this is shoot on a town located on little ania's baltic coast. lithuania like its neighbors latvia and estonia joined the european union in two thousand and four their economies are slowly improving all three baltic states are subject to e.u. environmental standards but each one has different policies on more land. klansmen deilmann was one of the first german companies to start extracting peat in the baltic states for example of the more near shoot or the soviets had extracted peat in the baltic region for decades now private companies are taking what's left despite klansmen diamonds claims of transparency the company did not allow us to film its operations here. the company's peat extraction site is located near the nature reserve this part of the moore is managed in part by germany's nature and biodiversity conservation association tom cure shai who works for the group takes a dim view of private companies peat extraction efforts here. the german companies say that they will only work on more that have already been damaged but any kind of peat

numbers in the baltic states on the border with russia all the while politicians pushed. through in brussels drumming up the hypothetical threats of a russian invasion will those fears over. europe do business with moscow what kind of reaction might the buildup provoke from the kremlin and is there any way for those three. with russia yet his. former foreign minister welcome to the show it is great to have you with us today as president mr says that the european union needs an effective. against a possible russian attack the su want more nato troops on the borders where the show will he feel more secure in that case well first. this militarization of society's conscience is creating very high waves and is it groaned that i don't know i think it is not i think this is the minimization rush to ten is just not a policy. it's a lack of policy so how long will it take place call long it will last i don't know i think both sides are sick and tired of this impasse while what what should happen to finish this. policy against russia i don't know but it is a very good question beca

german peter extraction companies are apparently welcome in the baltic states. from the state of lower saxony runs a company that extracts people in latvia. working in the more difficult heavy machines can easily get stuck in the soft ground. the soil yields not only peat but also a lot of dead pine trees some are up to two thousand years old the wood is shredded and then burned in the local power plant. by the these people so that we can keep an eye on the market higher in the baltic states so at the same time pete extraction is decreasing in northern. no but it's long to pull from of you need to get the permits are no harder to get because extraction is now only allowed on old farm land on. the topic of inflation eloped is. in germany peat can only be extracted if it lies under meadows and fields and latvia peat can be extracted from forest land but the land has to be drained first existing more land cannot be drained but peter extraction permits are relatively easy to get here and there's not a lot of red tape. another advantage is lower labor costs and the p

as stony and lithuania and latvia separate russia from the baltic sea. kino is located off the stony as west coast. this is mari met us she has four children a lot agree and a husband who works out at sea. and she also has a soft spot for old soviet motorcycles with side cars and you can still smell the exhaust fumes of long after they are gone. there's only ten minutes left until school starts so mari has to hurry to get her children to class this morning. if that's the very man to overthrow the african if it's driving and i am in no sense the we are talking about it a lot in this morning is it not for this with dr ali that the same going up working if some foxy says stop begging and it be and out of pocket ups say use a side car and use it is a mood and site car it can also sings inside the car and you can transport cheated and i know family land addicts. breeding practices on the schedule today. the school has three classes with a total of thirty five children the first lesson today is a stone ian in the class will be reading a fairy tale about a fox.

as stony and lithuania and latvia separate russia from the baltic sea. is located off the stony as west coast. the food. this is mari met us she has four children a lot of grief and a husband who works out at sea. and she also has a soft spot for old soviet motorcycles with side cars. you can still smell the exhaust fumes long after they are gone. there's only ten minutes left until school starts so mari has to hurry to get her children to class this morning. if that's the good looking very mellow over there not the kind of driving that you never know yesterday we were talking about it. it's morning is it not for this. dolly sad to say engine up working if some party says stop begging and it be a dollar fuck ups say i use a side car and usually have wooden side car it also seems inside the car and you can transport cheated on no time really. reading practices on the schedule today the school has three classes with a total of thirty five children the first lesson today is a stone ian in the class will be reading a fairy tale about a fox. oh sorry daughter

to the left is the baltic sea to the right of the crony and look good. and just beyond that russian territory. ever since russia began shifting its focus towards its borders with europe the baltic states have been especially alert. border guards on the dunes cover their tracks with sand when their shift is over. it takes time but by eliminating their own tracks they can quickly see whether anyone else has been there. but. the anxiety amongst russia's small neighbors is mounting. so they're putting up bence's to marc. there are countries frontiers even where there was once a green border like it lake misty's. mother yonah has lived in the border town of his status for eighty two years. the frontier markers have changed colors more than once they used to be precious and so be it and she used to cross them off and. today that's no longer possible. you never know even if we wanted to we couldn't cross over they used to be lots of mushrooms over there which is the best thing when was the passage closed so no pressure that they close the border when lithuania

