on our special insight into modern a stony and it's uncomfortable relationship with its past the baltic state is now in the european union twenty years after being part of the soviet one stay with us . this is the only place in the world where two ng she'd call to sit stand so close to each other. in the middle ages russia's border run along the shore with the over was head that even border an old russian fortress was built opposite nanda casa. in the mid twentieth century eastern india was part of the soviet union a friendship in the two towns. and even in effect a single municipality with a common infrastructure and transport system a stone eons in russians lived here side by side when a stony achieved independence in one thousand nine hundred one the border along another over liver was reinstated the so-called friendship bridge became a checkpoint with flags of two different states once again flying over the old fortresses. before a stone you know won independence in one thousand nine hundred one the struggle for secession from the soviet union in this republic was exceptionally peac

the most high profile of them was the famous baltic way. on august twenty third one thousand nine hundred nine people in the three soviet baltic republics of lithuania latvia and estonia formed a six hundred kilometer human chain linking the three capitals. on the reserve and you and i began my struggle against communism when i was still a college student at the same time i campaigned for stony as independence which was a logical thing to do and if we had lost our freedom as a result of a pact between two regimes that ism and communism. as a staunch opponent of communism not clark twice held the post of premier after a stone europe claimed independence now he's the country's defense minister. in the soviet union victory in world war two was celebrated on may the ninth mark clark was one of those responsible for instituting a new date for stoning kids today there is march in the european style on may eighth but celebrations on that date or of an entirely different kind. of what we are freedom fighters. sixty six years ago today. on may eight

and the country managed to avoid the bloodshed that was characteristic of its baltic neighbors and not fear. that this is the historical wide hall of fame parliament. came here in the late summer of one thousand nine hundred ninety one to declare recognition. of the three baltic republics yeltsin said here flanked by the chairmen of their parliaments garman off represented latvia last previous from lithuania in original from a store near you also made a speech here he signed three treaties with the baltic states. estonian historian mark lara began his struggle for his country's independence in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. he organized and took part in numerous acts of protest. the most high profile of them was the famous bowl to weigh in on august twenty third one thousand nine hundred nine people in the three soviet baltic republics of lithuania latvia and the stonier formed a six hundred kilometer human chain linking the three capitals. on the reserve and . i began my struggle against communism when i was still a college student at the same time i campaigned for a stony as inde

the late summer of one thousand nine hundred one to declare recognition of the three baltic republics with yeltsin said here flanked by the chairman of their parliaments government off represented latvia. from lithuania in early chill from a store nia he also made a speech here he signed three treaties with the baltic states. estonian historian mark lara began his struggle for his country's independence in the mid 1980's he organized intraparty numerous acts of protest. the most high profile of them was the famous both that way. on august the twenty third one thousand eight hundred nine people in the three soviet baltic republics of lithuania latvia and the stonier formed a six hundred kilometer human chain link in the three capitals. on the reserve and you and i began my struggle against communism when i was still a college student at the same time i campaigned for a stony as independence which was a logical thing to do even if not we had lost our freedom as a result of a pact between two regimes that ism and communism. as a staunch opponent of communism model our twice held the post

above the baltic sea diving are also all stuff for. the guardian soldiers and also x. so there is a lot to keep cheating the west concerts ok thank you thank you very much for being with us it was fun talking to you just to remind you that my guest in the studio today was less shark bites at all which in the form of polish deputy prime minister and that's it for now from all of us here will be back with more for some comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on our team and take it thank you thanks to. download the official anti happily cation to you on the phone on my pod touch from the top story. watch on t.v. life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s mine gold costs and all russians feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. as fierce fighting continues in libya french lawyers gear up for a battle of their own by trying to prosecute president sarkozy with war crimes over the military intervention the alleged nato uses depleted uranium shells and bombed residential buildings causing civilian death

