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The tiny island of Lampedusa saw its population double when thousands of migrants arrived by boat in September. The Italian government has threatened to deport arrivals and is looking to the rest of Europe for support. But EU states are divided on how to respond.

Europe’s migration policy at breaking point

The EU struggles to find a coherent response to thousands of people arriving on Italy’s shores.

Lampedusa

Current Highlights

The editors of Doschd (TV Rain) have once again watched hours of Russian state propaganda broadcasts and take apart every fake allegation. In this episode, Konstantin Goldenzweig looks at how ingrained anti-Russian sentiment is in the West.

Debunking the Kremlin's propaganda

Konstantin Goldenzweig looks at Russian state TV's claims about  anti-Russian sentiment in the West.

Fake News

Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform works by Vivaldi and Mozart in the famous Cour Marly at the Musée du Louvre, featuring mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and violist Amihai Grosz.

An evening at the Musée du Louvre

Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform live at the Musée du Louvre.

Vivaldi and Mozart in the Cour Marly

Taiwan has almost everything it takes to be an independent state, with a flag, currency, and an army. But it no longer has representation in the UN, and China claims it as one of its regions. Just a few months before the Taiwanese presidential elections in January 2024, ARTE dedicates a special issue to the island. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised fears that China could be tempted to emulate Russia and try to take the island back by force.

Could War Break Out in Taiwan?

With months to go before the elections in Taiwan, the island's relationship to China is at the top of voters' minds.

Mapping the World

Two years after the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh? We report on the disputed territory, a militarised zone that is now under Azerbaijan's control, and on the displaced people of Karabakh in Baku.

New violence erupts in Nagorno-Karabakh

Two years after the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh? 

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Spain’s historic win in the Women’s World Cup was overshadowed by scandal after Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss of striker Jenni Hermoso. It’s had a ripple effect across sport in Europe, shining a light on deep-rooted inequality, from pay gaps to poor work conditions and cases of sexual assault.

Football’s #MeToo moment

Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss on Spain player Jenni Hermoso has sparked a reckoning over sexism in sport.

ARTE Europe Weekly

It is banned in the European Union and yet Burmese teak is still imported. How is that possible? Data Sources goes on the trail of the illegal trade in teak from Myanmar.

Traffic in Burmese Teak

It is banned in the European Union and yet Burmese teak is still imported. How is that possible? 

Data Sources

The earthquake that hit Morocco, has aroused strong emotions, particularly in France, which is home to the largest Moroccan diaspora. Yet France was not among the first countries asked by Morocco to provide aid: Rabat chose Spain, the United Kingdom, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. How can this choice be explained?

Morocco: Geopolitics of an Earthquake

France was not one of the first countries asked by Rabat to provide emergency aid after the terrible earthquake. Why?

Mapping the World Essentials

How is it possible for one of the world’s poorest countries to develop nuclear weapons? 

North Korea: Kim's Men

In Athens and Elefsina, European Capital of Culture 2023, Twist talks to artists, musicians and creative people. How has the financial crisis and draconian austerity measures impacted their work? Since the parliamentary elections, what is the mood on the Greek cultural scene?

Greek Artists Take Stock

In Athens and Elefsina, European Capital of Culture 2023, Twist talks to artists, musicians and creative people

Twist

In October 2022, residents of the pretty French mountain town of Rumilly were shocked to discover that their drinking water was contaminated with forever chemicals. The supply lines for the town's 16,000 residents were closed. Mayor Christian Heison had never heard of these toxic PFAS before, but for months - maybe years - he and his community had been unwittingly drinking them.

The pretty French mountain town of Rumilly is a forever chemical hotspot.

Re: Forever Chemicals in French Drinking Water

This week’s show uncovers a bleak picture for European teachers. In Britain, teachers' strikes and unsafe school buildings threaten to undermine the UK’s education system. Elsewhere on the continent, an aging teaching force fails to be replaced.

Europe’s Teaching Crisis

Europe’s teachers are underpaid and in short supply. ARTE Europe Weekly investigates why the profession might be heading for trouble.

All children in France must attend school, but the right to housing depends on the administrative status of their parents. In major cities, private flats have become inaccessible for the most families of modest means. But demand for social housing supply outstrips supply: in the Parisian region, the waiting period is at least two years, and there's a shortage of two million social housing units. Children find themselves without a fixed abode. To assist them, teachers are taking action: in Lyon, a collective has found shelter for 450 students.

Amid a social housing shortage, teachers are trying to find accommodation for their homeless students.

