The country has been rocked by thousands of stories of assault and harassment from women across industries, from arts and media, to politics and sports. Women like linnea, who with her huge social media following, hope that by confronting the issue, her country can move forward. Reporter 25yearold Linnea Claeson of sweden is in her element on the handball court. At practice, the professional player and her team function like a welloiled machine. Linnea has been playing handball since childhood. Now she plays in denmarks first division. Shes on backcourt offense and the key player on her team. But linnea is a fighter off the handball court, as well. To many, shes a hero in the fight against Sexual Harassment. And shes had more than her share of hurtful experiences on the internet. Linnea things like this have happened both to me and my girlfriends. Sexual innuendos on the internet, and offline, as well. Reporter over and over, shes received suggestive and degrading postings on her social media accounts. A total stranger sent her this one hey deary, you go for scarfing . Id like to gradually strangle you beneath me until you slowly run out of air. Hows that sound . A little hot . Reporter linnea says this kind of harassment is widespread on the internet almost a daily occurrence. Men photograph their own genitals and send them to her regularly, often captioned with lewd texts. Linnea decided to take action. She began touching up the photos and writing her own comments on the messages. Then she puts them on her instagram profile linea claeson. Linnea often, these men get really furious, sad, hurt, cross. They make even worse threats than the ones before, saying i should be murdered or raped. Even so, i feel like im in control now. Reporter even before the metoo campaign, linnea was vigorously defending herself against the constant harassment. She has set an example for many other women, while metoo has had a radical impact on the public debate in sweden. Now, Linnea Claeson speaks frequently on the topic to large audiences, as here in gothenburg. Shes demanding a fundamental change in attitudes. Linnea it starts out in fun and gets written off as a joke oh, i was just kidding, dont be so uptight. But when youre subjected to a physical attack, its no longer a joke. Reporter and people listen to her. They welcome her remarks. Many feel liberated. Most women have experienced these things from childhood on. Its not so easy to hear the things other men are capable of. Im worried that this movement will peter out. But im hoping itll carry on. Linnea things are really taking off here in sweden. Women of all walks are coming together. Men are getting involved, suddenly listening and wanting to change and support us. Reporter in 1954, the swedish government established a minister for gender equality a highpriority political goal here for a long time. The minister is acutely aware that much work remains to be done. Asa Sexual Harassment and violence against women as well as demeaning comments about women are an expression of power whether informal or formal power that men have more of than women do. Weve neglected the education of boys. They ought to grow up with such values as equal rights, equality, and respect. But they also have to learn to deal with deep emotions, and that girls and boys should regard one another as equal partners. Reporter and its not just women who are taking the initiative. Men have long been forming selfhelp groups, often hoping to teach their children other ways of interacting. Tommy lucassi founded one of stockholms first mens groups. Tommy we men have to start changing our attitudes towards ourselves, our selfimages, and what were allowed to talk about. Personally, ive gotten more relaxed and selfconfident since ive been able to let myself be weak now and then. Reporter tommy says he wants his son to grow up with different values. Since Linnea Claeson started publicly defending herself against Sexual Harassment, the threats and insults have only increased. That scares her, but not enough to make her give up. Linnea i hope that girls born nowadays wont have to experience what ive been through. To be confronted with Sexual Violence their whole life long is something nobody should have to deal with. We shouldnt have to live like that. Reporter theres a long way yet to go, linnea adds, before women can live with true freedom and respect even in sweden. Michelle getting along with your neighbor its a key tenet of life. And its also one of the many rules for joining the eu any and all border disputes must be sorted out before joining. Unfortunately for slovenia and croatia, this is not the case. A longsimmering dispute has erupted over the bay of piran along the stunning adriatic coastline that leaves fishermen on both sides bemused. Reporter for ezio kocijancic, nothing is like it used to be. A large part of the fishing area where he has cast his net until now suddenly belongs to neighboring slovenia. And fishing is now prohibited for him. Ezio my grandfather fished here, then my father. Now i fish here, as does my daughter and her husband, and well keep fishing here. Slovenia cant just say from one day to the next that the sea belongs to them. Reporter the sea in the gulf of piran an idyllic bay. Until now, the border was in the middle of the bay. An International Court of arbitration decided that the majority now belongs to slovenia. As ezio approaches the new border, a Slovenian Police boat appears. Ezio we are always accompanied by the Croatian Police so that the Slovenian Police cant do anything, cant arrest us. When we cross over this border, we are threatened with fines of up to 40,000 euros. Reporter the dispute over the bay of piran goes back more than 25 years. After pressure from the eu, both sides agreed to arbitration. But now, croatia doesnt want to accept the result. Marija 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 newer, bigger fishing area, but they dont trust the peace. Theyve adopted a wait and see attitude. Zlatko as long as the situation isnt regulated and the croatians wont accept the border, well keep recognizing the