Transcripts For DW Focus On Europe 20240714 : comparemela.co

Transcripts For DW Focus On Europe 20240714

The debate gets heated well away from the big arenas and famous matadors are the socalled the surat of festivals where small crowds are killed by young bull fighters the animals present no real threats but they are nevertheless killed for spectacle well bullfighting is banned in most countries and animal activists in spain wanted to be outlawed there too they see killing defenseless animals as barbarism but there are those who have a different view some see it as part of the countrys Cultural Heritage and argue it should be protected well our reporter went to san rafael where the conflict is playing out. These one year old bull calves will soon be the Main Attraction in a blood thirsty spectacle. Its to be held in sun preface arena 50 kilometers northwest of madrid. But just before the bull fight begins the mood on the streets turns ugly for the 1st time the bulls wont be killed in the arena. I think the police should have to die this time to let a little bit of knowledge go its no fun this way theyve always been killed they would fight their blood injuries the bartletts is coming to play everything. The dispute flared up a year ago Animal Protection activists took videos of the best out of the bull fight with calves. The young men traditionally celebrate their coming of age by fighting a bullet a bull calf under 2 years of age. Activist sylvie about a ghetto says the custom is inhumane a bull cast fight to the death as long an agonizing. Was written as the becker ratable fights are especially cruel because books whose homes are still small get tormented to death by the villagers often young inexperienced people who turn the fight into an absolute bloodbath an hour that i dont think i got with any of. The activists filed a lawsuit and the community had to pay a fine now theyre confronting the mayor and demanding that he cancel the best of other completely cameras are not allowed at the discussion and the mayor refuses a request for an interview. They eventually arrive at a decision the bow fire will go ahead but this time the bullets wont be killed in the arena. Most of the villagers see this as a defeat they regard it as a threat to their tradition. Many of them are so outraged that they even start to threaten the camera crew. That there was not any other choice i delete that video cross match your camera now not that it is not. The showdown is between Animal Rights and tradition spain is divided on the issue in some areas both fighting has lost its popularity and its even been banned antonio nautica covers both fighting for spains leading newspaper he says only people who live the centuries old tradition can understand it in the bulls eyes of the local youre all fighting has very deep roots in the villages of certain regions in spain or if there were brothers then its rooted in the people other regions though find it hard to relate to it because it was never a tradition there. For that will not be. The bull isnt just Spains National symbol its also an economic factor over a 1000 breeders specialized in wild cattle especially for both fighting. Quite a gomez works on a ranch near so go via many of the bulls he sells of all ages are for village festivals the breeders could hardly get by on just breeding balls for the professional bull fights. But not below the vehicle your mind never learned to do anything else i guess and google i grew up in the country you have to feel it to live it from the birth of the car to the fixing of the air tank. The bullfights banished from the festivals ill go bust as will many of my fellow breeders and their operations with them so they get on the. Back of the arena of san rafael the lances have been blunted and no blood has been spilled this time even so the bull calves repeatedly collapse from terror and exhaustion. This is just one reason sally about gatto and her Animal Protection group one of vents like this band out right she has fellow activists observe the fight in secret it would be too dangerous for her to try that herself when i. Am and ive even had Death Threats if we show our faces in the villages people get aggressive and start abusing us actually if theyre so proud of what theyre doing we ought to be able to openly show our faces in the arena. Instead they threaten us and chase us away. But those fighting fans also feel threatened theyre afraid the activists will succeed in having a centuries old tradition banned they react to the activists like a bull would to a red rag. She up in a its sad its no longer how used to be everythings different on the bulk of. The earth fights will disappear not this year but several get go that i dont think well have them anymore well get over he was one of. Hundreds of bullet fighters still held all over spain every year sometimes the calf survives in san rafael a catholic if the arena exhausted but a life for the 1st time. But it wont be for long its taken straight to the slaughterhouse. The heat wave in europe this summer has broken records and Scientists Say the temperatures will only become war intense as water levels rise in many places Global Warming is threatening to return the land to the sea the crumbling coastlines of britain have been called a ticking time bomb in the welsh village of fairborn authorities are considering giving up defending the community against the Climate Crisis they plan to completely dismantle the village leaving its residents like mike russell homeless and without any financial compensation. Mike russell has the scene right at his doorstep hes a dedicated angler whos lived on the coast of wales for over 40 years right now the ira seeds bright and sunny but the people here have seen their share of storm surges. Mikes house stands right behind this dike its held firm against wind and tide so far its hard to realize that. With rising sea levels all this could be gone. They say in as little as 50 years its hard to believe. They have been is a