in their thousands to vent their anger they say borisov is corrupt and accused him of misusing e.u. funds well the narrowly survived a no confidence vote and is refusing to step down well she has had enough of proletarian as lassen over has experienced cronyism and corruption 1st hand she wants to curb the influence of powerful oligarchs in the country that's why she's joined protesters in the capital zofia calling for boris off to go. protesters have been taking to the streets of the capital sofia and most other major bulgarian cities for weeks now they number in the 10s of thousands they're calling for the government to step down accusing politicians of getting too cozy with the country's all agog. and that's led to massive corruption among officials and members of the government. and her husband mahmoud come out to join the protesters every day in all kinds of weather. in spite of the rain way back again today because we have to do this. from a family that suffered a great deal from everything that's happened in this country. but the corruption is in the less nuts. i have a g.t.t. hand the dissident my chalice functioning. the. whole the team his father owns a company that makes elevators and influential attorney decided he would take it over and says he was aided by the public prosecutor. tina's father refused to bow to the pressure and went public with the affair now he's fled the country since then his family claims they've been continuously harassed and then a special police unit broke into their house in a drawer they allegedly discovered gold coins that hadn't been there before she says a surveillance camera recorded the home intrusions. arrived later she shows us where the coins were allegedly found the 40 the 1st thing i did was i opened the jewels both the people i didn't think. that he destroyed contained only. the folder of receipts. but they produced a little bag of corn in this. metal it had been laid on top. and they said to me. we found. protein a stays in touch with her father who is in hiding somewhere in western europe she can still reach him by telephone she says but the police confiscated her laptop. it's grim extremely. you know how people look at me where i am now. sorry for me. once a crew in a virus crisis is over $3000000.00 bulgarians roughly to western europe only ones left in the country will be the police public prosecutors and attorneys. there are protests flared up on july 9th on the black sea coast when demonstrators formed up in front of billionaire and ex politician ahmed. he said to have close ties to the government the police tried to stop the demonstration but the crowd managed to break through to the illegal private beach many bulgarians deeply resent these special privileges the all the guards buy for themselves journalists seize a moment of decision coming for ball garion society. that they know full well what this is about we're talking about widespread corruption here in bulgaria that has infiltrated everywhere and there was a stranglehold on our political system economy and society for younger generations always been rather passive when it comes to politics. who has gone too far. and they're not going to take it anymore the brink of not. a. member of parliament because of the coalition gare party sees at least some of the demonstrators as enemies of the country and does not agree that the government should step down. unfortunately some people are joining the demonstrations or obviously not interested in the future of democracy nor in justice or liberty or the slip democrats spoke of it it was stunning i am the demonstrators for their part insist they won't back down told their demands are met over the issue of god we shall call a national strike until these faces we see at their step down. we won't go away we will do everything in our power to achieve a new beginning. at it till we succeed. that. is also hoping the current government of prime minister boy hope the results won't last much longer. he says he won't step down because there's no alternative but i believe there is an alternative open carry on bag are still going to go. she's afraid that until a new government is in power her father won't be able to return to bulgaria she has no idea when she'll be able to see him again. well corruption is also threatening to sink the historic city of venice quite literally a controversial project designed to save the city from flooding has some residents up in arms the so-called mosey down system is being built to safeguard venice from floodwaters like the devastating ones that happened last november but the project has been plagued by problems with arrests and allegations of bribery and many say the down system won't even be able to hold back the tide once it's built just like moses part of the city's the dam is dividing opinions in the lagoon city. monica ambrose senior doesn't have an easy job. she has to persuade the public that venice is on the brink of starvation. she's a spokesperson for the huge musique flood protection project it's still not completed and every time there's a flood there's anger. it's enough to see that people have lost faith after 70 years they simply can't see and then to italy last time there was a flood they thought that no sane would save the city and told us to final activate the floodgates and so on last november much of the city was flooded and damaged including the famous waterfront area where even delhi schiavone. next time around the hope is that the floodgates will be activated and will protect the city it could be working as soon as autumn. the system is currently being tested. seanie took us to the lido for the venetian lagoon connects with the adriatic sea our journey ended at the new key while. the security guard told us we were not allowed to come any closer for safety reasons it is still the test phase after