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[00:00:17] Good afternoon, it is now 3:30 PM, I invite you to watch
[00:00:20] the news. Today is the last day for the Duma
[00:00:24] elections in Russia, a process that Kremlin critics compare to
[00:00:27] a spectacle, marked tonight. A powerful Ukrainian rocket and drone
[00:00:31] attack against Moscow and its region. According to the Mayor of the Russian
[00:00:35] capital, this attack was the largest. However,
[00:00:38] Ukrainian strikes will not change the election results, as only
[00:00:42] systemic opposition parties that have received the Kremlin's blessing
[00:00:45] were allowed to participate, and the results are always classified.
[00:00:48] It is not doubted that Vladimir Putin's party United Russia
[00:00:52] will again announce victory.
[00:00:56] In elections that are not meant to elect a new government, but to show that...
[00:01:00] property controls everything, Ukraine also had its say.
[00:01:03] According to the Moscow mayor, this drone attack is the largest so far against
[00:01:07] the Russian capital. According to Sergey Sobyanin, Kyiv
[00:01:11] launched 450 drones
[00:01:13] towards Moscow. Ukraine itself also reports on the attack against
[00:01:17] Moscow and its region. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky,
[00:01:20] the main target was an oil refinery, and Russian
[00:01:24] logistics were also hit. Among
[00:01:27] the weapons used, Zelensky also mentions 'Flamingo'
[00:01:31] missiles. According to Russian officials, more than
[00:01:34] 1600 Ukrainian drones
[00:01:37] were shot down on all fronts. Due to Ukrainian strikes, two main Moscow
[00:01:41] airports were closed, residential buildings were damaged,
[00:01:43] and there were casualties. One woman
[00:01:47] died in this apartment building,
[00:01:49] and there are injured. It was about four in the morning, I walked out of
[00:01:53] the stairwell, and after 20 steps, an explosion occurred. Glass
[00:01:56] shattered, shouts and screams were heard. I turned around
[00:02:00] to look, the doors were blown out, debris everywhere.
[00:02:03] The Duma elections are being held today for the third and last day,
[00:02:07] although in Vladimir Putin's Russia election results are systematically
[00:02:10] classified, there is still no choice, only lists of parties
[00:02:14] supporting the war in Ukraine are allowed to run,
[00:02:17] and the so-called systemic opposition parties
[00:02:20] vote on the most important issues according to the Kremlin's
[00:02:23] wishes, according to old tradition, as always, voting
[00:02:27] is an honorable civic duty. The only party
[00:02:30] advocating for a ceasefire, Yabloko, was removed
[00:02:34] from the elections. The party leader, who came to vote,
[00:02:37] showed a damaged ballot to the cameras, on which
[00:02:41] he wrote the party slogan "For Peace." However, even according to
[00:02:44] the most optimistic estimates, the party would have only received
[00:02:48] about a quarter of the votes. Russian
[00:02:51] citizens living in Lithuania also went to vote today
[00:02:54] at the Russian Embassy in Vilnius. Some said
[00:02:57] they came to cast a protest vote, while some complained
[00:03:00] about the Western encirclement of Russia.
[00:03:03] I am here not to vote for any party, but to cast a vote
[00:03:07] against United Russia.
[00:03:10] I came so that there would be peace in the world. Russia helped everyone in the world, but now
[00:03:14] it finds itself in a system that has surrounded all of Europe,
[00:03:18] and it is forced to fulfill its duties by maintaining peace. And what they say here, that
[00:03:21] Putin is a dangerous person, I don't know about that, I am Russian and I have lived
[00:03:25] here for 47
[00:03:27] years.
[00:03:30] says he doesn't trust the elections, yet he chooses to vote either for
[00:03:34] the Communist Party or for the party New People, as these are seen
[00:03:38] as the least evil
[00:03:39] choices. Voting ends today
[00:03:43] at 8:00 PM, but the result is already clear
[00:03:46] to everyone. Putin's party last won the Duma
[00:03:50] elections almost 27 years ago,
[00:03:53] and for a different outcome, we will
[00:03:55] have to wait.
