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After the fall of the Berlin Wall, citizens of East Germany had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. New-found freedoms were a breath of fresh air for many but in the chaos leading up to reunification with West Germany, the experience was also disconcerting.

Freedom and Anarchy

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. 

The Last Summer of the GDR

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After 25 years of negotiations, the EU’s agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay could finally be sealed by the year’s end. But European farmers are mobilizing, accusing Brussels of sacrificing agriculture to boost industry. While agriculture is just one part of this sweeping free-trade deal, it’s at the heart of the controversy. But are the farmers’ fears justified?

Why are farmers angry with the EU-Mercosur deal?

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Gessler’s hat became a metaphor for enforced submissive behaviour. When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for the first time. With Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role and Luigi De Donato in that of the Governor.

Gioachino Rossini's William Tell at the Opéra de Lausanne

The Swiss national hero must shoot the apple off his son’s head on the stage of the Opéra de Lausanne.

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell

In the Baltic Sea an undersea cable linking Germany to Finland has been mysteriously damaged. How did submarine communications cables become targets? And why does Finland have a particularly tense relationship with Vladimir Putin's Russia?

Cable sabotage in the Baltic: Is this hybrid war?

In the Baltic Sea an undersea cable has been mysteriously damaged. How did communications cables become targets? 

Mapping the World Essentials

Climate change is making the weather increasingly unpredictable and volatile. Extreme weather events are on the increase: In a matter of minutes, hailstorms can destroy an entire year's harvests and flash floods can take lives and destroy homes. What are the causes of these extreme phenomena? And how bad could they become in future?

Floods in the UK: How extreme weather events are getting worse

Hail, thunderstorms, flash floods: Why are these extreme weather events happening?

Extreme Weather Events

Pre-Christmas discount shopping season is here. Black Friday has turned into a month-long shopping spree, combining with Singles Day and Cyber Monday to become an entire Black November. Europe’s frenzy of overconsumption damages the environment and often rips off buyers, but is also an opportunity to save money. Why are we so sucked in by shopping deals? Is Black Friday just one big fraud day?

Black Friday: A good deal or a rip-off?

The US holiday has taken over Europe – but it might not be as good a bargain as it seems.

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More and more city dwellers are getting a taste for foraging for food in the concrete jungle. They harvest herbs by the roadside and pick wild vegetables from cracks in the asphalt. From Brighton to Berlin, we meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets and parks of major cities.

Berlin to Brighton: The secrets of urban foraging 

We meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets.

Re: Urban Foraging

The Democratic Alliance has won elections in a German free state with a huge majority. But is its charismatic leader, Dominik Arndt, a threat to democracy? 
Maximilian Steinbeis's play depicts the meteoric rise of a populist minister-president whose dark persuasive power and cunning upsets the established order.
 Performed in the Federal Press Conference in Berlin and produced by award-winning theatre company, Nico and the Navigators.

A play by Nico and the Navigators

The Democratic Alliance has won elections in a German free state with a huge majority. But is its charismatic leader, Dominik Arndt, a threat to democracy?

A Citizen of the People

Could there be a more beautiful association? One of the rarest jewels of British pop from the last thirty years in the historic venue responsible for preserving France's literary heritage. Beth Gibbons performs at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the heart of Paris: Two indispensable figures working in the shadows in a quest for eternity.

Passengers: Bibliothèque Nationale de France

This rare jewel of British pop in the historic venue responsible for preserving France's literary heritage.

Beth Gibbons

During the Cold War, when Germany was split between West and East, people still fell in love across the physical and ideological border. Some risked everything to cross over to join their partners.

Despite the Berlin Wall, people from East and West fell in love and wanted to live together. But how?

Love in the Cold War

In the last 50 years, the proportion of asthma and allergy sufferers in industrialised countries has risen from five to 30 per cent. This is likely due to the lack of diversity of microbes in our increasingly germ-free environment. This documentary look at how microbes affect our health and how we can plan urban space to renew our contact with the natural world.

Could microbes hold the key to understanding the increase in a number of chronic conditions and allergies?

The Power of Microbes

Forty years ago, in June 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee by the Israelis. A small guerrilla group came together in secret to resist this offensive. Formed and supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, it officially declared itself in 1985 as Hezbollah: The Party of God.
Four decades later, this small group has grown to become one of the most important military and political forces in the Middle East. A party of resistance for some, a terrorist group for others, Hezbollah is admired as much as it is feared. But the organisation, practically a state within a state, is living through turbulent times as Lebanon is experiencing a major political and economic crisis.