this oceanographic museum focuses on marine life in the north and baltic sea.among the visitors are both tourists and locals. and children can come here for classes outside the normal school curriculum that's great for us and straws and they can study biology in the old see our nails in the room. and by informing people about the world's oceans the museum also aims to help protect them. this building was an abbey until the sixteenth century later it was mostly used as an arsenal armory and school in the one nine hundred fifty st catherine's monastery was turned into a museum. the most remarkable of its countless exhibits is this viking treasure that was discovered after a storm washed up on the neighboring island of hidden see. this invited treasure doing and. that's what. they didn't say treasure came to because back in eight hundred seventy three a woman went to a goldsmith here and. wanted to know what one of the pieces was worth as it looked a bit like gold. and the goldsmith fetched who was the museum's first ever director that would buy a wood because he

elements of my trip to germany's northeast i want to discover sheilds and a world heritage city and the baltic island of food and. to get a little overview of i'm at st mary's church it's considered a masterpiece of late gothic architecture and bows and tower that gives me a perfect view of the city. here in straws and i'm going to admire an amazing viking treasure and a local delicacies i'm also really looking forward to exploring the island of looting in the low season one it's not so overrun with tourists. besides that we'll show you what delusions famous shock is used for. our female of the week takes us to a popular festival in colombia. and our globe trotter will show us the winter sports paradise around davos in switzerland. and was founded in twelve thirty four and was a member of the mediæval trading alliance the hanzi attic league it's now symbolized by the magnificent brick gothic architecture built at the time it's also why shawls and was declared a unesco world heritage site in two thousand and two. and the court you'll find a real eye catcher that gore's fuck a former training sa

the baltic republics don't like you and little aine. they should come soon new nearly thirty years ago. fifteen years ago they joined the. count have they developed since the bad the baltic back europe's model citizens. in fifteen minutes on d w. quadriga international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week. has never been so necessary as today nor so endangered says french president carter with his vision for a european renaissance mobilize support for the e.u. that's our topic today on first week join us. quadriga ninety minutes on d w. what secrets lie behind these walls. find out in an immersive experience and explore the fascinating worlds cultural heritage sites. d.w. world heritage three sixty getting up now. kill me to something nice for empires came from jurors or dealing with a need and then i killed many civilians i mean the irish coming including my father why the things i was a still don't recall i wanted to build a life for myself like these totally but suddenly life became alledge kind saab. providing ins

here across central europe it is the winds extending from poland all the way over here towards the baltics even in germany we have seen some very very gusty winds as well as power outages in many locations now that is going to ease up as we go into wednesday but we are going to see that big storm i was talking about out here towards the west making its way in windy conditions from the u.k. all the way down across parts of france as well as into spain over the next few days also some very windy conditions here across northwestern part of africa clouds also making their way across from parts of a libya as well as into egypt rain could be a problem in cairo you could be seen as michelle was in your forecast as well respected temperature there of ninety degrees. the weather sponsored by town and. went on line to the atmosphere and when that is your for them reason not to do this only if you join us on sat all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion face is that diana brianna talking about

german agriculture destroying baltic. german companies are mining peat on massive scale it's a cheap resource to farmers. but environmentalists warn that extracting peat harms the climate training of these bombs releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases depleting good people. close up next on. go india. go friendly tours with women at the helm i had never even gentle drawing of those ten indian women guide visitors through the mangroves the irving gloria de you could any of us to anybody. telling them about local mio diversity and tossing outdated gender roles over the board. in sixty minutes. a city in ruins. a symbol of a long conflict in the philippines between the muslim and the christian population . by his fighters occupied the city center in two thousand and seventeen president to church's response was good. this is not the kind of freedom that we want how did morality become a gateway to islamist terror. an exclusive report from a destroyed city. in the sights of virus starts april eleventh on d w. europe needs pe

german agriculture destroying baltic people. german companies are mining on a massive scale it's a cheap resource to farmers. but environmentalists warned that extracting peat arms the climate draining. these bombs releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases depleting the be bugs. close up next d.w. . the fight for top spot good manage the beach trying to treat points not enough. fire and seize the lead on goal difference this nation full scale six nil the defending champions now. pick up in sixty minutes to. go just couldn't get this song out of his head. the college just began searching for the source of these captivating south. east and central africa. to play their culture in the state. only a promise to his son was sorely legible return to the concrete and glass jungle of new york. the result of reverse culture shock. the prize winning. song from the forest starts first on w. . europe needs peat but extracting it has become almost impossible in germany so now the industry is getting its raw material from the baltic states. th

