but now, croatia doesn't want to accept the result.arija: arbitration should be based on trustfulness, and this was completely ruined in that process. the croatian parliament decided unilaterally that croatia walks out of this arbitration agreement. so since then croatia was not participating, unfortunately the arbitration will not continue to work. it did yield the arbitration award, but croatia cannot accept and does not recognize this. this is legally and politically unacceptable for croatia. reporter: the slovenes, on the other hand, see european rights violated and insist the ruling be enforced, because both sides had agreed to accept the result of the arbitration. bostjan: now the border in the sea is clearly drawn. the arbitration court defined it precisely. because of the special circumstances in the last six months, slovenia has already warned that the waters are slovenian territory. since the 30th of december, the police are executing their authority. reporter: the slovenian fishers in piran are certainly pleased about the ne

of our in northern croatia. according to investigators members of a local family clan of burglars are behind thousands of break ins in germany reporters are not welcome here. this house is a focus of the investigation the cars outside are expensive and have german license plates and i took you for many flights are going to caraway. tell us about what you know about both of you to speak croatian so it's just you wait. we're ambushed. our camera team attacked with tomatoes. that. you got. that i gave. for months reporters with german t.v. have been researching one of the biggest burglary gangs in german criminal history . a gang that operates throughout europe. it's believed to be responsible for one fifth of the break ins in germany. ordered maybe even a thousand break ins are just one part of the gangs. the perpetrators have made off with stolen goods worth millions and flaunt their spoils on social media well the victims are traumatized best friend nations here privacy to me that's the worst. investigation carr

our balkans correspondent guy de launey has been to sid on serbia's border with croatia.for people living rough a long way from home. volunteers from a pitch and provide a vital service at this abandoned factory in sid, close to serbia's border with croatia. they have been here for a while, some of them yes, helping them not crossing them yes, helping them not crossing the border, just making sure they are not dying. most of the clipsal are not dying. most of the clipsal are from afghanistan and pakistan and they are hoping to reach countries in the european union —— clientele. the food fortifies them for regular attempts to cross the border. the so—called balkan route for refugees officially closed almost two years ago, but there is still a steady flow of people coming into serbia, even in the winter months, and they are determined to reach the european union, whatever the financial or physical cost. some of these men are licking their wounds, there are regular reports of altercations with border police to push people back into serbia. they try to cross the border quite

weather which has turned to snow it's hit that cold air so this is what it looks like in some parts of croatia at the moment they've certainly had an awful lot of wintery weather there now all of that snow is out of this weather system here and it's continuing to spiral its way across parts of the mediterranean and it's going to stick around as we head through sunday and into monday on the northern edges where we're seeing that snow and then we'll see more of it as we head through monday so monday looking particularly wintery across parts of romania and all the way across to croatia once more further north that while it's that cold air that's the story here minus two is a maximum imbalance and we can't expect the temperatures in berlin to get above freezing for a good few days yet now some of the unsettled weather that's been affecting us in the southern parts of europe has also been affecting us in the northern parts of africa and it's still with us on sunday a good deal of cloud here there's a chance of few outbreaks of rain pulling away there was we head into monday to dry our weather here

in croatia the army were drafted in to rescue people trapped in their houses but as fast as the snow was cleared more quickly fell. and then the italian capital romans experienced the first snow in six years to the phatic and into a battleground. cold weather in winter is hardly surprising but what's unsettling scientists is that europe is currently colder than the arctic a freak warming around the north pole is sending a blast of arctic cold across the continent whether experts say manmade global warming is to blame in the one nine hundred seventy s. climate scientists came up with a theory for the war in the arctic the colder the european continent they even gave him an anagram w a warmer arctic sea sea colder continent or as the scientists prefer to call it wacky people here in southeast england baby surprised by this unusual or wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come . all the norwegian archipelago of the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below a

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in croatia many commemorate the departure in the bus station one in serbia the journey into a new life often starts by train south eastern european countries on just losing a few young people then losing pretty much an entire generation. there is good news for german pharmaceuticals giant buyer the european commission has dropped hints that its proposed takeover of u.s. rival monsanto could get the go ahead after a wait of more than a year the deal has been making regulators around the world nervous. the u.s. food and drug administration has threatened to take buyer products off the market there the regulator says production processes of buyers older medications have been substandard since january two thousand and seventeen c.e.o. band of oman is tackling the problem but buyer has have to set aside several hundred million euros to cushion the effects of any sales or production shortfalls the company is also spending a fortune buying up u.s. herbicide and seed manufacturer monsanto the deal came with a price tag of fifty five billion euros to be funded largely from equity and bond issue