Focus on Lebanon's state within a state

As Hezbollah attacks Israel:Lebanon experiences an existential crisis, a focus on the history of militant group supported by Iran.

Lebanon: Inside Hezbollah

In Ireland, the River Shannon meanders between wet marshes and green plains before ending its journey at Limerick, in an estuary populated by dolphins. A trip along Ireland’s longest river to discover the people and landscapes of the Emerald Isle.

A trip along Ireland’s longest river to discover the people and landscapes of the Emerald Isle.

The Shannon: Ireland's Great River

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours. The paints he used were vibrant, but cheap, and degraded within months of painting. It's now impossible to appreciate the true beauty of his works, as his flamboyant flare for colours has slowly turned drab. If nothing is done, the Sunflowers which are still a beautiful gold today could well turn brown. Should we just accept they can't be saved?

Why are their colours fading?

Saving Van Gogh's Works

The number of migrants crossing the border from Mexico into the USA has increased over the last few years. The USA’s southern frontier and how to welcome (or not) migrants into the states is a major issue at this year’s presidential elections. ARTE visited both sides of the border to find out more about this burning issue.

USA: Trump's Wall

Migration continues to be a burning issue, and could be a decisive topic at November's presidential election.

ARTE Reportage

As dawn breaks over Cinecittà, Federico Fellini embarks on a new film inspired by Kafka. A Japanese TV crew arrives, prompting him to explore his illustrious career and the magic of filmmaking. The tour becomes a trip down memory lane, featuring iconic scenes and actors like Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg, blending reality with illusion in a love letter to cinema.

A Federico Fellini film

Featuring iconic scenes and actors, Fellini blends reality and illusion in this love letter to cinema.

Intervista

The Kills are back, and they have every intention of putting the rock into La Route du Rock! Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince combine the classic hits with new material for a sardine-packed audience.

The Kills electrify La Route du Rock 2024

Rock duo The Kills electrify La Route du Rock!

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Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into the political landscape and daily life. But behind an increasingly smooth and respectable façade lies an ideology that remains fundamentally racist and violent. An in-depth focus into an ecosystem of extreme ideology in France, Germany, and Belgium.

Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into politics and daily life, but remains fundamentally violent and racist. 

White Power

Every day in Beirut, missiles are raining down on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, as the Israeli army seeks to destroy Hezbollah's command centres and weapons stores, hidden in the heart of a district that is home to hundreds of thousands of people.

Every day in Beirut, Israeli missiles are raining down on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital

Lebanon: A Firestorm

The Czech Republic is on its way to legalising cannabis and Prague could be the next Amsterdam. However, the market is already booming - even without legalisation. Addiction counsellor Radek Jurnikl sees this every day in his work on the streets of Prague

The Czech Republic is on its way to legalising cannabis and Prague could be the next Amsterdam.

Re: The Czech Cannabis Boom

In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to introduce Bitcoin as legal tender. From now on, all companies accept the cryptocurrency from their customers, as well as the US dollar. "A crazy idea," says former economist Peter Bofinger. The price of bitcoin is far too volatile, and it's a dangerous bet - one that the president thinks he can pull off.

Cryptocurrencies: The Future?

Bitcoin can be a dangerous bet, especially when it's a nation's finances at stake

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Over 60,000 pregnancies have resulted from rape in the 14 American states where abortion has been banned since 2022, even in cases of non-consensual sex. The right to abortion is still a deep dividing line in American society and a major issue at this year’s presidential elections.

USA: Abortion - The Price of Pain

The right to abortion is still a deep dividing line in American society and a major issue at this year’s presidential elections.

As  Lebanon experiences an existential crisis, a focus on the history of militant group Hezbollah, a controversial organisation supported by Iran.

The US prison in Guantanamo Bay, where prisoners of George Bush’s War on Terror have been held, without trial for years, is still open. Almost forgotten by the outside world, there are still 30 inmates at the facility when once there were more than 700. ARTE Reportage managed to visit the detention camp.

Many in Washington would prefer to forget the US prison at Guantanamo. ARTE Reportage managed to visit the detention camp.

Guantanamo: Still Not Closed

Before the Russian invasion began in February 2022, Ukrainian women were not allowed to occupy certain roles, deemed too dangerous. The war has changed everything and women are now working as minors and other male-dominated sectors, in a society that is still patriarchal.

