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Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77) have been living on the shores of Lake Solina, in almost total isolation and surrounded by nature and animals, for decades. But life in the middle of nowhere is increasingly hard on their aging bodies. 

Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77)

Re: An Unconventional Retirement

Cars and trains on the ground and planes overhead: Humans are always making noise and in cities it can be unbearable causing stress and insomnia. But there are solutions to drive down the decibels in urban areas.

Too much noise in cities can cause stress and insomnia. But there are solutions to drive down the decibels in urban areas.

Re: How to Reduce Noise in Cities

In Sweden the supreme court has granted to the Sami people exclusive fishing and hunting rights in reindeer-herding areas. A victory for an ancient indigenous people is a scandal for many Swedish hunters as the decision revives old tension in Swedish far north.

The Sami and the Swedish State

In Sweden the supreme court has granted to the Sami people exclusive fishing and hunting rights in in reindeer-herding areas. A victory for an ancient indigenous people is a scandal for many Swedish hunters as the decision revives old tension in Swedish far north.

Re: Hunting in the Arctic Circle

In Germany, a quarter of 18-24 year olds are at risk of poverty, making them the most vulnerable age group. The pandemic has made accessing education and getting a decent job more difficult. Focus on four young people in Germany: Aicha, Laura, Johannes and Ceyda.

The pandemic has made accessing education and getting a decent job more difficult. Focus on four young Germans in difficulty: Aicha, Laura, Johannes and Ceyda.

Re: Young and Poor in Germany

Land speculation in Germany has reached levels where it affects the livelihood of farmers, unable to keep up with the rising costs of land rents. This calls for new and innovative solutions.

Against Farmland Speculation

Re: Land for All

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. In search of a new beginning, they decided to start a new life in the Chernobyl region, close to the exclusion zone from the 1986 nuclear disaster. The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war.

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine to start a new life in the Chernobyl region,  The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war for them.

Re: New Beginning in Chernobyl

Annabel Thomas is the first woman to run a whisky distillery in Scotland. What's more, it is the only distillery that strives to be fully organic and climate neutral with a zero waste policy.

A New Path for Scotch

Re: First Lady of Whisky

The Turow open cast mine in Poland, lying on the border with Germany and the Czech Republic, is threatened with closure. The Poles want to keep the mine open to protect local jobs whereas the neighbouring Czech and German towns and villages worry how the huge coal mine is affecting the groundwater and their houses.

The Turow open cast mine in Poland, lying on the border with Germany and the Czech Republic, is threatened with closure.

Re: Trouble in Turow

Lockdowns caused domestic violence against children and teenagers to soar. In 2020 in Germany, 152 children were killed. Social worker Vivian Osterhoff from the Wiesbaden youth welfare office tries to visit families in person as often as possible. One of her charges: 19 year old Vanessa, who was beaten by her father and sexually abused by her stepfather.

Social worker Vivian Osterhoff has seen violence against children soar during the pandemic

Re: Child Abuse in the Pandemic

Every year around 8,000 ethnic Germans from Russia emigrate to Germany, like the Kotchevnikov family from near Kaliningrad. Fitting in is not always easy for these Germans who may not speak the language.

Migrating to your Own Country

Every year around 8,000 ethnic Germans from Russia emigrate to Germany, like the Kotchevnikov family from near Kaliningrad.

Re: Russian Germans

For a decade now Ukrainian women have been paid to carry other people’s babies. For childless couples in Europe, these surrogate mothers represent their last hope for parenthood.

Re: Surrogate Mothers in Ukraine

650 billion dollars in remittances are sent home by diaspora communities around the world every year. For countries like Ghana, this is an enormous boost to the economy and is vital for individuals such as Linda, who is supported by her parents who live in Germany.

Family as Social Security

Re: Sending Money Home

Hemp is now used for everything: ointments, infusions and even natural concrete. In the south of France, Vincent Lartizien is making sustainable clothing out of this wonderplant.

Hemp is now used for everything: ointments, infusions and even natural concrete. In the south of France, Vincent Lartizien is making sustainable clothing out of this wonder plant.

Re: The Wonder of Hemp

A look at German Jewish people who have settled in the occupied West Bank. In international law these Israeli settlements are illegal and yet the settlers feel they have a right to the land. What attracted these Europeans here? And how do they see life living amongst Palestinians?

German Jewish Settlers in the West Bank

A look at German Jewish people who have settled in the occupied West Bank.

Re: Who Does the Holy Land Belong To?

Viktoria and Zoltan are in love. They live in Budapest but Viktoria is moving to Berlin for a chance of a better life. Will Zoltan be able to follow her there? The Hungarian couple are one of many that have left Hungary in the last decade.

Hungarians Leaving Home

Viktoria and Zoltan are in love. They live in Budapest but Viktoria is moving to Berlin for a chance of a better life. Will Zoltan be able to follow her there?

Re: One Way Ticket to Berlin

The Ambulance Wish Foundation, based in Rotterdam, fulfils last wishes of terminally ill patients. 270 medically trained volunteers take patients by ambulance to the zoo, on boat cruises and to important family occasions.

Medically trained volunteers take patients by ambulance to the zoo, on boat cruises and to important family occasions to fulfill their last wishes.

Re: The Dutch Ambulance Wish Foundation

A new substance is taking Europe by storm: cannabidiol (or CBD) from the hemp plant. Available as an oil, herbal tea, spray or cream, it is said to have soothing properties and can relieve chronic stress, without making the user high. But what are the real powers of this molecule?

A new substance is taking Europe by storm: cannabidiol (or CBD) from the hemp plant. Available as an oil, herbal tea, spray or cream, it is said to have soothing properties and can relieve stress.

Re: The CBD Revolution

Alexis Fleming lives surrounded by more than a hundred animals: goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens. They've all been rescued from the slaughterhouse. To accommodate them, she set up a farm animal hospice on the Scottish coast. At 40, suffering from an incurable disease, she sees her farm as a place full of life where death is not a taboo subject.

A Scottish Animal Hospice

Alexis Fleming runs an animal hospice where death is not a taboo subject

Re: For the Love of Animals

Sasha Nazar wants to save a crumbling synagogue in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, one of the last in the city. Where once a thriving Jewish community lived, now only a small community is present.

Re: Saving a Ukrainian Synagogue

After years of factory farming, a pig farm cooperative in Brandenburg is on the brink of bankruptcy due to the collapse in pig prices. A visionary farmer proposes a change of tack…

Converting to Organic Farming

Re: Posh Pork

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<p>Researcher Natalia Romik is looking for the secret hiding places of Warsaw where Jewish people hid to avoid deportation. She discovers the stories of survivors, hidden in old oak trees or cemeteries, doing what they can to stay alive.</p>

Secret Hiding Places of the Warsaw Ghetto

Researcher Natalia Romik is looking for the secret hiding places of Warsaw where Jewish people hid to avoid deportation. She discovers the stories of survivors, hidden in old oak trees or cemeteries, doing what they can to stay alive.

Re: Surviving the Holocaust

<p>The small village of Momchilovtsi in the Bulgarian Rhodopes is famous in China for the yoghurt it produces and exports. Could Chinese tourists hold the key to the region’s economic revival?</p>

The small village of Momchilovtsi in the Bulgarian Rhodopes is famous in China for the yoghurt it produces and exports. Could Chinese tourists hold the key to the region’s economic revival?