[00:03:58] And in Germany, there are two more state elections that could strengthen
[00:04:02] pressure on the unpopular Chancellor Friedrich
[00:04:04] Merz. According to polls, in the capital Berlin, the Chancellor's
[00:04:08] Christian Democrats may lose power to the far-left
[00:04:11] party, which promises to solve the housing problem by expropriating
[00:04:15] companies that rent out housing. The far-right
[00:04:18] Alternative for Germany could double its previous election result,
[00:04:21] and is only a few percentage points behind
[00:04:25] conservatives and leftists. Other elections
[00:04:28] are taking place in Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania, in northeastern
[00:04:32] Germany on the Baltic Sea. Here, a fierce
[00:04:35] battle for first place is promised between the ruling
[00:04:39] Social Democrats and Alternative for Germany,
[00:04:42] which wants to revive the Nord Stream gas pipeline connection with
[00:04:45] Russia. Merz's party faces its worst
[00:04:48] result in history, possibly even failing to enter the state
[00:04:52] parliament. Two weeks ago, state elections in Saxony-
[00:04:55] Anhalt shocked national politicians, in which Alternative for
[00:04:59] Germany barely missed an absolute
[00:05:02] majority.
[00:05:06] As Lithuania prepares to chair the Council of the European Union
[00:05:09] next year, events at the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Center for
[00:05:13] next year's exhibitions are being postponed. For example,
[00:05:15] the Vilnius Book Fair will be moved almost seven months to
[00:05:18] September, while the study exhibition is canceled,
[00:05:22] taking place
[00:05:22] only in 2028.
[00:05:27] The Vilnius Book Fair attracts residents every
[00:05:30] late winter. At the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Center, it is
[00:05:34] the most popular event, attracting more than 5,000
[00:05:38] visitors.
[00:05:40] However, next year this event will have to wait until mid-September,
[00:05:44] as Litexpo from January to the end of June will host
[00:05:47] high-ranking European officials, with Lithuania
[00:05:50] chairing the Council of the European Union. It will be a bit
[00:05:53] of a secret that I cannot talk about at the moment, but I really want the
[00:05:57] book fair to be different, it will take place in September, it will have a completely different
[00:06:00] atmosphere, so we are really trying with our organizational
[00:06:04] partners and our partners the Publishers Association and
[00:06:07] AGATA to make the book fair
[00:06:11] a little different. Other events are also moving
[00:06:14] to autumn, the popular culture festival
[00:06:18] Comic Con Baltics will not take place in spring as usual, but
[00:06:21] in September. We are already prepared for various unexpected
[00:06:24] situations, that we have to react very quickly,
[00:06:28] so next year will be a little sadder, because we will have to work more
[00:06:32] in summer, because the event will be at the beginning of September. Meanwhile,
[00:06:35] the largest technology and innovation conference in the Baltics,
[00:06:39] Login, held annually in May, will take place in October.
[00:06:42] Organizers considered not moving the conference, but could not find
[00:06:46] suitable premises. This year we reached the 1000
[00:06:50] participant mark, and essentially, we
[00:06:53] do not have any other place or space to organize an event of this scale in Lithuania
[00:06:57] at this moment. Some
[00:07:01] events are being canceled altogether next year, taking place only
[00:07:03] in 2028. This cancels some of our biggest
[00:07:07] exhibitions, namely Resta, there will be no study
[00:07:10] exhibitions, no Cinderella exhibitions. There will be no
[00:07:14] engineering exhibitions, no "engineers". In preparation
[00:07:17] for the presidency, part of Litexpo's premises are currently being renovated.
[00:07:21] For example, the fifth pavilion, well-known to event visitors.
