Sibelius, Saunas and Salmiakki
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Correspondents with colour and analysis from around the world: Theopi Skarlatos in Thessaloniki on the authorities' crackdown on the far right; Alex Preston is in what he calls one of Africa's most expensive and charmless capitals, Abuja in Nigeria; distant La Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, is a popular destination for well off French tourists -- Robin Denselow's been learning that's causing resentment among some local people; Tessa Dunlop discovers how a photographer's work is teaching residents in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, what happened to their city centre during the days of the Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. And among correspondents there are many tales about daunting dishes -- here, Mark Bosworth in Finland talks of a national favourite: licorice shot through with ammonium chloride. The programme is produced by Tony Grant.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello from the from our own correspondent studios at Broadcasting House in London. |
| 0:04.4 | You've downloaded the latest edition of the program, |
| 0:07.1 | broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It's introduced by Kate Adi. |
| 0:11.2 | Thank you. And in today's program, it's Nigeria's birthday, but there's not much to celebrate in |
| 0:17.2 | a booger, one of Africa's most expensive and most charmless capitals. |
| 0:22.2 | Why women of a certain age are being reduced to tears by |
| 0:25.1 | photographs of old book arrest. We're on the distant French island of La Reunion |
| 0:30.4 | finding out what really annoyed President Jiskard-Destin, and sampling a Finnish delicacy. |
| 0:37.1 | It's like sandpapering your tongue, then pouring salt on it. |
| 0:42.0 | But first, the leader of the Greek Far Right Party Golden Dawn is behind bars |
| 0:46.5 | this morning pending trial on charges of organizing a criminal group. Nikos Mikhail al-Yacos was one of six MPs arrested over the weekend, after the recent |
| 0:56.5 | killing of an anti-racist musician. |
| 0:59.1 | He's also accused of murder, assault and money laundering. The events surrounding Golden Dawn are being |
| 1:05.0 | closely followed throughout Greece. Theopis Galatos is in the Port City of Thessalonica. |
| 1:11.2 | I woke up to a blue Athenian sky and a text message from a colleague. |
| 1:15.8 | They've arrested Golden Dawn Leader Mikhailolikos. |
| 1:19.0 | Is what many people in this country have wanted to see happen for two years now, |
| 1:24.0 | a crackdown on this extreme right party. The drama has not stopped since its members were |
| 1:29.8 | linked to the murder of the anti-fascist Greek rap musician Pavlos Fisas. It's all people are talking about. |
| 1:37.4 | There have been arrests, wiretaps and police raids. |
| 1:40.3 | Officers are said to have found shrines to Hitler and licensed weapons, even wine |
| 1:45.2 | bottles with Mussolini labels. Yet the Golden Dawn Party officials deny |
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