History
Video: The Principality of Seborga
This report takes us to Liguria, to the small village of Seborga, or should we say, the principality of Seborga. Until 1993, it was a quiet idyllic spot. But then the villagers rediscovered their historical roots, proclaimed the Principality and elected the florist Giorgio Carbone to become Prince G...
- Date | 24.11.10
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Video: The Jenisch in Switzerland
The early 1900s saw the onset of the persecution and resettlement of the Jenisch in Switzerland. It wasn’t until 1998, that the Swiss Travellers were recognised as a national minority in view of the signing of a framework convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the Council of Europe....
- Date | 26.05.10
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Video: The Danes in Germany
This reports takes us to the German-Danish border in Schleswig-Hostein. Until 1920, all of Schleswig used to be Prussian. In 1920, after a referendum, the northermost part was allocated to Denmark and today’s border was established, which resulted in the creation of minorities on both sides of the b...
- Date | 26.05.10
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Video: The Walser at the foot of the Monte Rosa
Near the Swiss border, in today’s Autonomous Region of Aosta, Walser people have lived for centuries. During the Middle Ages, several groups from the Swiss canton Valais spread out in all directions. Some of them settled in Gressoney, east of Monte Rosa. To this day, the descendants of these emigran...
- Date | 28.04.10
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Video: The Dalai Lama in the South Tyrol
The Dalai Lama’s third visit to the South Tyrol. Soon after his arrival, Christina Khuen from minet TV met his holiness to have a conversation with him.
- Date | 25.11.09
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Video: The Karaites – A Small Minority in Lithuania
Trakai, near Vilnius in Lithuania, has been the home of a small community of Turkic Karaites for centuries. In contrast to the Karaites in Israel, the Lithuanian Karaites don’t view themselves as Jews, but as an independent religious community, and that is also how they are seen by the Jewish commun...
- Date | 26.10.09
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Video: Never Without A Turban – The Sikhs Of Novellara
The Sikhs have their origins in the border areas between India and Pakistan. For the average European they are likely to represent the „typical Indian“: long beard, dark eyes and the traditional colourful turban. In Novellara, a small provincial town in Emilia Romagna, they built their largest templ...
- Date | 28.05.09
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Video: Occitan in Italy – The Small Village of Guardia Piemontese
Minet had good reasons for visiting a small village in Calabria – it is one of the very few places where remnants of a Gallo-Roman language are still being spoken today. The Occitan language, the ancient lyrical language of the troubadours, is usually associated with the South of France, Catalonia, ...
- Date | 28.05.09
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Video: The Gottscheer in Slovenia – A German Language Enclave
More than 700 years ago, German speaking farmers from Carinthia and the Val Pusteria settled near the town of Ljublijana. Until shortly before WWII, more than 12 000 people practised their, in parts, original German language and culture. Hundreds of Gottscheer were killed or driven away during the w...
- Date | 27.04.09
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Video: The Copts in Tyrol – A Visit to Innsbruck
More than 12 million believers around the world today belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, a church that was founded in Egypt by St. Mark the apostle as early as the first century AD. Around 6000 Coptic Orthodox Christians live in Austria – 3000 alone in Vienna, the rest is divided among the munici...
- Date | 25.03.09
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