[00:07:24] New conference halls are being prepared there. The main works are currently
[00:07:27] construction that is already nearing
[00:07:31] completion, because after all, from the end of September,
[00:07:35] October, our schedule returns, so we need to be prepared. As Lithuania chairs the European
[00:07:38] Union Council, Litexpo will become one of the main venues for important
[00:07:42] international events, it is planned that approximately 20,000
[00:07:45] representatives from various countries will arrive here, including
[00:07:48] ministers, informal ministerial
[00:07:51] meetings, there will be about 16 throughout the six months, the first
[00:07:55] event will take place, a traditional visit of the European Commission College
[00:07:59] at the beginning of January, and the biggest
[00:08:02] or most important event of the presidency will be the informal European
[00:08:06] Council of Leaders here in May. The rotating
[00:08:10] presidency of the European Union member state changes every six months,
[00:08:13] currently Ireland holds the presidency. This will be Lithuania's second time
[00:08:17] after a 13-year
[00:08:18] break.
[00:08:21] During the reconstruction of school buildings built during the Soviet era,
[00:08:25] students have to get used to the proximity of scaffolding and
[00:08:28] the construction noises heard during lessons. School principals
[00:08:32] say it's impossible to complete large-scale work during
[00:08:36] the two-month holidays. During renovations, alternative
[00:08:39] spaces are sought for students, and attempts are made to arrange with builders
[00:08:43] that the noisiest work takes place after classes.
[00:08:47] In the gymnasium hall of Žiežmariai Gymnasium in Kaišiadorys district,
[00:08:50] students exercising are separated from construction workers carrying out renovations
[00:08:53] by a wall covered with construction film, and cement bags and construction
[00:08:57] tools are in the corridor. The school is being adapted for the needs of people with disabilities,
[00:09:01] and electrical wiring is being renewed. The work started in summer
[00:09:04] will last all academic year. We have large
[00:09:07] premises in the gymnasium, we have unused premises, we have
[00:09:11] domes, so all those lessons that
[00:09:14] need to be moved, so that we move from one place to another,
[00:09:17] we reorganize. The director's opinion is that
[00:09:20] the builders also adapt, with the noisiest work organized
[00:09:23] after lessons or on weekends. It's impossible to completely
[00:09:27] avoid noise and dust, and
[00:09:30] it's normal sometimes to drill something during
[00:09:34] lessons or something that is necessary, but if you compare it to after lessons,
[00:09:37] then the whole school rings. Students of the Vytautas Magnus
[00:09:40] University Ugnė Karvelis Gymnasium in Akademija, Kaunas
[00:09:44] district, are also studying alongside the builders. During the reconstruction
[00:09:47] of part of the building, 12 classes had to be moved to an extension.
[00:09:51] The schedule was made in such a way that all lessons
[00:09:54] were utilized in other school spaces. The school building
[00:09:58] is 50 years old. There are, well, big
[00:10:02] works and it takes time, it's not a classroom
[00:10:05] renovation. The National Public Health Center has not yet received
[00:10:09] any questions or complaints regarding renovation work during the educational
[00:10:12] process. According to hygiene norms, they are not allowed in the room
[00:10:16] where children study. The premises being renovated
[00:10:19] must be isolated. This
[00:10:23] means that they must be protected
[00:10:25] from dust entering other rooms where
[00:10:29] the process can continue, and attention is drawn to the fact that
[00:10:33] they must follow this learning, rented
[00:10:37] premises are sought for students, and modular classrooms are built.
[00:10:40] Municipal representatives say that when an entire building is being reconstructed,
[00:10:44] not just one classroom, student holidays are not enough for the work.
[00:10:47] Raudondvaris Gymnasium, if we take it as an example,
[00:10:51] had 600 students, today the need is
[00:10:54] 1200, so it's impossible to create
[00:10:57] something in two months. In any case, we would have to endure some inconvenience, just as
[00:11:01] we experience certain inconveniences when renovating our homes.
