what secrets lie because you want to. discover new adventures in the 360 to. explore. character starts with. world heritage 36 to get. a warm welcome to focus on europe thanks for joining us today my name is liz show melrose is currently witnessing the largest protests in its history the people living in europe's only remaining dictatorship are calling for change and for presidential question coa to step down in the capital minsk tens of thousands of belarusians are taking to the streets there accusing their government of vote

rigging and calling for new elections look i think all has reacted by bringing in tanks and to threatening violence. musician erik is among those who stand firm and refuse to be intimidated by this show of strength eric has given up his job at the national theatre in minsk to join the protests like many belarussians he doesn't believe look i shan't go as promised says reform he is hoping for political change in his country and an answer to the autocracy that has lasted for 26 years. you knew this is as close to their state as the ensemble kukula theater in minutes can get nowadays. they've been locked out after joining tens of thousands of others demonstrating against the government. every day they hold a vigil. this gathering is illegal the police will interns coming out to sing is

enough to face arrest. joining them is double bass player eric since bella who says recollection demonstrating has become part of daily life especially after he and his colleagues resigned in spectacular fashion. beat it they shouted as they literally threw their resignation letters at the culture minister's feet a scene that soon went viral online. in a moment here just felt that i couldn't keep on working for a government theatre in a situation like this when we have such an abuse of power going on. now but if the most performers were to be able to just go out on stage and carry on as if nothing had happened. indeed bell reuss is a country almost unrecognizable since the rigged election on august 9th. hundreds

of thousands of bell russians have taken to the streets in peaceful protests demanding fresh elections. they be met with police brutality and mass arrests. i. have a friend of mine left this building to take a look at what was going on but very just as he was coming home they arrested time . he was beaten badly and they even could office here they said it was too little noisily but the army destroy it. to stand with their arms raised for hours on end if they dropped their arms they were a major day it would have a time of war. but the protests have continued week after week. these are the biggest demonstrations the country has seen in a quarter of a century. in spite of government threats and countless arrests. and they're not confined to the street.

it's a weekday afternoon like any other summer rusty market that is until eric and his friends arrive. it. is. i guess a song that has become an unofficial national and part of the soundtrack of these protests it doesn't take long for the shoppers to react i. every sunday tens of thousands of people flood the streets of mints for the week's main protest. this time the police blocked roads trying to split the protesters into smaller groups. police are joined by soldiers in full riot gear. but it's not enough to face the protesters out walking on a sunday in their city many even bringing their children. they can feel more like

a festival than a demonstration that they could be if they can indeed be smart the same will by so many people are out on the streets who feel safe by just get their bread here and then what is the armored police trucks don't scare you anymore when you're surrounded by 100000 other demonstrators. with the v.a. you know if the government is trying to demoralize. but we're stronger. we wear them down with sheer numbers. and with the wall bit by bit we look at their dad. i long that will take and what kind of country will emerge from these protests no one can say with any certainty but there's one thing you hear time and time again in belarus right now people tell you they are just tired of being scared. another man who isn't easily intimidated is vince and he has taken up the fight against one of germany's largest energy firms the company has been allowed to

relocate is not bad and all the other people living in the village of kind back in western germany to expand its coal mining activities in the area but many villages are not ready to give up their homes. the closer the digger gets to the village the greater the threat to norbert vincent and its farm. for this is the property line here 100 digger is already right there in front of it's about 3 or 400 metres away it's come a lot closer in the last few months. only 3 more years that his home undesigned would have disappeared to godfather europe's largest opencast lignite mine. germany has pledged to phase out coal of by 2038 but that's too late for the vid since. they live as an extended family on this historic farm with

a 1000 square metres of land. my grandfather was resettled here because of that same mine more than 60 years ago when he was out he was told that there was an old farm here that he could take over and he'd be safe here you know we're the 4th generation and it seems we'll have to leave again because of the mine. vic we sell seed i've heard it's we don't want to leave this one though. the vincents want to defend themselves but most of the neighbors have given up even though it's difficult for them. yeah right yeah right in front of me having to leave our home is really tough because will never find another place like this if they tell us that we have to leave then there's nothing we can do about it. they're being relocated from their traditional centuries old farming villages to unfinished new settlements the

lignite mining company or w e tells us that 80 percent of the villagers agreed to the compensation while many are struggling but those think that resettlement is a good thing it's good. there are people who work for art or who have relatives who do and of course they are in favor because they're concerned about their job. so there are other people besides them who see the benefits in. terms of money the relocation deal isn't unfair i have to admit. but illness is old village with the orchards the words and the well being is much more to him than a new development that's why he supports the ones who want to stay and fight like marie to address. my parents keep saying they don't want to go through it again having to leave my mother says that often and then she starts to cry she says she

