but the price of building materials in latvia has gone up by half. and he doesn't know when it will be finished. the rosenthal is live in a small village in western latvia, set in beautiful countryside. youngest takes the children to school each morning and brings them home again later. but all is not as idyllic as it seems with a population of just to 1000000 latvia is one of the poorest countries in the european union. it's economy traditionally closely linked to russia's. the war has had a disastrous impact on business owners like yon us, m. o 's board, we've always worked closely with business partners in russia and people there always wanted our products back now that's all gone in. got such a sad way. so me anees about lat fears. big neighbor to the east has risen sharply since the start of the war. latvia declared independence from the soviet union more than 30 years ago. but the invasion of ukraine has brought back traumatic memories . he, this the hud via apple car. it feels like the apocalypse, say with him, please him to know if you wake u

authorities proposed banning one of latvia's largest private banks a.b.l. the bank for alleged money laundering that he has finance ministers sought to offer reassurance. but it's not enough since they are i can assure you that a lot of finance system is stable banks don't have liquidity issues so depositors can feel completely safe. that all of them only use this only about worship of interest in order to protect the finance sector stability and reputation i think that from savage should resign from his post while the investigation is ongoing. now cops know that. the latvian prime minister has also called for him savage to step down but markets are still likely to remain an easy about the state of latvia's banking system on monday the e.c.b. said it was stopping all aid bank payments over liquidity concerns and while the room savage case isn't linked to the a.b.l. the problem it also goes beyond the country's borders as a member of the governing body rim savage has access to confidential information relating to europe's most powerful financial institution.

we begin in latvia, war and co. they'd have put a favourable trading relationship with russia on hold. now, residents face in uncertain future every day yarn us rosen, towns uses around 8 meters of linen to produce 6 scarves, which he sells with his wife laila. janice has been running the business for 20 years, but doesn't know how much longer he can continue. the war in ukraine has changed everything. the way i'm very worried about everything to do with the war. part of a he don't know how much you will is going to cost at the filling station bands. i think one think and even just turning the lights on, it's up money. a perfect is gabrielle now in the rosen townslee, in a small village in western latvia, set in beautiful countryside. youngest takes the children to school each morning and brings them home again later. but all is not as idyllic as it seems with a population of just to 1000000 latvia is one of the poorest countries in the european union. it's economy traditionally closely linked to russia's. the war h

this collective trauma in latvia, it still shapes relations with russia and with latvia, russian speaking minority which make up a quarter of the population. ready the soviet era victory monument was one focal point for tensions ethnic russians used to gather here to commemorate soldiers who fought against nazi germany in the 2nd world war. in august 2022, the latvian government had demolished and protest over the ukraine war for years are nice about shoes, documented the russian commemorations that took place here. ah, that was not for demolishing because i don't think that change is anything but linda, what is the ukraine start? if we tell that this is our enemy and on the monument and i've help okay, let's just do it in our spontaneously. let's go there, demolish it was our hands, you know, like berlin wall it, this is, oh, my be way of like relieving some kind of this, whatever pain or suffering that we have jowl then neither like i should have said i was going to drop box and thanks, show that i the i think it's a bit different with young people because i think they don't think in th

a high possibility that this is a white information operation from outside and its aim is to show latvia as an untrustworthy ally. to ministry didn't say which country was behind that campaign but there's little doubt it meant russia the russian foreign ministry in moscow refused comment but the bribery accusations come from a russian businessman and with elections due later this year fears are mounting that the kremlin could be attempting to sway the outcome the defense ministry says that dissin from ation campaign closely resembles others that preceded recent french german and us elections. is editor of the german language newspaper. in warsaw. let's start off with this so-called disinformation campaign how likely is that and what evidence is there. well first off we have to make sure that everybody understands was speculating here because nobody knows the and so you get if it is a misinformation campaign from brussels some other country or whomever but i would say it's quite likely because the u.s. has shown and i'm sorry russia has on them demonstrated in the past that they're willin

