the high touch rows are one of the oldest holiday regions in slovakia. the first resorts with hotels and sanatoriums were established back in eight hundred seventy six after the political changes of the early ninety's a great deal was invested in the infrastructure and in renovating the roads and mountain huts hiking trails and hotels to provide good conditions for nature lovers and those who prefer an active holiday. on the tourism scene the high taxes are now regarded as an insider tip prices are considerably lower than in the alps for instance or other classic holiday regions in the west but what is particularly impressive here that is the diversity height you can climb in a day. and the new things you can discover when i'm back there. in russia joel go to check also enjoys his tracks through the mountains despite the heavy load he has to carry and he does it not just for the money but mainly because he loves nature. which is very national sort of attack after it bows really where divisions then here i always take short breaks when i'm carrying things

since two thousand and nine slovakia has also had the euro. the economy is growing. unemployment is dropping and this is having an effect on slovak goosing. more meat is appearing on the table. after a good meal it's back out into nature we're going to take a. after ride into the magnificent world of the mountains. in the and we're close to the polish border this river is the don't know yet it's. up until the second world war timber from the high touches was transported from here more than nine hundred kilometers to the baltic today the river only carries tourists on raft rides over a distance of eighteen kilometers the trip takes about an hour and a half. not guy they like either boat on each raft there's an arrangement of kind branches that it serves three purposes as decoration for the raft as sealing the to prevent water getting in and thirdly as a joke of course as a wreath should anyone fall in and drown it what i mean with a thumb of a man will. not deny the shift from the highest cliffs over there you can see over the entire region the wonderful i would have

it is made from sheep's milk and can only be produced in slovakia. many slovak dishes are influenced by the cuisine of neighboring countries. their cuisine is very close to nature and it's very different in the north of the country than in the south as are all the seedling. i'm not in the north they're more recipes with potatoes with cheese and meat as a side dish and flies out of by live here and in the south they're more vegetables and meat dishes. and slice. sylvia into robot was born in one thousand nine hundred six in bratislava slovakia and grew up there just like from the monarch. bunda has lived in berlin since two thousand they first met in slovakia and soon realized that they had similar childhood experiences both enjoyed cooking early on and spent a lot of time in the kitchen. and it's been preserved. i grew up with my grandmother. and spits in the hand instead of playing with toys. i grew up playing with joe. so the kitchen was practically my play room and i think sylvia grew up in a similar way. in this. the two slovak women live and wor

it is made from sheep's milk and can only be produced in slovakia. many slovak dishes are influenced by the cuisine of neighboring countries. christine is very close to nature and is very different in the north of the country than in the south. i'm not in the north they're more recipes with potatoes with cheese and meat as a side dish of by law and in the south they're more vegetables and meat dishes. and. sylvia pita robot was born in one thousand nine hundred six in bratislava slovakia and grew up there just like fundamental. bunda has lived in berlin since two thousand they first met in slovakia and soon realized that they had similar childhood experiences both enjoyed cooking early on and spent a lot of time in the kitchen. it's been my. i grew up with my grandmother. and instead of playing with toys. i grew up playing with joe. so the kitchen was practically my play room and i think sylvia grew up in a similar way. too so back women live and work in quite back in the heart of berlin a district where many different cultures come together. they op

it talk turkey journalists are in jail in slovakia investigative journalist yeah it was a murder what information do you have on the circumstances. he says he's a tough. but what we know about young murder is that there was a climate in slovakia that made that even possible that that's mostly what we also know and this is the real scandal is that government circles in the immediate vicinity of the then prime minister robert fico apparently had contacts in dealings with the mafia contacts. from what we know so far the mafia was behind the murder and it's scandalous enough to know government circles have links to criminal groups exist. we also know that the then prime minister robert fico used to personally defame journalists a lot and it was the environment that had been created and that is actually the biggest scandal this is happening in an e.q. country and the e.u. isn't doing much about it you know about you know there's a second case the murder of journalist stuff and. do you see similarities. yeah skeptic also. a lot of similarities because there are two. just like in slovakia th

is responding just as helplessly as it is to slovakia that is describing the problems very generally but not really naming those responsible in the end that is what exercise is influence. so i'm just for clarity because people often lament things important to them you have a very personal relationship to south america you started in chile lived and worked in ecuador how are working conditions for journalists in south america compared to europe. so i mean i think south or latin america is a very diverse continents but what we can observe in several latin american countries is that journalists are murdered on a daily basis. take mexico brazil or colombia. there are parts of these countries where the states as the regulating are governing power has the factor retreated while private forces such as drug cartels and criminal groups have taken over power. here in the state no longer has any relevance and that means that the existing protection programs by the states don't work in colombia or in mexico because some of these states are corrupt to the core. of that myself recently on my last