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from the east is sweeping across the continent from siberia one of the worst affected countries as croatia whirls two meters of snow has fallen in some areas even in spain thirty eight provinces are affected the canary islands off the northwest coast of africa are being lashed by strong winds and in britain hundreds of trains have been cancelled and many schools closed in ireland which doesn't often to see so much snow panic buying of bread has left supermarket shelves empty. well germany is being hit by a flu epidemic authorities have registered more than one hundred twenty thousand cases and more than two hundred people have died so far this winter doctors here in berlin say they're dealing with three times the number of patients usually affected this time of year. linda few reports from the front line. it's crowded in dr frank fresh less practice these days many turn up suspecting the flu he has to take a swap to confirm that but says he's learned to recognize flu patients by sight. i . think they're a lot sicker than the others he comes on suddenly from one day to the next they suddenl

and delegates and western croatia record snowfall of one hundred eighty two centimeters coast huge snow drifts burying houses and roads and forcing rescue services to evacuate the stranded locals. for them it has been quite a shock. nothing like this in living memory i've been living here a long time but i don't remember it ever snowing like this it has always been within the average of half a metre maybe a metre. further east to feel was resplendent in white but flights in and out of the bulgarian capital were cancelled while the blanket of snow left thousands in the west of the country without power. that led to schools being closed perfect for the city's young sledging enthusiasm. just days after the close of this year's winter games in south korea a ceremony in the next winter olympic location has already taken place beijing marked the start of the tour of the olympic flag in style as it was carried on stage at the great wall of china the country has seen a recent boom in winter sports and president xi jinping has pledged to get three hundred million chinese on skis and skates befor

and delegates and western croatia record snowfall of one hundred eighty two centimeters caused huge snow drifts burying hoses and roads and forcing rescue services to evacuate the stranded locals. for them it has been quite a shock. nothing like this in living memory i've been living here but i don't remember it ever snowing like this it has always been within the average of half a meter maybe a meter. further east saffir was resplendent in white but flights in and out of the capital were cancelled while the blanket of snow left thousands in the west of the country without power. that led to schools being closed perfect for the city's young sledging in. money goes up next. every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word. is in germany to learn. simple online on your and free. learning course because for german. beat the germans new and surprising aspects of license culture in germany. take a look at germany.

come fromboric, you croatia.k about what you're dealing with their and when you hear a report and what is happening in the white house and president trump himself accused of sexual assault and harassment? >> i think, unfortunately, what is going on here is just mirroring everywhere in mainstream politics. and of course, the men, high-ranking men including presidts are prime minister's in europe try to hide the violence against women committed by their own staff. i think it is absolutely unacceptable. especially when we talk about 20 years later of v-day and what we have accomplished in the movements, that this synergy of women from different women's groups and different movements that started in the 1970's, but now we have v-day, i think what we should be -- probably the most biggest ever global movement. it would be this year and it was in last year and over 200 countries from kosovo to germany or bangladesh to the philippines. workers, domestic workers, women who have been violated, women from women's workers u

in croatia many commemorate their departure in the bus station one in serbia the journey into a new life often starts by train south eastern european countries aren't just losing a few young people they're losing pretty much an entire generation. approving or prohibiting pesticides as always controversial substances that are useful for farmers often harm the environment so called neonate cotton oit's have long been thought to kill be and now it has been confirmed by a recent study as a result of european union ban of the substance is more likely. near nixon noids dangerous of bees that's according to the european food safety authority a new study has found that the insecticide is harmful to both honeybees and wild bees it's bad news for a year which is time to five hundred species of wild bees. in the past to know it's broadly used to protect us like corn and canola against different paths but in two thousand and thirteen the e.u. for strict its application due to a collapse in the b population insufficient data proving the insecticides negative impacts meant that a ban could not be impl

