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Germany has reintroduced temporary checks at all nine of its land borders in a move that has been met with criticism from neighbouring countries but praise from the far right. But does this mark the beginning of the end for the Schengen area?

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Germany has reintroduced temporary checks at all nine of its land borders: Is this the end of Schengen?

Can Schengen Survive?

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Cars produce 15% of the European Union’s C02 emissions. One of the aims of the EU’s Green Deal is to ban the sale of petrol cars by 2035, instead switching to electric vehicles. But this goal is looking increasingly out of reach as sales of EVs are stagnating. In Norway, however, it’s another story: 94% of new cars sold are electric. We look at what’s slowing down electric vehicle use in the EU and what the industry can learn from its Nordic neighbour.

Why is electric car use stalling in Europe?

High prices and infrastructure problems are hampering EV sales across the EU.

 "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. 

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On October 1st, nearly 200 missiles were fired from Iran at Israel, the worst attack ever carried out by Tehran against the Israeli state. Tensions continue to rise in the Middle East, with this unprecedented development. 

Iran vs. Israel: Direct Confrontation

On October 1st, nearly 200 missiles were fired from Iran towards Israel.

Mapping the World Essentials

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

German border controls: Can Schengen Survive?

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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

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

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

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 immune system is as vital to the human body as the heart or the lungs. It protects us from harm survival but can also turn against us. This documentary looks at the latest scientific discoveries around this complex and fascinating system, and how it can be strengthened.

In-depth doc: How our immune systems protect us, but can harm us too

The immune system is vital to the human body and protects us from harm, but it can also turn against us. 

Our Immune System - A Powerful Guardian

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.

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!

The Kills

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

Choreographer Marcos Morau and the Ballet Nacional de España combine their choreographic work with the images of Colombian photographer Ruvén Afanador.

Marcos Morau's breathtaking choreography

A work where dance and photography meet, celebrating the work of fashion photographer Ruvén Afanador.

Afanador

The Dolomites, the breathtaking mountains of northern Italy, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, rising majestically from lush green valleys up to towering peaks. Popular with nature lovers, they also offer a unique cuisine and Alpine way of life.

Summer in the Italian Alps - The Dolomites

The breathtaking mountains of northern Italy are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, rising majestically from lush green valleys up to towering peaks.

The Dolomites

Alternative icons Arcade Fire are known for their rousing performances, and this one, captured at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival, is no exception. A journey of pure poetic energy

Bilbao BBK Live Festival 2024

Canada's Arcade Fire live up to their storming reputation in Bilbao.

Arcade Fire

On 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed, enshrining the creation of NATO just four years after the end of the Second World War. The primary objective of this military alliance of twelve European and North American countries was to prevent war in Europe and to counter the expansion of the Soviet bloc. Since its creation in the Cold War, the organisation has grown from 12 to 31 member states - including several former Eastern Bloc nations. Weakened by its turbulent history, NATO is facing a growing number of challenges: the difficulty of coordinating its members, the logistical obstacles in the event of an attack on European soil, and the threat, raised by Donald Trump, of an American withdrawal, at a time when European defence is almost entirely dependent on the United States.

A look back at the turbulent history of the military alliance facing unprecedented challenges in the face of Putin's Russia.

Putin, NATO, and Europe

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As Putin threatens NATO with war, focus on the western alliance

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

The United Kingdom, with its four constituent nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has seen a number of crises in recent years with the Scottish independence movement, Brexit, and tensions in the Royal family weakening the UK’s unique political system.

UK: A Disunited Kingdom

The United Kingdom, with its four constituent nations, has been shaken by a number of crises in recent years.

Mapping the World

Marine biologist Andrej Gajić is fighting to save sharks in Albanian waters; more than 60,000 sharks and rays die each year caught up in fishermen’s nets. With his girlfriend Emina they go out to sea with the fishing boats to investigate the effects of industrial fishing on endangered species and try to work with the fishing industry to improve biodiversity in the seas.

Marine biologists Andrej and Emina are fighting to save sharks, which are important for the ecosystem in the Adriatic.

Saving Sharks in the Adriatic

Saudi Arabian citizens are languishing in prison, and some have even been sentenced to death. Their crime: they resisted expropriation of their homes for the Neom project, the city of the future built on a 170km line in the desert that is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s pet project.

Saudi Arabia: Victims of Neom

Opposing the Neom project in Saudi Arabia can get you put in prison or killed.

Data Sources

Théo Curin is a French Paralympic swimmer. In November 2021, he made a daring attempt, together with two able-bodied swimmers, to swim across the highest lake in the world, Lake Titicaca, between Peru and Bolivia.

Théo Curin: Paralympic swimmer.

In November 2021, the Frenchman made a daring attempt to swim across the highest lake in the world, Lake Titicaca, between Peru and Bolivia.

