and we've got some hot tips for your package that manage the corners boats affinities, check on some great cultural memorials to boot travel regarding the the mediterranean was once a major crossroads at the heart of the ancient. today it has become a barrier separating europe from africa. is there anything less of a past one share? and what do today's distinct cultures have in common? journalist las rog and joe far off to korea, travel the coasts of the mediterranean, in search of answers. you see yourself as a to be in june and responsibilities. how can you

help me to join us to get to know the people and their dreams mediterranean. during the today we're going to europe's 5th smallest country. it's a sunny place with a multi cultural heritage. it's been a lot of time on multiple endings, a mitten man. it's an island in the mediterranean sea, located north of libya, into new jersey and south of sicily investing ports a multicultural, melting pot on some of the roman speak directly to the british. and the french were all here at one time or another. the architecture shouts to about what is reflected in the people to mars. i'm excited about what awaits me here or play me most of

capital. the letter is so beautiful that its been named to unesco world heritage site. the republic of malta is made up of the islands of malta goes on. and camino, as well as a number of other uninhabited islands to 316 square kilometer territory is home to about half a 1000000, multi is the name multiple is set to mean bremerton, which is the 5th most densely populated country in the world. the crusaders built the capital, the letter as a bastion of christianity. it is recently undergo and extensive restoration, and we're generation architect conrad booth. a guy has played a key role in this process. he's managed to build old architecture with new the, now we're working aside the parliament and you're a part of the designing department. right? yes. we worked with the rental piano, the commission by the governments to,

to build the building. and we where his local architects, the whole building is built hill lo cuz stone. well, you know, what's really interesting though this one is an old building. yes. and this one is a new version. yes. but they somehow fit together. yes. i think that's. yeah, that's was the idea. so mission complete the pieces, you know, really and you can see the light and shade on the facade. yes. gives the feeling of a corrode in the way that's the way. is it all the way? it's on the other side. now i getting more thing on the scale, assuming that the lines on the top so this triangle got courtyards where itself, it was a line continue to the structure. we see there. yeah. is actually, it's connecting this one, but this isn't a modern way. yes. okay. so it's creates a continuity between the new wherever you look, looks like you're getting the letter of crumbling duty. a facelift, the even the ruins,

the former royal opera house have been integrated into an open air theatre. the cfo, which participates in the 9th of the city. so when a performance is taking place of business and funny concept that the sound spills out into the streets. so everyone knows everybody knows people sometimes stand on the edge and watch even though they're not inside the theater. it says it's very impressive because it's open the air. and when you look at the building behind, it looks as if it's the back, the side of fits, right? yes. in fact, the choice of the green was from a spied by the green of the balconies. so when it's dark and it's all, it's all not for someone to get sort of closer to the interior and it feels like once used to be the innovation of the, of the 5th. the conrad glucagon is convinced that the letter can only retain its vitality. images past is integrated into the presence. the city's history should enrich rather than limited. it shows me the enchanting view it from the upper

veronica gardens. the if you look at this, you don't have to say anything anymore. this garden was built on the highest bastion of the language. what's the patient's originally? multi landscape was 3 full maximum stories heights like this. it snow and hard zone to 5 years ago. the opportunity to start building high buildings totally building was alone. so now lots of buildings now being there, put you on a 30 or 40 stories high. you're kind of a no, i'm not fond of it. the conservation of landscape is going to obviously change. how is that progresses with lenses on something you can really control. and i don't even want you to be scared of change. multi is a place of tradition and modernity ramp and construction bull here. tranquil

beach us in laguna, their time with nation is trying to negotiate the middle ground between the needs of tourism and multi residents. the small fishing village cross sectional is the home of the typical maltese wouldn't vote called alludes. it's idyllic. now i'm traveling further south here on the main island to a place where a very exclusive multi specialty awaits me. it's been, it's in now it's a g. we me what it is. i told the germans have sausages. how are you in the italian pizza in the multi seat c to so they're like, it's meant to be very tasty. i'm looking forward to eating something. it is 10 kilometers from the capital tier. this logan is loading it if you to, to, to work and virtual meeting body to develop the founder of musty to going back to you already know i am the best fit to have

a yes. nice meeting you same when it comes to my house. thank you. so much ready to make busted say i'm ready to cook for the 1st time. it was a good retired. so into the kitchen model as an institution in such a way. she's the cleaning of making the pastries, better multis. favorite snack. everyone i met tier is talking about the c c and you have to even proceed. see you have to feel comfortable inside your house to each busted seat. we'll have them for breakfast for lunch, for t. okay. then if you really don't feel like cooking, do you have them for dinner as well? so it's under false, you know, you find them everywhere in every town village, you make different kinds of pursuit. see what's, what's the sure thing about to your own pursuits? i make busted c without large for the traditional ones and they made them with collides with forks that and so i try to make to make an alternative beginning to,

to, to you. yes. yes, yes, it is. what is the traditional this tradition of food in, in monetize it? is it vision? but no, it's quite me. the base, the most most popular and will it is. dish is in fact rabbits needs rather yes. right. drop it with the garlic, the preferred. there are some similarities between maltese and arabic languages. so i'm going to do a little test the what do you call this? in most cases in arabic, we say i've seen yes and what is called a gina. it's almost the same. yes, it is because i was told smokey's language is very close to arabic language. i see now you say i seem to submit to the language and the fact that it's 66, the president of his comes from our and they can because of a room by the art of support a very long time. so we talk now when i say uh, 2 feet is table, does you say yes. is this a new, you know, not these language?