the country has been a member of the european union since two thousand and four slovakia is a cocky is very rich musically and we like to show off our artists so i'm delighted to present off the philharmonic orchestra to a bend in audience. the slovak philharmonic was conducted by rusty sloughs tour one of the evening's highlights was a performance by a violin virtuoso dolly barker. slovakia was founded in one nine hundred ninety three after the peaceful dissolution of the federal state of czechoslovakia. the dba diamond museum opened its doors in unclip this week and this is his command about the history of the diamond and silversmithing traits which affright been the belgian port city since the fifteenth century. the museum features exhibits on both traditional and modern methods of processing diamonds and silver also on display is a diamond encrusted necklace in the shape of a snake from eight hundred sixty the museum opened to the general public on monday . hundreds of death for cyclists took a spin around london on saturday the annual tweed run is a twelve kilometer track that tak

. >> and one thing it's safe to say about you, donald, you know the difference between slovakia and slovenia. >> i do. i do. i absolutely do. >> let me ask you a tough question. this is a technical thing, but it's kind of fun. the president of the united states gets an allowance to live on. that's why you never have to cash a check when you're president. they live us off, basically. you won't have that problem. they have an allowance for parties and whenever they pass out the wine glasses and have hors d'oeuvres. the first lady gets to control all that. how are you going to handle all that? >> well, i got myself into a lot of trouble that i said could be married within 24 hours if need be. see, that's what happens when you go to wharton, folks. it's one of those. but i could handle it. i could handle it very easily. i'm not sure that today being

and his fiance martina are being honored in a memorial for the couple was murdered in february in slovakia as it was reporting on alleged connections between politicians in the country and the mafia. and its blastoff for a new mission to mars nasa launches an unmanned spacecraft to peer under the red planet's cross and look at how mars was formed. and welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexina vali has been detained along with more than a thousand other anti kremlin demonstrators according to monitors police seized him in moscow after he called for protests across the country ahead of president vladimir putin's inauguration for another term as president. the down with the czar the rallying cry that brought together thousands of russians opposed to president vladimir putin they gathered in city squares across the country voicing their dissent and holding signs denouncing corruption. because they up i think that every responsible citizen should express their opinion that's my duty as a citizen of the russian federation's i love my country and i want something here to change yet

siac and his fiance martina were honored in a memorial to the couple was murdered in february in slovakia as could she have reported on a ledge of high level corruption. i'm michelle henery thanks for joining us floaters in lebanon are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament today for the first time in almost ten years so a new prime minister saad hariri and his future movement party are expected to remain in power the election will be the first under the country's new electoral laws with proportional representation replacing the previous winner takes all system the vote brings into focus the struggle for power in a country divided. along sectarian lines among those hoping to make gains in the country is hezbollah the islamist political and militant group financed by a red which supports the syrian president bashar al assad here's a look at the patchwork of groups and religions vying for power in lebanon on. the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria. the iran funded parties militias are revered by many shiites in lebannon. in syria the militias find al

slovakia the czech republic as well as sweden as one of the possible some of the possible countries that had those capabilities so we are now seeing moscow waiting for the others to come clean as well. i want to remind everyone that it was london and drags the czech republic into confrontation with russia is because of the pressure from the british authorities that it escalated into an expulsion of russian diplomats now it turns out there were no grounds for the move know that for even three weeks now we expect answers from other countries that as we said had and still have the potential to develop now the chalk. well we're certainly going to be watching to see whether or not any anything of the sort happens in terms of reactions from those countries but for anybody who's been following the script all story closely of course the revelations made by the czech president could be seen as quite a bombshell given the vigorous pnas with which western countries had accused russia and presented it as the only possible culprit in this whole saga and we have to say that given the amount of hype an

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however, they say they'll travel to slovakia for the tournament aiming to surprise people once again.an find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i'm ben bland. in the business news — marks and spencer has announced that it will close 100 stores by 2022, speeding up a reorganisation that it says is "vital" for the firm's future. more on this in a moment. the new york stock exchange has appointed its first female leader, more than two centuries after it was established. stacey cunningham will be promoted to the role from her current position of chief operating officer. her appointment means that both nyse and the technology—focused nasdaq exchange will now be run by women. do you know the difference between your "best before" and "use by" dates? tesco says many don't — and it leads to people throwing away "perfectly edible food". so the supermarket is getting rid of "best before" labels from many fresh produce lines, including apples, potatoes, lemons, and onions. as we've been hearing, marks and spencer has announced today it will close more stor

was shot dead in slovakia back in february you know he had been covering corruption and the mafia has role in the country and in malta the anti-corruption blogger deafening korea on the lead sia was killed when a bomb placed under her car was detonated just outside her home back in october two thousand and seventeen she had been a longstanding critic of the government three minute been charged but authorities have not identified who ordered her murder reporters without borders it says that her death lifts the veil of judicial harassment and intimidation that journalists face in the country. now the council of europe has recently appointed a special roughage here to monitor the ongoing murder investigation gilead's he is son andrew says that malta has managed to escape extensive scrutiny from european institutions. the response from the european commission on malta off for example was much we in the response towards. and there are many reasons for this the first is that. the governments are less sophisticated in the rhetoric they're more conservative they target minorities sexual minor

