today we're going to europe the 5th smallest country. it's a sunny place where the multi cultural heritage is been offline. on multi means 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 from of the roman speak directly to the british and the french. we're all here at one time or another. the architecture shouts to about what is reflected in the people to i'm, i'm excited about what awaits me here and play me multis. capital. the letter is so beautiful that it's been named that unesco world heritage site. the republic of malta is made up of the islands of malta, gozo, and camino as well as a number of other uninhabited island. the 316 square kilometer territory is home to about half a 1000000 multi. it's been a multitude set to meet refuge. it's the 5th, most densely populated country in the world. the crusaders built the capital letter as

a bastion of christianity. it has recently undergo an extensive restoration kind of generation architect conrad booth. a guy has played a key role in this process. he's managed to mailed old architecture with new the, now we're working aside the parliament and you're a part of the designing department. right? yes, we work to be a rental piano who are commissioned by the governments to, to build the building. and we where his local architect, the whole building is bill low cuz stone. well, you know, what's really interesting, although this one is an old building. yes. and this one is a new version. yes. but they somehow fit together. yes. absolutely. that's yeah, that's was the idea. so mission complete the piece again. no, really, you can see the light and shade on the facade. yes. gives a feeling of a corrode in the way that's the way. is it all the way it's on the besides now i

getting more and more on the scale, assuming that the lines on the top. so this triangle. yeah. quote to you on to where it's on the line continue. so the structure we see there, yes. is actually it's connecting this one, but this isn't the modern way. yes. okay. so it's creates a continuity between the new wherever you look, who's a guy in stevenville, let us crumbling duty. a facelift, the even the ruins of the former royal opera house have been integrated into an open air theatre the cfo, which participates in the length of the city. so when the performance is taking place of business and funding concepts, then 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 itself. it's very impressive because it's open 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 that facility gets sort of closer to the interior and it feels like what's used to be the innovation of the, of the 5th. the conrad glucagon is convinced that the letter can only retain its vitality. it's passed is integrated into the presence the city's history should enrich rather than limited it shows me the and chatting with from the upper barranca 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? and what he's 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. so the

thing was allowed. so now lots of buildings now being built that you all sent to your 40 stories high. you're kind of, you know, i'm not fond of it because physician and landscape is going to obviously change. how is that progresses with emphasis 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 building 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 plaza shock is the home of the typical maltese wooden boat called alludes inside dillard. 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 a now in such

a way to me what it is. i told the germans of sausages have you, india, tell your pizza to the multi c a c t c to so it said that it's meant to be very tasty. i'm looking forward to eating something close to 10 kilometers from the capital. here this logan is loading it for you to, to, to work and virtual meeting money to develop the founder of by states you going back to, you already know i am the most fits the women. yes. the nice meeting you saying when it comes to my house, thank you so much. ready to make busted said i'm ready to cook for the 1st time. it was a good retired. so into the kitchen model is an institution. and so j, we choose the cleaning of making the pastries better multis favorite snack. and the one i met here is talking about the seats. yeah. you have to use them for seats. see, you have to, if you're comfortable with how you have to eat busted seats, us will have them for breakfast or lunch for t. okay?

then if you really don't feel like cooking, you have them for dinner as well. so it's un under false, you know, you find them everywhere in every town village, you make different kind of pursuits. 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 large, with forks that a so i try to make to make an alternative beginnings, it to, to you. yes, yes, yes, exactly. this is the traditional this tradition of food in, in, monetize it. is it the in the, you know, it's quite me, the base, the most most popular i'm only thing is. dish is in fact rabbits needs rather yes, right. the, to the garlic i've heard there are some similarities between maltese and arabic languages. so i'm going to do a little test what do you call this?

in my teams in arabic, we say i've seen yes. and what it is, it's called gina. it's almost the same. yes, this 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. in fact, it's 66, the president of his comes from our and they can because of a room by the archives for the very long time. so we talk now arabic. when i say at t feet is table, does you say yes, is this the new, you know, not these language? yes. all right, well, yes. and this one, the pilot, the green, the a 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, yeah, so for the same, you wouldn't say for a nice sticking to say after the language less of the cooking lesson continues the trying to get the, the feeling. yes. let's get the feeling they saw here. they were prepared that it

