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00:00:17Good afternoon, it is now 3:30 PM, I invite you to watch
00:00:20the news. Today is the last day for the Duma
00:00:24elections in Russia, a process that Kremlin critics compare to
00:00:27a spectacle, marked tonight. A powerful Ukrainian rocket and drone
00:00:31attack against Moscow and its region. According to the Mayor of the Russian
00:00:35capital, this attack was the largest. However,
00:00:38Ukrainian strikes will not change the election results, as only
00:00:42systemic opposition parties that have received the Kremlin's blessing
00:00:45were allowed to participate, and the results are always classified.
00:00:48It is not doubted that Vladimir Putin's party United Russia
00:00:52will again announce victory.
00:00:56In elections that are not meant to elect a new government, but to show that...
00:01:00property controls everything, Ukraine also had its say.
00:01:03According to the Moscow mayor, this drone attack is the largest so far against
00:01:07the Russian capital. According to Sergey Sobyanin, Kyiv
00:01:11launched 450 drones
00:01:13towards Moscow. Ukraine itself also reports on the attack against
00:01:17Moscow and its region. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky,
00:01:20the main target was an oil refinery, and Russian
00:01:24logistics were also hit. Among
00:01:27the weapons used, Zelensky also mentions 'Flamingo'
00:01:31missiles. According to Russian officials, more than
00:01:341600 Ukrainian drones
00:01:37were shot down on all fronts. Due to Ukrainian strikes, two main Moscow
00:01:41airports were closed, residential buildings were damaged,
00:01:43and there were casualties. One woman
00:01:47died in this apartment building,
00:01:49and there are injured. It was about four in the morning, I walked out of
00:01:53the stairwell, and after 20 steps, an explosion occurred. Glass
00:01:56shattered, shouts and screams were heard. I turned around
00:02:00to look, the doors were blown out, debris everywhere.
00:02:03The Duma elections are being held today for the third and last day,
00:02:07although in Vladimir Putin's Russia election results are systematically
00:02:10classified, there is still no choice, only lists of parties
00:02:14supporting the war in Ukraine are allowed to run,
00:02:17and the so-called systemic opposition parties
00:02:20vote on the most important issues according to the Kremlin's
00:02:23wishes, according to old tradition, as always, voting
00:02:27is an honorable civic duty. The only party
00:02:30advocating for a ceasefire, Yabloko, was removed
00:02:34from the elections. The party leader, who came to vote,
00:02:37showed a damaged ballot to the cameras, on which
00:02:41he wrote the party slogan "For Peace." However, even according to
00:02:44the most optimistic estimates, the party would have only received
00:02:48about a quarter of the votes. Russian
00:02:51citizens living in Lithuania also went to vote today
00:02:54at the Russian Embassy in Vilnius. Some said
00:02:57they came to cast a protest vote, while some complained
00:03:00about the Western encirclement of Russia.
00:03:03I am here not to vote for any party, but to cast a vote
00:03:07against United Russia.
00:03:10I came so that there would be peace in the world. Russia helped everyone in the world, but now
00:03:14it finds itself in a system that has surrounded all of Europe,
00:03:18and it is forced to fulfill its duties by maintaining peace. And what they say here, that
00:03:21Putin is a dangerous person, I don't know about that, I am Russian and I have lived
00:03:25here for 47
00:03:27years.
00:03:30says he doesn't trust the elections, yet he chooses to vote either for
00:03:34the Communist Party or for the party New People, as these are seen
00:03:38as the least evil
00:03:39choices. Voting ends today
00:03:43at 8:00 PM, but the result is already clear
00:03:46to everyone. Putin's party last won the Duma
00:03:50elections almost 27 years ago,
00:03:53and for a different outcome, we will
00:03:55have to wait.
