it is to minimize that we have an opportunity to to get it right before we even start environmental activism of skeptical rules fail billions to be made out to talk commentary deep the greed dots, december 7th on d. w. the hello and welcome to this week, focus on europe with me on a home, donnie. more than a 100000 people fled from the car back in place to armenia in september. now ethnic armenians are trying to build a new life for themselves as a buzz on use military force to bring the area under control. the majority of our media and people select to neighboring armenia. for many,

it is most probably an escape without thought or to victoria and gav. oregon also found refused, and armenia. she's glad that she has say for now and wants to make a new style the with her family. her new home is now in the small village of alice, but the memory of what was taken from her is very strong. her home is in the garden of her back. she's certain that she will never be able to read to. samples like these are hanging in her garden to back home and they're going to come back. but victoria devora again can't pick them anymore. since lean from us or by johnny rockets. she's been living with her daughter in law and i need and her grandson, honest big here in our lives. i mean, yeah. she runs a place to stay from this woman here. when victoria thinks about all she's lost, she makes flat bread filled with metals. inquiry under, it's a typical dish and the gardener car back. it stores memories and comforts her

a bit. let's see because they're really spicy. so it's a lot of kept her face to victoria, had to leave her home with no advance notice that on monday to pull that we may not go you. so we had to leave everything behind. we had just the clothes on our backs and nothing else. on 6 of us took a little car together. spring got a little better than the poor could make and we'd pack just 2 blankets to cover ourselves at night and quote, the zone to color in company. most of the shit it's office hours are by john sudden attack on they're going to kind of back cause people to flee on mass in just a few days over a 100000 ethnic. armenians fled from the enclave towards armenia. by lodging cord, or in the mountains, they were afraid of being hunted down because of their years fighting for independence since the war between the neighboring countries. 3 years ago, the regent has been under as every control the armenians were forced to recognize

the sovereignty of us or by john over the land. and now tens of thousands of people from the car back like the good lord in town, we must start over from scratch in armenia. the 5 of them are sharing this patio and 2 tiny rooms. little isaac's father has found a job as a taxi driver. his older sister doesn't wish to be filmed. it has to be the most thoughts. but i was good lady, let slow, i mean words can't describe what we've been through the whole lot of work. she bought a room every day is a little and asks when we're going back almost every day. go ahead in the morning and evening because the richard armenia has taken on the refugees. many don't have anything left and need government support. the european union and international 8 organizations have been sending aid,

but the poor country in the congress. this is overwhelmed. the, the 2nd level, the arrival of over a 100000 people from the going to car to buck is putting a massive strain on the armenian economy. and especially regarding banks up as because most of the refugees have debts on the go on a car buck only had armenian banks. and oh, my gosh. and they are owed around half a $1000000000.00. now, like a combined guy, you know, my gosh to spell suck. mom dodge to a man like dozens of refugee families. the give organs flat from the corner car back in arrived in the village of our lives, with almost nothing there about 45 kilometers from the armenian capital of unit on many are traumatized from having to flee. and the war between armenia and azerbaijan. 3 years ago, many soldiers are buried at the cemetery, and yet on almost 4000 armenians, lots of their lives back then. almost every family had a deceased or injured acquaintance, friend or family member to more and back then,

including victoria, good war again for grand daughter was killed in a rock extract. it is a click on not supposed to meet with the kids were waiting for the taxi so they could be taken to the underground shelter. it was 7, 10 in the morning. you'll pump a rocket flew right at us, i think, and think of the my 2 daughters in law were injured, not supposed to be leveled with this porter. so you see it hits my grandson on the head arm and let it beat. steep soft, be doubled, and he was fighting a lot made in the more was a major turning point for the armenians, because their key strategic, how a russia provided less and less support. there may still have been russian peacekeepers station in the going to kind of back to protect the armenian population. the shootings were coming along as every armenian border. and even now, when, as a by john a technical, you know, kind of back, moscow didn't intervene to help push the machine