like its baltic neighbours, latvia was annexed by the soviet union after world war ii.ined occupied for another 50 years, until 1991. hello, you must be ulris. yes, nice to meet you. good to meet you. ulris organises tours with a focus on latvia's soviet heritage. this is actually the most famous soviet era... we meet at the bottom of the country's first skyscraper, built in the 1950s. well, we've got stalin's cake, by later nickname, actually at the present moment the academy of sciences, and one of the most controversial and most significant buildings from the soviet era in riga. i'll be happy to get inside. there's quite a view here. oh yes, beautiful. almost the entire riga, it is possible to see from here. when it's not snowing quite so much? yes. of course. i made those tours for the last 20 years. those tours became more and more popular with the westerners, because you can see unique things from the soviet era. so what was it like for you to grow up under the soviet regime here? it was a hard time. so you had to queue? yeah, even to buy meat or butter. it was a

and i know our partners in the baltics would love to have more presence of u.s. forces in country there as well. talk to me a little bit about whether or not it makes sense to have rotations of particularly cyber national guard units. this would be good for morale, retention recruiting, allow them , to be at the tip of the spear while exchanging great ideas. is that something that makes sense to you? >> absolutely makes sense and something we're already doing. >> right. >> particularly where you have state partnership programs because they have a level of trust that's built some over 25 years. and they have that expertise. and it helps me in u-com because otherwise i pull from my cybercenter and expertise pan -- and sent that came out to a nation. here we can rotate through from a state with the same expertise and ability to build that capacity. we are actually beginning to do more of that in europe today. >> i understand there might be some need for additional funding through the national guard to do that? or are there adequate resources for you to conduct that

the north stream to pipeline meant to pump russian gas to europe by way of the baltic sea is being built because europe's growing demand for fuel can't be satisfied using the existing routes that's according to the project's representative he also added to that the new pipeline won't replace the current route fire ukraine but rather supplement it meanwhile the construction work is in full swing at the pipeline slam foresight in germany's artie's maria financial are now reports. the last thing to contemplate it will cover this is a twelve hundred kilometers going along the bottom of the baltic sea before we can hear germany but that's a rush to gas to hundred tons and tons of water under enormous pressure in parts easier than getting past the future beaulieu off. the last five western energy companies behind this twelve billion dollar project apart from the ashes state's long gas plant giants that still that pipeline closed decision making music transit states karine claims energy routes period grain may be bypassed but the modest to both critical voices was surprisingly coming from the f

how have they developed some status of the baltic past europe's model citizens. in fifteen minutes on d w. five today amidst of venezuela's crisis in the fight to get aid into the country with a convoy of quantum god own supporters and exclusive d.w. report alongside venezuelan journalist says our buddies. a close second at the country's catastrophic conditions on the way to colombia a showdown. starts march eighteenth. what's coming up on the board is playing you'll have plenty to talk about. the misleading of the. weekend here w. . bush says heat in ruins are always a. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines. between the muslims and the christian population. last place as fighters occupied the city center seventeen president to tears his response was. i did or is planning to have again put all of that on. the reconquest turned into tragedy. this is not the kind of freedom that we want. how did not become a gateway to islamist terror until now he said the name our city has the universal and exclusive reports from a destroyed city. philippines in the sense i

similar tactics have been employed elsewhere in europe from the baltics to the balkans. think of the foiled coup in montenegro in 2016 and beyond. our collective need to counter such russian influence and be prepared to do so over the long haul should be clear. --r the last five years integrity within the internationally recognized borders, including territorial waters. he will not accept anything less than the full restoration of ukraine's integrity. the show of partners are clear signals of the permanence of the international community's commitment to ukraine's territorial integrity. the united states will engage in private and public diplomacy, levy sanctions such as those announced friday in concert with againstanadian allies russian individuals and companies associated with aggression and occupation in crimea, and provide security assistance ukraine to ensure russia pays a price for these actions. unified message from the u.s., allies, and partners has been clear. destabilizeorts to ukraine will not go in answered -- unanswered. orchestrated the attack on three ukra

back to the program the nord stream to pipeline meant to pump russian gas to europe by way of the baltic sea is being built because europe's growing demand for fuel can't be satisfied using the existing us according to the project's representative he also added to the new pipeline won't replace the current route via ukraine but rather supplement it meanwhile the construction work is in full swing at the pipelines landfall site in germany as artie's maria and. the no soon to pipeline will cover a distance of twelve hundred kilometers going along the bottom of the baltic sea before we can hear germany but that's a russian gas to europe hundred tons and tons of water under all that enormous pressure. there are five western energy companies behind the twelve billion dollar project apart from russia's state run gas problem giant but still the pipeline caused division within europe transit states karine current energy roads fear they may be bypassed but the largest of all critical voices was surprisingly coming from a far i think it's a horrific thing that's being done where you are feeding bi