Swimming through Adversity

Antonio Basa is an olive grower in the Extramadura region of Spain. At night, he has to patrol his olive groves to chase away thieves who try to steal from his trees. Drought has halved the harvest in the last two yearsin Spain, making the price of olive oil skyrocket.

With the price of olive oil skyrocketing, Spain’s olive producers have to defend their crop from organised gangs.

Re: Olive Thieves in Spain

The housing crisis in Germany’s capital is causing misery for vulnerable people. Those excluded from the property market are forced to live in unsuitable housing. In the Lichtenberg district, a container park houses hundreds of people who cannot afford decent accommodation. But for how much longer?

Living in a container: the housing crisis in Berlin

In the Lichtenberg district of Berlin a container park houses hundreds of people who cannot afford a home.

Re: Living in a Container

Less than 40 kilometres separate the French coast from England at Calais. The crossing seems easy to many, although in reality it is highly dangerous. Smugglers have recently been launching more and more small boats from the French beaches crammed with young people in the hope of a better life.

Smugglers have been launching more and more small boats from the French beaches crammed with young people in the hope of a better life in England.

Children of Calais

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Citizens across Europe who used to belong to the lower middle class have fallen into poverty. An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

The Middle Class in Crisis

An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

Working But Poor

The Houthis rule a third of Yemen with an iron fist, after ten years of civil war. Their ideology is as ferociously anti-American and antisemitic, as it is pro-Palestine with young people indoctrinated into a strict religious view of the world that burns with anger.

The Houthis rule a third of Yemen with an iron fist, after ten years of civil war.

Yemen: Houthi Fury

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

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Re: Saving Sharks in the Adriatic

One third of the Latvian population is Russian, a hangover from the Soviet past. The Latvian and Russian speaking communities have been living side by side since independence in 1991 but this cohabitation is not always easy. The government has taken a tougher stance on the integration of Russian speakers since the war in Ukraine, with some now risking deportation.

The Latvian authorities are taking a tougher stance with the country’s Russian-speaking minority since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Re: Latvia’s Unwanted Russians

Ever more people are travelling abroad for medical procedures. Hungary is a major destination for dental health tourism from Germany as the price for implants and crowns are significantly cheaper whereas wealthy individuals from Russia and the Arab world come to Germany for the health sector’s reputation for quality care.

Going Abroad for Treatment

Ever more people are travelling abroad for medical procedures with Hungary a major destination for dental health tourism.

Re: Health Tourism

The Ponant college is the smallest school in France, spread across several remote islands in Britanny. Teachers brave the sometimes rough waters to offer an education to a handful of children in these small isolated communities.

The Ponant college is the smallest school in France, spread across several remote islands in Britanny.

Re: An Island School in Britanny

After the deadly and destructive megafires of October 2017, Portugal has developed a system of preventive firefighting which could inspire other European countries to follow suit.

Re: Fighting Megafires in Portugal

Werner Pfeiffer is an experimental archaeologist and museum educator. Together with his colleague Pedro Cura and a team of archaeologists, he is returning to the Stone Age for four weeks. Living as hunter-gatherers for a month aims to gain insight into what life was really like thousands of years ago.

A team of archaeologists live as hunter-gatherers for a month to understand what life was really like thousands of years ago.

Re: Back to the Stone Age

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

Giorgi has no thoughts of leaving Tusheti, he loves his home in the Georgian Caucasus. The villages in the high mountains can only be reached by car for five months of the year. And there are hardly any jobs or young people left. Horse guide Girogi wants to bring new life to the area with adventure tourism.

Horse guide Girogi wants to bring new life to his mountainous region with adventure tourism.

Re: The Horse Guide of Georgia

In Sweden the supreme court has granted to the Sami people exclusive fishing and hunting rights in reindeer-herding areas. A victory for an ancient indigenous people is a scandal for many Swedish hunters as the decision revives old tension in Swedish far north.

Re: Hunting in the Arctic Circle

In Sweden the supreme court has granted to the Sami people exclusive fishing and hunting rights in in reindeer-herding areas. A victory for an ancient indigenous people is a scandal for many Swedish hunters as the decision revives old tension in Swedish far north.

The Sami and the Swedish State

Midwifery has traditionally been a female profession. Of the 27,000 or so midwives in Germany, only around thirty are men, with similar statistics in other European companies. Why is it such a female dominated sector?

Of the 27,000 or so midwives in Germany, only around thirty are men. Why is it such a female dominated profession?

Re: The Midwife is a Man!

For the first time in 2020, around 100,000 Italians left big cities in the north of the country for modest towns in the south, in search of a new life. In Calabria, where the mafia and unemployment reign supreme, we follow Angelo, Rocco, Francesco and Nunzia – who have all decided to reinvent themselves by moving back to their hometowns.

