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A Christmas classic revisited in dance form at the Finnish National Opera: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It's the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy, miserly old man who, on Christmas Eve, is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. A magical tale popular with all ages, adapted into a ballet by an all-British artistic team including composer Sally Beamish and choreographer David Bintley.

A Christmas Carol: A Ballet based on Charles Dicken's Novella

Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story adapted into an enchanting ballet for all the family.

A Christmas Carol

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Beirut is just 80 kilometres from the border with Israel. Palestinians in the camps in Lebanon are watching the bitter war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza with concern but they are divided between Hamas and Fatah supporters.

Senior Hamas leader killed: Inside the Palestinian networks in Beirut

Palestinians in Lebanon are watching the bitter war in Gaza with concern but they are divided between Hamas and Fatah supporters.

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Faced with rising threats from Russia, North Korea and most of all China, Japan is re-arming at an incredible rate. This documentary sheds light on the geopolitical upheavals in the Pacific region and on Japan’s history of pacifism since the second world war.

Faced with rising threats from Russia, North Korea and most of all China, Japan is re-arming at an incredible rate.

Japan: The End of Pacifism

Viktor Orban won his fourth consecutive electoral victory in April. The Prime Minister of Hungary welcomes Ukrainian refugees, despite been strongly hostile to other refugees in the past. For twelve years, the leader of the Fidesz party has imposed his model of the illiberal democracy on the EU, which is at odds with some fundamental values of the bloc.

The EU and Viktor Orban's illiberal democracy

Hungary's Viktor Orban welcomes Ukrainian refugees, despite being strongly opposed to other refugees in the past

Mapping the World

Apple launched its streaming service in 2015, and to celebrate, the company made their customers an offer they couldn't refuse: three months free subscription. The problem: during these three months, the artists streamed will not receive a penny. But that was without reckoning for Taylor Swift, who published an open letter to the firm on her Tumblr detailing why refusing to pay artists for their work was unacceptable. Apple backtracked. 

Taylor Swift named Time Magazine 'person of the year'

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Rune Reilly Kølsch, aka Kölsch, is a Danish techno DJ and the producer of "Calabria," one of his biggest hits. His career literally reached new heights in 2017, when he delivered a set from the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower. The Copenhagen-born artist has sold millions of records worldwide.
Filmed on 2 December 2023 at the Fairground Festival in Hanover, Germany.

Megastar Danish techno DJ Kölsch at Fairground Festival 2023

Techno producer Kölsch hails from Copenhagen and has sold millions of records worldwide.

Kölsch

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Berliner Abed Hassan, 27, went to Gaza in early October to visit his family. When the massacre on 7th October happened, he was trapped. He began documenting his time in Gaza, the surrounding destruction, the loss of loved ones, and his struggle for survival on social media.

Surviving Gaza: A Berliner's Story

Berliner Abed Hassan went to Gaza to visit family. When the massacre on 7th October happened, he was trapped.

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He is one of the most influential and celebrated French conductors of his generation. A portrait of François-Xavier Roth in his travels, rehearsals and concerts.

A Maestro in 8 Variations

A portrait of one of the most influential and celebrated French conductors.

François-Xavier Roth

How has the life of European Union citizens changed since the Maastricht Treaty came into force thirty years ago, on 1 November 1993? Documentary filmmaker, David Holland, born the same year as Maastricht travels the length and breadth of the continent by rail to find out.

A Journey through the Continent

How has the life of EU citizens changed since the Maastricht Treaty came into force thirty years ago?

Europe since Maastricht

From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes. In three episodes, this documentary tells the story of American capitalism over 150 years: From Rockefeller to present day plutocrats, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, via the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subprime crisis of 2007.

Three-part series

The story of American capitalism over 150 years, from Rockefeller to Reagan, to present day plutocrats.

American Capitalism - The Cult of Wealth

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.

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

Duels of History

Fire in the Sky reveals how researchers have gained new insight into the impact of the Northern Lights on infrastructure and animal behavior. The documentary explains why solar storms can be a danger to humanity with the power to damage satellites, stop air traffic, and paralyze power grids and telecommunications networks.

The Northern Lights

Northern Lights have fascinated and disturbed our ancestors for centuries. But they could also endanger our future.

Fire in the Sky

Since the Hamas attacks on Israel, the Ha'achim restaurant in Tel Aviv has become a community kitchen with volunteers, who prepare food parcels there, still reeling from the shock of recent events. In Ukraine, chef Ievgen Klopotenko has been proudly showcasing his country's gastronomy as an expression of culture and identity.

When Cooking Gets Political

How food is an expression of community, culture and identity in Israel and Ukraine.