Seaside Village of about a 1000 people and say the experts doomed by Climate Change several 1000000 pounds have gone to build dams and dikes to protect the houses from the sea. But now the welsh north origins are throwing in the towel im calling on the villagers to find new homes. Were measuring the sea levels in the area across the north wales coast im way off finding evidence the sea levels are rising it is the reality and so before and its a strophe happens before anything big happens we really really need to be making sure that people are aware of those risks and that were talking to them and in. Valving solutions. But what solutions can there possibly be mike and its partner see their lives and their home at stake and lots of money. Quite amazing how the situation is already its not a simple for them as it is for pensioners to buy a new house elsewhere recently learned they feel the state has left them holding the bag future the fact is that they have no answers for us they cant tell us where they got the movers they cant tell us when theyre going to move us theres no Financial Support no compensation tool and the sting in the title to the us is if they insist that everybody moves out. They would expect Michael Knight pay for the demotion and also his hosts. Council chairman stuart eads who runs a camping ground in fairborn said its also gay mongering like many in the community he doesnt trust the data. Whats all public about. That theres other villages beside us that are in the same mess but we are the one the experiment is being followed so were the 1st one to see how will help people react to everything its true that pheromone going to be the only town to faith imminent danger in coming years over 30 communities in wales alone are dealing with erosion and flooding from rising seas. And infrastructure such as rail and power lines and roads are also at risk the problem is a massive financial time bomb for britains coast climate experts say. They cant leave it to local authorities because weve had 10 years of austerity austerity like. Crippled already in delivering services that budgets have been slashed what this is a huge huge issue thats affecting our whole country and it cannot be left to the individual thora teams that are already struggling to. I deliver the solution that meets the biggest nations and not. The residents a fair bone complain that everyones simply passing the buck. See my can angela say the prospect of a forced evacuation is always hanging over their heads theyre hoping to stay in their current house as long as they possibly can treat the problem. Meanwhile the historic steam train keeps coming tory through the village the tracks run right behind the dike which in future will no longer be reinforced or expanded. Which effectively seals fairborn spinks. This is what your looked like 30 years ago to military alliances fighting for influence as the iron curtain divided the continent well that all changed when people in the eastern bloc rebelled including the former czechoslovakia well today the Czech Republic is a shining example of the Successful Transition from socialism to capitalism economy is thriving and it has the lowest Unemployment Rate in the e. U. So why are so many checks unhappy our reporter visited the country to look behind the picture perfect facade. Prague in all its glory every day hordes of tourists flock to the czech capital snapping endless selfies and throng the childs bridge and the citys medieval squares and lanes with its stunning historical architecture and landscapes world famous beers and hearty traditional food the Czech Republic to be a Central European star but many checks a deeply dissatisfied but why. To find out more we meet a one time ally of the countrys 1st post communist president thats love harvell carroll shot some bag when czechoslovakias communist government was overthrown by the velvet revolution in 1989 havel was under house arrest and shot somebody in exile neither were career politicians so you were amateurs of course i was an amateur at everything in life because nobody teaches you how to lead a revolution the cure for it i must have missed that course the. Between 1991992 shot some bird served as the director of president hobbles chancellery later he became the czech foreign minister he comes from a wealthy family that owns land all over europe yet he says that today too much of the Czech Republic is in foreign hands. The bug the banks Financial Institutions and large parts of our industry are no longer in the hands of Czech Companies the theyre owned by german dutch french korean and japanese ones instead. He says he understands why many czech people complain about low wages and a large share of the earnings go to the Parent Companies abroad. People are angry about that oh. Here. We head to the countryside to find out more in the 17th century Friedland Castle was the seat of the imperial generalists from valentine and later inspired france kafkas novel the castle its brewery is 700 years old today its run by margaret barbara. That works extremely hard and the brewery is doing very well so well in fact that hes desperately looking for a start. Valve for delivers his beer to loyal customers throughout bohemia while these villages look picturesque many locals feel left behind and support the right wing populists today that brit is delivering beer to the town of high nitsa a catholic pilgrimage site local priest powerful and isnt often find their compatriots behavior hard to fathom not long ago for example and has hosted 50 novice benteke and priests from various ethnic backgrounds in the town but when they went to watch a football match they were mistaken for refugees. An old man got upset and started to insult the students shouting at them to go back home he said that if the novices had never experienced anything like that on their european trip. Just. Used to foreigners in the Czech Republic but things are different here in the sudan land where there arent many of them this can lead to