line in the middle of the bay. If there is eventually peace, then well sail to our new fishing grounds that were drawn out by the Arbitration Court. Reporter slovenian and croatian fishers are both annoyed by the ongoing disagreement. Ezio if the hatred between the two countries keeps increasing, its my fear that even reasonable citizens will feel the effects of it. Reporter as of yet, there havent been any serious incidents. But ezio would rather not think about how long this battle over borders might still last. Michelle deniz yuchel is among the nearly 140 journalists and writers jailed in turkey following a failed attempt to overthrow the government in 2016. In the aftermath, thousands of Civil Servants were arrested over alleged links to the coup. However, the purge spread to anyone perceived as critical, including academics, writers, and journalists. We met a Court Reporter who observes and documents the sentences passed on them every day, all the while knowing she could be the next victim of justice. Reporter at breakfast, canan coskun is already checking to see if there have been any more arrests. For years, the 30yearold has worked as a Court Reporter covering the trials of her colleagues. Canan i check if other journalists were imprisoned. Since the police werent at my place at 5 00 a. M. , they could have struck somewhere else. Reporter she hasnt lost her sense of humor. Without it, she says she wouldnt be able to last in her job. She reports from the heavily guarded palace of justice in istanbul, the place where freedom of press in turkey came to an end. Canan every day when i walk over to this place, i see this building as some kind of enormous monster awaiting me with an ugly grimace. Reporter cameras are not allowed in the courthouse, so from this point we record with a hidden cell phone. Today, she attends another case against colleagues of the daily paper cumhuriyet. The accusation betraying state secrets. Few other reporters are present. Trials against journalists have become part of a sad routine in turkey. The coverage of the trial itself is obstructed by the courts. Canan they say theres no place for the press. The building is huge, but the courtrooms are very small. The smallest rooms are always selected for these important trials. No more than 20 to 25 visitors can fit into them. Once i had to report on a trial in one room, while i was a defendant in another, so i had to walk back and forth. Reporter in that case, coskun was acquitted but the mood remains tense. When journalists, or, like here, attorneys protest against their working conditions in the palace of justice, they are forced out of court. They are powerless against the repression of the state. According to data from human rights organizations, around 140 journalists are currently in prison in turkey. This time, coskuns colleagues walk free, at least for the time being. After two hours, attorneys and defendants come out of the courtroom after the trial is postponed for two months. Coskun sends a copy of the courts decision to her paper. Outside, in front of the courthouse, the lawyer for the journalists describes the repeated postponements of the trial as a tactic to keep the defendants under pressure. Coskun and her colleagues are watched and filmed by the police the entire time. One of the defendants is thankful that coskun is not intimidated. Erdem its so important, because its become routine in turkey to condemn and imprison journalists. Fewer and fewer newspapers and tv stations in this country are concerned with this, because they censor themselves. And that is the intention behind it. Reporter coskun returns to the Editorial Department of her newspaper, cumhuriyet. Three of her colleagues are currently in prison, and dozens of accusations are pending. The editors fight to survive, and coskun knows that she could be indicted at any time for her court reporting. Canan in turkey there is no system of law that protects the rights of individuals. Entire groups in society have been declared enemies, and their rights are just taken away. Reporter and the world would not be aware of this if canan coskun didnt get up every morning to report from the inside of istanbuls palace of justice. Michelle last week showed a hopeful sign Turkeys Constitutional Court ruled that two jailed journalists be released after more than a year in prison. But hours later, the ruling was overturned, with the government saying turkeys highest court had gone too far. By the end of the 19th century, they had been wiped out by hunters. But now, wolves are back in germany. According to some estimates, their numbers have tripled in the last two years. It should come as no surprise then that farmers who regularly lose livestock and Animal Rights activists are at loggerheads at how best to handle these predatory creatures. Reporter it might be odd to think of wolves in germany, but there are an estimated 300 in brandenburg alone thats the state surrounding berlin. The wolves usually hunt at dusk or at night, silently and in packs. And their number is growing. Farmers are all too aware. The packs hunt wild animals, but also livestock out on the fields. Its taking its toll financially. For brandenburg farmer jurgen frenzel, the wolves are causing so much trouble, hes worried about his livelihood. Jurgen i think the wolves are getting smarter. We have a feeling that theyre going into the herd, chasing them, and separating a calf from them. Reporter he lost 40 calves in 2017 ten times more than the year before. Compensation is only given if they can prove its wolves, which is tricky when the calf just disappears, or its stillborn because the mother was under stress. Farmers are supposed to use fencing, but thats expensive. Jurgen to improve the fences for our two herds thats a total of 180 animals wed have to invest nearly 100,000 euros. And wed only get a subsidy of about 9500 euros. Reporter brandenburg has responded to the farmers plight. Theyve authorized hunters to shoot wolves if, as in the case of jurgen frenzel, they have repeatedly attacked livestock or a human being. Animal protectionists are concerned. Stefan