yes. all right. uh, yeah, and this one, the pipe, the when the p thing. no, that's comes from italian prison. these entity that's kind of why we say by zillow . oh yeah. so, so was yes, the same, you wouldn't say for $916.00. the say after the language less than the cooking, less than continues. how do we get the the feeling? yes. let's get the feeling. they saw here very well prepared that it caught the cuts on the page. they say anyone who has been to multiple wants always return for the food alone. the dishes are unbelievably tasting. fantastic. especially pos, deeply made using money. it was the recipe. and i didn't do a bad job, making them either that i could open. yeah. okay.

well, the must eat, so you're making money. lou shows me around the small town of said jay, we are stroll, takes us to the church of saint nicholas. mazda is predominantly catholic. what influence does the church have here? she tells me the country is one of the most conservative in europe. i love more. otherwise, i wouldn't say it, but i think there is the risk of losing it soon. okay, oh it's a, it's a new high rise buildings. that's where it gets a some people are way too conservative. how does effects on you? so as on young people and especially women, for example, morrison is lucky going to get abortions, nothing else. so that's very a quiet sort of problems because then own, you know, rich people who kind of forward is kind of get to that because they can go a route to other countries or as they go to black markets. ok. so, um and even even, and when you want to divorce it, it's in, you know,

was into abuse around 6 years ago. something like that, 67, and for that you could for that's no, there was no other voice and was a wonderful aroma entices us back to the kitchen. or my very 1st batch of self made steed see, awaits us. but if this already is, i'm all day long, so good golden round a round. i think they're very crispy. so i try the one with the cheese. okay, this one? yes. it's so good. good. it's so good. it's so good. it's really good. it's really the best under yes, yes, yes, yes, it's a good this so i can stay the whole day now eating them.

so it just really tastes good. you know, at the beginning when you look at them and say, what's special about it. but now you can see how good it's it tastes, it smells. so it's worth it. i'm glad you like the the island nation has been a member of the european union since 2008. and in this tax haven, people like to show off what they have. it's a popular place for wealthy english people to retire to for example. it's a paradise for car lars. i'm surprised to stumble across the vintage car rally info at the bottom. multi has its dark sides too. late. 2017. and assassination shop. the country's political release and sparked a national crisis. journalist destiny kawana elisia was investigating

a high level corruption scandal when she was murdered in a car. bonnie: the attack struck the country and led to the resignation of top politicians. october's 5 thousands, it seemed. would it be in october 2017, that the journalist asked me to lead me to help with murdered you. just a short distance from her home on either of ideas or investigative work and focused on political and financial corruption and multi off mazda concepts here. and, and me, it's important to me as a journalist that i come here to make a point where on that and then sessions, i believe democracy must guarantee freedom of opinion in the media and in a democratic events. are all mazda is part of the you, it's my thoughts. and i expect that freedom of speech, it should be a cornerstone and such a country and gornstein from so and the blinds in the country more demanded in the corruption in life. now multi has to prove it can implement the rule of law and respect the freedom of the press so as

to ensure a document called the one that got it. so you did not dying and they were leaving the main island and taking the ferry northwest vs on him. he had snuff closer with a sudden we're heading for goes by we're going to visit the city of victoria. hi victoria. it's a small city, but it has to offer houses open. the question is, why to why the go? so is the 2nd largest island and the multi is archipelago. it's almost 14 kilometers long and just over 7 kilometers wide most of goes 31000 residents live in the islands capital, victoria. it's a bit quieter here than it is on the main island. most interested in the 2

offer houses, the aurora and the 2 out through us that are here. i'm meeting the director john goliath. the 2 buildings are just 300 meters. a part i came to goes over here and i have one question. why do you need to approach here in a very small island? it's because there's the rivalry between the 2 band clubs in victoria. the other bank club has also the out all over the house. and there's this at the out to us. so which is the seat of oprah as well, and out of sheer, the artist, the chrysler you bought, but the good sense of the competitive sense, how is the competition affecting on the quality of the production? so doing obviously, um there will be much more engagement and commitment by the members of the opera at the restaurant who are actually engaged to promote

the highest such as the governor. both the opera houses were built at the end of the 19 sixties and they have been fighting with one another since then visitors do they go to both old for us or you? you have the feeling. some are really loyal to one little problem. some of the help orders may be that it's like you've done. right. all right, so yes, yeah, yeah. so the club, this is it is, but um, i mean, as, as a sense of much yours the, let's put it that way. we've gone from strength to strength and people are going over to each other as the authors and 1st of all and also to see the, the level of the so that the competitive edge is always there. it is very much like mcauliffe artistic activity, the yet the