that's who the reno was born and bred in latvia for mother a 2nd world war veteran move to latvia after the war in search of a better life. there are many russian speakers have fond memories of when latvia was part of the soviet union until its sudden collapse changed everything. no coverage given us to what was it like in 1991 and you know, yeah, for me i remember when that it said independence. the no show mostly made what was happening in this. it was a fact so was not much you can say shows that i'm ready. so that's what this is. so nothing changed. left remained the same. so you look up when you mean nothing changed. of course things changed. i lost my job because my university was close down in 91. no, not really. yes. right off to independence. maybe some reserves are pretty. my was finishing up with a very serious couple me in life. and the soviet era was very good. even though the but then came the ninety's when everything was turned upside down you, you weren't moved up of the can, you know, they've been moments when we didn't know how we were going to survive and how we were

as of the 20252026 school year, all children are set to be taught exclusively in latvia. and the shame fuck, i assure you missed it, but almost done with as we've only just begun the transitional things. so i mean, there's still difficulties us to throughout the record, children initially have a bilingual language curriculum and from 5 grade it's all at the end to coordinate them. we're gradually getting used to it. but so far, the transition isn't without its problems seem youth and they've got some parents find it annoying. well, for others, it's not a big deal here and was putting him out of their adapting to the new situation and helping their children do that to you to going forward assignments on the field of, of support to pushes the thoughts just note that i know some families who are saying we're going to leave because we want our kids to preserve the russian language. we want them to be told. and then by the time you know, music you of the i'm putting the money on my boss. he's like, you know, so you're processing the national language is running sides. i think

it's annexation of latvia in the 1940s, the soviet union in ridge to russian migration in order to speed up industrialization in the country. lat, via re gained independence in 1991. but relations between the russians, speaking minority and loudly and majority have been increasingly strange, the tennis slots grew up in a typical soviet era, housing and state. the russian invasion has brought untold suffering to crane and has had an indirect impact on the russian speaking minority in lafayette. about the just the from the, the 24th of february 2022 means above old, deep disappointments thing with the cult of the courageous russian people. in the bravery i associated with my russian roots, they promised us that phone guy had, has, i hope, now being destroyed for as long as a lot. and i'm just the thing that are that are some of them at the more than i, which is good when i had to recognize that the courage i had believed in was just an illusion. after a long period of being a reflection, i concluded that i am lab fee and of russian to send us the letter. so it's a couple of days because th

the war and ukraine has been polarizing latvia more and more since it began with it. anyway, we're losing our friends. we're losing our neighbors. it heard the propaganda is like a poison that divides our society. clue where is 66 year old maria and her son janice, have lots of russian friends and acquaintances. russian media is blocked in latvia, but russian speakers have found ways to listen in. and since the invasion of ukraine, a war of information has been raging full blast, they say. a music video by deputy to the duma dennis my down of on russian sate television, extols the power of the smart missile, able to deliver nuclear warheads as far as the united states usually came to bring it to you. she knew you all at once. president vladimir put in, turns up with a direct threat to use them. yes. for human kind, it will be a global disaster. well, for the world, it will be a disaster in you or what we need the world for. if there is no russia, when he's with them going to pursue a demonstration of russian power is directed at nato. there are many people in eastern

, which is a russian speaking person in latvia. i've always felt that i have to make more of an effort to own people's attention and respect to remind you of him. when the war started, he broke off all his theater commitments in russia. okay. victors are looking to have some corner. there's a double stand and, and there are 2 sides to everything. certainly not. on the one hand, our country has not sought to integrate russian speakers into latvian culture. but on the other, many russian speak is in our country, have themselves failed to integrate for many years or per song. or could i'm talking about people who think that ukraine is bombing itself out. people who think that russia is a great power and does everything right? 0. so that's really what these people think. i'm ninfa chaverra with global la floor. it's difficult globally because our society is divided nealus. that's why we're seeing these radical measures to cut off everything associated with russian politics as much as possible. so we can finally move forward to serving

