today, slovakia has left the country behind. >> helen y has fled the high prices in slovakia. every day, she leaves her country for austria. it takes her 10 minutes to drive from work from the center of the slovakia capital to a tiny town. she can afford a house here. overall, helena has the feeling that her euros go farther in austria. >> a lot of slovaks have moved here. this town is very attractive for us slovaks because it's so close to our city. they have work there but can't afford a apartment much less a house. property and apartments are very expensive. >> that has brought growth, a spot once called the edge of europe. locals joke that before 1989, even the crows were turned back at the iron curtain. today, it's experiencing a building boom. hundreds of slovaks are putting up houses. the municipalities now home to 1,800 austrians and 700 slovaks. the locals are feeling outnumbered. >> nothing against the people, but i think it's too much. we live out in the country but now the town is growing. whether we like it or not. >> but some residents like this woman are pleased

today, slovakia has left the country behind. >> helen y has fled the high prices in slovakia. every day, she leaves her country for austria. it takes her 10 minutes to drive from work from the center of the slovakia capital to a tiny town. she can afford a house here. overall, helena has the feeling that her euros go farther in austria. >> a lot of slovaks have moved here. this town is very attractive for us slovaks because it's so close to our city. they have work there but can't afford a apartment much less a house. property and apartments are very expensive. >> that has brought growth, a spot once called the edge of europe. locals joke that before 1989, even the crows were turned back at the iron curtain. today, it's experiencing a building boom. hundreds of slovaks are putting up houses. the municipalities now home to 1,800 austrians and 700 slovaks. the locals are feeling outnumbered. >> nothing against the people, but i think it's too much. we live out in the country but now the town is growing. whether we like it or not. >> but some residents like this woman are pleased

since march last year, exhibitionists have been held in five european countries including italy, slovakia and the netherlands. >> this piece called when is the scariest thing on earth is by japanese artist that features the nuclear power plant and an og ogre's face. for a clean future, it depicts a girl watering a baby windmill. >> i'm grateful for the understanding and support shown by people around the world. >> i'm very sad that they lost their town. >> this is one of the artists. her work, apple rabbit one is based on the damage caused by the fukushima accident. people would be surprised if a lot of apples fell from the sky so who could have imagined that radio activity would fall from the sky. >> as time passes, memories fade. i made this work to remind people of the problems we face. >> this is walter of the netherlands. his work, the mountains famous for 100 million solar cells depicts countless panels with mt. fujy and cherry blossoms. his message, japan as a land of the rising sun speaks about natural energy rather than nuclear power in japan. as well as taking part in the exhibi

since march last year, exhibitions have been held in five european countries including italy, slovakia and the netherlands. this piece, called "what is the scariest thing on earth" is by japanese artist yoko furua. it features the nuclear power plant and an ogre's face. in contrast, dutch artist alex despp walz "for a clean future" depicts a girl watering a baby windmill. >> translator: i'm grateful for the understanding and support shown by people around the world. >> translator: i'm very sad that they lost their town and freedom in the earthquake. >> reporter: this is one of the artists. her work "apple rabbit one" is based on the damage caused by the fukushima accident. people would be surprised if a lot of apples fell from the sky, so who could have imagined that radioactivity would fall from the sky? >> translator: as time passes, memories fade. i made this work to remind people of the problems we face. >> reporter: this is walter van rijk of the netherlands. his work, the mountain famous famous for 100 million solar cells depikts almost countless solar panels against a backdrop o

slovakia's peter sagan, the overall leader remains the belgian, by just 1 second over a huge portiond. >>> nothing going for the a's today, they start a huge series against the cubs tomorrow night. >> thank >> today on "tmz" -- >> so alec baldwin wants us to believe calling somebody a queen is just an expression of royalty. >> glaad came out and gave him a pass. >> they said alec baldwin has done a lot of things for the human rights campaign. they're citing all these things he's done. >> and he had a guest role on "will and grace." benny hinn is a televangelist,

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after the collapse of communism although small countries like estonia, macedonia, slovakia, the new countries, they are all admitted and i added of the population, it was something like 16 million people in all of these small new countries. but in africa, only a jury in south africa are members. algeria is not a member of the bis. that's quite an amazing that one of the biggest economies in the world is not a member. pakistan is not a member. kazakhstan are not members. so in africa, in asia, in central asia, there's against it and i asked why, if they said well, the sympathetic has to meet certain standards of governance, economic transparency and the way the economy is run. there are questions about economic governance in russia and china and other places. it's changing but slowly. >> are we seeing a similar dynamic to the imf where some of the countries that are not the usual suspects are being much more vocal, particularly from the bridge country's? >> yes. waterford is in the globe economy meetings recently there's been quite a lot of anger about the meeting and all the money that is slo

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