in western croatia, record snowball of 182 centimeters caused huge snowdrifts, bearing houses and roadsthem, it has been quite a shock. >> there has been nothing like this in living memory. i have been living here a long time, but i do not remember it ever snowing like this. it has always been within the average of half a meter, maybe a meter. >> further east, sophia was resplendent and white, but flights in and out of the old. capital was canceled when people were left without power. that led to schools being closed, perfect for the city's young sledding enthusiasts. host: here's a reminder of the top stories we are following. germany's top administrative court ruled in favor of allowing cities to ban heavily-polluting diesel vehicles. environment talists say thousands of people die prematurely from nitrogen oxide. a truce meant to relieve the suffering and eastern ghouta has collapsed. both sides are plumbing the other for the fighting. do not forget, you can always get dw news on the go with our app. cactus all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications on yo

in croatia, we re driver to be rescued.has been paralysed by record snowfall. schools in the area have been closed after that. emergency services had to spend several hours evacuating nearby village. let us go to vienna, where we can get the view from central europe. it is bitterly cold here in vienna and the icy winds are making it feel even colder than it actually is and these kind of conditions we are seeing throughout central and even the south of europe at the moment, there has been snow in rome and naples, widespread travel disruption. a country like austria is used to the snow and here we have not seen the kind of disruptions that we have in some of the neighbouring countries. it is extremely difficult for anyone who does not have shelter and there is an effort throughout this part of the world to make sure that people who are homeless are brought to shelters where they can have a warm place to sleep that night. in poland, we understand that several people have actually died because of exposure to the cold. people ar

record snowfalls have been recorded in parts of italy and croatia, while temperatures have plunged toon bbc.com. let's now take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start off with the financial times. it wonders what's happened to the powerful gupta brothers following the fall of former south african president jacob zuma? the family's involvement with the former president led to one of south africa's biggest ever scandals. they're now believed to have fled to dubai. the new york times investigates a possible link between north korea and the ongoing conflict in syria. an unreleased un report apparently alleges that north korea shipped supplies to damascus. including things used to produce chemical weapons. and the final whistle may have blown on the pyeongchang games, but the china daily reports on the race to the next winter olympics. the front page looks at the arrival of the olympic flag in beijing. its marathon tour of the country comes ahead of the games in 2022. which stories are trending online? it's an interesting story, because it's almost planetary. the moon w

it's carnival season with revelers across europe celebrating the banishment of winter in riyadh at croatia over ten thousand people took to the streets for the annual carnival parade. being taught to address portugal participants poke fun at international politicians . the town of obviously nation spain hosted a foam fest and the extravagantly costume dancers in the carnival parade in santa cruz made tenerife look like rio. kensington palace has revealed new details about the forthcoming not chills of prince harry and his fiance meghan markle they'll be tying the knot on may the nineteenth incident george's chapel windsor castle. following the ceremony of the couple will lead a carriage procession through windsor giving the public a chance to be part of the occasion. the prince announced his engagement to the american actress last november. the sixty eighth berlin film festival the barely gets underway on february the fifteenth and tickets went on sale on monday diehard film buffs gathered on potsdamer platz before daybreak to ensure they snagged the sought after tickets to the programme t

similar backgrounds with a biracial as well i always linked up more with the like i had friends from croatia poland turkish friends like it was it was mix everything i mean i got along with everybody but somehow you always feel a bigger connection to the ones who are different like you know. even as a buddhist the good doppelganger for me i did hear that you were friends with kevin prince but take it i was looking at a photo i was like oh yes him see the camera principle it tells you what happens a lot was at his wedding last year. and like we were in the same hotel everybody all the guests and. i was at breakfast on the like outside on the on the balcony on the terrace and i had some glasses on and then some little kids were ports me things that means i think i don't know what there was some italian things that means of things even in the hallway. and sometimes now like when the first time in frankfurt and i was walking through frankfurt because like two months ago i still had a long way but i cut him off. so with this new have a went into the city and then also that some people are saying

weather which has turned to snow it's hit that cold air so this is what it looks like in some parts of croatia at the moment they've certainly had an awful lot of wintery weather there now all of that snow is out of this weather system here and it's continuing to spiral its way across parts of the mediterranean and it's going to stick around as we head through sunday and into monday on the northern edges where we're seeing that snow and then we'll see more of it as we head through monday so monday looking particularly wintery across parts of romania and all the way across to croatia once more further north that while it's that cold air that's the story here minus two is a maximum imbalance and we can't expect the temperatures in berlin to get above freezing for a good few days yet now some of the unsettled weather that's been affecting us in the southern parts of europe has also been affecting us in the northern parts of africa and it's still with us on sunday a good deal of cloud here there's a chance of a few outbreaks of rain pulling away there was we head into monday drier weather here but