Starting a new life in southern Italy

For the first time in 2020, around 100,000 Italians left wealthy cities in the north for poorer towns in the south of the country.

Re: Return to Calabria

With one of the highest GDP per capita in the world, Luxembourg is a rich country. Yet there are social problems in the Grand Duchy. Alexandra Oxacelay helps the homeless and the poor: Her NGO’s soup kitchens are welcoming more and more people: victims of rising inflation, the housing crisis, as well as immigrants.

Luxembourg’s Poverty Problem

With one of the highest GDP per capita in the world, Luxembourg is a rich country. Yet there is a poverty problem in the Grand Duchy.

Re: Poor in a Rich Country

In Scandinavian countries, "Green Care" (or nature therapy) is a well-established alternative to traditional retirement homes. It combines agricultural activities with care services. At the age of 74, German pensioner Heinz-Dieter Herper is starting a new life: he is moving to a farm...

Life on the Farm

At the age of 74, German pensioner Heinz-Dieter Herper is starting a new life: he is moving to a farm...

Re: Green Care

Wolf populations are increasing across Europe, in forested and mountainous regions and wolves have been sighted venturing into urban areas. With a rise in attacks on cattle, farmers and shepherds are having to deploy greater resources to keep their animals safe. A report from Switzerland and Germany.

With wolf populations increasing across Europe, farmers and shepherds are having to deploy greater resources to protect their animals.

Re: The Return of the Wolf

Irish Travelers live on the fringes of society and their living conditions are on a downward spiral. A recent EU study revealed shocking figures: 11% of Irish travellers die by suicide and most die before the age of 65. No other minority in Europe faces such dire statistics.

A Minority in Danger

11% of Irish travellers die by suicide and most die before the age of 65.

Re: Irish Travellers

Violence, drugs and prostitution are a fact of life for the many children in the 5th district of Bucharest, considered the most dangerous in the city. From the Roma minority, Valeriu Nicolae grew up in poverty. With his teams, he ensures that these children have a roof, food and above all that they have access to education.

Violence, drugs and prostitution are a fact of life for the many children in the 5th district of Bucharest.

Re: Bucharest’s Lost Children

Change is afoot in the Scottish Highlands. In an effort to fight climate change, some wealthy landowners want to rewild their huge estates. They are convinced that the Highlands will then be able to absorb more carbon.

In an effort to fight climate change, some wealthy landowners in the highlands want to rewild their huge estates, 

Re: Rewilding the Scottish Highlands

In Ireland, being a single mother was long frowned upon. In this very Catholic country, more than 50,000 women were placed in homes for single mothers, where their babies were taken away from them and given up for adoption. Many of these children are now looking for their biological mothers and are fighting to have their ordeal recognised.

More than 50,000 women were placed in homes for single mothers, where their babies were taken away from them and given up for adoption.

Re: Ireland's Forced Adoptions

Driving heavy goods vehicles is a male-dominated sector. But today more women are getting behind the wheel of HGVs like Poland’s Iwona Blecharczyk, who has also become a global influencer online.

Re: Female Truckers Take the Wheel

The small town of Boston in the east English county of Lincolnshire earned the nickname ‘Brexitland’ in 2016: 75% of residents here voted in favour of leaving the EU. Seven years on, they are struggling with the consequences of their decision. The euphoria was followed by disillusionment: ‘Bregret’ - regret over Brexit - is spreading.

Brits Who Regret Their Vote

8 years after the EU referendum, there seems to be a sea change in the UK. But does Britain really regret Brexit?

Re: Post-Brexit Blues

RE: European Stories

All in their mid-twenties, models Vivian, Lisa, and Tanja chase personal fulfillment and career triumphs. As they grapple with societal pressures, their friendship turns into rivalry, their bodies becoming battlegrounds in a relentless pursuit of beauty, love, and success.

Three models juggle the pressures of love, career, and self-image in a seemingly glamorous world.

Models

Models- ZONE EVENT

Hamas and Israel have still not reached agreement on a new hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

West Bank: Prisoners of War

For 15 years, Edward Kaprov has been photographing Israelis and Palestinians along Israel's borders, the dividing lines between two visions of the same land. In the kibbutzes around Gaza, in the Palestinian villages and Jewish settlements of the West Bank, and in the Bedouin hamlets close to Lebanon.

Israël-Palestine: Borderlines

Photographer Edward Kaprov has been taking photos along Israel’s borders for the last 15 years.

While some are killing, others are trying to save lives: In Gaza, where hospitals are overwhelmed or out of action, the task is proving almost impossible. In Israel, health workers are struggling to overcome the trauma of 7 October.

Focus on health care workers in Gaza and Israel who are trying to save lives in war.