00:03:58And in Germany, there are two more state elections that could strengthen
00:04:02pressure on the unpopular Chancellor Friedrich
00:04:04Merz. According to polls, in the capital Berlin, the Chancellor's
00:04:08Christian Democrats may lose power to the far-left
00:04:11party, which promises to solve the housing problem by expropriating
00:04:15companies that rent out housing. The far-right
00:04:18Alternative for Germany could double its previous election result,
00:04:21and is only a few percentage points behind
00:04:25conservatives and leftists. Other elections
00:04:28are taking place in Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania, in northeastern
00:04:32Germany on the Baltic Sea. Here, a fierce
00:04:35battle for first place is promised between the ruling
00:04:39Social Democrats and Alternative for Germany,
00:04:42which wants to revive the Nord Stream gas pipeline connection with
00:04:45Russia. Merz's party faces its worst
00:04:48result in history, possibly even failing to enter the state
00:04:52parliament. Two weeks ago, state elections in Saxony-
00:04:55Anhalt shocked national politicians, in which Alternative for
00:04:59Germany barely missed an absolute
00:05:02majority.
00:05:06As Lithuania prepares to chair the Council of the European Union
00:05:09next year, events at the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Center for
00:05:13next year's exhibitions are being postponed. For example,
00:05:15the Vilnius Book Fair will be moved almost seven months to
00:05:18September, while the study exhibition is canceled,
00:05:22taking place
00:05:22only in 2028.
00:05:27The Vilnius Book Fair attracts residents every
00:05:30late winter. At the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Center, it is
00:05:34the most popular event, attracting more than 5,000
00:05:38visitors.
00:05:40However, next year this event will have to wait until mid-September,
00:05:44as Litexpo from January to the end of June will host
00:05:47high-ranking European officials, with Lithuania
00:05:50chairing the Council of the European Union. It will be a bit
00:05:53of a secret that I cannot talk about at the moment, but I really want the
00:05:57book fair to be different, it will take place in September, it will have a completely different
00:06:00atmosphere, so we are really trying with our organizational
00:06:04partners and our partners the Publishers Association and
00:06:07AGATA to make the book fair
00:06:11a little different. Other events are also moving
00:06:14to autumn, the popular culture festival
00:06:18Comic Con Baltics will not take place in spring as usual, but
00:06:21in September. We are already prepared for various unexpected
00:06:24situations, that we have to react very quickly,
00:06:28so next year will be a little sadder, because we will have to work more
00:06:32in summer, because the event will be at the beginning of September. Meanwhile,
00:06:35the largest technology and innovation conference in the Baltics,
00:06:39Login, held annually in May, will take place in October.
00:06:42Organizers considered not moving the conference, but could not find
00:06:46suitable premises. This year we reached the 1000
00:06:50participant mark, and essentially, we
00:06:53do not have any other place or space to organize an event of this scale in Lithuania
00:06:57at this moment. Some
00:07:01events are being canceled altogether next year, taking place only
00:07:03in 2028. This cancels some of our biggest
00:07:07exhibitions, namely Resta, there will be no study
00:07:10exhibitions, no Cinderella exhibitions. There will be no
00:07:14engineering exhibitions, no "engineers". In preparation
00:07:17for the presidency, part of Litexpo's premises are currently being renovated.
00:07:21For example, the fifth pavilion, well-known to event visitors.
00:07:24New conference halls are being prepared there. The main works are currently
00:07:27construction that is already nearing
00:07:31completion, because after all, from the end of September,
00:07:35October, our schedule returns, so we need to be prepared. As Lithuania chairs the European
00:07:38Union Council, Litexpo will become one of the main venues for important
00:07:42international events, it is planned that approximately 20,000
00:07:45representatives from various countries will arrive here, including
00:07:48ministers, informal ministerial
00:07:51meetings, there will be about 16 throughout the six months, the first
00:07:55event will take place, a traditional visit of the European Commission College
00:07:59at the beginning of January, and the biggest
00:08:02or most important event of the presidency will be the informal European
00:08:06Council of Leaders here in May. The rotating
00:08:10presidency of the European Union member state changes every six months,
00:08:13currently Ireland holds the presidency. This will be Lithuania's second time
00:08:17after a 13-year
00:08:18break.
00:08:21During the reconstruction of school buildings built during the Soviet era,
00:08:25students have to get used to the proximity of scaffolding and
00:08:28the construction noises heard during lessons. School principals
00:08:32say it's impossible to complete large-scale work during
00:08:36the two-month holidays. During renovations, alternative
00:08:39spaces are sought for students, and attempts are made to arrange with builders
00:08:43that the noisiest work takes place after classes.
