please using or some am. sticking to it. for the. record breakers an. excellent book form. hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm liable it's nice to be back many of us are itching to travel again but the pandemic still poses huge challenges some travel agencies have found a nice market and are luring tourists to moscow for vaccine getaways the all inclusive deals offer luxury with a dose of russia's owns the shot sight seeing at the red square isn't the only main

attraction for their customers well they include this couple from germany heinz garrett pinker nell and his wife catch your harmes she was born in russia and longs to travel again and see her family but germany's vaccine program prioritizes the elderly and at risk groups which means they'll have to wait their turn for profit companies are now solving this problem with vaccine tourism but should money allow people to jump the queue for some it's a no brainer. list off on the journey to immunity. at frankfurt airport hinds get pink and his wife are setting off for an unusual type of vacation after months of searching for ways to get vaccinated abroad they're off to moscow a round trip package complete with the sputnik the shot. come

on and off we can't assume that we'll get vaccinated anytime soon in germany to be honest but the more people that are vaccinated the faster will achieve herd immunity so if there's the option of getting vaccinated in moscow then that just makes sense since the last. thing the norwegian travel operator is waiting for the guests from germany on arrival most of them have booked the coded package it includes a tourist visa a stay in moscow and the vaccination all for just under 2000 euros 50 germans are taking part in the 1st of these trips and there's a lot of media hype including from russian state t.v. i think it's unfair for the wrong not when i feel like we're being stalked i'm a lawyer and sometimes when a deal we work on attracts a lot of media buzz this can happen and there's a lot it's not quite at this level but. i'm not political about this i'm not a criminal critic or criminal supporter or maybe i'm fairly neutral as long as i

get my vaccine off and that's a great result. but russian authorities seem to have their own goals in mind the so-called all russia peoples front a political organization headed by president vladimir putin himself has been providing visa support for the tour operator world visitor. of course not p.r. for russia but what's the problem. make the has become russia's calling card around the world even its name is a clear nod to soviet victories during the space race the vaccine has been approved in over 60 countries worldwide despite questions about early trial data for the job since the vaccine rollout kicked off in december bloody near putin has been personally promoting sputnik the and presenting russia as a scientific superpower works in there is a solution we've said from the start and now it's been shown in practice as well the russian vaccine is the best in the world. but people in russia are still

skeptical here the vaccination campaign has been slow covert restrictions have been lifted almost entirely leaving little incentive for people to get the job one survey says nearly 2 thirds plan to steer clear of sputnik the. doesn't share their doubts on the day of his vaccination politics is far from his mind i guess i was just i actually have a needle phobia. sputnik the has yet to be approved in the e.u. . and his wife are glad that they could afford to travel for the job. i'm going to miss the food it's a nice feeling to know that this worked out. and i honestly don't really care if it's been approved in europe for me it's simple i've been vaccinated now and i feel safe with the study so far i've shown it's effective. and now we're looking forward to maybe being able to travel again in the future. from.

now freshly vaccinated it's time for some sightseeing in russia the pandemic almost seems like a far off memory even if some experts warn a 3rd covert wave could already be underway here and her home country is enjoying freedoms she's been missing in germany. and i'm proud of my country and i feel great terran russia and germany i've lost the sense of freedom of strolling calmly down the street without a mask eating at restaurants. it's wonderful. in germany it's been a constant roller coaster ride but you never know what's next. you can tell that the politicians and decision makers are just floundering helplessly and it makes you feel helpless as well. and at the same time it also forces you to take on

personal responsibility and book a trip like this one for instance. with. a controversial opinion perhaps but according to the tourist agency hundreds of germ. and have already booked their own vaccination trips to moscow sputnik the would almost be a luxury item if it weren't so unpopular here that. scotland is a place with a rich and unique cultural identity some believe the country should be independent from the united kingdom it's a view held by the ruling scottish nationalist party they want to return to the european union after briggs it forced them out if they can expand their majority in upcoming elections they are promising a new referendum on independence but the countries are strongly intertwined and some who were once for scottish independence were split control of their lives off

kilter. another windy day in scotland as always we nickleby a 2nd generation kill to make cycles to work in the traditional scottish men's garment he enjoys the 30 kilometer coastal ride near the 1st of 4th s. to bury just north of edinburgh i feel scottish 1st you are who you are from where you're born and society of a jew and scots just society is different from english welsh and irish society we have our own code sure music language art history that's what makes a culture. how his father taught him how to make kilts decades ago. these days how he designs and sells the traditional scottish clothing items around the world. the e.u. is a key market for him. 7 and a half meters of fabric are needed to make