m, just ended up breaking news coming through, this related to the baltic region in the northern region. essentially getting news on a broadcast that is being put out by local television which makes allegations of suggestions regarding the bank. says is essentially that they handled around $700 million in suspicious funding and apparently these are linked to the case which is why bill browder has been making the connection between what has been happening in north korea -- north korea -- the nordion transactions are tied to that case. we will see exactly what the share price reaction looks like at the moment. nordea is now climbing a little bit. so far, maybe the allegations don't go as far as some had feared they would. some of the other nordic banks as well, trading under pressure. we will come back to this story in a moment. this broadcast is currently underway. when it starts to get more detailed, we will bring those to you. in terms of what is going on with markets right now, as you say, the trade narrative, certainly european stocks are rising. the media sector is leading the charg

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is german agriculture destroying baltic people. german companies are ninety to one massive scale it's a cheap resource to do to farmers. but environmentalists warned that extracting peat arms the climate draining vs bombs releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases depleting good people ox. close up next on d w. two players. table. to stage. patrols. in a poker game of power and money the competition is fierce for the world's most important natural resource bluffing and betting checking how long will they be able to play and who will win their story we believe that renewable energy will play an important role in the future. the good poker game the geopolitical investigation starting march eighteenth on t.w. . such. europe needs peat but extracting it has become almost impossible in germany so now the industry is getting its raw material from the baltic states. the extraction permit process in germany takes a long time and it's expensive so companies have been forced to look elsewhere. environmentalist are trying to put a stop to feed

the be independent sovereign guardians of freedom and democracy the baltic group. looks stunning muglia management training. mission absolutely nearly thirty years ago. fifteen years ago a joint if you count that they've developed since the bad the baltic passed europe's model citizens. in seventy five minutes on d w. i'm not laughing at the germans because i'm down down but they stand up and with the tell me the german thinks deep into the german culture up here new don't seem ridiculous grama day on the east coast it's all out there enough time rachel join me for me to get on the golf course. five days in the midst of venezuela's crisis and in a fight to get aid into the country with a convoy of fun guy don't supporters me an exclusive d.w. report alongside venezuelan journalist says our buddies. a close look now at the country's catastrophic conditions on the way to colombia a showdown or it. starts march eighteenth. the floods have taken everything they own now despair is the god of climate refugees flooding. they seek shelter of the capital kabul m. but even h

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the be independent and sovereign guardians of freedom and democracy the baltic republics still not much play to a nation of simulant nearly thirty years ago obscene years ago they joined the bulk of they develop some sad the baltic past europe's model citizens. in fifty. w. . what we were. now eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives while experienced hardship back listening. to. the floods have taken everything. now despair please god let us climate refugees the bat. they seek shelter. to come. but. water's rising. the floods are coming. starts march twenty fifth long double. the players. table. to. control them. in a good. money the competition is the most important natural resource . betting checking how long will they be able to play. with. but you look at the investigation starting march eighteenth on the w. . all we can be the generation that ends it for good malaria must start so millions can live. the ice on the right three two one the nose the left two hundred seventy eight's was britain's parliament has ruled out of leaving the european union without first negoti

to step back for a minute, the russian money was going through the baltics -- lithuania, estonia.mer soviet states. most of them have big russian speaking populations. a lot of cultural connections with them. the scandinavian banks, the ones from finland, sweden and denmark, but a lot of these baltic banks. they bought their weight in to these former soviet states. when they bought them, they got the same issues the banks had and did not appear to do much about it. danske but a bank -- bought a ba yearsk in 2007 and for and let russian money rolled through in an ever greater amount. yes, they bought into this issue, but they had plenty of time to do something about it and chose not to. it really was a cascade effect. danske appears to be the biggest hub of this. alsoa and others will might have been involved with it, because all the money slushed through the baltic units of these scandinavian banks were linking to each other. carol: what is interesting -- you look at the history of the last 20 years, it seemed like everyone was ok with so much russian money in particular, whether