00:08:47In the gymnasium hall of Žiežmariai Gymnasium in Kaišiadorys district,
00:08:50students exercising are separated from construction workers carrying out renovations
00:08:53by a wall covered with construction film, and cement bags and construction
00:08:57tools are in the corridor. The school is being adapted for the needs of people with disabilities,
00:09:01and electrical wiring is being renewed. The work started in summer
00:09:04will last all academic year. We have large
00:09:07premises in the gymnasium, we have unused premises, we have
00:09:11domes, so all those lessons that
00:09:14need to be moved, so that we move from one place to another,
00:09:17we reorganize. The director's opinion is that
00:09:20the builders also adapt, with the noisiest work organized
00:09:23after lessons or on weekends. It's impossible to completely
00:09:27avoid noise and dust, and
00:09:30it's normal sometimes to drill something during
00:09:34lessons or something that is necessary, but if you compare it to after lessons,
00:09:37then the whole school rings. Students of the Vytautas Magnus
00:09:40University Ugnė Karvelis Gymnasium in Akademija, Kaunas
00:09:44district, are also studying alongside the builders. During the reconstruction
00:09:47of part of the building, 12 classes had to be moved to an extension.
00:09:51The schedule was made in such a way that all lessons
00:09:54were utilized in other school spaces. The school building
00:09:58is 50 years old. There are, well, big
00:10:02works and it takes time, it's not a classroom
00:10:05renovation. The National Public Health Center has not yet received
00:10:09any questions or complaints regarding renovation work during the educational
00:10:12process. According to hygiene norms, they are not allowed in the room
00:10:16where children study. The premises being renovated
00:10:19must be isolated. This
00:10:23means that they must be protected
00:10:25from dust entering other rooms where
00:10:29the process can continue, and attention is drawn to the fact that
00:10:33they must follow this learning, rented
00:10:37premises are sought for students, and modular classrooms are built.
00:10:40Municipal representatives say that when an entire building is being reconstructed,
00:10:44not just one classroom, student holidays are not enough for the work.
00:10:47Raudondvaris Gymnasium, if we take it as an example,
00:10:51had 600 students, today the need is
00:10:541200, so it's impossible to create
00:10:57something in two months. In any case, we would have to endure some inconvenience, just as
00:11:01we experience certain inconveniences when renovating our homes.
00:11:04The situation could be changed by simpler public procurement procedures or
00:11:07a wider choice of companies carrying out reconstruction works,
00:11:10constant supervision, and perhaps constant smaller-scale
00:11:14renovations or other things could perhaps
00:11:17alleviate the situation, but this would prolong the school's
00:11:20modernization over time, and it would probably take not one or two
00:11:24years, but decades.
00:11:27The mayor of Kaunas district says the solution is not only to divide the work
00:11:30into stages, but also to seek new technological solutions.
00:11:33Panel renovation, I believe, is particularly important
00:11:37for municipalities, for educational facilities,
00:11:41because 80% of their entire
00:11:43production takes place in the factory, and only
00:11:4620% of these works are carried out in conjunction with
00:11:50the educational institution and its territory. Typically, school
00:11:53reconstructions, when the energy efficiency of buildings built during the Soviet era is improved
00:11:56and new sports laboratory spaces are created, can take
00:12:00from half a year to three
00:12:02years.
00:12:04Next, a brief weather forecast, and more news
00:12:07in the news. Have a beautiful
00:12:08afternoon.
00:12:18The upcoming night in Lithuania will be cloudy with clearings. It will rain
00:12:21in many places, short rain will prevail, it is possible to have hail.
00:12:25About 9-14 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow during the day
00:12:28it will be cloudy with clearings in the country, short rains in many places, isolated hail,
00:12:32warming up to 13-18
00:12:35degrees Celsius. On Tuesday night in places, during the day short
00:12:38rain in many places, fog in some areas at night. Temperature at night
00:12:415-10, on the coast 11-13, during the day
00:12:4414-19 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday
00:12:48night mostly in the eastern parts, during the day short rain in many districts.
00:12:51Temperature at night 6-11.
00:12:55Around 13 in the energy sector, during the day 12-17 degrees Celsius.
00:13:15The Lithuanian Symphony Wind Orchestra presents the fifth international
00:13:19festival Vilnius Winds. Featuring the music of Oscar Navarro.