unlike many other nations of europe, thousands of people with mental illness still live in asylums in croatiahe country has taken radical steps to move patients out of residential care and into the community. branka reljan is one of the lucky few to have be been "de—institutionalised". i think we are not too different from other people. ijust happen to have —— ijust happen to have these medications. nobody in the centre was really cured and went back home. it was like life imprisonment. it was fully, crowded, and lots of old people. you had to have a secret life for all of these years. i felt like ifelt like i'm a i felt like i'm a free ifelt like i'm a free person i felt like i'm a free person at the end. to do something new and the change was very good, positive for my mind and weather got into the flats, the first day we brought a lot of food and we were eating what we liked for the first time after these 12 years and it was good and i felt great. we are just having a great time. he, the most important thing for us, but two of us, is that we are together and we can cope with all of the pro

and delegates and western croatia record snowfall of one hundred eighty two centimeters caused huge snow drifts burying houses and roads and forcing rescue services to evacuate the stranded locals. for them it has been quite a shock. to see nothing like this in living memory i've been living here a long time but i don't remember it ever snowing like this it has always been within the average of half a metre maybe a metre or. further east saffir was resplendent in white but flights in and out of the bulgarian capital were cancelled for the blanket of snow left thousands in the west of the country without power. that led to schools being closed perfect for the city's young sledging enthusiasm. now for some sports and tennis legend roger federer is still the show at the laureus awards in monte carlo the world number one not only walked away with the sportsman of the year award but after returning to the game following a knee injury in two thousand and sixteen he also won the comeback of the year award and what a comeback it was the swiss won his fifth australian open and eighth wimbledon ti

teams that will be russia at the world cup in the summer very very tough group as well argentina croatia and our favorites of course that we featured earlier on in the series we've come to chat to f.s.b. mights defender i know a cheery and super eagles defender. let's go have a chat about outs. you were injured last so. disappointed were you to not make that squad and how excited are you if you start. to go to russia for them to the biggest football tournament in the world i think when i got that injury in two thousand and fourteen and the first moment i didn't even realize that i'm going to miss the world cup because it was my first cap. but the coach back then was quite serious and he told me afterwards i think he even made a statement after they got eliminated by france and he missed me i think that was the moment i really realized what a big chance that would have been i saw him there with the super ego flying and they did quite well off and was it was tough i still don't realize that this is going to happen i think i start to realize. more and more but i think the first reaction whe

settle the route but its decision that the bulk of the baby longs to slovenia is unacceptable for croatia arbitration should be based on on trust for months and this was completely ruined in the process and creation parliament decided that. unilaterally that creation. works out of the separate ration agreements the slovenes on the other hand feel that this violates european rights i mean since the ruling be enforced because both sides had agreed to accept the result of the arbitration. the border in the sea is clearly drawn. the arbitration defined it precisely. is slovenia living up to because of the special circumstances in the last six months. and has already warned that the waters os living in territory of all they will tell you well then to one up and since the end of the last year. has lost access to a large part of the fishing area where he used to cost his net. long upon my grandfather finished here and then my father now i fish here as does my danis too small a lot of national pride the lesson for europe is new member states need to throw their territorial disputes over the borde

in croatia many commemorate their departure in the bus station one in serbia the journey into a new life often starts by train south eastern european countries on just losing a few young people then losing pretty much an entire generation. on the road to bricks it is getting tough i'll say british prime minister theresa may has criticised the use first draft on the terms of brags that she few breaks at negotiating michelle unveiled a document today saying the pace of negotiations needs to be accelerated but may took issue with the e.u. stance on the blocks future border with northern ireland saying it would violate the integrity of the united kingdom. the draft legal tax the commission has published would if implemented it undermined the u.k. common market and threaten constitution integrity of the u.k. by creating a customs and regulator reported on the irish sea and no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to a. right to be making it crystal clear to president and others that we will never do so. british prime minister theresa may there well let's bring in our correspondent in london in