Jannik and Tai are 17 and are called “Fatty” and “Fiji” at school. Two outsiders. When they find their drunken head teacher on the street one night and lock him in his own flat, what starts as a joke turns into a full-blown kidnapping. Tai enjoys playing God and forces the teacher to bare his soul. But as the teens uncover the man's secrets, the stupid fun turns serious.

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Two teens stumble upon their drunken head teacher and lock him in his flat. But the silly prank gets out of hand...

Naked Above Berlin

Why is it that a comparatively rare disorder such as coeliac disease seems to have become widespread within a few years? With more and more people complaining about digestive problems after eating cereals, is gluten really responsible? An in-depth focus on gluten, gluten-free diets and the food industry.

With more and more people complaining about digestive problems after eating cereals, is gluten really responsible?

Gluten: Public Enemy Number One

The wait is over. After six years of deafening silence, The Kills are back with a sixth album: God Games. And what better way to discover this new work than onstage at the ARTE Concert Festival?

ARTE Concert Festival 2023

After a six year absence, this legendary duo have chosen the ARTE Concert Festival to make their comeback! 

The Kills

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In 1844, Hans Christian Andersen imagined the story of an evil troll who wanted to drive the goodness out of the hearts of humans. To achieve this, he hangs a huge magic mirror in front of the moon. When it breaks, the people touched by its shards become insensitive to human kindness and see the worst in people.

After Hans Christian Andersen

A multidisciplinary work including ice hockey, figure skating, dance and acrobatics telling Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale. 

The Snow Queen

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What are the historical and geopolitical causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict?

War in the Middle East

The resounding victory of populist candidate Javier Milei as President of Argentina on 19 November, with almost 56% of the vote, is a worry for many in Argentina and abroad. After Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, another country is tilting towards extremism. Public sector employees, including railway workers are especially concerned as large-scale privatisation is planned.

Argentina: A Journey into Discord

Railway workers are worried as large-scale privatisation is planned by new president Javier Milei.

Since the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions, Russia has shifted its supply of gas eastwards, from Europe to China. The gas pipeline going to China runs for thousands of kilometres through remote regions of Siberia. A team of Russian journalists followed this route to find out what life is like for ordinary Russians, far from the conflict.

Russian Gas for China

The gas pipeline going to China runs for thousands of kilometres through remote regions of Siberia. A team of Russian journalists followed this route to find out what life is like for ordinary Russians.

When 100,000 Armenians fled from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia at the end of September 2022, Azerbaijan took control of the territory, which belongs to it under international law. For Armenia, the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh is another bitter blow in its tragic history since the genocide of Armenians in Turkey in 1915.

Armenia: Alone Among Enemies

When 100,000 Armenians fled from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia at the end of September 2022, Azerbaijan took control of the territory, which belongs to it under international law.

The UN is supposed to be the world forum for all nations, founded in 1945 with a mission to maintain international peace and security. But with conflicts still raging around the world, is it still fit for purpose?

Should the UN be Reformed?

With conflicts still raging around the world, is the United Nations still fit for purpose?

12 June is a very important date for the small Scottish island of Eigg. On this day in 1997, the islanders purchased their home from their landlord and took control of their destiny. More than 25 years later, how have the local people managed the community owned Eigg?

A Green Utopia for All?

26 years ago, 65 inhabitants of a Scottish island bought their home from their landlord.

Re: The Isle of Eigg

The fastest growing group of homeless people in the USA today is baby boomers. The generation who helped build modern America are now finding life very difficult. A report from Phoenix, Arizona where homelessness is a major problem.

USA: Homeless Baby Boomers

The fastest growing group of homeless people in the USA today is baby boomers. A report from Phoenix, Arizona.

Why is femicide so prevalent across Europe? And what does it say about our societies? A look at the issue in Spain, France and Germany.

Why is femicide so prevalent in Europe?

You Belong to Me!

Situated between the world's two biggest cocaine producers, Colombia and Peru, Ecuador was once a haven of peace and stability in South America. But in recent years, the levels of violence linked to the drug trade have soared.

Ecuador was once a haven of peace and stability in South America. But in recent years, levels of violence linked to the drug trade have soared.

Ecuador: A Narco State

More than 400,000 people fleeing war in Sudan have found refuge in neighbouring Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world. At the border town of Adré, a huge camp has appeared from nowhere as Chad struggles to house the new arrivals.

More than 400,000 people fleeing war in Sudan have found refuge in neighbouring Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world. 

Chad: Survivors of Darfur

For nearly 50 years Albania lived under perhaps Europe’s harshest communist dictatorship with omnipresent surveillance, imprisonments, and executions. Today the country has chosen to open up the archives of the feared state police, the Sigurmi. Are Albanians ready to face up to a difficult past?