and yet scott was one of the co founders of the popular front of latvia along side. so i ended up calling you to and one of its most active members, even of kimberly email to do both of the in the kremlin parliamentarians from lithuania, lunch via estonia, fortunately demanded that the mother, tough ribbon, trump packed and secret protocols declared no and void, said yet you will bring it to the stage reminds practically paced the way for the independence of the baltic states who affords me similar to both. this gives police for me to come to best buy's fish on the 4th of may. 1990 is a very special day in my life and my new and i think for a lot of other lesbians to auto sawgrass mills. and there was this wave of joy and happiness on the streets of, of the political hill. it was not to be adopted. our declaration of independence is declared. i'll say yes, soon, what you will and nobody i was on the barricade all night. if it got there everywhere i went. i could hear a lot of people speaking russian move to the there were widespread fears that moscow might respond to

i'm wondering what this all means for the russian speaking minority in latvia. both of them maybe don't feel very comfortable. i'm not talking about the signal so cult 5th colony that they always felt okay. they live in a brown country talk about kind of reasonable like russians. natasha. they've been seen as a kind of local animation away, and they have to pool once again themselves. okay. you know, we are, we're not, we don't agree was put in all the way we want this to be the independent state. so our russian latvians feeling the pressure i decide to visit the russian theater enrica, to find out more. mm hm. martian brucell, my name is maxine bosom. i come from reger in latvia and i work as an actor in theater and televisions, 3 hacker crews commission. sure, as a russian speaking person in latvia, i've always felt that i have to make more of an effort to own people's attention and respect to remind you of him. when the war started, he broke off all his theater commitments in russia, mac of withdrawal, to give of some corner. there's a double stand and, and t

i am interested in latvia, in latin history, latin identity in kind of things that i feel related to the think silo and hey, on the same time. same as from my countries, my my and so as for my artistic artistic breakfast, i think her latin initial deputies, pretty much based on the suffering you have that recent past. no soviet past, those kind of very significant elements. source always we being single ourselves as victims. so this is missouri compassion. this is the all part. and then that is a new will bought. it symbolizes that we can get rid of our history. instead of like, you know, let's have another page, you know, history. let's, let's leave it, let forget it. you know, mirabelle the like, why brides, you know, a new likes car. you know, hey, we wanna keep suffering. we want to keep talking about our pain. you know, i'm familiar with this kind of past from poland, this collective trauma. in latvia, it's still shapes relations with russia and with light b as russian speaking minority which make up a quarter of the population. the soviet era victory monument was one focal poin

ah latvia along the russian border, many people here watch russians. they television via satellite and over the internet . and with that propaganda from russia, that again, dear friends at b t could drown the children, drown them with a wooded. yeah, that will be nuclear. all threats of war broadcast across the border from lot fios, much bigger neighbor russia. this worries maria, to beat sca one in for latvians has russian heritage and speaks russian. since the ukraine war started latvia has become even more polarized with it, and for except we are losing our friends and our neighbors, that her son van propaganda is like poison that's dividing the people in the 66 year old on her sonia's have lots of russian friends, russia tv is blocked here, but many people still managed to watch a lot of it, even before the russian invasion, the information war was well underway. russian media frequently broadcasts aggressive rhetoric about the e. u and nato. in a talk show on russian t. v. a military expert described step by step, how russia hypothetically could i

or we go now to latvia, which has been providing a lot of support to ukraine. it also has a sizable russian speaking minority a legacy of the time when latvia was part of the soviet union. now they have been a target of the kremlin propaganda machine in a bid to undermine support for ukraine. our reporter killian buyer visited a town close to the russian border to see what impact kremlin propaganda is having platinum of the bud latvia along the russian border. many people here watch russians, they television via satellite and over the internet. and with that propaganda from russia, that again the dear friends at b t could drown the children, drown them with a wooded. yeah, that will be nuclear. all threats of war broadcast across the border from lot fios, much bigger neighbor russia. this worries maria, to beat sca one in for latvians has russian heritage and speaks russian. since the ukraine war started latvia has become even more polarized with it, and for exactly are losing our friends and our neighbors, that her son van propaganda is like poison that's divi