suspected of beheading alan henning, a driver and aid worker from eccles, and david haines, seen here in croatiaformer raf engineer and long—time aid workerfrom perth. this morning, his daughter, bethany, was finally contemplating what punishment two of his suspected killers should face. they should die a long, slow, painful death. and i think quite a lot of people will understand that, that they shouldn't be allowed to live. but realistically, that's not going to happen. and i have to come to terms with that. and the best thing for them is to be locked up and throw away the key. they should never be allowed back in society, because they willjust recruit people and they will just do this again. and for the sake of her father, if they end up in court, she will go to watch. if it goes to trial, i will certainly be there, i will certainly want to look them in the eye and let them know that i am who i am, and they have destroyed a big part of my life. and hopefully there will be some sort ofjustice. some of the gangs hostages were freed, including former french reporter, nicolas henin. he wants them

that will be in russia at the world cup this summer they're in a very tough group as well argentina croatia and the favorites of course that we featured earlier on in the series we. come to chat to f.s.b. mights depend on you know a cheery and super eagles defender. let's go have a chat out's. you really should last will call song pate disappointed were you not mike got squalled and how excited are you if you stay fit to go to russia for the to the biggest football tournament in the world i think when i got that injury in two thousand and fourteen and the first moment i didn't even realize that i'm going to miss the world cup because it was my first cap. but the coach back then was quite serious and he told me afterwards i think he even made a statement after they got an immunity by france and he missed me i think that was the moment i really realized what a big chance that would have been i saw them there with i saw the super eagles flying and they did quite well for the worse it was tough i still don't realize that this is going to happen i think i start to realize that. more and more but

russia at the world cup in the summer there in the very top group as well argentina you know messy croatia and our favorites of course that we featured earlier on in the series we've come to chat to f.s.b. minds defend i'm not a cheery and super eagles defender. let's go have a chance if. you were injured the last will cause so disappointed were you to not make that squad and how excited are you if you stay fit to go to russia for the for the biggest football tournament in the world i think when i got that injury in two thousand and fourteen and the first moment i didn't even realize that i'm going to miss the world cup because it was my first cap. but the coach back then was quite serious and he told me afterwards i think he even made a statement after they got in a minute and i thought he missed me i think that was the moment where i really realized. what big chance that would have been i saw them there with i saw the super eagles flying and they did quite well for the us and was tough i still don't realize that this is going to happen i think i start to realize. more and more but i thin

this exercise in 2014 when i was leading the list of my political party and my political family in croatiathe elections, i feel we should continue with this concept also, how are you, good to see a! so i supported and again today. surprise! who is this, somebody rumoured to fa ncy who is this, somebody rumoured to fancy being the spitzenkandidat for the centre—right. what do you think of spitzenkandidats? brexit, brexit. sticking to the dayjob for now. it is all about brexit, that's adam fleming reporting. joined to talk about the spitzenkandidat from brussels, political europe's maia de la baume. i hope you can hear me, maia. how much backing does this have, this idea of the biggest party in the parliament having much more say over the candidate for the new commission president? um the european parliament clearly supports the idea, because it basically is behind the idea. and the commission also stands behind that idea because you know it is a way to strengthen democracy in the eu. the main challenge is to european countries, because a lot of them think that it would reduce their power, s

to the north of the flats when it's really time to snow we've had some breaks snow across parts of croatia schools and roads have been badly affected in the process to saturday as that cold air hovering around freezing in vienna in minus twelve the top temperature in moscow and even western parts four degrees celsius the high in paris twenty six celsius in london going into sunday is colder still a keen easterly wind really making things feel pretty better as we call one through the the next couple of days and further south some more rain more snow coming in across central areas of the mediterranean pushing a little further north was the northern parts of africa still quasi quite a stiff wind by you know just coming out of algeria highs analogy is the thirteen degrees. right. a reminder now of our top stories here at al-jazeera the united nations security council is pressed spend a vote on a draft resolution for a cease fire in syria until saturday in the meantime the syrian military is bombardment of eastern ghouta looks set to continue more than four hundred forty civilians have been kil

the most from the effectively warmer waters of the train in the adriatic so northern italy bosnia croatia this sort of area and ounce of albania or northern breeze there will be a lot more snow but look at the temps just the north mana seventy was almost two in berlin these are maximum temperatures and not get any are they getting lower so also snow piles up here across the balkans the real cold start to set in this coming week will be frigidly arctic all the way from eastern europe right to the west attempts by day as a maximum are going to drop nine times could be really cold this is a late bit of really quite severe winter for europe. the weather sponsored by qatar and greece. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter while activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time. was. hard to take a look at the top stories here it out easier syrian government troops have launched a new ground and air offensive on the rebel