island nation is surprising. in another aspect, in 2017, the multi is parliament voted overwhelmingly to legalize same sex marriage since then goes to a wedding planners, jewels bill jr. and catherine goods have almost had more homosexuals than heterosexual customers. business you? which space sometimes just for you around facing each other with the readings and your fires and every single, the exchanging of rings will be done here. all your guests will be seated on the terrace looking out this way. so over stays in the back in the letter. i'm amazed at how progressive catholic multis approaches to transgender it's almost sexual

issues. in the spartacus gate travel index, the island is ranked as one of the most elegy bt friendly countries in europe. meeting clayton, mexico, and l g b t i q, community organizer to find out more. see catholic church is very selection here on uh, on mazda um, how is that affecting on that? would you be tied to rights? i would say since the 2011 ford center for in the show, that's the one to move on and have the rights to do far as this kind of change the mentality, even for the church to not be so focused on unprecedented freedom of what people wanted to choose, i'm fortunate to sit at issue a funds out over women when it comes to rights, rights in mind that stated quite plugging behind. but when it comes to educate you i to you. right. so yeah, i think that that's the concept get in mind with as we're having this fancy.

whereas if, if your eyes are far ahead i would say in the word indemnity. we don't hear about aggression or home a whole beyond directly towards our community as such. but yes, we passed cases this year for something towards that trans women. oh, face physical and online abuse. and so that's was quite shocking for us. the clean, organize that the annual multiplied. we can pride march place in new york for an organization that takes care of the v i t q right here on my desktop. and what do you do? except even though once i was very small, i was gonna say the violation of the fact that we don't have a lot of eligibility places where to go to it's always based on events. and i think that's one of the things that we're doing in g o l, i think the communities to,

to create that sort of sense of belonging and community for, for are the eligibility kind. the multi hasn't many facets. most people only know the place has a beautiful holiday. i'm but it's also become one that the trash cut spots at the refugee crisis. again and again, thoughts that have pulled survivors from the sea put into ports here. not as location, 350 kilometers from the libyan coast is the primary reason for that. more than 15000 people have died in recent years trying to reach your, of the of the mediterranean sea, needing some survivors who made it as far as multi i. yes, when did you arrive years? it's on the 20, the tea leaves on libya,

across the sea, across the certificate. so can and how is the journey and what the problem is that you have? well, we came in this morning but somebody calls them the votes of death. difficult to get in the menu icon labeled on either side on to the us about it now. and so it was tough, right? the minnesota, somebody you use, it was time. we were it. so you for 7 days for 7 days we were on a ship, the contractor different countries, but no one wanted to take us about it. and then the united nations decided that we should come here to move to the i'm deeply moved by their fate. what will happen to them? how many will get stranded on this on within the future? when will the, you find a collected solution to the problem?

i'm speaking with aaron's, i'm, it's do the multi use photo journalist has captured scenes from the refugee drama. what does that mean? is it terry? and you can see today mean to you uh, to me personally, it's a lot of things. it's my home office and that's what we have seen over the past for 20 years of service. it's also a graveyard. the huge numbers of people crossing from africa trying to get to you it most and most of the deposit is tend to be from libya and the number of fatalities enormous. the germans accounts for shocking. it shows me photographs of rescue mission. so that is witness. 2 to have the times when i put down the

cameras and help tasks. yeah, i had taken enough pictures anyhow, so there's no point in it. can you click something and his photographs are a stark reminder of what many don't want to accept human rights are at stake. here just as a guy, you know, they have to speak to that skips, obviously when these people don't know if they're going to nipple dye once they realize they've survived. it's a very, very positive emotional experience. and if you think they don't really appear to be, i mean, yeah, i'm some breakdown into some sort of celebrates and saying and pray. but there's a lot and a lot of crying there's one rescue mission that there and will never forget the the most domestic weekend for me was east of 2017 where several people from in tennessee. there

was a good match, struggle for them. how does this have an impact on you? you know, you get some of these um, as of images fast and back to your mind, which do not go away. they sometimes come back to you at the most unexpected moments. more than just think about the 100 c safe and the same rescue the same we can think about the, the, the baby who's likes is likely safe. what policy is change from your perspective, according to your opinions. and i would love to see a more solid attitude between the defend till you appear in the countries, you know, when it comes to creating a you with a life policy on how to how to share these people out as a month, some selves. the fact that full countries have to agree in this,

i mean that is obviously a problem because, you know, unfortunately there are some e u member states which are adamantly against having refugees on there. so the, as long as europe fails to open up or to help, and as long as there is no improvement in the refugees, countries of origin will continue to see these dreadful images from the mediterranean mazda. so please visit method has been really, really into lots cuz he still feels he hadn't expected to experience so much of the island a very small, but it's architecturally very rich dimension in with the people i sometimes got the feeling i could be multi is to about to use as i, they're very close to arrow culture. i've had also very european level piece within when they speak, i feel i've understood understanding which i hadn't expected at all. to me. just mazda is, i couldn't say that is really like any other country has done someone's pretty

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