a single kilt about how much material their minds co. how we voted in favor of scottish independence in the 2014 referendum he does still believe scotland should be an autonomous country but breck said and the pandemic have given him doubts he thinks independence could be risky device in society and even his family is becoming sensed of again. disharmony created within a family unit spread right across the whole of scotland and into england we head to the capital and seat of the scottish parliament in edinburgh to see what people think about independence many here tell us they'd be happy to leave britain. we have a say it's a great assets and i think throughout this well interestingly especially in edinburgh being a capital there's been a real community feel entrepreneurship and so i think that that will be to the

benefit of our country i think scotland is a lot more liberal has a country rather than england and those choices. we can make and are making our own really and not have to get on to westminster for approval which those that we get others meanwhile feel that after the bracks turmoil scotland needs to let the dust settle either would you say the union i think say i didn't want bracks and that has been. you know an absolute nightmare so why would you want to break up the union as you know hundreds and hundreds of years i think it would cost a lot of money i think it would be terrible for the economy and i don't think scotland can afford to be independent we have devolved parliament we have taxation post we have quite a lot of power so i don't see what else we want many scots living near the anglo scottish border some 100 kilometers south of edinburgh oppose the idea of independence. john elliott's cattle farm overlooks the chevy and hills that

straddle the border. many people here work and shop over in england were aware. that if there were any trade barriers are very very difficult in this area because at the moment a lot of the communities are integrated between england and scotland in this area and i think that. would be a shame of those any sort of body or between between the 2 john elliott runs the farm together with his father. they sell aberdeen angus cattle for breeding to the e.u. and elsewhere. so international trade is important but to them keeping scotland in britain is even more important. i personally voted in the e.u. referendum to remain within europe but i think of us asked the question now would i want to go through it all again and to try and achieve to get back into europe i

think my answer would be no i think um i think the union at the moment seems to be doing ok we've had a lot of the pain and got through it. felt maker howie nichols be has thought long and hard about the possible economic consequences of scottish independence and he thinks independence will have to wait for now i only want an independent scotland it is good for scotland and the scottish people and it feels too much but it's politicians and politics and party rivalry as opposed to thinking on a business level and strategy imply of how was actually going to work. the drive for independence will continue to impact scots like how we nickleby and his family and brags it has only served to stoke the fire. 30 years ago the yugoslav wars broke out in europe more than 100000 people were

killed in the decade that followed well the scars of the war are still visible ruins serve as a reminder of the conflict that tore through the balkans one artist in serbia is using the debris to heal the wounds of the past his childhood was marred with the sounds of destruction but he's working through the trauma with the help of a secret weapon. tracking military scrap for its acoustic properties. serbian artist nicholas that zorra is scoring a junkyard for old gods i mean ition and army equipment from the yugoslav wars one day he hopes to find time in his studio in the city of novi sad nights or turns old army equipment into musical instruments guitars built using helmets and kalashnikov rifles. and string instruments like this cello made from canisters and grenade

launchers. that part of yet i don't really have a favorite instrument but this cello means a lot to me produces a fabulous sound it's the best instrument i've made from an acoustic standpoint. nicolo once the so-called bump or phone made from a grenade launcher and helmet to sound like a saxophone. it does make a few sounds but not many and they're not very clean. most of it need at least a pentatonic scale so i can improvise. that's the direction we want to take bomber phone. nicolo has found another grenade launcher that will be ideal for building a new even better bomb of on. but it's got to be built 1st i need to properly clean the cheap remove the old layer of paint and give it a new one not

a military color i need to add finger holes to of the court will only be able to tell if it's any good for me out the mouthpiece and blow what they're looking at what it is and their color. cellist militar spirit church tunes the grenade launcher cello. she advised on crafting the instrument. like the other musicians supports nikolaus art project i was in one of them in the prima sacha i was still very young during the war i remember nato bombs coming down and serbia those are grim memories but this project shows that we can transform ugly objects and grim events into something positive. an impressive channel like sound. considering this instrument only has 3 not 4 strings and a body made of metal rather than what. nickel are searching

another military scrap yard for salvageable objects this one's even larger than the 1st he says many german and polish collectors come here to buy war relics. unfortunately nicholas still hasn't come across a tank or the name because a nickel i won't give up hope i'll keep searching maybe i'll stumble across a ton somewhere that you converted into a joint percussion instrument and install it outside somewhere because you know that. the day of the trial concert puts one guitar player husband shown up. so he gets to play the reimagined kalashnikov rifle. nicholas's he wants to instruments to something a little off key he's happy they now have a more positive purpose. slovenia

is set to take over the council presidency in july it's a role that involves mediation between member states and sharing meetings pragmatism and a level head are required but european parliament members are sounding the alarm over slovenia's prime minister he is waging a war of words against critical journalists parliamentarian say press freedom and democracy are under attack in slovenia journalist noids a passion has been at the receiving end of the prime minister's fury threats and insults have become a routine part of her job. these days journalist mort's a passion conducts most of her interviews outside. vicious years on the hill over the slovenian capital you piano her reporting isn't only in that by the pandemic however. the facebook page of the public house offers the cheap services of the washed up prostitutes gania and might. one for 30 euros the other for 35

