if you any in business man the you must will announce because lives in the village of group has one hundred twenty kilometers from vilnius he runs a lucrative business selling the mushrooms and berries that grow on his land but another source of income is also his hobby. if you walk around the whole park you'll cover two color matters the park contains one hundred thirteen different open air sculptures. in soviet times the sculptures held pride of place and if you end in cities and towns. after the fall of the soviet union they were taken down and fell into neglect. that prompted volume us to set up a park dedicated to let you in is something of history. this open a museum welcomes visitors only around and there's no shortage of them in the.

foreigners and lithuanian tonight come here to get a glimpse into the country's relatively recent past. here people learn something about socialism and what we went through in those times . the iron curtain way down very heavily on the soviet union the outside world knew little about this country. in one thousand nine hundred decided to split from the soviet union. parliament that by the tout as landsburg has declared the republics independence thousands back to the decision rallies became a constant feature in central vilnius with demonstrators demanding that moscow recognize its you a new statehood. first the speaker said emotional words about freedom then the craze began singing literally as anthem. many people how to raise in their

eyes they couldn't sing along because they were so overcome with emotion they saw that something was indeed changing they felt they could no speak up with higher to fear. moscow sold the developments of this mania as a slap in the face tanks and special forces were sent to kill me as i say. the kremlin felt that flexing its muscles would be enough to compel the goldston of the republican to backing down. this was when we knew we told him we had no right to rejoin the soviet union we have not been elected to do that you think. a massacre followed. the television center in film as was assaulted on the night to generate forty cents on. the building seats within a short time as you

a news independent television. i know most. of you know we are being attacked why. given i can see is shots from most science they have seized the sweeney as radio center. is an anchor for a state run t.v. channel but live report was a moment of triumph for the young journalist but her moment of glory came with a price. i knew that they used access to break the dogs to get the deer the spats has been left here as a reminder of those events. that night fountains of people resolve to stop the troops by acting as a human shield. in order for moscow said the troops were to fire blank shells.

and it was among the residents who protected the television center when the troops began firing and was injured. yeah i think i managed to crawl away i thought that i had been able to get away from that tanach after all and at that very moment my leg was caught between the caterpillar tracks and the time came to holt. now the former bookkeeper has to use a wheelchair and receives a disability grant. i knew freedom was worth that sacrifice i have no regrets and believe it's my destiny. fourteen residents of vilnius died sacrificing their lives for the few in his independence in one thousand nine hundred one. the new state government launched a vigorous campaign against the soviet legacy. bolton that equated soviet symbols

to nazi ones. nowadays may even ninth the date marked by soviet republics for the victory of a fascist germany is seen as just another ordinary day by mostly few eons. did out there in lithuania made a name for it is no occasion for festivities yes some people here did fight for that but this way has nothing to do with it russian politicians sometimes say we liberated the lithuanian people from nazi germany by responses the following yes you did but then you didn't bother to leave afterwards one occupation had given way to another. the fall if you a new got its independence truants used to march through central vilnius on victory day but now they can only mark their holiday at a military cemetery. but are you near her government has creases about this

fear where war veterans are called occupiers. the current propaganda slant is that lithuania was a second time in one thousand nine hundred eighty four when soviet troops entered the country to drive the germans i. know that young people have been brainwashed into believing that war veterans are ok pyres the veterans don't feel like demonstrating in the streets yet. may the ninth twenty ten. each of the fifty veterans here for the. victory. despite each of them. they've decided to. just. a band of enthusiastic musicians accompany them as they march through the streets. comes from holding flowers and colorful but. people with nationalistic slogans lined the streets on both sides.

the war came to. the country in one thousand nine hundred ninety three. those veterans can mark their victory and commemorate fallen heroes at a cemetery their tombstones their people a lot of flowers up. but marching through the heart of the city promotes the wrong ideology that symbol. affected by the campaign against. this is december thirty first one thousand nine hundred eighty three ten o eight pm that was when the first power generating unit was officially linked to the country's power grid. this footage is from the film marking the anniversary of the eight million a nuclear power plant. the station met all the electrical needs of miss you and two

neighboring soviet republics. the two nuclear reactors commission the plans for more powerful. than any of the reactors at the time it would seem that this technological model inherited from the soviet union might stand to endure in good stead after independence the country itself would have a plentiful supply of electricity and also be able to sell a surplus to others at a premium. with the supply still etherial we're cutting in those years because of an economic slump but this nuclear power plant provided uninterrupted supplies of tricity to customers in lithuania. listerine consumers at the lowest price cities which we pretty much be able to deliver here in an economy during that period of transition in fact we paved the way for the country's further economic development. off the

list left the u.s.s.r. it's all to join the european union. if you a new was told that it could quiet e.u. membership on the condition that it shuts down the. power plant. it even received from stamp dismantle the plant equipment and build storage for nuclear waste. the first reactor was closed in two thousand and four the other in two thousand and nine if you any of them joined the e.u. . when. where in the reactor room of the first unit nuclear fuel used to be stored underneath. it was used to generate heat and electricity and. many of those who built the station and worked at it had to be trained in how to dismantle it. but if you put a turbine together with my own hands after it went into service my job was to

maintain and repair it but in the past seven years i've been taking all that apart again with my own hands it's a pity creating something is much better if you ask me. and valarie good newton were made redundant when the station was shut down but there was no other work for them to to go. they were nice people working at the plant i enjoyed working there we still keep in touch with them. too certificates a photo album and the film showing the jubilee celebrations and the only mementos from those years. the european union funded the station's closure some of the money was earmarked for severance pay. the allowance we were entitled to after the stations shut daryn was four hundred dollars when the so-called crisis set in the