00:13:22World premiere for Irish bagpipes and symphony orchestra, and
00:13:25the Norwegian ensemble 'Standing'. September 24 - October
00:13:2917. General sponsor: Allianz Lietuva.
00:13:33Information partner: LRT.
00:13:52The series Narcos: Drug Dealers
00:13:55from September 24 on Mondays and
00:13:58Thursdays on LRT television. But this thing is
00:14:02the best way to get rid of lice, stop, stop, no
00:14:05clear-cutting will happen and no treatment of lice with an axe
00:14:09will happen, either. We will cut not in the pile, but in the pile
00:14:12at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Budrys's rating
00:14:16is growing like bamboo. That's good, great, bad, because
00:14:20mine is shrinking. Reinhold in England pulls Lithuanians
00:14:23out of prison. Car theft,
00:14:26fights, family fights, Arnas returned
00:14:30from Portugal with a broken dream of
00:14:33family. We planned with my ex-husband
00:14:37to adopt there. Non-emigrants, Tuesday
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00:14:53Epika.
00:15:25She tends to about 800 sheep. Why did
00:15:28a 26-year-old woman choose the solitary life
00:15:31of a shepherd?
00:15:37The beauty of this job
00:15:38is
00:15:43that working with animals, it is
00:15:45unpredictable.
00:15:49You never know what they are thinking, how they will react, what they will do
00:15:53next.
00:15:55Every day you learn something new and that's great.
00:15:59It's never
00:16:00boring.
00:16:03Her job is to watch the grazing herd. Stop.
00:16:09Don't move! Pauline is responsible for the animals'
00:16:13well-being, so they gain weight and stay healthy.
00:16:17In addition, she must ensure that as few sheep as possible get lost,
00:16:20die, or are torn apart by bears.
00:16:37Of course, I feel pressure. We are responsible for the condition
00:16:40of the herd. We must ensure that all return, so that at the end
00:16:44of the summer season, as many as possible return to.
00:16:58When the sheep are driven into safe refuge for the night, Pauline's
00:17:01time to return to her mountain cabin. From late May
00:17:04to late October, this is her home.
00:17:08At 1500
00:17:09meters altitude.
00:17:18They live here with her boyfriend and fellow shepherd,
00:17:21Antonio Kona, and four
00:17:24sheepdogs. Antonio's and Pauline's evening conversations
00:17:28usually revolve around work with the sheep. This is their second
00:17:31season of shepherding, so this job is still quite new to them.
00:17:35Therefore, this job is still quite new to them.
00:17:48Here you live by your own rhythms with nature, even though
00:17:52we don't sleep much, we still feel calmer here,
00:17:55without the stress typical
00:17:57of city life.
00:18:14The next day begins at 5:30 AM.
00:18:16Pauline and Antonis will be outdoors all day, so they prepare
00:18:20everything they might need.
00:18:23Sometimes they go together, sometimes separately, and sometimes they herd
00:18:26the animals in turns, depending on
00:18:29the pasture. Their route depends on
00:18:32the weather.
00:18:35They always go, in the rain, through hail or
00:18:38fog.
00:18:43Hello girls, are you still sleepy, you look
00:18:46wonderful.
00:18:50It's an ancient profession, for thousands of years animals have been
00:18:53grazed in mountain meadows. This form of animal husbandry
00:18:57is considered particularly sustainable. Transhumance, or
00:19:00the seasonal movement of livestock, is even included in
00:19:04UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
00:19:08To take on this job, Pauline and Antonis completed a nine-month
00:19:12course for sheep shepherds.
00:19:14Shepherds.
00:19:17I think we learn a lot about ourselves from sheep.
00:19:21For example, before I used to stress a lot and found it hard to forget
00:19:24failures.
00:19:27Now I've changed with the rhythm
00:19:30of the herd.
00:19:48It was a big change for their dog Nalai, who went from
00:19:52being a couch potato to a real
00:19:53sheepdog.
00:19:56Now our dogs have become our true collaborators. They
00:20:00work with us, they help us to do all
00:20:03this.
00:20:07Someday Pauline and Antonis would like to live in the Valley and
00:20:10have their own sheep, but for now they are simply
00:20:14enjoying their new life
00:20:16in the mountains.