open. if lynette was a revelation for us, i'm wondering if we understood we were alone without our allies. it's a tragedy. and it hurts to say, see russia shares responsibility for this tragedy? like many refugees from the gartner car back, the good war against feel in danger. remembering the state, many of the people met over a century ago when genocide took the lives of hundreds of thousands of armenians and mooney belong. i'm each the, i don't have any plans like just a dream of life. so, i'd like to return to nicole and knock out her back one day to visit my little daughters grave. i choose them to do, but i don't want my remaining children to live there anymore. but that much that the i don't want to lose them to. i'm so not the mean for me not going to kind of back will always be a war torn region of when you viewed it. we've lost our trust in both the government and anyone else of. we only trust ourselves anymore, making the see the stuff, but it's not me. i don't know what will become about this, matthew dodge,

and that god will you victoria good board. again, her family and then many fellow refugees. don't expect to be able to return to and i'm going to come back for now. all they have left or their memories serbia has a particularly close relationship with china, especially when it comes to economy. why serbia is thinking investments, and the far is the chinese are targeting to expand their influence in europe, which is why they to cobra the some of the revo still works in the south of belgrade a few years ago since then, more and more people in the neighboring village i've read and not have complained about her run those air pollution from the factory. drug on village has lived there for full decades. it's never been dispatcher says and just says it will stay that way because the still know secures thousands of jobs in a part of serbia that is already very impoverished.

i of what is in our lungs, sy? although gnashing flow too much, this is on the lamp post and what's in our lungs and inside our bodies, nobody knows a spying. i'm on the only point to do, you know it's, it's a small village near bell. great. a lot of people die, hear their pictures on land posts covered with red stuff. drug on a millage would love to leave for a village. she tells me, but no one wants to buy her house. it too is covered in big red dust emitted from the steel me a ride across from her home. and we saw that look over there, see how much smoke there is close to being what used to be home to more than 5000 people a decade ago. is now increasingly dotted with empty homes. young

people in particular are turning their backs on the village in search of federal page. all that still meal is one of serbia's oldest industrial facilities, commonly referred to as the pride of serbia. it provides thousands of jobs in the region and has said, various owners from the serbian states to us owned back to a serbian plant in 2012 of the since 2016, it's a chinese state owned enterprises. was allegedly changed here since china to over it's difficult to speak to locals here on camera. they are afraid they tell us

this couple to doesn't want to be recognize their children, brooke, for the serbian government, ironically in the health sector. they say, but they want us to from the photo they to golf what appears to be a gigantic door to cloud right above the factory. sometimes we hear explosions, earplugs against the noise. that's all they can do. they say, they're just waiting for people to die. even before the chinese, here, there was criticism against a steel plan. according to data from the regional hospital is measurable. cancer rates have quadruple to your during the past decade. environmental activists like, can you call that christie to want the plans to be cleaned up and are demanding filters against pollution? he's the head of a watch. talk is measurable,

some nickel that goes door to door to find out how people are affected. do you have an issue with the dust? of course i do and the water is not good. everyone here has a story to share about the plant and nickel that wants to listen and gather as much evidence as possible. he sent to you, i admitted lifting the picture because i've had 2 big tumors and 2 years. really, mr. do you have hope that things will get better? i've got this to watch and not of finance that i am with most thoughtful because of the situation is very concerning the events of eligible, but she's pretty certain that my wife wants us to move away from here. not only because of her for that, but also for the future of our children as a need. maybe the more we think we have 3 children and things aren't getting better able to assist you because we think that's the we don't see that changing zone. but it's called in them all possible. you'll miss eck to this,

including nicholas say that change is difficult in par due to the serbian state, allegedly not being willing to enforce the environmental standards. people who work in the steel plan are concerned about losing their job. yes, i'm very key. part of this is a paradox here because for one you have people who depend on the plan for their livelihoods will talk. and there's also an emotional component. and what, because the plan has been there for generations, a getting it out. so you will not, but on the other hand, that same factory kills them, probably poisoned them every day. they'll probably think through it's lucky done. other environmental organizations share these assessments. but for many who lived here, this met, or ovo steel plan, seems the only option in an already impoverished part of serbia that bought it, that having a job is more important than the environmental neg, with the rest of the deals manually. i am personally more concerned that people do