euros as young as young tweeted this in 2016 last year he became slovenia's prime minister i didn't know that how it began and from that march 2016 just exploded everything in slovenia after after that tweet because it was like a. point. when the starting point of inserting attacking the person that attacks on journalists in slovenia. the politician was apparently annoyed by a report that passion a colleague had released pressure quinn to court about the tweet and young she was sued for defamation. is currently working on a report about the slovenian press agency which has complained about the government's withdrawal of funds it will both as a trailer. against the other it all began early last year. for the agency was

accused of producing fake news. much later their talks got worse and of tobar and we were described as a national disgrace. the guy for 4 months we didn't get a cent for work. courtrai o'clock i think that's the governments would do anything to get us under its political control though the again c m. d w tried to get an interview with prime minister a young child to discuss these allegations with no success his spokesman was also reticent i have just one question to you about your reaction to the allegations made against your prime minister that he's undermining press freedoms that we. now know from it going for i don't. have it as a media studies professor in europe young critic of the current government and i think that this sort of personal behavior is also a priority of the problem it is

a part of a problem when a politician does not agree with the standards of european behavior if you call journalists prostitutes if you do these sort of vulgar and aggressive things which were unimaginable in europe 10 years ago then of course we have a wider problem there is growing concern in the e.u.'s institutions about the dangers to press freedom in slovenia european commissioner johansson addressed the issue we have discussed this and of course the freedom on the floor a list of media if the corners are also some new things has happened recently when it comes to the financing of the survey in the other press the slovenian interior minister said there's no problem and the agency would get playing out to do this but will suffer the riddle of the issue of the commissioner that there was absolute press freedom in slovenia. absolutely and journalists could report freely about

anything. that's from the pasha copes despite her negative experiences and the pressure she has faced for years. my experience is in 1st place that you are a little bit that this is the breast. but then again i am in a fighting mood and so i think that my professional work is to explain to our public the truth about our government. which suppression is determined to keep telling the truth and do her work as best she can imagine being stuck at sea not in a boat but in a tower 6 stories high sounds like a fairy tale but it's in fact a lighthouse france is all this working on it was built some 400 years ago to help sailors navigate the strong currents of the year on estuary where the unique structure is still manned by life housekeepers to this day getting to work dry is

one problem that still remains centuries later. that way. and while until mom are full of concentration. the tide is coming in and they'll have to get out sastre the lighthouse. first for a long load everything. it's the changing of the lighthouse keepers. come out and then why has everything they need for a week. they'll be totally alone as soon as the door shuts. they have to get used to a new rhythm. to a new life. once we hear

we hear. we're not going to go anywhere. we'll be able to take our time. to support because when i get here i'm much calmer than when i'm a home. the corridor one lighthouse in southwestern france is a national monument. it's over 400 years old and boasts 301 steps. but then martin told are used to them. they have to check that everything is ok. the beacon is at a height of 70 meters and it needs regular cleaning. you know if there's one thing that has to be perfectly clean it's this for sure. the life was still serves as a navigational aid despite the existence of satellite systems. it's always important to have a visual aid just like in a car with red means you shouldn't come through it's dangerous just green means it

so if. the lights go on automatically after dark. light housekeepers no longer have to light the beacon themselves. but they like coming up anyway. there were no but i think it's great there are always certain lights effect. the light can be seen from 40 kilometers away. the 2 always eat together there are 6 light housekeepers in total and they always do one or 2 weeks shifts in pairs. the next morning they go for a walk at low tide the weather stormy but they are well equipped they love it here . too surfers could only spice for

us if you are totally free. be advantages that we know locked in a toll despite being at sea. they go for walks as much as possible. in summer they show the tourists around and they also carry out repairs when necessary . and electrician and sculptor pays regular attention to the railings which get damaged by the weather he's been working here for 9 years already. i like these old buildings. the old stone there's a lot of material to work with a lot of physical work to feed this is what i'm interested in was you know this is my passion it was your mother's from one floor down to maz polishing the copper. after his studies he worked on cruise ships and at holiday resorts. he found this job by chance. that nobody will say to me if you polish the copper or not that's good but most people don't ok we're in the middle of the ocean there's

nobody here to see it but if i want to do it i do i think it's a very positive context to work in it's not having to do this on among but that's what she's doing this on a wednesday so this is how i want to live the to also have very little contact with the outside world phones don't work well all they have for company is each other far away from their families they call it that when i miss my wife and kids it's not that i want to leave here it's just what i want to be with them you know it's you know it's otherwise it's good here if my wife and daughter were here i could live here the whole year but there's. they both want to stay in this increasingly rare profession for as long as possible. a work vacation required well in the summer unesco will decide whether the lighthouse will become a world heritage site thanks so much for watching focus on your of do let me know

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