00:20:25In 1492,
00:20:27Christopher Columbus set sail with three ships: the Pinta,
00:20:30Niña, and Santa María, from here. But where are we? We are in Southern
00:20:34Spain, in the municipality of Palos
00:20:37de la Frontera, in Huelva province, about
00:20:41100 km from Seville. The first of Columbus's
00:20:44four voyages to America began here. Here you can see
00:20:48life-size replicas of his ships. His
00:20:51legacy went down in history. He was not only
00:20:54revered, but also widely criticized. Our next
00:20:58stop is Seville, which played an important role in Columbus's
00:21:01voyages. In the 15th century, Seville was a wealthy city,
00:21:05a center of Spanish maritime trade. Huge sums of money were dedicated
00:21:09to this magnificent cathedral, which is the largest Gothic
00:21:12church in Spain. It was completed in
00:21:151819.
00:21:18This is also connected to Columbus, but more on that
00:21:21later. No money, no journeys.
00:21:24This was Columbus's biggest problem, so he tried hard to find
00:21:28supporters for his ideas. An important role was played by the Royal
00:21:32Alcázar of Seville, the real Alcázar. Columbus had many
00:21:35discussions here with Queen Isabella of Castile.
00:21:39The medieval palace is definitely worth a visit, it's a magnificent
00:21:42example of what is called Mudejar architecture. It
00:21:46developed under Christian rule, but it has a palpable Islamic
00:21:50influence.
00:21:55And who was Columbus really? To some, he was a brave
00:21:58explorer, to others, a violent conqueror and
00:22:02initiator of colonialism. I hope to find an answer
00:22:05after talking with an expert.
00:22:08Historian Esteban Miracavalles wrote
00:22:11a book about Columbus and his
00:22:13era.
00:22:16Thousands of people admire him and thousands of people hate him.
00:22:22Especially indigenous groups who see him
00:22:25as a symbol of imperialism, contributing to the destruction
00:22:28of native cultures.
00:22:32If you're following in Columbus's footsteps in Seville, don't miss
00:22:36this place, a 45-meter-high bronze sculpture, officially
00:22:39called the Birth of the New
00:22:42Man. In Seville, we find several
00:22:45monuments to Columbus, for example, this one, known as Columbus's
00:22:48Egg, while in
00:22:53the United States, many monuments to Columbus have simply
00:22:56been removed. Let's see what people here
00:22:59think.
00:23:02I agree that monuments should be torn down. I am not in favor of
00:23:05the Spanish colonization of America.
00:23:09I don't think it's good, because it's history. History cannot be
00:23:12forgotten or masked by tearing down monuments. This is who we are now,
00:23:16this is our diversity, different skin
00:23:19color. Our
00:23:20customs.
00:23:23I think of all historical figures, Columbus was not
00:23:27the best person. He was a slave owner there,
00:23:30but ultimately cultural heritage is
00:23:32important.
00:23:36For Columbus and his followers, the most important thing was not only fame and
00:23:39power, but also valuable spices and gold. Columbus himself gained
00:23:43little from his voyages. He died in
00:23:451506, a year and a half after
00:23:49returning from his last voyage. After his death,
00:23:53Columbus's remains continued to travel. Initially, they were kept
00:23:56in Spain, later moved to the Dominican Republic and
00:24:00Cuba. In 1898,
00:24:03he was laid to rest in Seville
00:24:06Cathedral. Like many buildings in Seville, the cathedral
00:24:09reflects a mix of cultures. It was built in the 15th
00:24:13century on the ruins of a 12th-century
00:24:16Arab mosque, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
00:24:21"This is Columbus's sarcophagus. For a long time, it was debated
00:24:25whether the remains truly belonged to Columbus, only in 2006 did a DNA
00:24:28test confirm that it
00:24:31was him.
00:24:36Consciously or not, Christopher Columbus's voyages changed
00:24:40the world. What do you think of his
00:24:42legacy?"
00:30:40Hello, lovers of historical secrets, the history detective show greets you,
00:30:44I am its host Virginijus Laukynas.
00:30:48Without further ado, I invite you to get acquainted with
00:30:51the topics that we have prepared for you today.
00:30:55What does an egg placed on the head mean, and on
00:30:58top of it, also closed?