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republican, moldova, while the protesters are demanding the removal of pro european president, maya son do many now feel that their country will have to suffer the same fate as ukraine. the republic of montoya is a landlocked country, located between the eel and the west and ukraine. in the east lies the breakaway region, off trans nest trio, more than 1000 russian soldiers are stationed here. alexei and his wife live in the image it with a nitty off trans mystery. up. the couple says the fear a mass of conflict brewing up with russia. wild organs are scared for their future, especially in areas where they share their border with ukraine. reaching this village and winter was a bit of an adventure and his love char is perched on the northernmost tip of the republican moldova,

just across the border from ukraine. the normally sleepy hamlet suddenly found itself in the world spotlight. last year the war in ukraine arrived at 68 year old august doorstep when wreckage from a russian missile landed nearby. it had been shut down by ukrainian air defenses. here, good to you. i was milking the cow for a moment. i thought it was a plain look. it flew in very low, and then it all came down. not very far from here. so over there on the island were 3. the most of the pieces landed here on this tiny island and the nice to river. presumably the russian missile had been aiming for a waterworks on ukrainian territory. actually a girl thought it was really frightening person. yeah, we'll do it 1st. so i thought it was janice, give me that makes so much knowing it though. look you really and then came an

explosion of stuff. i thought this is it. this is the end of the world via the river forms the border between motto, van ukraine. russia has already directly violated moldova airspace. many times. that's one reason the war feel so close. oh, on one of the main shopping boulevards, in moldova, capital kishi, now they're singing about love and dreaming of a better life or even just a little prosperity. busy formed in the break up of the soviet union will dove as only about 2600000 people. the country struggles to overcome abject poverty and to develop a working economy. those who stay here have to do with galloping inflation and

prohibitive energy prices split. last i lawyer, a few ch in your opinion, union member, but we don't have european wages. and so we're trying to get my somehow privacy, im the average monthly wage in moldova is the equivalent of just 530 euros. so people here are living with the fear of financial hardship and war when he was in jail explosions of we can even make plans for tomorrow or the day after that we were thinking about this evening. if we'll still be alive or have to flee, or the mobilization might began lamps the we've given the threat of war inflation. and even rumors of a cou, the country is going through some uneasy times. and now the government has stepped down. the new prime minister, former interior minister, doting with john is pro western. he made security his top priority. indications of targeted efforts at increasing russian influence had been growing and key. she now from months the most recent information came from president my asunder.

she revealed that according to secret service reports, russia was planning a coo moscow immediately denied the report. the situation has been tense for years even more so now that 1500 russian soldiers had been deployed moldova, pro, rush and trans mystery, a region we pass through to check points going into po ravia and to coming out of the village lies east of the river. but still, i'm older than territory in a security zone. alexei and his wife have lived here all their lives in the early 19 ninety's fighters from break away region trends in history. a waged war here. this is no. michelle. yes, we've seen more than enough here. but what will be will be trans, mr. is trans mystery out there. separate the villages here belong to moldova, and demco mall law. they've settled into

a routine here for 30 years now. the separately govern trends in history or lies just a stone's throw away. it's financially supported by russia, but officially recognized by know you a nation, the population is around 375000 back in the capitol kishi. now the contrast could hardly be greater weekends or party time. a former miss hall is now a night club. but under the surface the fear is ever present, yet there was nothing if the wall came to moldova, it would be disastrous for us, just like it is for the ukrainians. i hope our society will be spared that kind of fate. but i'm really worried that it could happen. images when you're presenting suddenly in the international spotlight, moldova, a small country with big worries. more than 60 migrants including 12 children and a baby died after their bought sank off southern italy. they were trying to reach

europe. people risk their lives every day in quest of a better life in europe. if we talk of her number of asylum seekers. borgata no other country in the european union has taken in as many refugees as the republic of cyprus. the situation seems to be getting out of control for the small island country. doris ali garble walks as an aide walker. he shows us a refugee camp near the capital and nichols here and all the crowded side. but people living in good bastrop conditions there are some 1000 asylum seekers living here for the human rights activists, doris pully, carpool. the pu nara camp and southern cypress as a scandal. the garbage and puddles are the least of it. he's hoping to get a better idea of the conditions, but he doesn't get very far before being sent away. the security guard also says