misunderstandings. Some locals couldnt tell the difference between the vatican novel. Priests and the flood of migrants that they had been hearing about on television and see if they are good for is unhappy with the check status quo as well 3 years ago he signed up to a new radical political movement. There are some say a lot of people if i joined the action of dissatisfied citizens back then we were hoping for a fresh start without the baggage of the past but with backing from the entire political spectrum. But in the end nothing has changed in an ironic parallel to the events of late 1989 hundreds of thousands of people are back on the streets again accusing the current leadership of corruption and abuse of power they say Prime Minister andre foundation was also the leader of our no hasnt visited millions of euros of e. U. Funds and obstructed any investigation into the allegations thats why many chicks harking back to that slab harvell the former dissident turned president who was well known for his integrity and honesty. You have 2 days regime as kleptocratic instead of authoritarian which is also very disheartening but for you it was but as is right for that it invaded neither honors votes love hobbles ideals it ignore those that sparked in 1009. 100 now seems the country may be facing get another political up a vote perhaps then the czechs will be happier as they strolled across the charles bridge. Well greece is another country struggling to find its footing after its decade long financial crisis and austerity measures the new government has promised stability and a break from the past but the challenges they face are plain to see in cities like feeley near athens but there is a light at the end of the tunnel people on the island of telos in the a. G. M. Have found a way out of the crisis so how did they go from austerity to prosperity by investing in themselves. There is no bigger cliche in greece but something is different on the island of us. These goats belong to a cooperative with a vision for the future which spiros even came all the way from ive been here for. Im thankful for this gold project as a member of the corporative feels like its my own business. This is precisely their goal. Everyone takes on responsibilities this way they believe life until us can be worth living again this includes maria comma the mayor she helps out wherever shes needed the latest project is a Cheese Factory it was donated by the swiss municipality of mine and is run by volunteers. But demand is huge the idea was developed when the Un Refugee Agency inquired about the possibility of sending refugees to teals. The mayor had just one condition that they could work. More now joining the program which brings refugees to to last will be starting up again and we hope that some of them will be interested in working at the Cheese Factory nothing of. The small island of to los in the aegean sea was once greeces most indebted municipality all that could left then 20 years ago it bought a large ship which connected it to the rest of greece even though they were deeper in debt than ever now theyre starting to see the benefits. When maria cama took over as mayor 7 years ago she simply continued what her predecessors had initiated. Scene of the i gather again on this island didnt get into debt by building conference centers. A few notches town halls organizing a festival at salamis gaff. Of the did it to develop its economy. Statistics show that our island has grown since the last census in the 1990s. A few here in the present and then. Meanwhile over in feeling a small town just outside of athens things look grim the town has a population of 46000 and owns its own t. V. Channel. With about 140. 00 staff. As well as the municipal garbage dump which brings in 38000000. 00 euros a year. But feeling is deep in debt which may or christos proper course says is not its fault. With me theres a little we have to pay 250000. 00 euros in interest on our debt every year he would see what i mean that will most. Assuredly. Didnt take ages until with paid them a lot of good. 3 decades ago the town dump was supposed to bring in lots of money but today its a source of disease the city is now rundown and criminality is high. Retiree thomas beside us says feely should theoretically be very wealthy but corruption has sucked up much of the money. And irrelevant projects the rest. Of us they had a big corruption party. Thousands were employed by the municipality v. B. Had 4000 employees. Football stadiums were built for local clubs which then got promoted to the 1st division. It was all just a big party when millions were spent. Back until last theyre ending high and looking towards Renewable Energy a big huge project to set up camp on the island much to the joy of the municipality and of its mayor who sees the benefits and. Better the advantages are obvious weve stabilized Energy Supplies we have clean energy and there arent any power cuts anymore all. The inhabitants until us are assured europeans the e. U. Also helped build them a retirement home. Today the municipality pays for geriatric nurses such as. She loves what the program has brought to the island. And. The people wait for you at their door as they wait for you to come visit and see how theyre doing so i think this program is one of the best in europe. Yes. They are madea karma is certain that what was achieved on t. Laws can work and other parts of greece to. Transparency political motivation and individual responsibility are all that are needed to turn around even the poorest municipality. Some people will go to Great Lengths to make a statement and one salon in serbia is giving customers their 15 minutes of fame a barber mariel is a man of many talents and he has found that a short cut can produce hair raising looks. In this in conspicuous barbershop in serbia World History is being painted mario is a portrait artist and the electric razor is his brush. His customer luca is go

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