The war in Ukraine has meant women taking on jobs in traditionally male-dominated sectors.

Re: Ukrainian Women in 'Male' Jobs

Since 15 April 2023 war in Sudan has been plunged the country into a major humanitarian crisis. The ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF paramilitary group has led to thousands of casualties and countless acts of rape and violence.

Since 15 April 2023 war in Sudan has been plunged the country into a major humanitarian crisis.

Sudan: The Forgotten War

In eastern Turkey, close to the Armenian border, an archaeological site highlights the difficult past between Turks and Armenians. Ani was the old capital of Armenia, and it’s restoration by Turkish is a bone of contention between the two countries.

In eastern Turkey, close to the Armenian border, an archaeological site highlights the difficult past between Turks and Armenians.

Turkey-Armenia: Peace in Ruins?

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A year after Javier Milei was elected president, Argentina is facing an existential crisis. The populist president is shaking the foundations of the country by revisiting the national narrative of the military dictatorship that terrorised Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

Argentina: Guardians of Truth

The children of torturers of the former military dictatorship are now showing solidarity with the victims of their parents.

After Trump’s resounding win in the presidential election, ARTE Reportage heads to West Virginia to find out how Trump supporters experience the final days of the campaign and the result.

USA: Inside Trump's America

A visit to West Virginia to find out how Trump supporters experience the final days of the campaign and the result.

Michigan is a key swing-state in the 2024 elections and young voters could be decisive. ARTE Reportage goes in search of Generation Z in the Detroit area.

Michigan, USA: How Will Gen Z Vote?

In the Tenderloin neighbourhood of San Francisco, thousands of homeless drug addicts are in thrall to Fentanyl, an opioid painkiller 50 times more potent than heroin. With 700 drug-related deaths every year, the Californian city is in a drug death spiral with dead bodies regularly found on the street.

USA: San Francisco Ravaged by Fentanyl

With 700 drug-related deaths every year, the Californian city has a huge problem with Fentanyl and other drugs.

The booming goldmines in the amazon rainforest in Bolivia is causing both deforestation and causing serious health problems for the local population. They are being poisoned by mercury, used in the gold extraction process.

Bolivia: Cursed Gold

The booming goldmines in the amazon rainforest in Bolivia is causing both deforestation and causing serious health problems for the local population.

On 5 August 2024, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh for more than 15 years, fled the country in a helicopter as mass protests led by young people and students, shook the country.

Bangladesh: The Gen Z Revolution

Mass protests led by young people and students led to the downfall of Bangladesh’s Iron Lady, Sheikh Hasina.

Yekutiel Epstein is a 17-year-old Israeli. He identifies with the views of Rabbi Meir Kahana, a radical Israeli-American whose Kach party was banned in Israel in the 1990s for racism. His ideas were marginal for a long time, but are now making a comeback, more than 30 years after his death. On the ground, on social networks and even in the Israeli parliament, Yekutiel Epstein and his far-right allies are pushing to extend Israeli sovereignty over all the occupied territories and to expel the Palestinians entirely.

Israel's Ultra Nationalist Youth

Religious ultra-nationalist youth dream of a Greater Israel with no space for the Palestinians.

With dwindling water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, the Mesopotamian Marshes are drying out. Jassim Al Asadi is fighting to save this unique ecosystem, vital for local people.

Iraq: The War of Thirst

With dwindling water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, the Mesopotamian Marshes are drying out.

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history. Temperatures soared to over 50°C in the capital, New Delhi, and up to 56°C in Nagpur, in the centre of the country.

India: Life at 50 Degrees

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history with temperatures soared to over 50°C.

The massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th 2023 has profoundly affected Israeli society, awakening terrible memories of pogroms and the Holocaust. As Israel tries to deal with this trauma, attitudes are hardening to the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Israel: Commemorating October 7th

The massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th 2023 has profoundly affected Israeli society with attitudes hardening towards Palestinians.

The number of Israeli operations in Palestinian resistance strongholds in the West Bank is increasing. Operation Summer Camps, launched at the end of August 2024, is the longest Israeli military operation in the West Bank since the battle of Jenin during the second intifada.

West Bank: The Battle of the Camps

The number of Israeli operations in Palestinian resistance strongholds in the West Bank is increasing.

In a derelict hotel known as a Hezbollah stronghold, a few kilometres north of Nabatiyeh, around sixty Shia families have found refuge. They all come from villages close to the border with Israel.

Lebanon: The War with No Name

The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanon's southern border is turning villagers' lives upside down.