all so we had to make do with observing this mammoth construction from a distance. his project who is a real engineering challenge to begin with 40000 asian pillars 60 meters long were lured into the water and connected by an underwater lock system then 78 movable chambers coach a some each weighing over 300 tons were placed above through. this again b.c. that sees an enormous floating gate us had to be positioned right alongside each other that ain't all that was a 5 millimeter margin. maybe it was an extremely precise remote controlled underwater operation on place at the level he was in mccalla to. this area between the lagoon in the sea has been a construction site for 17 years there have been various interruptions and a seas of corruption scandals leading to arrest this is also why museum has a poor reputation among many venetians. sundry bernina is one of the most vocal critics of the project she says transparency will always spend it or save me the out of the 6000000000 euros for a project that has been criticized by many international specialists who don't believe that it will protect venice. the value of a huge waste. public money like we've never seen before but i thought the the it is so simple. he thinks that there are other ways of protecting the city. together with a fellow campaigner from his association he sure does the damage caused by the storms and floods last november. and many walls were destroyed but that you take islands served as a bulwark and prevented similar damage in other parts of the city but not that little bit on monday. want to the how much of the most they funds could we have used for effective flood protection systems in the hall setting them up because of climate change there are going to be more and more storms and floods in the future and they will be more intense than we are the skeptics say that these mobile logs in the adriatic sea won't protect venice under either ina is among them he's also angry that the museum money wasn't used to maintain the city's historic buildings. if. 'd floods are a problem. but the ships and cruises are worse because they're causing the foundations of the city to erode and they are endangering the structures at all the local clicked over in the future dollar following a nice thought it would make sense to drain the canals on a regular basis and renovate the foundations but this maintenance work hasn't been done for decades. monaco is more optimistic about music she hopes that the tests will prove that the mobile look system can run smoothly and silence the critics. look at this it will be you know really satisfying when the residents of venice stay nice and dry the next time there's a serious flood that as they are not about that it's a. so far the system has only been tested in good weather perhaps it will prove itself when the next flood comes otherwise finish and will once again be at the mercy of the elements. now to a place where golf needs royalty the basilica of santa name is one of the most important and little known historical sites in france located just north of paris it's known as the birthplace of gothic architecture it's also where nearly all of the country's kings and queens are buried well it's a residence have been invited to take part in the renovation of a tower but the response has been less than enthusiastic deliverance makinson is trying to attract helping hands using a truly medieval method. in the shadows of the basilica of sound in the participants of this workshop learning how to work stein like the masons of the middle ages. saw some x. amount of the workshop leader tells them to be very careful. it can easily crumble if you frontrunners are the hardest part you have to make sure you don't break it. telephone's my concern is passionate about his job. he wants to teach people about masonry and encourage the younger ones perhaps to do an apprenticeship and become professionals at the sudden everyone who takes part in a workshop who leaves with a smile on their face we show them the right way to hold the tools but above always has on a love for the material and that's a great feeling on the table in. the workshops a part of efforts to raise awareness about masonry because the basilicas 2nd spy is finally being rebuilt. it was damaged by lightning in the mid 19th century and dismantled. one of evolution we want people to get involved in the reconstruction of this historical building will buy them as well and for that if you will need to be hands on lab so they can really get stuck in. the tools being used for the project and not very different from those used in the south century when the original abbey church was built but they're practicing on clay about the future i'm going to help build a spire so i'm happy. this is a prestigious project the basilica of son danny is on to the not true dom and it's where most of france's monarchs were buried. including henry the 2nd in katherine timothy cheney and louis the 16th and mary antonette. the reconstruction is 2 to last 11 years and set to cost around $28000000.00 euros. so you won't either. it's a sanctuary in poland that's at risk of becoming a disaster zone the centaurs foundation in the country's west is a safe haven for rescued animals over the years they say they have saved nearly $1200.00 horses from the slaughterhouse well the foundation is dependent on donations but due to the coronavirus the money has stopped coming and it's a heartbreaking reality for veronica neighbor rock who works at the foundation she hopes the horses can be saved from a cruel face. these animals have finally find a safe haven here at the largest horse century in europe. more than $500.00 horses belong to the centaurs foundation is just. something. some of the disposed we have nearly $400.00 hectares of land available.

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