it runs for 1,200 kilometers along the baltic seabed. protests against the project from environmental groups went unheeded. completion means that they can get their gas to the customers in western europe about having to depend on countries like the western ukraine. >> ukraine has been our partner for a long time. every transit country falls into the temptation of exploitation. now it no longer has an exclusive position. like squid 6 rome -- warned that they will become more powerful in the market. the first gas delivery to the baltic pipeline is expected by october. >> telecom is facing strong opposition in its plans to selloff american opposition to its second biggest wireless operator, at&t. sprint has filed an anti-trust suit in an attempt to block the takeover. saying that give at&t too much of the market. at&t argues that it would allow the bringing of high-speed services to more people at lower cost. at&t may have to pay for a $6 billion break up. let's thank you, steve. -- >> and thank you, steve. 40 score people missing, countles

above the baltic sea diving are also also. guardian soldiers and also ex so there is a lot to keep teaching each day west conference ok thank you thank you very much for being with us it was fun talking to you just a reminder that my guest in the studio today was less shark bites at all which in the form of polish deputy prime minister and that's it for now from all of us here will be back with more first time comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on our team and take you thank you thank you president. israel calls for a resumption of bilateral peace talks with palestinians seen by many as a last ditch effort to prevent them from asking for recognition on the world stage . as the sixty six of the session of the united nations general assembly gather school force in new york city russian foreign minister sergei lavrov told his first official meeting with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton find out all the latest details ahead in the program. the euro zone's third largest economy takes a hit belo

above the baltic sea diving are also also.the guardian soldiers and also ex so there's a lot to keep cheating the west country ok thank you thank you very much for being with us it was fun talking to you just to remind you that my guest in the studio today was less shaken by a set of each of the form of polish deputy prime minister and that's it for now from all this he will be back with more first on comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on our team and take your thank you thanks to president. culture is that so much different each musician is apparently trying to tell a different turkey in the whole biggio political order in the middle east and the arab world is ankara making a bid to play the role of the regional hegemon on the back of. the official ante up location to on the phone only pulled touch from the shops to. watch on t.v. lights on the go. video on demand all t's mine field goals and feeds now with the palm of your. question on the dot com. the international monetary fund says in both e

credit boom if you have a credit bull then you will usually have a blast this was the case in the baltics in in spain in russia too there was excessive girls of credit in russia so we have avoided this perhaps because the central bank can produce pretty conservative and be regulations also don't we are russia for example depends in exports. on commodities oil and gas and they and their prices are rising and falling. fortunately we don't press so much natural resources in problem so our economy is much more diversified this is the second i think important reason the third one is that policy can aware need comp when you compare polish economy poland's encounter with the baltics and even hungary polity can and is national so we depend much stress on foreign shocks rachael's you know. fortunately they don't have a lot of natural resources i once talked to the prime minister of the old bailey and i was amazed when they knew they had a lot of oil you have a lot of oil in the air logan yeah and i asked him how come there is so so much oil used to pour and he said you know. when god gave some cou

credit boom if you have a credit bull then you will usually have it passed this was the case in the baltics . in spain in russia too there was excessive girls of credit in russia so we had avoided this wraps because the central bank in prague was pretty conservative and the regulations also don't. we are russia for example parents in exports. commodities oil and gas and they and their prices are rising and falling from the dock fortunately we don't have so much natural resources and problems so our economy is much more diverse and this is the second for i think important reason the third one is that policy karna when it comes to compare polish economy policy corner with the politics even hunger policy cannabis much larger so we depend much stress on foreign shocks straight shocks you know. fortunately you don't have a lot of natural resources i once talked to the prime minister of the old bailey and i was amazed when they knew they had a lot of oil you know a lot of what would already have been yeah and i asked him how come there was so so much oil used to pour and he said you know. when go

in the baltic coastline, you will see rougher conditions. high remaps 17 degrees, 22 for berlin. 29 in vienna. warm in parts of continental europe. that's the look at the weather. here is the outlook. it is heading towards the here is the outlook. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us.

