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 the stonier formed a six hundred kilometer human chain linking the three capitals. on to reserve a new 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 and 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 markel our twice held the post of premier after estonia obtained 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 day for stony faces a there is marked in the european style on may eighth but celebrations on that date more of an entirely different kind. of what we care freedom fighters'. sixty six years ago today. on may eighth o

and the country managed to avoid the bloodshed that was characteristic of its baltic neighbors are 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 lauder 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 the 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 a

for all oil companies so we should try to export oil to the baltic wants because you know it's in the future that the job rushing to duration to increase our exports will baltic sea and to decrease our x. what was available for all to wipe so-called biplane system because now we have. forty three more construct a new ball to move this year we'll finish the construction of the second dronke i mean the second stage will baltic by quincy some it will be the soonest increasing of capacity approximately seventy million tons per year so that is why we see that we have tried to increase our exports from baltic sea it means that of course it will be very you just simply have. to have our business in the three of them i mean to take to us to take this oil of them to sell this oil to refine it isn't other it consume us in europe so it's very logical say that but the whole russia as a country russia the fall i mean is there a lot of significance to having this new network of ports and particularly having this new hub and not the oh it's an interesting question why because if you for example if y

rain can be found across central germany and the rain will move southward and reach italy and the baltics in the next 24 hours. a lot of thunderstorms are still erupting across northern turkey. the stormy conditions should ease as we head to thursday afternoon. heavy rains still continuing across the northwestern corner of russia and it will continue to be wet for the next couple of days. as for temperatures, we expect a 31 degrees in madrid and 33 in liis is chilly in the north. 8 degrees in stockholm and the same goes for moscow. 13 degrees in and the same goes for vienna. here's your extended forecast.

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underneath the baltic sea so to germany and you know that this is this is really a great project well what do you think is the prevailing the prevailing sentiment in the sentiment in europe because on the one hand people want to want an interrupted supply from such as steady supply to be sure in the supply but on the other hand they are worried about the growing dependency on russian gas s.s.o. which we sent will be programming what do you think you know well i think i think you catch it very well. they appreciate russia as a supplier i think most europeans think that russia's been a reliable supplier over the years in recent years there because of the. issues with ukraine there's been some nervousness and but but i think anybody who who. looks at the at the data will realize that yes russia is dependent on mean yes europe is dependent on russia for supply russia is also dependent upon europe for demands can't yeah and in fact russia has a smaller share of the european market than europe has of russia's exports so you can say that russia is more dependent on europe than europe is depe

is starting suit and north stream will start operating in early november the trans underneath the baltic sea and delivers russian gas directly to western europe this is mentioning crude european energy security and we can mix dependence on transit countries. michel thank you for having me thank you thank you very much for me for being here . are the international energy agency the i.a.e.a. has signed a new operation agreements with russia one. you in the. couple. it's a good question but. basically we're continuing the evolution of our cooperation which is going on for many years but in particular the focus is coming will be more and more on energy efficiency which is a very important objective for russia not only will it allow russia to adopt a new more modern technologies will be and benefit for economic growth in russia it will give you more resources to add to your exports so i think it will be a win win for russia and for the international community because greater supplies of russian oil and gas will mean greater energy security for the rest of the world well we like. energy securi

clouds remain but there' here thean peninsula rain moving through sweden and also baltic reg a will contin isle and ireland ell developed lowfront thattart to go cooler air temperatures falling seasonal london expecting that's a monday when mid-20too, lookingler air will startimpacting the rest continental euro that's a look at here is the three day ou story, t swoo ten year lo yen on foreign e concerns over debt rk foreignmonday euro 101est since june, is trading europeann was sold became apparent fiscal deficitsected this year next.ber say renewedre taking a of fiscal prob up this editiewsline." i'm thanks so much for joining us.

