now from focus on europe thanks so much for joining us and if you'd like to see any of your reports again just go to all home page on d w dot com all visit all facebook page d
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you come. into the conflict zone with team sebastian turkey has outraged many of its allies and fatness with its military operations in syria my guest this week here the foreign policy forum in balance is turkey's presidential spokesman favoring him cailean how does he justify his country's finally controversial policies i've spoke
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official information as a journalist i have welcomed this principle many can trust and their problems are all the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption we can afford to stay silent when it comes to the consensus of the film unseen or microphones who have decided to put them trust enough. name is jenny harrison and work again talbot in. the present year of its most major and its most exciting. most creative. trying to taste innovation really charming exciting. and elizabeth cohen.
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