not lose their jobs, and the solution isn't affecting us that symbols of subs. the chinese and the serbian flag are seen when approaching the steel plant, operated by h. b. i. as the chinese investor, we have asked for permission to film inside, but our request was left unanswered. we want to try again. cameras are not welcome. we manage to film none the less. too much for those is a bizarre conversation with the public relations representative against the backdrop of a sign promoting environmental policies. so i should go to china and request an interview to talk to someone here in serbia. that's then on the procedure we receive another email address and make another request. but once again, no reaction. our next stop south rate the capital.

we want to find out whether inspections are being carried out by the serbian states, a written request through the health ministry, and the environmental ministry. remain unanswered. our follow ups via phone, without any results. instead, we meet to midland, cool, you bundle, beach and back rates for us in 2021. you gather death samples from the steel planned for the national ecology association and n g o. he founded to identify environmental problems and make them popular any of your search, his findings able to say what we do. i've said, god arsenic, all academy in chrome lab, mercury, nickel, does these things should not be present in the air. and also in this way that they are toxic materials, heavy metals that cause cancer and they shouldn't be there. monday you helped me,

my thirty's, probably something that was in it. he says those who put prostate before house or the people should be sanctioned, met the police calling on the serbian government. it was the adult, the thought, the, these are the ideas, but that about the state should act with the factories under the control of a state of what's going. so we need transparency, but the citizens will tell them where the problem is. that's why and where incidents happen and how to protect themselves. dots it into then think we did this . i always do that. we need adequate filters who think they must work and keep working, either crossing in equal. that is, but i was going through that that i've done back in that i do not, but i got a milledge sets old her whole on environmental activists who told her they would bring the case to the european court of human rights. she says, everyone here knows what's wrong, but people who oppose inspections. don't want to understand. nobody wants to close the plant, but stop the toxic waste poisoning the village. the struggle is sticking

a tool on her. it's exhausting, she sense the dream is simple. this is going to be a hot dog and will be honestly, i would love to retire and spend the rest of my life with my grandchildren from y'all. so the property that is my only wish to me tell me is ready to grandchildren. rarely come, it's not safe to touch anything here or play upsides drug in a sense, a life increasingly constrained to be spent inside her for her life mostly takes place outside of her home. good is from to okay and works as a belly dancer, performing through the night and assemble the dawn. so presents a center is old tradition that is an integral part of turkish culture. but check it

is in then economy cries is inflation. is that over 60 percent and going out in the evening is becoming more and more expensive. stopping people from enjoying not life . the people of turkey are also becoming increasingly conservative every year on the baseline make government. this makes it difficult for goods to make a living from dancing on the belly. dancing is goos. primary source of income every evening. the belly dancer performs in bars and restaurants and is done book. the art form has been entered. training people on the prosperous for centuries. but cool has noticed it's becoming increasingly difficult for guests to kick back and enjoy the show. these days they really think about exactly how many meals and what drinks and how much they'll order. it was different before on the weekend,

they'd really let loose, but those days are over. traditionally, dances are paid solely by the guests putting money into their outfits this evening . most are giving 100 leering notes. c the equivalent of about 3 years, each girl who prefers we use are stage name knows that many can't afford to give more. but there are other problems to do maternity sounds like they've banned belinda and seen on television, which are that are everything's getting more and more conservative. jessica, so that can family, the landlords no longer want to rent to me because they earn my money is the ability to answer all the people that they say, why should i rent to someone like that? after dancing through the night and appearing and 5 bars can relax a bit when she gets home with a colleague, she looks back to