summer was cut to three hundred and fifteen dollars that's what we get paid no. the decommissioning of the power plant instantly led to high utility costs although lift you any accused to sell electricity to other countries today it buys it from them energy bills grow with each passing month those who worked at the station have had to slash their family budgets. but you've got the readings yes put them down fifty to three hundred forty seven writes how about the water hot water is ninety cold water is eighty four that's it that's quite a lot so i have to say. we have to pay five times as much as we do eat when we will find it back in december two thousand and nine. the former employees of the ignalina power plant will have to survive on their social welfare packages

until they become pensioners unemployment is at over fifteen percent and if you're a new officially twenty percent of its population lives in poverty according to your a staff this u.n. year is one of the five poorest countries in the european union. wealthy british style. that's not on. markets why not canada. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines

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a restitution. after a declared independence collective farms were disbanded land was handed over to some of its former owners. and. received sixty hectares of land that used to belong to. js an engineer his wife is an accountant they became farmers against their will. a severe economic slump began after lithuania declared independence unemployment had read its head for the first time

in the post soviet region. we have to. simply because we had no other source of income now i'm pretty certain no prospects. existed any time a sudden change in the weather might ruin at least some of the crops and reduce their efforts to nothing. there's no scope for the farm to grow the reluctant farmers don't have the money to save for a rainy day. most small farms here face a similar bleak situation. government lost interest in large scale farming such as collective farms. to the ground. has been reversed in favor of large scale production of.

the two farmers enjoyed very hard times during the two thousand and eight economic crisis and his wife were on the brink of bankruptcy. their farm survived only because they had been working on it without hired help they had also managed without. the influence of international campuses banking sector amounts to nearly ninety percent when the crisis came right into our banks were primarily concerned about parents banks in copenhagen or always lou this is. they stopped issuing loans and started exporting capital to help parents and banks of course that house in effect on the situation here. years old but much of her life has passed without her. he's been working in germany

to make a living. meanwhile brother and sister live in the. wall where is he a daddy. you know daddy let's look for him. there is a picture of him oh here that's right well don i know most of your friends are you know whenever she sees a man in the street the first thing she says is mom this is a man ad in daddy. she says that just in case the man responds. each friday off to work visit an internet cafe in germany to speak to his family by making a video call that the questions we get at school are real mindblower it's. them

yeah this five minutes of internet chat keeps the family in contact until so gay can be with them for real again and that could be six months away. this is typical for. which is joining the club of leading suppliers of manpower to western european countries. and now to something more to the point how do you send us the money. when just today yes ok that will help all deals are in the rental. in january two thousand and nine fountains of protesters crowded the main squares of most provincial towns in lithuania as well as its capital since the start of the crisis the government has been raising taxes and cutting social benefits. found themselves on the verge of bankruptcy. people struggled for survival.

for example my pension is two hundred and forty dollars. extra money for heating my flat. if i were to pay for it in fuel i'd have to pay forty dollars over and above my pension. when. government plans to tax pensions on top of the taxes he decided to join protest despite his age and poor health. this. meeting took place in vilnius near the parliament building. seven thousand people gathered. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the demonstrators. when one of the bullets hit enter nasa in the leg he was taken to an ambulance. to

a we were the bullet ruled out when the cuts my trousers open it was a rubber billet it's got stuck in a song i can't see it as a souvenir of sorts. but. the police brutality in dealing with the demonstrators spurred the public into action. an unprecedented number of people joined the opposition within a short period. of numerous protests rallies and demonstrations were held. on people the government bowed to pressure to make some concessions several unpopular measures were cancelled but the move deepened the budget deficit. you get more democracy will set in only after several generations those who once had any idea of democracy have become soviet people in spirit and so have all of our politicians. the founder and owner of the park featuring the history of soviet

union says he's lucky that he's lived in a free country for the past twenty years but he notes the growing nostalgia for the soviet period the limits is pessimistic about his country's future and he's skeptical about the government's political decisions. i don't think the european union will last for even fifty years but it will break up in the same way as the soviet union did the two are very similar in that they have both been a complete mess you. know. the loomis is playing with the idea of expanding his pocket. modern day exhibits may soon be added to the collection. the trouble is this nobody yet knows who won't was and will become a symbol of the few in his new era. if

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very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow divisions between the dumps and french speaking hall of the belgium a threatening to turn one nation into two permanently separatist movements again in momentum and a political vacuum that's made forming a government impossible and has also sent a bushel reports some favor it could start a chain reaction spreading to other parts of europe. some wait till they're divorced before planning their next marriage but not well known near the southern region of belgium the country's been with delta fictive government for a record fourteen months french speaking while looms in the cells and flemish speaking flanders in the north disagree on pretty much everything many analysts think the most likely outcome will see the country break into as soon as it splits

with flanders is complete the world looms will look to hook up with france for richer or poorer but mainly for richer going it alone when your small region is clearly not appealing and while they say political clout is important the main appeal is money and one of the loonie is part of france in everything but name that we have the same language we watch french t.v. not belgian that above all our economies controlled by french firms. polls suggest that whole foods and sixty percent of the french want to become one presidential front runner marine le pen last week said she would wear the southern half of belgium with france president sarkozy's ruling party and the opposition are already in talks to tie the knot we have contacts with other parties with you m.p. and we have contacted the socialist and it has been confirmed to us that's in case .