 "Gaza. Life" is the name of journalist Rami Abu Jamus' WhatsApp group, in which he has been sharing news from his everyday life in Gaza with his friends for many years. From 7 October 2023, "Gaza. Life" became his digital diary about the war.

Surviving in Gaza

A year of war in Gaza: the digital diary of journalist Rami Abu Jamus and his family. 

Putin wants Russians to have large families, but his government’s policies to repopulate Russia is having an impact on women’s right to an abortion. A report from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

Russia Battles a Low Birth-rate

Putin wants Russians to have large families, but his government’s policies to repopulate Russia is having an impact on women’s right to an abortion.

In Kenya, scientists are at war with mosquitoes. After decades of fighting malaria, which still kills more than 600,000 people every year, these insects appear to be on the verge of winning the battle.

Kenya: Mosquitoes Fight Back

In northern Kenya, a new aggressive malaria carrying mosquito has become a major threat to public health.

After two and a half years of war, Ukraine remains a major exporter of grain. Production levels prior to 2022 have been restored, a sign of the country's resilience. But what does the future hold for agriculture in this vast country? And how might it integrate in the European Union?

Ukraine: Agricultural Resistance

After two and a half years of war, Ukraine remains a major exporter of grain, a sign of the country's resilience. 

Just a few kilometres off the coast of North Korea, the South Korean islands of Yeonpyong and Baeknyeongdo are at the frontline of tensions between the two countries. Last January, 60 shells were fired by the North, leading to the evacuation of Yeongpyong. Life on the islands is tense, as fishermen can attest.

Yeonpyeong: Between Two Koreas

The South Korean islands of Yeonpyong and Baeknyeongdo are at the frontline of tensions between North and South Korea.. 

Once a year, the idyllic little French town of  Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal. This is the real deal.

Relive the festival!

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal.

Hellfest 2024

A Divided World- ZONE EVENT

In 1972, in Germersheim, West Germany, the second edition of the British Rock Meeting saw some of the most prestigious bands of the day take to the stage, including Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Rory Gallagher and Status Quo at an enormous gathering of the hippie generation.

The German Woodstock - Focus on the counter culture event in Germany

The 1972 British Rock Meeting was an important cultural event for the hippie generation in Germany.

The German Woodstock - Germersheim '72

In recent years, works by photographers who lived in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall have been rediscovered and reappraised.  An exclusive look at a world that no longer exists.

Propaganda and Daily Life

An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

GDR Photo Shoot

Enclaves, loaned territories, disputed areas and microstates: This is the series that looks at places with absurd borders.

More absurd geopolitics: A new season of Crazy Borders

The series that looks at 10 places with complicated and absurd borders.

Crazy Borders

Rowing, and the eight in particular, has a long tradition that is not just about sport: political influence, relationships and women's fight for equal rights have also played a major role. This documentary follows the German men's eight as it prepares for Paris 2024 as well as the historic Boat Race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

With all eyes on the Olympic Games in Paris, the documentary sheds light on the myth of the eight-man rowing team.

Eight on Board: A History of Rowing

In April 1974, left-wing factions in the Portuguese military staged a coup against the authoritarian regime which had been in power for half a century. The uprising was largely peaceful and went down in history as the Carnation Revolution. But the path to a democratic Portugal was not easy and not without obstacles.

Carnations against Dictatorship

On the night of 24 April 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the Salazar dictatorship, paving the way for a democratic Portugal.

Portugal

From Lucrezia Borgia to Malinche to Marie Curie: Women’s contributions have often been downplayed or misrepresented in the history books. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.

Re-telling history from a new perspective

Women’s contributions to history have often been downplayed or misrepresented. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.

Duels of History

The Marchioness Casati was admired throughout Europe for her incredible parties and expensive tastes. She was an eccentric patron of the arts, and her face appears again and again in the works of all the notable painters of her day. But she would rip through her inheritance by the age of fifty and end up wondering the streets of London, going though rubbish bins.

The Lost Ones

The Marchioness Casati went from living in a palace to eking out an existence on the streets of London

Luisa Casati, the Ruined Marchioness

You might have seen Edel Rodriquez's anti-Trump drawings on the cover of Time or Der Spiegal, but now he's written his first graphic novel. "Worm" revisits his Cuban roots before his family decided to flee the Castro regime.

Cuban illustrator Edel Rodriquez has written his first graphic novel to serve as a warning.

Worm: The graphic novel that compares Castro and Trump

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