Albania has chosen to open up the archives of the feared state police, the Sigurmi. 

Albania Faces its Dark Past

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In Israel everything changed overnight on 7 October. In this episode, Tracks East looks at life in the Jewish state after the Hamas attack.

Israel: Life After Terror

In Israel everything changed overnight on 7 October. In this episode, Tracks East looks at life after the Hamas attack.

Russian TV was at a loss as to what to make of the death of former Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigoshin. Perhaps there hadn't been a briefing as to how his death was supposed to be reported on Russian television... Masha Borzunova has binged the Kremlin state media again - and unpicks all the varying narratives that emerged in the wake of the crash.

How Russian News Covered Prigozhin's Death

Russian TV was at a loss as to what to make of the death of former Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigoshin.

Nothing To See Here

For over 60 years, the Barbie doll has been more than just a toy. She was an influencer before the Internet even existed, but she is now accused of maintaining gender stereotypes. As Greta Gerwing's Barbie comes to the cinema, Gymnastics looks at how relevant she is for modern consumers.

Is Barbie a Feminist?

Barbie was an influencer before the Internet even existed.

Gymnastics

AI is now capable of generating content of astonishing quality. What is its potential and could it post a threat to the creative sector? Culture magazine Twist visits the Dimensions digital art exhibition in Leipzig to find out and asks photographer Boris Eldagsen why he turned down the prize he won for his AI-generated image.

Can AI Create Art?

Culture magazine Twist visits the Dimensions digital art exhibition in Leipzig to find out how artificial intelligence could revolutionise art.

Twist

After losing the presidential election to Joe Biden in 2020, Donald Trump wants to run again and seize power back from the Democrats. But since his first term as president from 2016 to 2020, he's been embroiled in a series of legal scandals that could scupper his chances. Donald Trump has been indicted in two cases, faces a lengthy prison sentence, and is also under federal investigation for the storming of the Capitol by his supporters on 6 January 2021. But on the flip side, his legal cases could have the opposite effect and paradoxically galvanise his voter base, who are convinced he's the target of an unfair witch hunt.

Trump's legal cases could paradoxically turbocharge his re-election bid.

Trump's Legal Woes: Boon or Bust in 2024?

Taylor Swift

In September 2022 the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody set off nationwide protests in Iran. One year on from this civil unrest, Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

Iranian Women Resist

Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

The world of work is undergoing a major upheaval. A study by the World Economic Forum reveals that as early as 2025, more tasks will be performed by robots and artificial intelligence than by human beings. This could potentially result in the elimination of millions of jobs.

The Robots After Our Jobs

As early as 2025, more tasks will be performed by robots and artificial intelligence than by human beings. 

Agree to Disagree!

Meet the Sarkissians family, who fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh during the war in 2020. This Armenian family of refugees now live near Stepanakert, the capital of the territory. Three generations live together, with over ten children. They explain how the war changed their lives forever, and how they are still dealing with the psychological aftermath of losing their home.

Armenia: Recovering From War

Meet the Sarkissians family, who fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh during the war in 2020

From wars to technological advances, to the big issues of contemporary society, we take a look back at an eventful year. 

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A Look Back at 2023

In Europe, one in two people are cutting down on eating meat. Are you one of them? You’d have good reason to do it: vegetarian diets are cheaper, better for the environment, better for our health and they eliminate animal suffering. ARTE looks into why it’s so hard to give up meat entirely and what alternatives there are. 

Europe is going veggie

Flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan diets are on the rise across Europe. But are Europeans really swapping steak for tofu?

ARTE Europe Weekly

JRR Tolkien’s literary works have fascinated the Italian far-right. His intricate and imaginary world where elves, hobbits and orcs live together without ever mixing coincides with the values they defend. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made several references to Tolkien during her campaign and most recently, opened a new exhibition about the author at Rome’s National Gallery.

Italy’s far-right government has a growing interesting in shaping the country’s cultural institutions.

The far-right and Italy’s cultural scene

As Europe reaches a historic deal on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, the rapidly-evolving field has the potential to revolutionise everything around us while raising huge moral questions. But should we be putting the brakes on it? From healthcare and education to politics, ARTE Europe Weekly delves into the potential of AI to improve or threaten lives.

Europe wants to regulate AI

As the E.U. agrees to a landmark law which regulates artificial intelligence, what are the risks and benefits of AI?