the job russian federation to increase our exports through the baltic sea and to decrease our export was the fault. of a look at the markets now oil is still trading near its lowest in four days giving up recent gains things are flat with traders awaiting confirmation leavis former leader colonel gadhafi has been killed. u.s. stocks are little changed in early trade while european shares on the euro fell as investors watched developments in talks to boost the euro region's bailout fund. as you can see european stocks are extending losses investors are still looking to stick to the sidelines and meet the insurgency ahead of the crucial we can't see over it all across the board with financials weighing on the sea and manufacturing companies among the top losers in frankfurt. and russian markets continue their march into a read investors are moving into cash anticipating a possible worsening of greece's economic situation let's take a look at some of the individual show moves in the minds that financials are in pain was shedding point two percent bank of moscow is in the red it's that p

seventy million tons per year so that is why we see that we are try to increase our exports from baltic sea it means that of course it will be very simple here for. our business you know them i mean to take two years to take this oil of them to sell the sort of thing we find is that the other accounts you must that you knew of so it's very logical for that but the whole russia as a country russia the foreign minister a lot of significance to having this new network of ports and particularly having this new hub in interrupted oh it's an interesting question why because if you for example even try to compare oil business was his business and we see that all at themself russian companies from companies to buy something downstream of the euro and we see the big a negative reaction of european regulators and. in oil business we see a very good examples and the story we summa gave of the look of them in my presence a good example that russian business can buy sampson's european downstream and europe is up against it that is what in my view it's a very good deal for all concert because we see

in the past year, on a point decline and 16 of the 27 eu member states including all of the baltic states. the biggest drop was in lithuania. the jobless rate dropped from 18.2% to 15.6% fuelled by a surging economy and help the experts. not all countries have seen a recovery. unemployment remains unchanged and the jobless rate rose in 10 e states. unemployment climbed from 12.1% to 16.7% and this is blamed on austerity measures. that has cut jobs in the private and public sectors. >> we picked it up in germany. when communist east germany collapsed more than two decades ago, germans on both sides of the wall were shocked and dismayed to learn just how deep the tentacles of the secret police reached into every level of society. one in five people worked for them. some of those former spies have in facbeen employed -- have in fact been employed at the archives. >> a few weeks after the fall of the berlin wall, east germans stormed the headquarters hoping to find out who had spied on them and what they recorded. even after 20 years, that information has not lost its relevance. at the archiv

out east to finland and the baltic states feeling the affects, as well. system's not moving a whole lot. just spreading that wet weather and british isles, scandinavian peninsula looking unsettled. the black sea region, we're still looking at lingering thundershowers and some rain. some of this precipitation northward to parts of ukraine and bell ruse. highs on tuesday look like this. 14 degrees in london. 15 degrees in paris. warmer at 25 in madrid and up to 29 degrees in lisbon. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. here's your three-day outlook. >>> visitors at the shrine east of tokyo were treated to a special performance on monday when a chef prepared food for the gods. the ritual reportedly dates about 1,000 years to pray for a good harvest. the shrine in chiba prefecture is dedicated to the god of cooking. the chef carefully cut up a 70 centimeter sea breen with knife and chop sticks and laid out in the shape of a flower. the technique was developed so human hands don't touch the food in the gods and defile it. >> translator: i feel

and the associated front is stretching from the baltic states through germany and into france. you're seeing wet and very windy conditions along the front. the rain will move south and reach this area. the alpine region will see heaviest rain and snow in higher elevations. meanwhile, it's thundery and wet in and around the black sea. that should ease in the next 24 hours. temperatures are shaping up like this. the mediterranean countries are on the warmer side. 22 degrees in rome. and 24 in madrid. but it's dropping down to 12 in london and 13 in paris. and 12 in berlin. and it's going to be very sunny in moscow with only 6 degrees. and 9 in kiev. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. japan's semigovernmental energy body and a u.s. company have signed a deal to conduct a test for methane hydrate in the u.s. state of alaska. methane hydrate is a type of natural gas formed from methane and water. japan oil gas and metals national corporation made an agreement with conoco phillips to carry out testing in northern alaska from next january. the two entities pl