[00:11:04] The situation could be changed by simpler public procurement procedures or
[00:11:07] a wider choice of companies carrying out reconstruction works,
[00:11:10] constant supervision, and perhaps constant smaller-scale
[00:11:14] renovations or other things could perhaps
[00:11:17] alleviate the situation, but this would prolong the school's
[00:11:20] modernization over time, and it would probably take not one or two
[00:11:24] years, but decades.
[00:11:27] The mayor of Kaunas district says the solution is not only to divide the work
[00:11:30] into stages, but also to seek new technological solutions.
[00:11:33] Panel renovation, I believe, is particularly important
[00:11:37] for municipalities, for educational facilities,
[00:11:41] because 80% of their entire
[00:11:43] production takes place in the factory, and only
[00:11:46] 20% of these works are carried out in conjunction with
[00:11:50] the educational institution and its territory. Typically, school
[00:11:53] reconstructions, when the energy efficiency of buildings built during the Soviet era is improved
[00:11:56] and new sports laboratory spaces are created, can take
[00:12:00] from half a year to three
[00:12:02] years.
[00:12:04] Next, a brief weather forecast, and more news
[00:12:07] in the news. Have a beautiful
[00:12:08] afternoon.
[00:12:18] The upcoming night in Lithuania will be cloudy with clearings. It will rain
[00:12:21] in many places, short rain will prevail, it is possible to have hail.
[00:12:25] About 9-14 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow during the day
[00:12:28] it will be cloudy with clearings in the country, short rains in many places, isolated hail,
[00:12:32] warming up to 13-18
[00:12:35] degrees Celsius. On Tuesday night in places, during the day short
[00:12:38] rain in many places, fog in some areas at night. Temperature at night
[00:12:41] 5-10, on the coast 11-13, during the day
[00:12:44] 14-19 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday
[00:12:48] night mostly in the eastern parts, during the day short rain in many districts.
[00:12:51] Temperature at night 6-11.
[00:12:55] Around 13 in the energy sector, during the day 12-17 degrees Celsius.
[00:13:15] The Lithuanian Symphony Wind Orchestra presents the fifth international
[00:13:19] festival Vilnius Winds. Featuring the music of Oscar Navarro.
[00:13:22] World premiere for Irish bagpipes and symphony orchestra, and
[00:13:25] the Norwegian ensemble 'Standing'. September 24 - October
[00:13:29] 17. General sponsor: Allianz Lietuva.
[00:13:33] Information partner: LRT.
[00:13:52] The series Narcos: Drug Dealers
[00:13:55] from September 24 on Mondays and
[00:13:58] Thursdays on LRT television. But this thing is
[00:14:02] the best way to get rid of lice, stop, stop, no
[00:14:05] clear-cutting will happen and no treatment of lice with an axe
[00:14:09] will happen, either. We will cut not in the pile, but in the pile
[00:14:12] at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Budrys's rating
[00:14:16] is growing like bamboo. That's good, great, bad, because
[00:14:20] mine is shrinking. Reinhold in England pulls Lithuanians
[00:14:23] out of prison. Car theft,
[00:14:26] fights, family fights, Arnas returned
[00:14:30] from Portugal with a broken dream of
[00:14:33] family. We planned with my ex-husband
[00:14:37] to adopt there. Non-emigrants, Tuesday
[00:14:40] at 7:30 PM. LRT Epika, always
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[00:14:53] Epika.
[00:15:25] She tends to about 800 sheep. Why did
[00:15:28] a 26-year-old woman choose the solitary life
[00:15:31] of a shepherd?
[00:15:37] The beauty of this job
[00:15:38] is
[00:15:43] that working with animals, it is
[00:15:45] unpredictable.
[00:15:49] You never know what they are thinking, how they will react, what they will do
[00:15:53] next.
[00:15:55] Every day you learn something new and that's great.