that filming is band. this is a place that actually is turn into a comp that he's out of control is not manageable, is expensive and it doesn't serve the idea that it was set up with the fuel nazareth asylum seekers who arrive here are only supposed be registered before being accommodated elsewhere, however, there is little accommodation elsewhere, so people end up staying here for months. outbreaks of violence are not infrequent . in october 2022, dozens of tens went up in flames. now people, they are isolated, they cannot stud, already working in thinking over their integration in the society. they just wait, they off day on they eat, they sleep in very unhealthy conditions, especially if it's cold. if it varies the rain outside that cam holy carpool speaks

to a syrian who is willing to talk about the conditions in the camp. anonymously limited limit, and we'll talk when the children won't eat the food here. they're not used to it on the toilets and the washrooms are indescribably dirty. well, the woman's ones to best listen to come the film. my wife almost doesn't dare go in there. a mom come middle of the republic of cyprus, registered $20000.00 applications for asylum in 2022, almost twice as much as the previous year. officially, there are about $70000.00 asylum seekers living in cyprus, which is a lot for such a small country. the government says cyprus cannot cope and it's called on the e. u to help. what we need to have in place is a month to go to the location scheme to help the front line members faith's ent beat. the necessity to ensure the effective implementation of the principle of

responsibility for the separate government. the problem lies in the north eastern parts of the island of cyprus, which are occupied by turkey. this is where it says most refugees are arriving from via the cease fire lines that are only under you and supervision. we decided to travel to the northern part of the island. the eastern mediterranean university and from augusta is one of dozens of universities that fund themselves largely through international students. the numerous private universities here are also an important source of income for the region. but the syrian student, an activist ashcroft saline confirms that many of those who register here don't want to stay in the turkish occupied region. so they were scammed about the nature of the country because of that already are not count what the result of the same, which is they end up being for example, with financial issues that have homeless but have just a lonely mental health issues,

et cetera. then they decide to become the freedom rich him bunker arrived in southern cypress via the turkish occupied north. now he is stuck on the island and it can take years for him to get asylum. don't wanna be michel sophie thick in the 1st weeks or to nora. i slept on the streets. fuck a lot. i don't have a work permit wilma people, but i do now get state support of 214 euros fella. not enough to live on doris. polycarp, who says that the separate government is trying to deter other asylum seekers from coming you are like i why? yeah, we are on one of the worst countries when it comes to giving festival prediction to anybody. ethics have from those that we don't have a choice not to give them. and i mean the syrians, i right now, even if counties right now that they're arriving to small numbers in the country, we don't ex, hemming them back in pu nara,

he meets 2 very young somali ins outside the camps fences where one says he's 14 and once they go to belgium, where he has an uncle you, they tell them they don't get any schooling or any other care here, don't do any. there's nothing to do but sit around and sleep. and they've been doing that for 6 months. preparations are at least underway for a better sewage system. cypress is preparing for more refugees. if you are given a choice to move on to one of these pretty little how this ball from the hustle and bustle of big cities, would you? well, despite it's, it delayed beauty. no one wants to live in the spanish village. off pay now sa, flabby, abo, mayor lucy on nicholas has decided to save haulage. and for this, she has managed to bring together all the residents for

a very unique photo shoot. these spaniards bad, all including squash fama, one hope address here, the 68 year old we and that because the pose, he struck last summer when he and most of his fellow villages agreed to be photographed new available. go for the barrack, i just had to take part. we're looking for they told me there weren't enough people who are because we have so few residents. i had no other choice. lucy finance half my day about hallways home to just 16 people. they banned their bodies to keep their hamlet from dying out. but here in south east in spain, the nude photos have raised eyebrow as they now grace a calendar. maize picture is of antonia pena. she wants to show that folks here. i'm more progressive and open than many people think. lesson