so instead, parts of the baltic states and british isles will see rain and some winds. london warms up to 25 degrees during the daytime. paris up to 28. still very warm conditions continuing for you here. berlin, 23. vienna coming in at 25 degrees. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. i'll round it off with the three day outlook. >>> japan hopes to strept strengthen ties with russia. putin plans to return to the presidency next year. putin announced his intention to run in rush's election in march. his victory seems likely as there are no viable candidates. japan continues on course to strept entice with russia no matter who is president. they expect progress on territorial issues between the two nations if putin is elected saying he had a good understanding of the issues during his last presidency. efforts to enhance bilateral ties are under way. japanese government is studying the possibility of holding high level security talks with russia. >>> par eegss can share electric cars. they began a two month pilot program sunday. the test service called auto li

the heaviest rain can be found across the baltic sea and it's windy across the northern parts of germany. as for the british isles, things will be dryer as we head to wednesday. the thunderstorms are erupting across turkey and the stormy conditions will linger for the . to the south, things are dry and mild. temperures are looking like this. we are expecting 27 degrees in rome and 30 in madrid. it's cool in stockholm. we are expecting only 9 degrees and 14 degrees in berlin. here's the extended forecast. >>> that wraps upthis edition in tokyo. do stay with us.

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baltic states, fin land, showers tonight, but that's heading in towards western russia. as for the temperatures on monday, 10 in stockholm, 16 in berlin. turkey dealing with the recovery efforts. 8 degrees is the high. but the morning hours are well below freezing mark. still chilly with a chance of some sleet on monday. all right. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. here is the three day outlook. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. we'll be back at the top of the next hour. see you then.

also baltic region looking at a couple of showers that will continue on through western russia.s for the british isles, norway and ireland will see rains. we have a well developed low coming in and a cold front that extends from it is start to go bring in cooler air again. we'll see temperatures falling back to more seasonal averages. london's high on tuesday expecting 19 degrees. that's a significant drop from monday when it was in the mid-20s. paris, too, looking cooler at 22. that cooler air will start impacting the rest of continental europe as well. that's a look at your weather for now. here is the three day outlook. >>> our lead story, the euro swooned to a new ten year low against the yen on the new york foreign exchange market amid concerns over greece's debt crisis. in new york, foreign exchange trading monday, euro dropped to 101 yen, the lowest since june, 2001. it is trading 101.04-08 yen. european kur seen was sold as it became apparent greece will be unable to cut fiscal deficits as much as expected this year and next. a market ober says there is renewed credit un

the 4e6 eeest rain across the baltic states and it is very windy across northern parts of germany. as for the british isles, things are dryer wednesday afternoon. meanwhile, lots of thunderstorms erupting across turkey and stormy conditions will linger the next couple of days. to the south, things are very dry and mild. temperatures are looking like this. we are expecting 27 degrees in rome. cool in stockholm. 13 in berlin. here is the extended forecas of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

across central germany, and the rain will move southward and reach southern italy as well as the baltictates in the next 24 hours. meanwhile, a lot of thunderstorms are still erupting across northern turkey. those stormy conditions should ease as we head into thursday afternoon. and heavy rain still continues across the northern cokros cros corner -- northwestern corner of russia and it continues to be west for the next couple days pf as for temperatures we're expecting 31 degrees in madrid and 33 in lisbon. stays very chilly in the north. only 8 degrees in stockholm and 8 degrees, same goes for moscow. and 13 degrees in berlin, and the same goes for vienna. here's your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

band will stretch anywhere from the northern end of the iberian peninsula all the way up toward the baltictates. so what are conditions for a change? it's been dry for the past few days definitely here. as that frontal system comes on in a lot cooler weather will also start to invade europe. 15 for your high in london. paris comes in in the upper teens. berlin at 21. 13 for stockholm. the south still looking quite warm. especially the iberian peninsula, madrid, expecting a high of 32 degrees. that's a look at your weather conditions for now, up and next is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our lead story this hour, one of the most powerful politicians in japan is going on trial in just two hours. ichiro ozawa, the former leader of this country's main governing democratic party, is facing criminal charges in connection with a political funding scandal. it's extremely rare for a powerful politician in japan to be facing criminal charges in court. security is being increased in and around the tokyo district court. in a park next to the building many people gathered for the chance to win sea

