2000 to 6 right she could have been a lot of people for all her to mention home fortunately. little that mr bowman the families of the dragons which were ordered to hold true used. books on. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe i'm a lot about the lola it's nice to have you with us today twas the night before christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse the classic tale has taken on a new meaning this holiday season as a pandemic brings europe largely to a standstill streets are empty shops are shuttered and large christmas gatherings

cancelled and the lockdown is set to continue into the new year and many countries . will for many europeans living in big cities being confined to one apartment has created a deep yearning to be closer to nature hell for now and is wanted to escape the confines of his small space in madrid he found a place on the countryside that allows him and his girlfriend to live the simple life it's in the northwestern spanish region of galaxia near abandoned villages like this one have become hot property during the pandemic. but almost. a year ago a label fernandez and then yellow herrera wouldn't have thought they'd be keeping chickens in the countryside. back then they still have the imagery. but in the summer they moved to rule in northwestern spain 500 kilometers from the capital.

it's a different doctor who's retired from teachers and disadvantages. but i mean that's what i meant about i mean for me country life offers things that the city just doesn't tough of course you know it's something you have to experience. living a couple deal to have a village of 30 habitants she was a completely foreign to them a late host parents have a summer house here the young couple is now refurbishing the property clay who is a stockbroker he can work from home and really has a good maturity to yell as a psychologist she found a job with a real estate company coronavirus like dell it changed everything it. got that. we could never imagine just leaving everything behind to move out to the country far away from it all. but then we spent 3 months cooped up in 20 square metres i don't want to go through that again i need to have nature peace and quiet that's

why we came here. spain's villages are in desperate need of younger residents for decades a rule as it is has decimated them entire communities are dying out especially english here but experts say the pandemic is leading to a turnaround. deal is real estate agent specializing in the banding villages together with the local he visited them as he's just sold the new owner isn't a profit individual real darvocet now belongs to a canadian company. but the companies are coming in and buying a home. trucks there are 367 villages in one go so they get turned into vacation homes or residential houses for people who can work from home she very few yes a lot of things are possible people. there are thousands of such houses for sale in spain no one's live in a closet for 30 years. iglesias was one of those who moved to the city as

a young man in search of work together with the owners he now wants to sell his hamlet. maybe really. just hurts to see the houses almost and ruins like this but you can take a state that is of a person it would be nice if someone would take care of that and if life would return even if i won't get anything out of it myself going to not only be and i won't pay your. the 59 year old grew up here. he ate mills in this kitchen because someone knows that the rule of life takes some getting used to even if conditions have improved over the years. we used to have to cart her food here by horse think about some of the wind everything it. just wasn't any other transportation. access is much

better now and a stop was is the pandemic has increased the value of the villages but more needs to be done to save them better intimate connection would be a good incentive for potential buyers. if local governments did more like with financial aid for reconstruction if you get it all get back on track even faster. you're going to get it looked at me and you learn here. but municipalities don't happen much that's also true in the neighboring town of nova the mayor says the spanish government should help after all villages dying out isn't a new problem he's counting on the pandemic having the positive side. of that. now there's just been talk about nothing's being done. now we're hoping for european and coming because of the damage. maybe that could also support projects

that will revive these villages. took matters into his own hands and organize a stable in a connection his employee says he'll be allowed to work from his new home office for the long term. yeah i should be back and i want to permanently settle here of course you never know what's going to happen or where you'll end up i mean what basically i want to stay and so does my girlfriend you know whether. i lay hold and help and that they'll miss the city they say this is too much. for a few days they don't want to give up their country life. for those in the performing arts moving to the countryside and working from home isn't an option at all many actors musicians and dancers are being forced to simply wait out the pandemic at the caucus theatre in germany conductor mario go is refusing to

bow to the virus the audience may be gone but his ensemble is fine tuning their performance of carmen despite corona but how does an opera as passionate as carmen work while social distancing a few weeks ago our reporter got a front row seat for the rehearsals. the national theatre of compass is trying to do something different. they are putting on a covert version of george this is all pretty common. no masks for the soloists but there is pixie glass to offer protection. so yes especially contagious something quite hard for everyone here to forget. it doesn't look this is an air purifier i don't know what professionals call it.