It’s a paradise for hikers and divers. The smallest of the Canary Islands, El Hierro, has the well-deserved reputation of being one of the most sustainable islands in the world. About 60% of the land is protected and it’s the only island in the world to have operated autonomously for 28 days in a row thanks to wind and water power. From the government to the locals, everyone is committed to maintaining El Hierro’s sustainable charm.

a model for sustainability

The smallest of the Canary Islands, El Hierro, is one of the most sustainable islands in the world.

El Hierro -  A model for sustainability

After a deadly attack in Paris and the arrest of several terror suspects in Germany, there are renewed fears of terrorist attacks in Europe. But has the threat level really changed? Although the Israel-Hamas conflict has led to an increase in tension and political polarisation, authorities were warning about a rise in Islamist terrorism even before the attack on 7 October. We look at Europol statistics and speak to a security expert to try and find answers.

Is Europe really at higher risk of terrorist attack?

The risk of terrorist attacks in Europe

The war in Ukraine is slowly approaching its third year and Kyiv is looking to wean off Western arms aid. To do so, the Ukrainian government is boosting its local arms production, with logistics and equipment support from some 20 odd countries. But not without a quid pro quo.

Kyiv is seeking to expand its local arms production with the help of Western partners.

Ukraine’s burgeoning weapons industry

For a long time, prices of goods in Verona were well above the national Italian average. Against a backdrop of inflation, the city has started displaying the fluctuation of food prices from month to month. It’s a way to combat ‘greedflation’, where industries ride on the wave of high prices to increase their profit margins. Since then, prices in Verona have fallen.

In Verona, northern Italy, the city has decided to display the fluctuation of prices to combat ‘greedflation’.

How Italy is combatting 'greedflation'

In Latvia, all eyes are on its border with Belarus. Since Lukashenko was elected and the EU imposed new sanctions on his authoritarian regime, Belarus has been accused of ‘weaponising’ migrants in response.

Latvia has strengthened its measures to stop migrants crossing from neighbouring Belarus.

'Weaponisation' of migrants at Latvia-Belarus border

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, Europe has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Fuelled by discriminatory clichés, its return is largely due to its traces, still present across the continent. But what is the EU doing to combat the return of anti-Semitism? We take a closer look.

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, Europe has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism.

Europe facing a resurgence of anti-Semitism

Faced with discrimination, workers aged 50 and over in the UK are finding it harder to get a full-time job. Meanwhile, companies are increasing their number of zero-hour or part-time contracts, making workers more job insecure and delaying the retirement age.

In the UK, a record number of people aged 50 and over are working part-time.

Senior workers in the UK face job insecurity

Using student visas, many migrants transit through Istanbul to land in Northern Cyprus, which is controlled by Turkey. They then cross on foot or by car to the southern part of the divided island, which is a member of the European Union. More than 18,500 people made this journey last year. Cypriot authorities are calling out Turkey's manipulation of the situation.

Many migrants arrive in the Turkish-controlled northern part of Cyprus on student visas, with the EU as their final destination.

Migration: Turkey puts pressure on Cyprus

Since the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out, Romanian fishermen have had to contend with the danger of drifting sea mines. Although the Romanian navy regularly demines the waters, the currents of the Black Sea have carried the mines as far as Bulgaria and even Turkey, endangering civilian vessels.

Fishermen in the Black Sea are worried about drifting sea mines from the war in Ukraine.

Romanian fishermen battle with sea mines

Public desecrations of the Koran by far-right groups and an Iraqi refugee in Sweden have soured its relations with many Muslim countries. But Sweden suspects these acts have been carried out as part of a larger misinformation campaign, orchestrated by Russia.

Sweden is accusing Russia of orchestrating a mass misinformation campaign to turn the Muslim world against it. 

Sweden: Who benefits from Koran burnings?

This summer, the European Parliament introduced an unprecedented law to ensure that member states provide adequate support for rape victims and punish perpetrators. But it has run into legal and ideological roadblocks from some countries, including France and Germany, which refuse to define rape as the absence of consent.

European institutions are at odds over the definition of rape and consent.

Only yes means yes - A European law on rape

Nickel, gold, iron, zinc, uranium... Beneath the pastures of Southern Greenland lies a host of natural resources. With global warming making them more easily accessible will Greenland choose to mine them? Or alternatively take advantage of a milder climate to develop the agricultural sector?

A crucial dilemma for Greenlanders: Mine their rich natural resources or concentrate on agriculture?

Greenland: Agriculture or Mining?

In France, the ready-to-wear sector is going through an intense crisis. In the first quarter of 2023, around 50 companies were in receivership or liquidation. A figure that has risen by 33% in one year. Why the turmoil? And why are Spanish brands like Zara and Mango still so successful?

While the number of clothing store closures are increasing in France, Spanish brands are doing well.

French Fashion Industry in Turmoil

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