heading into areas of the baltic states and northern end of germany and poland will be feeling some of that winds and rain as well. as for the temperatures, 19 degrees in berlin, down to 20 in warsaw. vienna, 24 degrees. definitely still on the mild side. rome hits 29. that's your weather conditions for now. here is the three day outlook. >>> if you haven't heard yet, nhk world was named broadcaster of the world for live streaming news reporting on the great east japan earthquake and tsunami march 11th. >> the winner is nhk world. >> the connected world tv awards are given to broadcasters that have done the most to advance distribution of content on the internet. the awards were launched this year by a british magazine on media affairs. nhk world was presented with broadcaster of the year award at a ceremony held in amsterdam monday. >> in serving the global audience, nhk employed all the traditional broadcast elements of good journalism and excellent technology on a new media platform via the internet to serve an incredible thirst for information. >> after the devastating earthquake a

starting to head now more in towards areas like the baltic states and parts of the northern end of germany and poland will be feeling some of that winds and the rain as well. as for the temperatures, 19 degrees in berlin, down to 20 in warsaw. vienna, 24 degrees. definitely still on the mild side. rome hits 29. that's your weather conditions for now. here is the three day outlook. >>> nine people including three children drifting in a small wooden boat were rescued off the coast of japan on tuesday morning. the japan coast guard plans to interview the group claiming to be north korean defectors. the japan coast guard picked them up after fisher mann spotted the vessel in waters near the port of wajima on the north central coast. they reportedly told the coast guard they left from a port in north korea last thursday and intended to drift to south korea. their long journey would have been across the sea of japan, known for its rough waters but all appeared to be in good health. the coast guard said they still want to go to south korea. the japanese government is now considering whether or no

in the baltic coastline, you will see rougher conditions.tockholm's high remains at 17 degrees, in the teens again today. 22 for berlin. 29 in vienna. it is remaining warm in parts of continental europe. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> an extraordinary session of japan's diet is to convene this afternoon for the first time since prime minister yoshihiko noda took office nearly two weeks ago. at the session, noda will deliver his policy speech to both houses of the diet. do stay with us, as "newsline" will be covering that later in the day. >>> i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

the bottle estimated to be 107 years old was found by divers exploring a ship wreck in the baltic sea. it's part of a collection of 145 bottles found in the wreck. bought for over $40,000. the buyers say they didn't purchase it for the investment, but to enjoy on a special occasion. of course. >>> some lucky dogs took to the catwalk in argentina to show off the latest in puppy fashion. their human counterparts took a backseat role at the show as the pooches strutted down the runway. they modeled everything from skirts to bow ties, shirts and other accessories. there was even swimwear and raincoats designed for man's best friend. too cute. >>> and a bizarre soft drink is catching on in peru made from frogs. yes, i said frogs. at a popular snack bar that's been selling the drink for 15 years, customers can see how the juice is extracted from the amphibian and watch as more than 20 other ingredients are added. patrons are now accustomed to drinking it every day. they even think it has curative properties. i don't know, ryan, that's something i'm going to pass on. what about you? >> it lo

all this nine hundred forty one the german armies north set about tightening the noose on the key baltic port this is where the blockade began on the eighth of september nineteenth forty one german troops arrived here occupying the city over. the last long connection to leningrad cutting off the city supply of food and military equipment with the city cut off from the lumbee only way to get aid to leningrad was across lake lugger in the short summer months we used but in the winter the frozen lake became a makeshift highway known as the road of life beer or bowl was one of those who worked on the ice helping to funnel valuable supplies into the besieged city the perils of living on a frozen. made the work dangerous enough without the constant german bombardment. one time and driving from the mainland came to bring us breakfast he noted that one of our towns with thinking come out come out to devils you're about to drown he shouted the driver touched the times to the truck and pulled it out on to stolid ice many of the vehicles bringing in supplies didn't make it across some of those had