caught the cuts on the pay. they say anyone who's been to multiple ones, always return for the food alone. the dishes are unbelievably tasting. fantastic. especially made using money. it was recipe. and i didn't do a bad job, making them either didn't good. open. yes. ok. well the must eat. so you're making money. lou shows me around the small town of so jay we are stroll, takes us to the church of saint nicholas molto 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 most. how is it otherwise i wouldn't say it, but i think there is the risk of noise or losing it. 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 it's on young people and especially women for example. morrison is looking here, abortion is nothing else. so that's very a quiet sort of problems because then own, you know, rich people who kind of forward this kind of get to that because they can go a route to other countries or as they go to black markets. so, um and even even, and when you want to divorce it, it's in, you know, was in so abuse around 6 years ago. something like that, 67 for that you could for that. 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 must eat see, awaits us by seats this already. yes, i'm all they look so good golden brown. and of course i don't 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 you think them through it just read it says, do 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 lovers. i'm surprised to stumble across the vintage car rally and pull it up. the bunch of multi has its dark sides to blake 2017. in 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. bombing. 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 does make it easier with murdered? you just a short distance from her home on the, you know, all by do for investigative work and focused on political and financial corruption and multiple mazda concepts here. and in music, it's important to me as a journalist, but i come here to make a point where on that and then sessions,

i believe a democracy must guarantee freedom of opinion in the media. and on a democratic adviser, 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 going stein from so and the blinds in the country more and 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 insure dust me call to one ago need see i did not die and 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 only 14 kilometers long, and just over 7 kilometers wide most of goes that was 31000 residents live in the island, the 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 t or through us today. 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 on a very small island? it's because there's the rivalry between the 2 ben 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 all per as well. and out of sheer, the artist decries of a button. but then a good sense of a competitive sense. how is the competition affecting on the quality of the productions who are doing obviously um that would 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 global post. 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 i really lawyer to one little problem. some of the help or just may be that it's like it doesn't. right. all right, so yes, yeah,

yes. the club, this it is, it is. but i mean us as a sense of much yours to us for that way. we've gone from strength to strength and the 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. and 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 of almost had more homosexual than heterosexual customers. business you?

which 1st sometimes just for you round fund facing each of the readings and you will virus and every single the exchanging of brings will be done here. all your guests will be seated on the terrace looking out this way. so for space on the back end, the letter. i'm amazed at how progressive catholic multis approaches to transgender and homosexual issues in the spartacus gay 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 for jennifer, and i'm a show that's people want 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 unfortunate to sit at and issue a fund started over women when it comes to rights for the rights in mind, that's the white tagging behind. but when it comes to educate you, i to you, right? so yeah, and that's the concept. get in mind with as we're having this fancy, whereas if, if you guys are far ahead i would say in the word indemnity. we don't hear about aggression or home a whole beyond that extra towards our community as such. but the cases, the sierra for something towards the trans women of faith, physical and online abuse. and so that's was quite shocking for us. the clean organize of the

annual multiplied we can pride march place in new york for an organization that takes care of the edge of the i q and rights here on my laptop. and what do you do? except even though one of those very smart, it was gonna say the violation of the fact that we don't have a lot of eligibility places where to go to. so it's 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 is a beautiful holiday. i'm but it's also become one that the trans cuts spots as a refugee crisis. again and again, thoughts that are pulled survivors from the sea put into ports here. multis

location, 350 kilometers from olivia and 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 have made it as far as multi i. yes, when did you arrive years? it's on the 201800. libya across the sea, across the certificate studies. okay. and how is the journey and what the problem is that you have? well, we came in this morning, but somebody calls in the votes of death. can i get in and you are the labeled on either side on to the us about it now and so it was tough right? the minutes that somebody oh yes, 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. then the united nations decided that we should come here to move to the deeply moved by their fate. what will happen to them? how many will get stranded on this line within the future plan will be you find a collective solution to the problem i'm speaking with aaron's on it's do the multi use photo journalist has captured scenes from the refugee drama. what does that mean to turn in and 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

at the most and most of the departments tend to be from libya and the number of fatalities enormous. the parents accounts for shocking shows be photographs of rescue mission. so it is witness. 2 2 to have the times when i put down to cameras and health types. 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 excel. human hearts are at stake here, just as a guy, you know, that has to be investigated. obviously, when these people don't know if they're going to never die once they realize the survived. it's a very,

very positive emotional experience for the emotional issue that i think they are really be. i mean, yeah, i'm some breakdown into some sort of celebrates and saying and pray. but there's a lot in a lot of crying. there's one rescue mission that there and will never forget the for the most domestic weekend, for me was east of 2017 where several people from in tennessee. there was a match, struggle for them. how does this have an impact on, you know, you get some of these um as of images fashion back to your minds which do not go away. they so sometimes come back to you at the most unexpected moments, more than just think about the 100 si size in the same rescue. the same we can

think about the, the, the baby who's likes. it's like safe. what policy is change from your perspective, according to your opinions? and i would love to see more solidarity between the different till you appear in the countries, you know, when it comes to creating the you with wide policy on how to, how to share these people are some of them 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 service visit mazda. it has been really,

really into about this cuz he's still feeling he hadn't expected to experience so much of the island. a very small, but it's architectural and very rich dimension. in with the people i sometimes got the feeling i could be multi is too 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 the understanding which i hadn't expected at all. to me just martha is, i couldn't say that it's really like any other country has done salons in the united states was the said, the, [000:00:00;00]

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