and the associated front is stretching from the baltic states through germany and into france.ou're seeing wet and windy conditions along the front. rain will move southward and reach this area, and today the alpine region will see the heaviest rain and you'll see heavy snow in the higher elevations. meanwhile, it is thundery and wet in and around the black sea but that should ease in the next 24 hours. temperatures are shaping up like this. the mediterranean countries are on the warmer side. 22 in rome and 24 in madrid, but dropping down to 12 in london and 13 in paris, and 12 in berlin. and it is going to be very sunny in moscow with only 6 degrees. here is your extended forecast. >>> states will soon feel a lot closer for people with money and means. a firm set up by richard branson, founder of virgin atlantic airways plans to launch a civilian spacecraft within a year. it unveiled the world's first commercial spaceport in a remote patch of desert in the western u.s. it includes a 3,000 meter long runway. alex starts off our coverage. >> a new era of space travel is beginnin

out east to finland and the baltic states feeling the affects, as well. system's not moving a whole lot. just spreading that wet weather and british isles, scandinavian peninsula looking unsettled. the black sea region, we're still looking at lingering thundershowers and some rain. some of this precipitation northward to parts of ukraine and bell ruse. highs on tuesday look like this. 14 degrees in london. 15 degrees in paris. warmer at 25 in madrid and up to 29 degrees in lisbon. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. here's your three-day outlook. >>> visitors at the shrine east of tokyo were treated to a special performance on monday when a chef prepared food for the gods. the ritual reportedly dates about 1,000 years to pray for a good harvest. the shrine in chiba prefecture is dedicated to the god of cooking. the chef carefully cut up a 70 centimeter sea breen with knife and chop sticks and laid out in the shape of a flower. the technique was developed so human hands don't touch the food in the gods and defile it. >> translator: i feel

david ferrer advances into the last four of the shanghai masters following a three set win over and baltic. so it kind of rugby lies ahead with time to live in a world cup finalists in new zealand outright favorites the all blacks will battle australia on sunday but not before well stick to the field against france on. reports. wales were far from favorites going into the tournament and took advantage of their low profile with gruelling preparations the side widely credited in their pre world cup training camp and poland as the reason for the players support fitness throughout their campaign it's that kind of practice making for a near perfect run so far including a twenty two to ten win against ireland in the quarterfinals rhys priestland the one battle casualty event great victory thirty his shoulder laden again coach warren gatland now putting his confidence in james hope will be filling in for his agent teammate at flyhalf that move will put all time caps leader stephen jones into the backup role for saturday's clash with me is. that we have too many injuries in this competition but ha

rain band will stretch from the northern end of the iberian peninsula up to the baltic states. so weather conditions for a change, it's been dry for the past few days definitely here. as that frontal system comes on in, a lot more cooler air will also start to invade europe. we're looking at only 15 for your high in london. really starting to drop here. paris, too, comes in in the upper teens. berlin at 21. the south still looking quite warm, especially the iberian peninsula, madrid 30 degrees, lisbon coming in at 31. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. up next is your three-day outlook. >>> our late stories this hour, apple reported that its former top executive steve jobs has died. he resigned from the post at the end of august. jobs was a world renowned charismatic manager who was responsible for the success of best selling products like the iphone and the ipad. for those of you just joining us, apple has confirmed its former stop executive steve jobs has passed away. he resigned from the post in august. he was a world renowned charismatic manager who was respo

but still quite gusty winds here, you can see it in the precipitation in poland, as well as the baltic states. another new system coming in across the british isles, wret, cold and windy, once again i'm afraid as we head into the weekend, it will be affecting very many of you. continental europe across the west, high pressure is in place, not too much to worry about here. but we do have a storm system just sitting over the alpine region and moving in towards the northwestern balkans. in the lower-lying areas, it's going to be some heavy rain and thunderstorms for you, too. and the upper elevations, you could see about ten centimeters of snow specifically in the eastern alpines if we take a look at temperatures, things are really starting to look pretty chilly. you're just in the double digits in berlin, develops vienna and paris. just 11 degrees for the high. 14 meanwhile in london. seven in moscow as well as in stockholm. and we have eight and nine in warsaw and kiev respectively. and towards the south, we're in the 20s, so fairly warm here. even madrid, cooling down no just at e 20 m