[00:15:59] It's never
[00:16:00] boring.
[00:16:03] Her job is to watch the grazing herd. Stop.
[00:16:09] Don't move! Pauline is responsible for the animals'
[00:16:13] well-being, so they gain weight and stay healthy.
[00:16:17] In addition, she must ensure that as few sheep as possible get lost,
[00:16:20] die, or are torn apart by bears.
[00:16:37] Of course, I feel pressure. We are responsible for the condition
[00:16:40] of the herd. We must ensure that all return, so that at the end
[00:16:44] of the summer season, as many as possible return to.
[00:16:58] When the sheep are driven into safe refuge for the night, Pauline's
[00:17:01] time to return to her mountain cabin. From late May
[00:17:04] to late October, this is her home.
[00:17:08] At 1500
[00:17:09] meters altitude.
[00:17:18] They live here with her boyfriend and fellow shepherd,
[00:17:21] Antonio Kona, and four
[00:17:24] sheepdogs. Antonio's and Pauline's evening conversations
[00:17:28] usually revolve around work with the sheep. This is their second
[00:17:31] season of shepherding, so this job is still quite new to them.
[00:17:35] Therefore, this job is still quite new to them.
[00:17:48] Here you live by your own rhythms with nature, even though
[00:17:52] we don't sleep much, we still feel calmer here,
[00:17:55] without the stress typical
[00:17:57] of city life.
[00:18:14] The next day begins at 5:30 AM.
[00:18:16] Pauline and Antonis will be outdoors all day, so they prepare
[00:18:20] everything they might need.
[00:18:23] Sometimes they go together, sometimes separately, and sometimes they herd
[00:18:26] the animals in turns, depending on
[00:18:29] the pasture. Their route depends on
[00:18:32] the weather.
[00:18:35] They always go, in the rain, through hail or
[00:18:38] fog.
[00:18:43] Hello girls, are you still sleepy, you look
[00:18:46] wonderful.
[00:18:50] It's an ancient profession, for thousands of years animals have been
[00:18:53] grazed in mountain meadows. This form of animal husbandry
[00:18:57] is considered particularly sustainable. Transhumance, or
[00:19:00] the seasonal movement of livestock, is even included in
[00:19:04] UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
[00:19:08] To take on this job, Pauline and Antonis completed a nine-month
[00:19:12] course for sheep shepherds.
[00:19:14] Shepherds.
[00:19:17] I think we learn a lot about ourselves from sheep.
[00:19:21] For example, before I used to stress a lot and found it hard to forget
[00:19:24] failures.
[00:19:27] Now I've changed with the rhythm
[00:19:30] of the herd.
[00:19:48] It was a big change for their dog Nalai, who went from
[00:19:52] being a couch potato to a real
[00:19:53] sheepdog.
[00:19:56] Now our dogs have become our true collaborators. They
[00:20:00] work with us, they help us to do all
[00:20:03] this.
[00:20:07] Someday Pauline and Antonis would like to live in the Valley and
[00:20:10] have their own sheep, but for now they are simply
[00:20:14] enjoying their new life
[00:20:16] in the mountains.
[00:20:25] In 1492,
[00:20:27] Christopher Columbus set sail with three ships: the Pinta,
[00:20:30] Niña, and Santa María, from here. But where are we? We are in Southern
[00:20:34] Spain, in the municipality of Palos
[00:20:37] de la Frontera, in Huelva province, about
[00:20:41] 100 km from Seville. The first of Columbus's
[00:20:44] four voyages to America began here. Here you can see
[00:20:48] life-size replicas of his ships. His
[00:20:51] legacy went down in history. He was not only
[00:20:54] revered, but also widely criticized. Our next
[00:20:58] stop is Seville, which played an important role in Columbus's
[00:21:01] voyages. In the 15th century, Seville was a wealthy city,
[00:21:05] a center of Spanish maritime trade. Huge sums of money were dedicated
[00:21:09] to this magnificent cathedral, which is the largest Gothic
[00:21:12] church in Spain. It was completed in
[00:21:15] 1819.