would rather die than see a coal digger destroy everything here and take her home on. that is why she and her song co-founded the initiative all villages remain to take a stand against the political decision to excavate 6 more villages in the rhineland coal mining area for me just as far as the question of justice it is not fair that people have to leave their homes because of a 19th century form of energy. then you should have as a truck had support from climate activists and this has caused a stir in the otherwise quiet and long forgotten villages that surround the mine for some the protests are a cause for concern but others like the drinkers and see the support from the climate protection movement as a chance to stop the diggers for good. it's given us a lot of strength there's a feeling that we might actually get into this i think it's

a great sign. climate activists have been camping on the edge of the villages for weeks the demonstrations unite different worlds in one go. i've learned that it's important to get out of your bubble and be able to different forms of protest and different people all working together for the same cause i'm going to stand still. for villagers it's about loss and destruction they don't understand why they have to lose their homes. they say lignite is not compatible with the paris agreement on climate change the resettlement measure is excessive and that residents rights are equal to human rights. trying to keep all of the villages and we won't back down one bit and it is too late 3rd it's a rotten heinberg. the others we will persevered. this weekend around 1000 people came together from the villages and beyond to form

a human chain. protective wall for the villages which are still losing ground. to the market. our reporters are always traveling around europe in search of unique stories and this next report is from the turkish black sea coast like in many european regions the people here use the honey not just to sweetened drinks and food but also as a home remedy for cops and sore throats i reporter meds has son who is a beekeeper and he told us that his honey is different from any other honey because allegedly aimed it has special powers. hassan couture artist mother suffers from high blood pressure making her an ideal test subject it's time for him to measure it again a santoku to opt out means to have found just the right medicine for it a spoonful of this honey. he tells his daughter to eat

a spoonful to he's convinced this honey boosts the human immune system. it's just such a small amount of only a little blood pressure a little bit more would have a bigger effect but if you want too much of it you can go into a coma. good luck as honey has got to possess healing properties and more it can also have an intoxicating effect hence the name to keep out turkish from add honey could do what it takes orders for it from all across turkey and sometimes even from abroad but his bees produce this honey extremely sparingly. just one of all of the dark in the center his chest not a loss of money you need a light heart or in the eyesight is my honey. this honey has gained a sort of school wide fame partly because of the sherlock holmes movie adaptations or someone trying to throw a stone locally is what's wrong with a glass to match me to see. they could do

a lot of family lives in the wild landscape of turkeys black sea coast every day they drive up into the mountains to check on their beehives the medicinal or intoxicating effects their honey can have on people can be traced to the flowers of the pond take her to dendreon it thrives in this area its flowers and leaves contain substances that can have toxic effects when consumed. someone eats too much of it they can start to see black and stagger around and. their head and ears get hot and their poll slows down or. in fact the emergency room of the nearest prevention. hospital regularly treats victims of mad honey. good chief good men they are what we do you talk to dave all color because some of them start seeing double i can cause heart attacks or even cardiac arrest all of the skin that was in most cases of telling you just monitor the patients for 24 hours

and then send them home you know once that poster stabilized. loves a little political to the video. yet the honey is not prohibited beekeeper his son to to la to naturally into sizes kids beneficial qualities he's willing to climb to the treetops can pursue that the only place the highs are safe in the region spares around 16 years ago he surprised a bear raiding his hives and almost didn't survive the encounter so let it go it was out of here attacked me right away. we were close to a steep slope and both rolled about 20 meters down into a creek. there we started fighting each other. on the boat i tried to keep him at a distance with my hand in his mouth you see here the scars from. what i told you actually are you but the bear was quite a man drunk from the money eventually he let go of me.

local people can vouch for the story they've nicknamed. the bear wrestler. back to the bees and the alleged healing effects of the mad honey 10 minutes later coup to want to checks his mother's blood pressure again he finds out it's dropped another percentage point the honey seems to be working but now his daughter isn't feeling well i'm going to need them along the way that i feel about my head. who can i just want to sleep. the sun already has iran. for training at the ready to counter the side if. he finishes up the next time part of the method to his. champagne is not just the name of

a rather expensive type of sparkling wine it's also been name of the region in france where this wind comes from wine makers and champagne and have been hard hit by the corona virus pandemic no parties no weddings very few occasions to celebrate it's estimated that $100000000.00 fewer bottles will be sold because of the pandemic now instead of letting the fruits of their labor go to waste the wine makers are finding alternative uses for their harvest that are a little less glamorous. some of the world's finest grapes grow in the champagne wine region but the coronavirus crisis has taken a big toll on visitors here. restaurants in france were closed for months and parties and receptions canceled that could ruin champagne wine maker. good. growing regions are in crisis in a global crisis there's not