julie others will also might have been involved with it, because all the money slushed through the balticnits of these scandinavian banks were linking to each other. carol: what is interesting -- you look at the history of the last 10, 20 years, it seemed like everyone was ok with so much russian money in particular, whether it was flowing through the u.k., switzerland, cyprus. what is interesting is we talk about how it fuels real estate in new york, london. it bought the chelsea football club. everybody seemed to be ok, but with the skripal incident and the poisoning, it became a security issue. this is a different type of threat and concern. alan: you're absolutely right about that. it really personalized it for a lot of people. the first point when russians and russian money became less wanted was after russia invaded crimea in 2014. the u.s. and the european union imposed sanctions on a series of russian individuals and russian companies, and to a lesser extent, on russian banks and companies. that was the first point when russian money, from a legal and political perspective, became

german agriculture destroying baltic. german companies are mining on a massive scale it's a cheap resource to farmers. but environmentalists. releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases depleting the be box. close up. on. get this song out of his head. the college just began searching for the source of these captivating sounds. deep in the rain forest in central africa made by a couple. that i am. kinda thing out. electable mccloy's a big lesson with little anyone. living costs he was so fascinated by their culture that he stayed. only a promise to a son was made son only of the jungle and return to the concrete and glass jungle. the result reversed culture shock. a way for us to realize how strangely artificial. really connected to life. the prize winning documentary song from the forest starts people first on t.w. . europe needs peat but extracting it has become almost impossible in germany so now the industry is getting its raw material from the baltic states. you're not going to see the extraction permit process in germ

german agriculture destroying baltic. german companies are mining on a massive scale it's a cheap resource to bloom to farmers. but environmentalists warn that extracting peat arms the climate draining these bombs releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases depleting the bee bugs. close up next on. a city in ruins. marwijk. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines. between the muslims. and the christian population. when i guess fighters of the city center two thousand and seventeen president to church's response was brutal. fight terrorism will never gain political gain of. the reconquest turned into tragedy. that's not liberation at all this is not the kind of freedom that we want. how did you become a gateway to islamist terror. until now they say sorry got under my city as a result. of an exclusive report from a destroyed city. philippines in the sights of i.a.s. starts april eleventh on d w. europe needs pete but extracting it has become almost impossible in germany so now the industry is getting its raw material fr

like its baltic neighbours, latvia was annexed by the soviet union after world war ii.for another 50 yea rs it remained occupied for another 50 years until 1991. hello. nice to meet you. this then organises tours with a focus on latvia's soviet heritage. we meet at the bottom of the country's first skyscraper, built in the nineteen fifties. we have got stalin's birthday cake, by nickname, one of the most controversial and most significant buildings from the soviet era in riga. there is quite a few years. yes, beautiful. almost the entire riga, it is possible to see from here. when it is not snowing? yes, of course. those tours became more and more popular with westerners because he can see unique things from the soviet era. so what was it like for you to grow up under the soviet regime here? it was hard. you had to queue? yeah, even to buy meat or butter. it was hard. so in the early 90s, independence wasjust butter. it was hard. so in the early 90s, independence was just around the corner, what were you doing?” was a student, of course. we wanted not to be under contro

the baltics have been leaning into this in a major which. estonia created the cyber defense league, established nato's cooperative cyber defense center of excellence, as you know latvia is home to the nato strategic communications center of excellence. i'd like an update and share some thoughts on what you see in the baltic countries, lessoned learned things we may want to replicate in other places around the world. >> you noted the changes that have taken place. i would add as well, that after nature p.o. determined that cyber was in fact a dmand which needed to happen to give authorities. we now have a cyber center that operates within nato, connected with each of our nations. most of of them are building a cyber capability. you noted the cyber center of excellence that i think is a good one. it's important because it's through that process as one of those nodes that we're able to advance lessons learned, do training, ensure that we can help with -- with defense within nato but also to specific nations. so like anything in cyber, though it

the scandinavian banks, the ones from finland, sweden and denmark came in and bought a lot of these balticanks. they bought their weight in to these former soviet states. when they bought them, they got the same issues the banks had in terms of moving russian money, and they did not appear to do much about it. danske bought a bank back in 2007, and for years let russian money roll through in an ever greater amount. yes, they bought into this issue, but they had plenty of time to do something about it and chose not to. it really was a cascade effect. and danske appears to be the biggest hub of this. but nordia and swedbank and who knows if there are others to come, might have been involved with it, because all the money slushed through the baltic units of these scandinavian banks were linking to each other. carol: what is interesting -- and take a step back and look at the history of the years to 15 years, everybody seemed like they were ok with so much russian money in particular, whether it was flowing through the u.k., switzerland, cyprus. what is interesting is we talk about how it fuel