genocide suspect in that interview luggage accuses the un peacekeepers of smuggling arms into the baltic of the one nine hundred ninety s. . the addys head out of the latest polls was good to see you in a big night so i understand of all the talk about hi there are so russia continuing their bid to reach next summer's european championships and there really they do need a win against macedonia in moscow this evening out of the build up just after this . color there you're watching the sport and these are the headlines russia has choices to make ahead of tonight's true sure i qualify with macedonia is their new coach john toshack got some upset. plus it's a tough day for the top seeds at the u.s. open is the big guns by their ways around three. am russia take another silver at the world are plenty championships but it's america where the podium. but first the euro two thousand and twelve qualifiers and russia could go top of group b. on friday if they win at home to macedonia and other results go their way to get because side one of three teams level at the summit on thirteen points and w

building there's likely going to be a lot more work to be done at this production facility at the baltics key shipyard the floating power plants will be constructed here with the reactors and then shipped off to their final destinations for ever that may be. in their going after which is responsible for the project on. be leasing the ships to other nations that means that if and when the time comes to pull up anchor the power plant and any potentially dangerous material will be towed back to russia since the forty power plants are based on tried and true technology and utilize existing production facilities to simply nothing standing in the way of turning the idea into a money making cash cow for the massive barge make it all the glory impress business and photos the whole thing is only as powerful as the reactor at the heart of it. this is a reactor unit that's used as the energy source of the floating nuclear power station. that's being built in st petersburg right now. so it's based on the reacts. breakers of the russian fleet. however into the greatest ensure higher level of safety. r

also russian baltic forty three victims of the plane crash that across the country one of its top ice hockey teams leaving the it's cool changing show with grief for a broad range of players and staff from other countries on the fed. and russia's president calls on the world community not to take sides in serious. they need good safe place the only way to beat the arab league has announced that the mosque is has agreed to open a dialogue with the opposition to bring the violence to. this is our weekly review hello and welcome to the program there were times which claimed the lives of thousands and later brought two wars with an even more devastating death toll the united states is knocking a decade since nine eleven terrorists crashed hijacked planes into two twin towers over the world trade center in new york and the pentagon and washington a fourth plane came down in the state of pennsylvania remembering ceremonies are being held at ground zero in new york and all across america it was the worst trike on u.s. soil in history and united the nation and its determination to heed back a

along with france's easiest will each have a fifteen percent stake in the gas pipeline across the baltic sea to europe the reshuffled means it was any will have its share in the twenty four billion euro project to twenty percent still have a look at the markets brant crude has rebounded with the european markets despite persistent fears weaker appeals soaring debt crisis is us placing branches trading higher the solid one hundred and eleven tell us the peril while doubly chatterer most pressurised by wars over the health of peak u.s. economy. stocks a shopper low in early trading losses come off to steep declines in european indices investors are also worried about the will. the u.s. economy to choose a report on the u.s. service sector is expected to show the fourth straight month of declining growth it comes on the heels of a jobs report friday that was the worst since september twenty ten. and european markets are mixed investors are taking a break from two days of heavy selling if you say it's gaining point six percent both the decks is losing the same number of votes. here's the pic

include former soviet republics likely baltic states and of course made his famous push into ukraine literally on traditional to me i was known for all those things happened under clinton was marginal but i'd like to make one point and that is that the international situation that russia will face as who's in takes over power again as president next year and as the russia goes into the elections in december is very very uncertain indeed it may be an obvious point to make but i think it's worth recalling that we are looking now as has been said in the press now for many months and the breakup of the euro in other words we're looking at a seismic shift in the political composition of the european continent and in those circumstances of immense upkeep for in europe in other words among russia's own neighbors russia's own role in that new configuration can only be decisive. blow to dispel a lot of common law the reaction from this childhood a to this big political news is the more of a political analysts think a lot of told us earlier that the popularity of the change in russia and his l