to love her than you were just depicted in a bad light bill campbell, you see them on the front row. we'd like to be renewed in the way people in the laundry communities are your we pay our taxes to the left, but here in our little hamlet of our own, we feel sort of left behind we though. oh girl, it will, you will, our photographers, david can tow and one hawk i'm here has had little trouble convincing the locals to take part with lapetrkozi. i'm would so the villages things function via word of mouth. see no, you go more equal. what people see their neighbors doing it and how well they come across or about so they spur one another on see you see any money on without us. the idea for the calendar came from lucy and nicholas head of the residence association. at 30 years of age, she's one of penya csa friday. a buckle was youngest inhabitants. she commends her

neighbors courage. generally what i fancy not on buddhist video, deborah, there or it is only a kind of liberation, nothing. i get with the spelling of stereotypes to mars a bit of a he's on pictures of buffalo bodies, anomaly there of ordinary people. here folks can show themselves as they are, unlike many of the nude photos were familiar with what are feeling if, if i let myself be photographed too awful and the picture is great. but it feels lucy and her fellow residents also hope to send another message with their photos. since the 19 sixty's, sand and marble have been mined in this area, that's turned the once said delete landscape surrounding the hamlet into quarries that are a source of noise, dust and dirt. i had already given gustavo, an empty scare. us so many other riches here than that city, almost our god. we have a culture that we want to show. sally,

been all the wine cellar on your day. the pine trees must be older than everyone here. put together it from full go away. we simply want to show that way more than what surrounds asi. got k one, they're going to get the new 100. 0, good. so pancreas sanchez was also happy to pay for the calendar at 100 years old and he's the pin up for december. even though he's not totally mean penya sandy, about whose oldest resident suddenly remembers the days when the hamlet was full of life. another little boy, although being all you know, so we always partied on the weekends. so lately, one week every one came to my place and the next week it was someone else's turn meal over. oh, but when we had a guitar and accordion and people dance, love ordeal. he he away line b o head dress. sanchez doesn't know if the photo project will revitalized the

village, but he says it sure was fun. yeah, go right through the manila buddha. will you everyone who knows me is surprised that i dared to do it a thing of blue. oh, but i'm up for doing different things like this some paris penya. it's half a day about whole and it's calendar on now known well beyond spain's board as to the delight of squash, grow a handful perez, who's discovered an unknown side of himself with it. i no longer have any inhibitions, though, i'd never done anything like this before but, but i'm on board for next time. in the hamlet they were already making plans for next year's calendar with even more residence revealing everything finance half a day. a backhoe has to offer, talk to you. i moving from spain to the netherlands. amsterdam attracts a load of doris in summer, but in winter, the city them. so get quite windy and cold. you can be freezing even when you're

indoors. that's because most houses are old and not well insulated. and if you wanted to get that fixed, you would have to be a half day amount. however, there are some good samaritans who are insulating the doors and windows. i'm in some cases even the was all free of cost. the brigade hops on its cargo bikes and started working day at 9 am and answered them. number 111, right. what have you run over now to a home? come rain, snow or storm. we have to pack up our tools and get on our bikes. we right out to the customers in any kind of weather. after all, they're counting on us, not a console. francis is the foreman and the co founder of the fixed brigade. what started out as a volunteer project is now a pain job. today they've been called out to an apartment chair. a quick once over

shows it's going to be a big job. it puts heater that is i wanted to show you this here along the door frames lower edge on you can clearly see a blue stripe. hilda, that means a draft is coming through content complement a for full. so the fingers will here feel it. if you hold your hand here, you can feel the draft. yeah, no, and, and a really good not. that is i've here at 16 degrees celsius and down here, only 5 degrees available, leaky windows are all too frequent to out of 3 apartments in the netherlands. are badly insulated itself. here the doors had simply been glued on to the frame handle a quick and dirty job. happy he doesn't the cold blowing in here. bother you on the go to 3. yeah, das we have the heating on the not. yes. he yes. and this window here is nothing more than an opening in the concrete international, but they just stuff with the windows in with no potty and we have to redo everything he'd another. what african lisa m. a risk as apartment needs

