there are now places in kiev where nazariy sovsun no longer feels safe. vsun: at this station right now, i avoid kontraktova plozdha, because just recently there were attacks on the ravers, there were at least two attacks. one guy was beaten really seriously. reporter: but the ravers are not giving up their vision of a democratic ukraine, no matter how long the road ahead. michelle: more about the young pro-western raves from ukraine will soon be available in an upcoming dw documentary. be sure to tune in. the financial crisis of 2008 threatened to bring local craftsmen in a rural town in sardinia to its knees. banks stopped giving out loans. without credit, small local businesses started to fold. but a group of friends, who had grown up on the island in the mediterranean, came up with a solution. they realized that local companies still had the potential to produce goods and services. so they devised an alternative currency to support them. the sardex is now performing so well, some people wonder if it could replace the euro, at least locally. reporter: t