these places in europe slashing the rank one step into a bold adventure the treasure map for martin clo. describe it as some of us wrinkled, begging sites on youtube, and also the, the hello and welcome to this week. focus on europe with me on a home, donnie, more than a 100000 people slept from. then i go on a 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 gab, oregon also found refused in armenia. she's glad that you 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 oak her back. she's certain that she will never be able to read to the 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 any more. since lean from us or by johnny rockets, she's been living with her daughter in law and i here in her grandson. honest, vic here in our lives. i mean yeah. she rents a place to stay away from this woman here. when victoria thinks about all she's lost, she makes flat bread filled with metals. inquiry under the typical dish and the

gardener car back it's doors, memories and comforts are a bit less shamika because they're really spicy. so it's a lot of kept her best to victoria had to leave her home with no advance notice that on monday to pull the used car, we had to leave everything behind. we had just the clothes on her back. nothing else. 6 of us took a little car together, spring got a little better than the poker, making the weed pack just 2 blankets sold to cover ourselves that night and quote, the zone to color in company. most of the shit itself is also by john sudden attack on are going to kind of back cause people to flee on mass. and just a few days over a $100000.00 ethnic, armenians fled from the enclave towards armenia. by launching 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 officer by john over the land. and now tens of thousands of people from the car back like the morgan family must start over from scratch in armenia. the 5 of them are sharing this patio and 2 tiny rooms. little ours because 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 as good lady about slow, i mean, you know, 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 less than need government support. the european union and international 8 organizations had been sending aid,

but the poor country in the congress, this is overwhelmed. the different, the 2nd level, the arrival of over a 100000 people from the going to car box is putting a massive strain on the armenian economy. and especially regarding banks with office because most of the refugees have debts on the go on a car, a 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 that go against flat from the corner, kara back and arrived in the village of our lives, with almost nothing there about 45 kilometers from the armenian capital of uta vance. 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, yvonne, almost 4000 armenians lost our lives back. then almost every family had a deceased or injured acquaintance. friend or family member to more than back then,

including victoria of oregon for grand daughter was killed in a rock extract. if it could go not supposed to meet with the kids were waiting for the taxi so they could be taken to the underground shelter go. we thought it was 7, 10 in the morning. you'll punch a rocket flew right at us, i think, and think of the my 2 daughters in law were injured, are supposed to be leveled with this porter. so you see it hits my grandson on the head, arm and legs steep soft, be doubled. and he was fighting a lot made in the war, was a major turning point for the armenians, because their key strategic satellite, 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 i was advised on a technical, you know, kind of back, moscow didn't intervene to help facilitate the machine

open. if lynette was a revelation for us, i'm wondering if we understood we were alone without our allies. and 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 war against fuel 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 you belong, i'm each the, i don't have any plans by just a dream of laughter. i'd like to return to nicole know, cut her back one day to visit my little daughter's grave. i choose them to do, but i don't want my remaining children to live there anymore. but the most that the, i don't want to lose them to. and so not the mean for me and i go now kind of back will always be a war torn region of when you beauty, we've lost our trust in both the government and anyone else of we only trust ourselves anymore, making those domestic the stumpage. it's not me, i don't know what will become of us use matthew dodging that god will

victoria good board can or family and there many fellow refugees don't expect to be able to return to the going to kind of 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 this mother revel. steelworks and the south of belgrade a few years ago since then, more and more people in the neighboring village, i'd rather not have complained about her run those air pollution from the factory drug. i know miller's has lived there for full decades. it's never been this bad, she says, and she says it will stay that way because the still know secures thousands of jobs in a part of serbia that is already very impoverished of

what is in our lungs, sy, although gnashing flow too much, this is on the lamp post and what's in our lines and inside our bodies, nobody knows east by and 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 here. their pictures, homeland posts, covered with red stuff, struggling to millage would love to leave for a village. she tells me. but no one wants to buy her house. it too is covered in thick red dust emitted from the steel me a ride across from her home. and we saw that look over there, see how much smoke the rooms, the what used to be home to more than 5000 people a decade ago is now increasing the dotted with empty homes. young

people in particular are turning their backs on the village in search of federal page. all that steel 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 enterprise was allegedly changed here since china took 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 fund these photos. they to gulf what appears to be a gigantic door to cloud right above the factory. sometimes we hear the 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 matter of cancer rates have quadrupled here during the past decade. environmental activists like can you call that kristin? you want the plans to be cleaned up and are demanding filters against pollution. he's the head of a watch dog. he's miserable, some nichol,