it is really going to be bringing some very gusty winds right across scandinavia, as well as the baltic states. you can see that extends through poland and germany too. meanwhile, things are startg to calm down a little bit for you in the british isles. not going to last for very ng we have another round of wet and windy weather coming . it is going to be chilltoo and you can actually expect widespadrost to greet you thursday morning across much o the british isles, especially up towards the north. then we have this are of rain and storms just dashing across the alpine region coming in towards the northern balkans. that's going to be increasing in strength as it goes. temperaturewise, let's take a look at what is happening on thursday. 8 degrees in stockholm, 9 in moscow, 10 in warsaw, 10 in berlin. we're struggling to stay in the double digits for the highs across much of the continent. 23 in athens, 21 in rome. cooling down in madrid, down to 19 degrees. think you're in the 30s just a couple of weeks ago. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. ♪ >>> that's our broadcast for this

the baltic region looking at a few showers that will then continue on through western russia. as for the british isles, they'll continue to see rain as will ireland. winds remain strong for this area, too as we have a well developed low coming in. and this cold front is starting to bring in cooler air. we'll see temperatures falling back to more seasonal averages. london's high on tuesday expecting 19 degrees. that's a significant drop from monday when it was in the mid-20s. paris, too, both start looking cooler at 22. and the cooler air will start impacting the rest of continental europe as well. that's a look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. >>> on the new york foreign exchange on monday, the euro fell to a ten-year low against the yen dipping to the 100 -- upper 100 yen level. euro/yen continues to hover at those levels here in tokyo this tuesday morning. investors sold the single european currency taking their cue from news that debt-strapped greece will not be able to meet its deficit reduction target this year. the euro is currently at 101.11

in a new member states of nato that was later on ignored by nato when bowlen joined nato when the baltic states joined nato in the remaining joint nato and some other kind. yes so we moved out of europe we moved out of the former soviet republics most of russian military bases while the united states continued to deploy new military bases in certain instead of encounters and the last but not least the current project of one to missile systems which used to be respond responded somehow there i do not think that is can there ease the response this is the the usual military planning of russia i believe because we are outside of nato we're outside of the strongest military alliance in the history of mankind which is very close to the russian borders and to expect from russia that these expansion of nato this military planning of nato will be a left result any response any military spawns would have been absolutely naif you mentioned the increasing russia's military budget well this was one of the reasons why former finance minister could resign he said that he said that the military budget w

whom are upset about missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north three point line by policy is taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas experts say they could have moved on the world with russia gnashing lithuania's and higher russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment little one is pursuing a one time national policy that given the problems in the euro zone will leave it regretting it did not pursue a more constructive policy with russia nogueira for example signed a new deal with gazprom which will generate income and contribute take anomic stability emotions that are also running hoyer. some european politicians and want to end their reliance on russian gas this point efforts by moscow to diversify routes. seem to think. we do. fortunately. which with no immediate alternative to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the european energy markets and its biggest supplier the new bush will see brussels. more of your

one of saddam hussein's brawls baltics is going under the hammer that's part of his famous statue of course you can find out what happened after it was torn down all online at all dot com. the expanded eurozone bailout fund has been given the final go ahead parliament has approved the four hundred forty billion euro facility after tuesday's vote against it saw the country's ruling coalition collapse increased cash will go to struggling nations such as greece. ground to a halt as workers walked out of the forty eight hour strike to protest against the government's austerity policies demonstrators marched away flags and the latest in a series of rallies and strikes to hit the cash strapped country. seeking to prop up the banking sector fearing the debt crisis could spread that on thursday ratings john fitch followed in moody's footsteps and downgraded to major u.k. banks and the royal bank of scotland. update you on some of the of the world headlines this hour in our world update french officials have dropped the inquiry into sexual assault claims against former i.m.f. chief dominique