a lot of work. the seal along the front door is worn out and hardly any of the lights have energy saving l e. d bulbs. yeah, it visible that i realized that many things here weren't ideal, but often i just didn't know how to change it. and i asked the housing association, but they not really any help pineapple delay fear. no, we actually called them 4 times to complain about the problems. someone to combine a lot. but for example, they never took care of the insulation classy. now the fixed brigade is taken care of, but instead, but only low income people can get a visit from them, their work is free of charge. the money to pay, the employees comes from e u grants. now the project has inspired companies and other towns on security in the us, and that belongs to our clients, or people who receive benefits or they're financially dependent on the state in other ways in it come okay, hold for some are disabled. others hardly speak

a word of dutch reca if you don't know the language well enough to communicate your problems to the building association. they just brush you off on vision, days and days, aiden, that we hear that over and over what states and book and for how in nation to about 750000 dutch people are estimated to be having trouble covering their energy costs . many of them turned to francis and his co workers. and now 6 teams are working simultaneously in amsterdam, alone, pavement recalling we lacked tools and materials support instead of once a month. we've got to order new materials once a week now. but that shows very clearly how great the need is among the people in our target group basements in days, little of them this target group often has very little confidence in the authorities. but all the more in italy, projects like the 6th grade, says francis, the fixed brigade is booked up solid till august. their success is keeping them

extremely busy. skiing is by far the most popular winter sport in europe. so that and alone offers more than $300.00 skita thoughts, but they are having a tough time due to high energy prices and climate change. anton culbert, her was never a fan of these huge results. he has been running one of the smallest key areas in switzerland for decades. a reason for its popularity is that it is a family run business. having the slopes, almost all to yourself. here there's a sense of freedom that's hard to come by in the swiss alps these days. just 20 kilometers of ski runs to channel lifts and no plans to expand. that's how anton caliber alike sent for over half a century. he's run the small family own ski resort son hansen bag in the goes on. at h 92, he still hits the slaves himself. i go to qualify. i'm not good. 3 ascii like i did

50 years ago. every day and on cal dora enjoys the stunning view with his grandson. dennis anton's father purchase the ski resort in the late 19 sixty's. his 13 children all pitched in ali, albany. the bod, every one emptied their bank accounts and put the cash to charlottes. if you're sick, i was a long time there were a few 100000 swiss francs from the bank to that quad ali, but every one held. otherwise, it wouldn't have happened with the resort has simple slopes and a hill for sledging that makes it a favourite with families in particular, many of the guests and reckless old the mileage. it's the best oh, not overrun with people, and you can let the kids jump around last sunday. i see it's long but nice very so it's not so crowdy and it's very familiar. i hope they could chew up,

but it's very difficult. i notice at an elevation of 1700 meters as a restaurant and guest rooms. dennis has been in charge of the kitchen for 3 years . he spent much of his childhood up here. swamp ground for miss roberts looking back. it was a dream for me is via ball in the winter. we drove up here almost every weekend and went skiing. was one he or she you farm. the mountain is still his home and his grandfather is his rel model as danville it does it. he's clearly the boss up here claus. for me. he's the one who says what's what his lawyer don't law school. dennis wants to preserve the place he loved so much as a child. even if climate change means this fall less snow in winter than he says, you always need to come up with something new and be creative. just says finished, i'm for him. moment is yes, it's certainly not easy right now. this year has been extremely difficult for many a mom for lunch. we couldn't ski here at the start of the season. so that was

a problem. but at least we had the sledding hill, your company, so we made sure it was up and running. so people could use that in the late 19 ninety's, the family bought a chair left for a symbolic frank from a larger ski resort that no longer needed it. but otherwise, little has changed here. when it all gets a bit too much for the senior manager, he withdraws to what he calls his concert hall. as lounger ski resort, struggle to find ways to cope with climate change and become more sustainable. he's happy with his approach if loki family orientated tourism. ah, you, abby, ga. gov, we always took care of the landscape building only what was necessary. i know huge, ugly concrete blocks. me chuck so basically it's like it was 50 years ago. darmesh agra, v v for victor young. except for the snow, there's no longer enough. still,

anton, calibre is sure his grandson will think of something. how do you like to spend your ski holidays do let us know. we'll be back next week until then. good bye. and thanks for watching. ah, ah ah, ah, ah, ah ah, ah

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