i 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 plants and nickel that wants to listen and gather as much evidence as possible. he said listen, i've had 2 big tumors in 2 years. you must, do you have hope that things will get better? i've got this to watch and not those sonya, if the cool this is of a situation is very concerning me, is that most of eligible? but she's pretty certain that my wife wants us to move away from here, but not only because of her for that, but also for the future of our children as a need. maybe the more we could, we have 3 children and things aren't getting better able to assist you because we didn't have to be don't see that changing soon made scolding them all just to slow

your mess. x to this, including nicholas say that change is difficult in par due to the serbian state, allegedly not being willing to enforce environmental stand. people who work in the steel plan are concerned about losing their job. a yellow, very key part of this is a paradox here because for one you have people who depend on the plan for their livelihoods will sparkle. and there's also an emotional component. and what, because the plan has been there for generations, a, getting it out, see one of the, but on the other hand, that same factory kills them, probably poisoned them every day. they'll probably get through. it's lucky done. all the 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 the sort of the that body that having a job is more important than the environment. and when they go to the rest of the

deals manually, i am personally more concerned that people do not lose their job. and the solution isn't affecting us. that some was the sub, 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 been 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 state, a written request to the health ministry, and the environmental ministry, remain unanswered. our follow ups via phone, without any results. instead, we meet milenko vinyl beach in back rates for us. in 2021, he gathered 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 and lead mercury nickel those 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 can be, this is something that was in it. he says those who put prostate before house or the people should be sanctioned, may be peace calling on the serbian government. it was the adult. the thought the, these are the ideas that bit about the state should act with the factories under the control of the 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 was told that we need adequate filters who think they must whirlpool and keep working or they caught me in equal. that is, but i was going through that that i them backing 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 europe in 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. it is gonna be a hot dog and will be honestly, i would love to retire and spend the rest of my life with my grandchildren from you all settled up a z. that is my only wish to tell me is right. yeah. who grandchildren really come? it's not safe to touch anything here or play upsides drug on a sense, alive, increasingly constrained to be spent inside for, 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 it presents a center is old tradition. that is an integral part of took is called to 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 of the belly. dancing is goos, primary source of income every evening. the belly dancer performs and 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 lire notes. 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 leave band belinda and seen on television, which are are everything's getting more and more conservative. jessica, so that can by me, the landlords no longer want to read to me because i earn my money its 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. good 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 and seen these attitudes have an impact on us all. and the end of the bundle leaves, not just those dancers sizable guns, but all the women in turkey, cousins on that issue. the country is becoming more conservative with each year that passes in 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 and the pubs bars and entertainment venue is somebody. 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 fit the 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 customs get more expensive every month on the storage. i. the issue that i'm interested in doing 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 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 to let's see, those chains and winter brings forth and call the days, especially if you live in northern europe. miliano, which lives 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 eunice, fitness comes 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 not for forever, it's too dark for that. i just know, 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 the at the moment, but suddenly it gets dark at 3 o'clock already. very different from germany. there's much less sun life. it's mostly cloudy, but it never really gets very bright to. you could almost go to bed for the going off in the food. there's plenty of light in the lecture hall to ensure your 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, one and 4 people in sweden feels lonely. close to each. so a campaign has been launched to encourage people to just say, hey, or hello to each other. host kosky and eva brit chunk. this came up with the idea and with good reason says and the thing is if i'm coming from 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. it's the 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 and how you doing this is, how do you say hello to your fellow students in the hall on amazon? don't give someone goes past, i'll look up or do, 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 they come, they'll tell you that people's habits are hard to change and go long. sometimes habits have to be broken just like the ice in the baltic. the ice doesn't scare point us at ics to them who founded the winter bathing association and do neil and even young ones are braving the coal to all the salma. it's more fun together, a man like some like a more social, a play or that the association already has $500.00 members. most of them come on

the weekend, but there's almost always a place to be found in the sun. nothing is better for fighting loneliness than sweating together and going for a dip in ice cold water. ringback at the outset, it's a good way of meeting people, especially for those who are not alone by choice, relative to the, the whole thing really as i'm here at least here, they can feel better for a while. and couple thing about your office, this aspect of system there's still some darkness ahead. as the days we'll keep getting shorter until the winter solstice. it's available, you know, spitting or 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 and open fire and a friendly head can go a long way. that's well for this additional

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