try to join european structures and leave it soviet past behind as fast as possible . if you any and businessman 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 phil you must to set up a pocket dedicated to lets you ania's sunday of history. this open a museum welcomes visitors only around and there's no shortage of them into. 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 weighed 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 republic's independence have. thousands back to the decision rallies became

a constant feature in central vilnius with demonstrators demanding that moscow recognize that u.n. is statehood. first the speaker said emotional words about freedom then the craze began singing let through anya's 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 fire to fear. moscow saw all the developments of this mania as a slap in the face tanks and special forces were sent to the us i think. the kremlin felt that flexing its muscles would be enough to compel the goldston of the republic into backing down. we knew we told them we had no right to rejoin the soviet union we have not so you

know elected to do that you think. a massacre followed. the television center and film was assaulted on the night january fourteenth and. the building seems within a short time is when his independent television. i know most. of you know we have been attacked. we have been i can see is shots from all sides. 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 this patch has been left here as a reminder of those events. but night found thousands 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 get it was among the residents who protected the television center when the troops began firing and galileo 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 sound came to holt. now the former bookkeeper has to use a wheelchair and receives a disability grant i need freedom was worth that sacrifice i have no regrets i believe it's my destiny.

fourteen residents of vilnius died sacrificing their lives for the few anya's independence in one thousand nine hundred one. the new state government launched a vigorous campaign against the soviet legacy was built in but equated soviet symbols to nazi ones. nowadays mavin night the date marked by soviet republics for the victory of a fascist germany is seen as just another ordinary day by mostly few aliens. did out there in lithuania. is no occasion for festivities yes some people here did fight for that. 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 the patient had given way to another. before you got its independence.

used to march through central vilnius on victory day but now they can only mark their holiday at a military cemetery. governments has created a mountainous 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 pires. don't feel like demonstrating in the streets you. may even once twenty ten. each of the fifteen veterans have fought for the sake of victory and. despite each of them being over eighty years old they've decided to march to the

city center just as they used to in the old days. a band of enthusiastic musicians accompany them as they march through the streets. supply comes from relatives holding flowers and colorful but. people with nationalistic slogans lining the streets on both sides. i. the war came to an end when the last soviet soldier left the country in one thousand nine hundred ninety three. those soviet veterans can mark their victory and commemorate fallen heroes at a cemetery their tombstones there and people lay a lot of flowers at that. but marching through the heart of the city promotes the wrong ideology. symbol. affected by the campaign against. legacy. to 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 nuclear power plant. the station medical the electrical needs of and two may bring soviet republics. the two nuclear reactors commission the plan. than any of the reactors at the time it would seem that this technological inherited from the soviet union might stand a 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. in those years because of an economic slump but this nuclear power plant provided uninterrupted supplies of customers.

consumers at the lowest price we pretty much be able to. period of transition in fact we paved the way for the country's further economic development . of the. left the u.s.s.r. it sought to join the european union. was told that it could acquire a u. membership on the condition that it shuts down the. power plant. it even received from to help dismantle the plant equipment and build storage for. the first reactor was closed in two thousand and four. in two thousand and nine. then joined the e.u. . where in the reactor room of the first. that 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. what 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 you and valleri good newton were made redundant when the station was shut down but there was no other work for them to go to. they were nice people working at the plants i enjoy working there we still keep in touch with them. to 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. for things like the allowance we were entitled to after the station's shocked irene was four hundred dollars when the so-called crisis set in the song was cut to three hundred and fifteen dollars that's what we get paid not zero. the decommissioning of the power plant instantly led to higher 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 of had to slash their family budgets. if you got the readings yes put them down fifty two 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 date when we will find it back in december two thousand and nine it is. 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 ain't 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.

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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 the. 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. simply because we had no other source of. 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. such as. it. to the ground. has been reversed in favor of large scale production. but to farmers in very hard times during the two thousand and eight economic crisis . 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 capital in our banking sector amounts to nearly

ninety percent when the creases came into our banks were primarily concerned about experience banks in copenhagen or always lou this is a tradition of secondary importance. they stopped issuing loans and started exporting capital to help parents banks of course how it's in effect when the situation here. is two hundred 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 here

you know whenever she sees a man in the street the first thing she says is mom this is a man up ad in daddy. she says that just in case the man responds. each friday off to work. it's an internet cafe in germany to speak to his family by making a video call so that the questions we get at school are real mindblower it's cold with him 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 have you sent us the money. yesterday yes ok that will help

all deals are in the rental. in january two thousand and nine thousand of protesters crowded the main square 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 fill 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 protesters

despite his age and 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 and to nasa in the leg he was taken to an ambulance. to a we were at the village 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 politician that's. 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 for you mrs 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 you followed up on my debt snowball the.

names are sort of a throwback and archaic part of our law. and it goes back to a time when people would lie down in their forces in the wild west and pick up these fugitives and for him into the sheriff for prosecution i don't think much company may. kill. him when they go out there he's got weapons. and you have to hope that nothing bad can. get good. but we're chasing killers and you gotta keep that in mind others the two million dollar bill for his arrest. but not super hero they can be killed two of you know the head i'm going to die. and. once you've had a manual never go back to hide anything else.

for. it was the fourth quarter. of. this street still keeps secrets but it's time to reveal the truth of the soviet files on oxy. it used to be an ideal place for a holiday but it changed in a moment. when. the. good news of the war are still visible. the republic is not only relieved but also

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in india on. the move the joint the hotels. the gateway hotel the grand imperial true and the torch was pushed coromandel you can tell the closeness. to go publicly and read this and the colonel was hotel as a retreat. multi belgium's break up blue is a reconcilable differences between the countries to half seize the south strive to become a regular frogs and that's raised concern that separation could spread and shatter the e.u. . also fresh violence erupts in a land that's already separated the disputed border area between serbia and kosovo he would security council's holding a merchant see closed meeting the latest on that plus this we should have amputated greece from the euro zone long ago outrage of the new greek bailout grows as germany's finance minister says writing blank checks for buying back greek bonds is

over. and u.s. china relations take a knock loses patients over washington's inability to agree it gets a big plan as america's largest creditor china could be left holding the bag next tuesday when the u.s. could potentially default on its love. welcome says r t it's one am here in moscow it's kevin i would with you this hour with our top story and belgium may be an international by word for unity with its nato and you had quarters but right now it faces a messy breakup of it so with an irreparable north south divide as data bushell explains next the split the tearing the country into could echo throughout europe. some wait till they're divorced before planning their next marriage but not one

load near the southern region of belgium the country's been with defective government for a record fourteen months french speaking loons 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 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 they say political clout is important the main appeal is money and when the loonie is part of france in everything but name it we have the same language we watch french t.v. not belgian but above all our economies control better interims. 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.