in this purifies the air is that we can sing without wearing masks with less risk. we mostly were hers with masks on anyway. and to be honest we don't yet know for sure how it will be in the end. of the fruits of me yes of course i'm afraid and i protect myself the best i can get tested as often as i can tell you ways on your soul 3 of the ways quite heavy on your soul. you need to see that. but why would they even subjected themselves to this theater are still closed but the performers were still hoping they'd be able to perform for an audience of december. and the danger is not just hypothetical a sort of had covered themselves. it's hard to argue fortunately i already had a few months ago. my doctors say i've still got the antibodies but of course you always have to be careful. but i know what you go through with this virus of

the author was it horrific i'm still tired even now. the pandemic has impacted the sort of us now to phone out because they're not under contract unlike the employed members of the orchestra at the subsidize national theatre of cut costs. and many of these freelance musicians haven't had a gig in months. then did it if the government and the theatres don't support us for it has before morris we might just wind up living under a bridge by the time the pandemics over. into the put in. a few hours later came the next to set back the entire opera house was supposed to rehearse together as it normally does with obligatory masks but the latest figures for new infections were alarming the chorus was then released for the day that put mario go and

director stefan mackie in a difficult situation. much dying and. dying naturally as the figures rise so do the individual fears and questions we have to deal with on a daily basis so it's all if. if it seems there are a few more fears among the choir and that's what we thought we talked them through this period it is pretty eerie a testament also. for musical result is that the lights to the ears at the dress rehearsal as carmen is ready for the stage they had planned brilliant performances in caucus for the turn of the year but now that the new lockdown nothing is certain anymore still there remain motivated which is a real challenge for the insanity. this is the incident of cover get out it's this is the job we have to do for our musicians it's a nice singer's answer for the entire theater and a bit of everyone involved says so they can form their task to the best of their

ability and with the greatest dedication priests and this may be one of the most important jobs of my life that he sticks in up my mind slavens. finally they're allowed to rehearse with the choir. not on the stage but well spaced out on the balcony. and then we stop with the 3 to about 3 and one let down of course because that we're not allowed to dance and we can't put the choreography on the stage the way it was played you were pretty shortly but still we're delighted to be accompanied by this beautiful music on the form common up here on the balcony in innovating in here dhabi it's across. this opera about love and passion hygiene regulations and costumes to mind compromises. the. strict regulations prohibits any intimate kisses.

it's heartless but healthy exactly what composer busy himself would say about it. carmen doesn't die of the pandemic but it's a crime of passion. and that some point perhaps this opera will someday mesmerize an audience and costs. love in the time of corona well let's hope the audience returns. for the elderly life with a pandemic is especially challenging every day activities like going to the supermarket can pose a serious risk that's where alina by a car comes in she delivers more than just the essentials with the help of her custom van in the remote french area of euro some villages don't even have shops which makes elderly residents reliant on her service for lina work is

a joy and she goes the extra mile for her customers. speeding down country roads bringing food and good cheer that's when it becomes mission 1. she stops often you see a village of 400 people being there comes here every tuesday and enough. every other. way mond potomac is doing her weekly shopping. lena has everything she needs and her fun fresh veggies like sprouts and lettuce along with the carmel desserts remo and her husband are so fond of becoming we don't have a car my husband and i don't drive anymore where old folks so we shop and they know that you know. you know he doesn't sell cheese and other products. she always has

time for a chat and to catch up on the latest gossip. today's big news is that a neighbor has returned home from the hospital. we talk about anything and everything i ask what's new i change people's light bulbs some seniors have no one around their children live far away so when something needs doing i take care of it fixing the t.v. variance down or then it's not just business it's about interpersonal relationships do yes and. lives it's off to her next destination she's on the road 5 days a week taking various routes around the shura she visits 20 to 30 customers a day this region is sparsely populated and shops are few and far between the hum lot of voters is compromised of just a few houses. there she visits. the

couple are waiting to take a coffee break together with her. in a stops in once a week she feels right at home with us today. the one thing that we'd have a problem there no more stories here she's the only one in the 3rd. quote is in a hurry lane has brought his favorite food. this goggles of s. cargo cleaner knows her customers well. each way he buys a dish of snails. made his warehouse is her courage her husband and if he helps her load her truck every day since most of her customers are regulars she tailors her assortment to their needs. along with cakes and cookies to you and detergent she also has wine and meat on offer most regional products. you must keep things well organized so everything

stays in place then drive very carefully. operators or mobile grocery store for 4 years now once or daughter was fully grown mean ok for her job in a plastics factory and fulfilled her longtime dream. and yes i can live from it even if i'll never be filthy rich the proof i've been doing this for 4 years and i'm still in business. she stops in a village with some 190 residents. are more young people in this part of the shura district it hasn't been as badly affected by d. population as other places the young people use their cars to go to shopping fields customers are really between 80 and 85 so there are lying or not that well i can't

afford to get sick and i take just 3 weeks vacation in august that's all that's when many of my customers are on holidays that their children or their children are with them so they don't need me as much as. almost for just a bit of shopping a bit of socialising. are hard for rosie sure i can find look forward to the rickly visits with enough where we buy something every week when she comes around because we become friends with your paper does that mean. you know because long day is just about over. she can relax and take a quick freezer before doing it all again tomorrow. siberia it's cold the climate is harsh and for some it's not the most appealing place to live but it is home to many natural treasures such as lake by call it's