and slovakia instead of celebrating i'm a wedding friends and family are mourning murder journalist young kid siac and his fiance martina could siac had been investigating high level corruption in the country they're still on resolved killings in february have rocked the country's political class mass protests following the death of the couple triggered the resignation of the prime minister amid demands to battle corruption and protect press freedom. it should have been one of the happiest days of their lives but in place of their wedding friends and family are honoring the murdered journalist ian could see a contest fiance martina with a memorial concert. is where we can accomplish the. investigation of mass murder as well as causes of corruption can be. it's not known who shot could siac and his fiance at close range in late february but when he died the journalist had been working on an article about alleged connections between leading slovak politicians and the italian mafia in the cars that in the article could siac named people and companies we have checked all the names and connect

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germany were against the civic union was officially declared by the governments of italy finland slovakia bug area hungary area rumania and the puppet regime of french government and unofficially these units fought against the u.s.s.r. the spanish blue division the belgian flanders legion the albanians kenda big division the dutch natal in legion and danes and knew we germans who united in the nordland s.s. division this year estonian and ukrainian s.s. troops were also rampant incited by nazi germany executions were carried out by almost all european countries and strict i'll get clear muswell young. they also have a home. sharia. on the summit also lots of book on my of data. if you'd like more up what if. auschwitz thousands of red army soldiers hundreds of thousands of slavic civilians and millions of jews perished in. a mist but. there's. no rule. saying. the russian president wasn't. to the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz the polish government disregarded the verdict that on generally the twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty five should survivors met

slovakia. in late february, an investigative journalist and his partner were murdered. he had reported on organized crime by slovakian politicians. protests here at least resulted in the resignation of the prime minister. write inf journalists europe, extreme cases of the threat to press freedom in western democracy. according to reporters without borders, the press is coming under increasing pressure in eastern european countries suggas poland, hungary, and the czech republic. is europe the coming csis becomingjournalists -- a crisis zone for journis? melinda: that is not our formulation but in fact the formulation of reporters without borders, which refers to a continent in crisis. -or reality, would you say, looking at europe -- height -- hype or reality gap antje: i think in europe there is a very real and dangerous development of intimidio .owards journalists think it goes together with very worrying political developments. what we said befor that it goes hd--hand. in several countries, we have eight clear tendency to autocratic regimes where the regime on one hand

landscape and men as strong as bears her can all be found in the high katra mountains of northern slovakiaher own thirty sharpest carry supplies to the mountain hudson and once a year they participate in a grueling race of kings on the mountain. europe's last share photos from behind the delhi. fake hair and real stories. where i come from a lot of women like me you have fake hair sometimes the hair style takes up to two days that's a lot of time that needs to be filled so people at the salon talk about what's happening in their lives and i became a journalist to be a storyteller and i always want to find those real authentic stories from everyday people who have something to share. with all the time i spend at the salon i know a good quality here when i see it and the good story when i hear it. my name is elizabeth shore and i work at studio album. welcome to eco at africa what do invasive plants have to do with schools will solve that puzzle today in our european palm africa environmental magazine my name is sharon the money from nairobi kenya and joining me of course is my charming patn

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a few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have one i don't have all the details of an investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in gaza both were reportedly short with the live ammunition while wearing vests and helmets identifying them as members of the press the u.s. state department says the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach on the recent investigation into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched air strikes on the country before any official probe taken place journalist dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with double standards. the united states is really using d

a few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have and i don't have all the details of the investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. well last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in gaza both were reportedly shorts with a live ammunition while wearing vests and helmets identifying them as members of the press the u.s. state department says the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a very different approach on the recent test a geisha into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched as strikes on the country before in any official probe had taken place journalist dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with double standards. the united states i

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massive protests her murder remains unsolved but other journalists are continuing her investigations slovakia in late february investigative journalist deon cuzzi act and his partner martina cushion a roof over murder. have reported on organized crime by slovakian politicians protests here at least resulted in the resignation of prime minister property fico . murders of journalists right in europe extreme cases of the threat to press freedom in western democracies according to reporters without borders the press is coming under increasing pressure in eastern european countries such as poland hungary and the czech republic is europe becoming a crisis zone for journalists. and let me put that question and that's by the way not our formulation of in fact the formulation of reporters without borders which refers to a continent in crisis again hype or reality would you say looking at europe. i think in europe there's a very negative development and a very dangerous development towards intimidation off of journalists or those. any relation of independent media and by several means by economic means

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