hoika has been tracking a pack of wolves in his neighborhood for years, and is convinced the situation isnt that dramatic. And as long as the wolf isnt lured in with food, it will avoid humans. Stefan you see these fresh wolf tracks, only a few hours old. In nine years ive only seen one five or six times. Theyre usually very shy. They just observe us, i imagine. Reporter hoika mostly observes the wolves using camera traps. Stefan he turned because he heard the camera. Its a black flash, so he cant see it. Hes wary. Reporter hoika says the animals should be allowed to live in brandenburg. Permission to shoot wolves is unnecessary, and only a cause for scaremongering. Stefan this is an endangered species. The few wolves we have arent going to wildly multiply at 30 a year i cant listen to this argument anymore. We barely have 1000 wolves in germany. Reporter barely 1000, but for most hunters, thats still too many. The brandenburg Hunting Association demands a more limited population. They say this large predator doesnt fit in the modern landscape. They want fixed shooting quotas and more freedom to decide when a wolf must be shot. Some say just a single pack in an entire german reserve would be enough. Frank one pack is about four to six animals they can live sustainably. They can rear their young, have a home. Its fair to everyone. If you want to see more wolves, go to the zoo. Reporter getting everyone on the same page is going to be a challenge. But amid the bitter disputes between hunters, farmers, and Animal Rights groups, hoika still has hope for the future of theuntil its better. Stefan working with the Hunting Community like this is groundbreaking. Most of the time you just get resistance damn the wolves, shoot them all. Then i just shake my head. Reporter wolves were driven out of the country 100 years ago. Integrating the animals back into modernday germany, despite the difficulties, is a task only humans can do. Michelle young bulgarians are on the move. Many of them migrate to seek out exciting opportunities, unique experiences, and of course, their fortunes. And after leaving their native country ranked the poorest in the European Union and receiving degrees from places like england, austria, or even here in germany, many are in fact, going back. Our reporter met with a few graduates who insist that theres no place like home. Reporter the 19thcentury bulgarian writer Aleko Konstantinov appears to gaze with confidence into the future, but the mood in sofia could hardly be more different. Crime, corruption, and financial mismanagement make regular headlines in the European Unions poorest country. Thats the reason many younger bulgarians have left the country to seek a better life elsewhere. One of them is nikolay nikolov, a medical student whos finishing his training this year. He wants to pursue his career as a specialist in radiology not in bulgaria, but in germany. Nikolay i want to work in my field in germany because of the access to modern medical equipment. Conditions for further training are much better there, too. Reporter others his age have similar intentions. Low wages and pervasive corruption are the two main problems driving young bulgarians away. Nikolay corruption, bribery thats the usual situation here. We hope these problems will be eradicated. Thats the only way bulgaria can move forward. Reporter about 23,000 bulgarians left their country in 2016. But a new trend suggests others whove already spent time abroad are returning home with higher qualifications some 11,000 did just that in the same time period. One of them is 33yearold christian mitov. After finishing his Business Studies in dusseldorf, he founded a tour company in sofia taking visitors around in an old trabant, the car once manufactured in communist east germany. Christian we do the trabi tours to show people what life was like in the old days. We chose the trabi because its the car that sort of symbolizes communism. Reporter mitovs idea found an audience. Today, he owns six trabants and has a staff that serve about 25,000 customers a year. Mitov sees his future right here he wants to invest in bulgaria. Christian there are many more opportunities to start a business in bulgaria than in germany. There are plenty of ideas that would work here just as well as they do in germany and other western countries. Reporter one example is gourmet cooking from a sofia rooftop. This big kitchen has a staff of 50, plus 50 more working in the adjacent restaurants that serve 1000 customers per day. The New Enterprise at the top floor of a highrise building has an impressive view of the city. And its all run by 24yearold Gergana Manolova, who earned her masters degree in business in vienna and london. Half a year ago she took over the management here a rarity in the maledominated Food Service Sector in bulgaria. Gergana i came back immediately after university, because there was a great Business Opportunity that i thought couldnt wait. Because the country has so many opportunities that need to be grabbed, like the opportunity that i hadnt grabbed. Reporter even though shes been successful in this venture, Gergana Manolova has other plans. At some point, she says, shell leave this job, too. Her reason . Europe is constantly moving, and she doesnt want to stand still. Michelle we wish those graduates the best of luck on their very exciting endeavors. Thats it for today. Until next time, goodbye. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] from the Katharine Hepburn cultural a arts center in old saybrook, connecticut, its the kate. Goin down to florence, gonna wear the pretty dress. Songs are written somewhere else and then you have to be ready to get your songs, whatever those are. I dont really make a distinction between spirituality and musicianship or art. I mean art and music are kind of religion to me. I see god, that concept, in art and music. Im in love with language. Im a writer and language has power and beauty. I like unexpected pairings of words and, you know, all of those things. I like finding the melody in prose
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