a sector that isn't affected. what is certain is that we wine which isn't consumed during a certain period you want to be drunk later on. her. family has been in the wine making business in 1644 his wife who is german is worried during france's long lockdown business pretty much came to a halt. to return it's. like this will be difficult but never for a moment have we thought. giving up or that things will collapse. you must think positive otherwise i won't have the strength to go on. and $7000000.00 visitors normally flock to the champagne wine region each year. at champagne bars were especially popular with international visitors until the coronavirus had. one

operator we don't have any russian guests anymore here chinese brazilian or australian ones either it's literally keep others in our region alive what are your . for the week demo knee has run the spar for 37 years now he may have to lay off a star for good there's little of the french show or the reeve on display here these days he's got it pretty even though it was small that north the small businesses are in big trouble a 2nd what don't we spell the end for lots and lots of them. we travel further into the arms us with almost 1500 that's the regional was a covert 19 at the center. even now only paris has more patience hospitalized with the virus. normally this area especially popular with belgians. but the belgian government is currently advising people not to travel here so these days there are

a few terse around bills like there are fewer and fewer people in the restaurants we haven't met so many cyclists i imagine they'd be more it's nice for us on the municipality of middle has just $800.00 residents. but a boast 21 race and vineyards as far as the eye can see tilling the soil and taste in the grapes. recently causes tivo and bungee most specked took over this fin yard from the respective parents a changing of the guard in the mists of a crisis. he said we have too many great was too much wine for the global market and now in addition we have an economic crisis due to coronavirus. that's a luna's cause an 8 to 10 percent drop in sales you would have under the only. the french government is aware of the vintners plight and last month increased its aid

package to $250000000.00 euros in the alsace alone several 1000000 liters of wine are to be distilled to make room for the new harvest it would have been unthinkable before but the coronavirus crisis has with there's hunting over there high quality wine some of it will be turned into disinfectant. not all the bodies are getting ready to come away now. it will be collected next week that's what they're picking it up village by village so just one day for all of it there's a little bit. we're doing it up because we have no choice but it breaks my heart to part with wind this way up after themselves they'll get $0.78 per liter for the wind that's the stilt. at this wine cost around $2.00 euros a leader to make in december 2nd wave of coronavirus in the next few months would be a catastrophe but most of the association wineries make 40 to 60 percent of their turnover during that period. a 2nd wave half of all the wine makers here and also i would

have business was pretty good. it's a culture is not part of french culture at the coronavirus crisis has put its very future in jeopardy. it's not just in france where people have not been able to make their vacation dreams come true or this year because of the corona crisis many people across europe have decided not to travel abroad at this time in belgium travelers fictions have led to a new tourism trend they have a special type of camping it might not be the most comfortable way of traveling but it allows belgians to go out and discover the beauties of their own country. in their national park. or to spring getting there is all the fun. you can get by kayak or on food 2000 kilometers of hiking trails. through dilute natural

landscape spectacular vistas always surrounded by a green. leaf and see said i've come to celebrate their graduations. easier just as they have like our own little country and discover it as well normally we just go to the rest of europe and. so it's nice to discover that all places in our own country and. rediscovering these natural places is a booming trend in belgian beer who acking involves arriving without motorised transport on food by canoe by. spending only 1001 please respecting nature burying your waist and taking all trash with you. in belgium camping in the wild is a load only in the areas designated by the forestry office there are 56 of these

areas. is a vast in este has divided them up into zones you have a problem we used to have big problems with wild campers everyone just pitched tents anywhere. to get it under control we decided to designate areas for before walking to. these areas can be checked out in advance online but a surge of traffic has been jamming the website for weeks now. area and they do sorts national park is a delinquent located on the loop of the river near the border with luxembourg only 3 tents are allowed any one time in some $2500.00 square metres of space. for me cheesy cheesy but i think it's true it's like freedom well never you want is possible whatever you experience is your so it's just that it's feel of freedom

that it's important for me. evenings by the camp fire or a big draw too and there's lots of competition ready while camping spots in this area. ready ready to make sure all the nature lovers find the police to pitch their tent some local residents like me are inviting them onto their own land. figure that doesn't cost us to get only a smiley. more than 40 big yards have been offered with more added daily listed on the internet guests can expect a warm welcome. i've traveled a lot myself and now i'm giving a bit of that hospitality back to you it gives me the feeling i'm tagging along for part of the journey he moves. liza easy to think of camping in private yards as a temporary solution during this popular time. they want to be able to jump in the creek in the morning enjoy nature as a weekend and have breakfast in style. i slept ok i think.

there were quite some noises from animals and trees you know when the fire was out it was completely dark so then we were like ok what's what's that but then we set down by the water and looked at the sky like there were so many stars because it was completely dark they have to have their tents packed up by 10 in the morning. no problem for lisa eater today they're planning to 12 kilometers to the next. sounds like an amazing way to discover your whole region maybe a bit tiring but certainly rewarding well that's what he brings us to the end up today's show thank you so much for being with us today please join us again next week for a new edition of. your up until then i buy and take care. to

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