[00:21:18] This is also connected to Columbus, but more on that
[00:21:21] later. No money, no journeys.
[00:21:24] This was Columbus's biggest problem, so he tried hard to find
[00:21:28] supporters for his ideas. An important role was played by the Royal
[00:21:32] Alcázar of Seville, the real Alcázar. Columbus had many
[00:21:35] discussions here with Queen Isabella of Castile.
[00:21:39] The medieval palace is definitely worth a visit, it's a magnificent
[00:21:42] example of what is called Mudejar architecture. It
[00:21:46] developed under Christian rule, but it has a palpable Islamic
[00:21:50] influence.
[00:21:55] And who was Columbus really? To some, he was a brave
[00:21:58] explorer, to others, a violent conqueror and
[00:22:02] initiator of colonialism. I hope to find an answer
[00:22:05] after talking with an expert.
[00:22:08] Historian Esteban Miracavalles wrote
[00:22:11] a book about Columbus and his
[00:22:13] era.
[00:22:16] Thousands of people admire him and thousands of people hate him.
[00:22:22] Especially indigenous groups who see him
[00:22:25] as a symbol of imperialism, contributing to the destruction
[00:22:28] of native cultures.
[00:22:32] If you're following in Columbus's footsteps in Seville, don't miss
[00:22:36] this place, a 45-meter-high bronze sculpture, officially
[00:22:39] called the Birth of the New
[00:22:42] Man. In Seville, we find several
[00:22:45] monuments to Columbus, for example, this one, known as Columbus's
[00:22:48] Egg, while in
[00:22:53] the United States, many monuments to Columbus have simply
[00:22:56] been removed. Let's see what people here
[00:22:59] think.
[00:23:02] I agree that monuments should be torn down. I am not in favor of
[00:23:05] the Spanish colonization of America.
[00:23:09] I don't think it's good, because it's history. History cannot be
[00:23:12] forgotten or masked by tearing down monuments. This is who we are now,
[00:23:16] this is our diversity, different skin
[00:23:19] color. Our
[00:23:20] customs.
[00:23:23] I think of all historical figures, Columbus was not
[00:23:27] the best person. He was a slave owner there,
[00:23:30] but ultimately cultural heritage is
[00:23:32] important.
[00:23:36] For Columbus and his followers, the most important thing was not only fame and
[00:23:39] power, but also valuable spices and gold. Columbus himself gained
[00:23:43] little from his voyages. He died in
[00:23:45] 1506, a year and a half after
[00:23:49] returning from his last voyage. After his death,
[00:23:53] Columbus's remains continued to travel. Initially, they were kept
[00:23:56] in Spain, later moved to the Dominican Republic and
[00:24:00] Cuba. In 1898,
[00:24:03] he was laid to rest in Seville
[00:24:06] Cathedral. Like many buildings in Seville, the cathedral
[00:24:09] reflects a mix of cultures. It was built in the 15th
[00:24:13] century on the ruins of a 12th-century
[00:24:16] Arab mosque, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
[00:24:21] "This is Columbus's sarcophagus. For a long time, it was debated
[00:24:25] whether the remains truly belonged to Columbus, only in 2006 did a DNA
[00:24:28] test confirm that it
[00:24:31] was him.
[00:24:36] Consciously or not, Christopher Columbus's voyages changed
[00:24:40] the world. What do you think of his
[00:24:42] legacy?"
[00:30:40] Hello, lovers of historical secrets, the history detective show greets you,
[00:30:44] I am its host Virginijus Laukynas.
[00:30:48] Without further ado, I invite you to get acquainted with
[00:30:51] the topics that we have prepared for you today.
[00:30:55] What does an egg placed on the head mean, and on
[00:30:58] top of it, also closed?