the world's deepest and all this freshwater lake for w.b. it's the only home she's ever known she has barely any contact with the outside world and she wants to keep it that way even at christmas another lyuba doesn't want any part of the festivities after all her favorite gift is right in front of her. they co-wrote the book was. margo it's is. yours they are gradually. bicultural is everything. for the last 80 years there's no place in the world that lube off my hold of i would rather be than not linked by call in southern siberia. the sprightly senior lives on the western shore of the world's largest freshwater lake. i still think is her passion. my skates were made in 1943 and i'm

still using them. when she straps the steel blades she's used for decades onto a pair of old wolf felt boots she's just as nimble as ever. consider of using a bicycle or a car. as she's fondly known runs her errands on skates. she checks on her accounts or does a little shopping in the neighboring village it's a half hour journey each way and she does it most every day. that's mysterious and with a hint of melancholy. romantic scene lake by call is a reflection of the russian soul. this octogenarian believed skating on lake

by call is the secret to her longevity. the world's deepest lake is her debut she has more faith in its powers than in the miracles of jesus was birth is currently being celebrated around the globe. season's greetings to all our viewers. so it's no nonsense. what is the one that will live the church and everything around it these pope's dress did gold and silver that's not for me i don't want that they. be the. however in a village some 60 kilometers away the russian orthodox church is experiencing new life following decades of oppression during the soviet era. according to recent polls 65 percent of russians count themselves as belonging to the faithful. but not

. the church is growing in importance as a social institution in russia too and bringing with it a more conservative philosophy of life. but none of that. lord have mercy on us because one of the central themes in the liturgy it's repeated dozens of times church services can last for several hours especially at christmas. if you think about it logically you won't find anything up above no soul that flies to heaven nothing when you die you'll be eaten by worms.

she had a long working life in the soviet union. for almost half a century she worked at a factory near courts as a press operation or a welder a woodturner and later a maintenance engineer. she's been retired for 20 years and since the death of her husband lives alone. look you can see stones. siberian winters are cold and long. sometimes they can last for 6 months with temperatures that can plunge to minus 40 degrees celsius. so the people who live here are tough and modest. in this sense w. bush is a true siberian. some folks are never content they think everything's bad one needs lots of money the other a palace. to the 54 walls and a roof over your head that's all a person needs we're all going to die one way or another whether in

a palace or elsewhere. in yours. but w. by still alive and well and she says she will be for as long as she can skate on her lake baikal. what's the secret to the perfect pot of pasta or result oh for some top chefs it's not just about the ingredients but what they are cooked in copper cookware is the gold or rose gold standard in top rated restaurants it's an art form that passed quality marana has mastered his workshop in italy but the craft has lost its luster over decades as a fails to attract younger generations as one of the last coppersmith in italy has quality is now hoping his children will follow in his footsteps. one of the special tricks the coppersmith pasqualino rhona employs to crafting the perfect part is to

hammer the bottom to make it more resistant he has worked with this reddish metal since he was 8 years old and still loves the to this day. discipline is of the metal and the possible always creating something new and beautiful with your own hands would rather work well for a longer pasquale mulroney produces high quality parts that almost double as works of art relying on the centuries old methods of coppersmith sirin santana stasia near naples with milling hammering and burning it takes 6 to 7 hours to finish one of these pots. if you buy a copper pot like this it would last 2 or 300 years there is no waste it is the most ecological part in the world unfortunately traditional artisans like us are gradually disappeared from the. because many such businesses lack young employees. yet their craftsmanship is essential for other professions michelin

star chef francesco's zito swears by the squalor moronis copper parts when cooking for his restaurant. got one you don't have to keep stirring all the time to keep the pasta from sticking up to the bottom not a tall order and that all. the food cooks gently in the copper parts at very low heat on our body like with an elemental empower you constantly have to turn and stir the food for it to turn out well with these parts you can let it simmer for. 3 years per squalor moronis for children now work with him in his workshop from about a passing knowledge person is extremely rewarding. the tradition of this craft is thus in good hands securing high quality copper cookware for the next generation. no matter what pots you use to cook this christmas or new years when after tito do let me know your thoughts about this

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were called the rhineland bastards. their mothers were germans living in the occupied rhineland their father's soldiers from the french colonies selflessly saffron german children had a hard time and because they were a reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of wounded national pride and racism and if of the european population felt that it was important to be light and to stay one type of life. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. because of the shame. storage january 11th on d w. this is

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the big. news. this is deja news live from berlin the long awaited european union u.k. trade deal is stacked e.u. leaders say it's fair and balanced the british prime minister accorded a small christmas present also on the program to. this city that page to abolish its police protests to support for the abolition of the police department.