a time when turkey was more liberal and business was better, fairly dancing. she says, was it one time a respected profession? already on 10000 down the line and that was when i was little, the whole family spent new year's eve in front of the tv fascinated and watched the belly dancers walk over the child. teen mental. these attitudes have an impact on us all. and the end of the dump, the leaves, not just those dancers size, we're going to put all the women in turkey, cousins on that issue. the country is becoming more conservative with each year that passes. and at the same time the economy is slumping. the turkish lyric continues to lose more of its value against the dollar in the euro, and with inflation sitting at an official rate of 62 percent. hardly anyone can afford to go out in the evening anymore. so there are more and more empty tables in the pubs bars and entertainment venue is some of the we usually check out

a few places 1st and then pick the cheapest event or used to go out once a week. these days. it's once a month to continue, a price increases for alcohol and $50.00 entertainment sector, particularly hard. the prices have low to more and more people making their own alcohol at home is so much on the go needs to start getting ready for the evening shows. she doesn't know how long she'll be able to continue earning a living, dancing. she gets fewer tips and has more expensive course to me up to use the up to them. my costumes get more expensive every month to reco storage. i the issue that i'm going to sit in from the cornerstones and the tailor tells me that the, the dollar stronger commotion, the material in the sequence are more expensive. if i were able i would buy ahead and just stuck up. but i can't so the only thing left for good to

do is wait for better times in the entertainment sector. for more recognition and above all, for better pay the of the seasons change and winter brings forth and call the days. especially if you live in northern europe, lilian, which lies on the coast of northern sweden, is close to the arctic circle. here the winter is all very dark, cold, and lonely to come by this loneliness as i pushed it. and if i bred 10 quiz have come up with a very special campaign, it is meant to lift the spirits not only of the residents, but also a visit test. when you're sitting now goes out, he makes sure to stay warm by putting 2 coats on. originally from munich,

the 20 year old move to leo 3 months ago. he wanted to see what life was like in northern sweden. if you still have a not for forever, it's too dark for that either. so, but i thought it would be interesting for half a year. he's off to a lecture and today it's minus 12 degrees celsius. units quickly understood that he would have to get used to different amounts of sunlight in the, at the moment. but sometimes it gets dark at 3 o'clock already. you very different from germany. there's much less sun life and it's mostly cloudy and it never really gets very bright too. you can almost go to bed for the going off in the food. there's plenty of light in the lecture hall to ensure students remain alert. but it remains cold and miserable outside. the industrial city of lulu is not known for being the most beautiful. there's a major steel plant here. in the harbor, the ice breakers will soon go out to clear the ice in the baltic sea. well

the people often walk by one another without creating each other according to a recent survey, $1.00 and $4.00 people in sweden feels lonely crystal. so a campaign has been launched to encourage people to just say, hey, are hello to each other. host kosky and eva brit chunk this came up with the idea and with good reason doesn't the things are forthcoming for there's research that shows that creating people has a positive effect on wellbeing and health. what does he have since we felt that we had to do something? that's the, that's the thing. so we really are the 2 are setting a good example in lieu. and it's not only older people who are lonely. kosky says that people between 16 and 29 also often feel alone. she's come to this high

school to talk about the issue with the students. how you doing? hence, do you say hello to your fellow students in the hall? amazon don't give someone goes past, i'll look up the door, but many just carry on with a determined look and speak to them. don't. i don't know this campaign will be enough to change things as like some data tied to people's habits are hard to change. angle bone sometimes habits have to be broken just like the ice and the baltic. and the ice doesn't scare point us at external. who founded the winter bathing association into neil. and even young ones are braving the cold to the doctor for almost it's more fun together and makes them look more social way. or the association already has 500 members. most of them come on the weekend,

but there's almost always a place to be found in the sauna. nothing is better for fighting loneliness than sweating together and going for a dip, an ice cold water, the outside. it's a good way of meeting people, especially for those who are not alone by choice, relative to the, the whole family as i'm here at least here. they can feel better for a while and couples on anything and for your office. this is about the 1st on the there's still some darkness ahead. as the days we'll keep getting shorter until the winter solstice. that's available. so you notice bitten there has found a way of coping with the darkness. he often goes for hikes in the woods with a friend. there are many ways to fight loneliness in northern sweden. an open fire and a friendly head can go a long way. that's well for this additional focus

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