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Added on the 26/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Odolov, Czech Rep., Jul 26 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Martin Divisek) A Czech prison has turned dozens of inmates into luthiers to help them pass the time, learn a job that will ease their reintegration into society, and provide good quality instruments to young music students in the process.The Odolov prison, in the north east of the Czech Republic, keeps roughly 300 low and medium threat level inmates with sentences usually of under a year.FOOTAGE OF THE PRISON OF ODOLOV, OF DAVID GIÑA, INMATE, IN THE CENTER AND MAKING VIOLINS AND OF GUARD PAVEL STANEK, PLAYING THE VIOLIN.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:DAVID GIÑA, INMATE:3: 52- 4:01 They took away my driving license. And then I was caught several times driving without it.4: 01- 4:16 I am very happy to work here. I am very happy with what I do.Now I build a viola. I make the cover, I usually make instruments, I fix them.4: 16- 4:27 The atmosphere is good. I don't have the impression of being a criminal. Here you forget where you are.4: 27- 4:42 The workshop has changed my life. I could not imagine that I could make instruments, fix them. I am very surprised by this in a prison.4: 42-4: 52 My dream is to continue dedicating myself to this. We will see what reality brings us. PAVEL STANEK, GUARD:4: 52-5: 12 I used to make a living from music, but here it is not possible to do so if you have a large family, especially in Prague.5:12 - 5:19 There isn't much to choose from here, and I opted for prison.5: 19- 5:32 The most difficult thing was insecurity, not knowing where you are going. But I trusted people and, above all, mine.5:32 -5: 40 I thought it would be the end of music, but it was the opposite. Now I play a lot more. DAVID GIÑA:5: 40-5: 49 I miss my family.5:49 - 5:57 They need me at home. Children need their father.5: 57- 6:16 We have not seen each other in 8 months due to the coronavirus. But this weekend I will see all my children, my mother and brothers. It was 8 months of hell.6:16 - 6:24 Better not think about them so much, because it would drive me crazy.6:24 - 6:29 In the workshop you completely forget that you are here in a prison.6:29 - 6:38 Violins are a challenge. A new challenge every time. I dedicate myself entirely to it.PAVEL STANEK:6:38 - 6:46 I went to Spain many times to play. Because it is a very beautiful country.6:46 - 6:55 I was in Cádiz, Pamplona, ??El Escorial, Santiago de Compostela ..
Prague, Apr 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Martin Divisek) Czech Republic has emerged this Monday from the state of emergency decreed on October 5, 2020, and from the general confinement imposed on March 1, although they will remain closed, for at least the next two weeks, gastronomy and non-essential commerce.FOOTAGE OF RETURN TO CLASS IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC.
New York City, Oct 27 (EFE/EPA).- Young United States congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) accused the government of turning its back on key communities on Tuesday as she distributed food to people affected by the COVID-19 crisis in the city's Corona neighborhood, one of the most affected in the country.As part of a campaign in the Park of the Americas, located in the heart of this working-class, immigrant and Latin American neighborhood, Ocasio-Cortez helped distribute 600 boxes of fresh vegetables, meat, eggs and yogurt to people who have lost their jobs or are struggling to feed their families. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY). SHOT LIST: UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ DISTRIBUTED FOOD TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 CRISIS IN CORONA NEIGHBORHOOD OF QUEENS, NEW YORK, US. SOUND BITES: ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (IN ENGLISH), STATE ASSEMBLYWOMAN CATALINA CRUZ AND MIGUEL, AN ECUADORIAN WHO EMIGRATED TO THE US 19 YEARS AGO (IN SPANISH - SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH). TRANSLATION: CATALINA CRUZ - I hope we have a new president who truly treats people for their value, with dignity. If we come as immigrants it is to fight, to work. We are not trying to steal anything from anyone. All these people want is to work and this guy (Donald Trump) wants to brand us as rapists, as scroungers and as people who do not deserve a chance. (02:23-02:45).MIGUEL - I have five children and the salary I earn is not enough and the rent is very expensive... The economy has gone down and we are practically in poverty. (03:57-04:20).
Geneva's famous "jet d'eau" is turned back on after being shut down since March 20th, as Switzerland continues to ease lockdown restrictions put in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. The fountain on the city's lake can reach a maximum height of 140 metres. IMAGES
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, opened her Back to Nature play garden on Tuesday (10.09.19), at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Garden Wisley in Surrey.
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