latvia's finance minister sought to calm the stormy waters. not i can assure you the latin and finance system is stable banks have no liquidity issues depositors can feel completely safe to protect the finance sector stability and reputation i think lynch of it should resign while the investigation is ongoing. but even if he does trust will be slow to return at least until the scandals are explained and that will take time a. full coming in and out to. what do you think about today's news on the european union's anti trust watchdog has fired a shot at business cartels. today the commission has decided to fine seven companies a total of five hundred sixty four million euros for taking part in fort different ag cartels relating to cars. and three other companies involved in these cartels well they excrete getting a fine because they came to us to reveal the cartels. in the shipping industry the fines affect the chilean shipping carrier three japanese carriers as well as the scandinavian carrier together they formed a deep sea vehicle transport c

britain is home to more than 100000 elections many moved here after latvia joined the e.u.because the wages were good or in the wake of the financial crisis. on sundays children take classes at select and house in london learning the latvian language learning songs and their own culture helps them stay connected to their homeland. for months breck's it has been causing turmoil a worry for many latvians what about their residency status what about their pensions. at a reception in the last few an embassy they speak with their foreign minister many tell him that the attitude towards foreigners has changed dramatically here. at the other end the open dark hole they should have a ritual that i never experienced before they actually came out with. abuse to people who was speaking the same language she was saying i thought that desperately sad. i mean it's like feeling foreign minister edgar's rink a vigil travelled specially to london to woo the ex-pats to return home of the he sees it as an opportunity for. i would say the breaks it globally was good if i buy a say in there say

the rosen tells house in western latvia to the border with russia in the east. the 2 countries have a long shared history. but to day latvians feel threatened by russia. ah. in more atanya, the government uses a longstanding tradition to detect and combat terrorist threats early on. they hit the road on a camel patrol. this is the latest approach, and the fight against jihad is terrorists in mauritania. a traditional solution to a modern problem. the mahari national guard are a police unit recruited from local nomads. there camels are their most important tool there. the best way to get around the vast border region between mauritania and molly g. hottest groups linked to al qaeda, have gained ground nearby, and authorities fighting them. need the kind of intelligence that only locals can offer. rosara this is emma allison, i agents go under cover in the market unless they spy on the traders. for example, if we see a know med buying large quantities of fuel, we know that is not normal shipper and no matter the box is to see the bodies went up their work and it i

that's who the reno was born and bred in latvia. her mother, a 2nd world war veteran move to lab the after the war in search of a better life. there are many russian speakers have fond memories of when latvia was part of the soviet union until its sudden collapse changed everything. no coverage given us to what was it like in 1991 and you know, yeah, for me i remember when that it said independence. the auction is mostly made with what is happening in this. it was a fact. so there's not much you can say shows that of course. awesome, right. so that's what this is. so nothing changed. life remained the same. so you look up and you put me nothing changed. of course things changed. i lost my job because my university was close down in 91. no, not really. yes. right off to independence. maybe some reserves agreement was 10 years now with this service. couple me in life and the soviet error was very good. even though steve. but then came the ninety's, when everything was turned upside down, you, you weren't moved up of the can, you know,

she's one of 36000 registered, ukrainian refugees in latvia, forced to leave her hometown matthew was because of russia, warren ukraine. she found a new home in the small latvian town of school to go. yeah, because of the new to my left, the funeral. i never thought i would work in europe because i was perfectly happy watching, you know, pulling up. but then there was started, my house was bumped, there is nothing left of it. and i understood that no matter what i had to find a new place to work. i understood that a lot for you. i would also be able to work as a token of the post inside. and just in what i chose, it was important to her to flee to a country where she would be able to work as a doctor. because being a doctor is her calling in life, show them brows. maya, she chose latvia and was allowed to start working after only one month in the country. and she came at a critical time latvia struggling with a shortage of medical workers, according to the lot to be a medical association. the country needs 300 doctors and 8000 nurses. also, most doctors are older than 50 years old, an