Re: Homeless Children in France

To open the Strasbourg Philharmic Orchestra's 2023-2024, conductor Aziz Shokhakimov has brought together the work of two towering composers: Richard Wagner's Ring in Lorin Maazel's orchestral version The Ring Without Words and Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by Kirill Gerstein.

Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

Aziz Shokhakimov conducts Wagner and Liszt to open the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra's new season.

The Ring Without Words by Richard Wagner

The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly evident in Europe, from devastating fires, melting glaciers, and floods. Artists across the continent are responding to the unfolding crisis by addressing environmental concerns in their work.

Art Against Climate Change

European artists are responding to the unfolding climate crisis by addressing environmental concerns in their work.

On the largest lake in Southeast Asia, the enormous Tonle Sap, thousands of people live in harmony with the seasons, adapted to the cycle of the lake's nature. They permanently reside in houseboats on the water. Entire villages have adjusted their lives to the highly fluctuating water levels of Tonle Sap. The rhythm of the seasons requires them to move repeatedly - everything and everyone must go.

Cambodia's Floating Villages

Entire villages have adjusted their lives to the highly fluctuating water levels of Tonle Sap.

Geo Reportage

A ban on the Abaya dress in schools has sparked a debate about islamophobia and racism in France. Behind the decision, a piece of 1905 legislation that was supposed to bring people together but critics today say the opposite is true. This week, Arte Europe Weekly asks whether this law can be adapted for a diverse society.

Abaya ban divides France

In France, a century-old law to protect society has led to the banning of the Abaya dress in schools. But does the controversial law go against the principles it claims to defend?

As the effects of climate change become ever clearer, some individuals are suing governments and multinationals for their right to a liveable climate.In several German cities, judges are hearing cases against the car industry and in Paris the French courts have set a deadline for the government to change its environmental policy. Can climate lawsuits like these change environmental policy?

Could Lawyers Save the Planet?

Can suing governments and multinationals for the right to a liveable climate change environmental policy?

Climate Trials

California garage scene titans Osees are back to ruffle some feathers at La Route du Rock. The group are ready to unleash the full power and fury of their back-to-basics 2022 album A Foul Form.

Osees at La Route du Rock 2023

The Osees troublemakers ruffle feathers at La Route du Rock.

Osees

Psychedelic drugs as a miracle cure for mental health? In Europe and the USA, investors are pouring hug sums into research and psychedelic trips branded as wellness weekends are becoming more common. Tracks investigates the claims and the dangers.

Psychedelic drugs as a miracle cure for mental health? Tracks investigates the claims and the dangers.

Tracks Inside

In Germany, the Scoring Girls project aims to help girls from migrant backgrounds to build their self-esteem through football, It’s a sport that challenges certain cultural or religious practices. But for Tugba Tekkal, the initiator of the project, football can be a vehicle for integration.

In Germany, the Scoring Girls project aims to help girls from migrant backgrounds to build their self-esteem through football

Re: Empowerment through Football

Secondary highlights

From his gilded youth in Europe to the bloody repression of the Arab Spring, this is the engrossing story of Muammar Gaddafi's second son who, despite arrest warrants for crimes against humanity, is running for election in Libya.

Saif Al Islam Gaddafi's Comeback

Son of a Dictator

For this Passengers session, the Blaze set themselves up the Cave of the Salamander in the southern Ardèche region of France, one of Europe's most extraordinary caves. A dramatic setting to explore the duo's second album, Jungle.

The Blaze go underground for Passengers in the Cave of the Salamander

The Blaze enter one of Europe's most beautiful caves to fill it with sound. 

The Blaze play the Cave of the Salamander

How do you become a famous DJ? What are the essential skills you need to acquire? Twist follows DJs David Guetta, Amelie Lens, Alle Farben and Lovra around clubs and festivals, and asks them about their career paths and their views on the profession.

How to Become a Superstar DJ

Twist meets top DJs including David Guetta and Amelie Lens and asks them how they forged their careers.

Incorrect diagnoses, inappropriate treatments and persistent shortcomings in care. The medical field, whose benchmark remains the male body, seems to neglect the physiological particularities of women. Focus on the alarming gender gap in healthcare.

The medical field, whose benchmark remains the male body, seems to neglect the physiological particularities of women.

Are Women Ill Differently?

Helen Mirren, the most versatile of British actresses, has played diverse roles in her long and distinguished career, from sexually charged Shakespearian roles to secret agents to Queen Elizabeth II. This documentary paints a portrait of a strong woman, guided by her feminist convictions as a performer and in her private life

The most versatile of British actresses has played diverse roles in her long and distinguished career including royalty.

Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses

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.

Tracks East

Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent. The rapid decline affects all food chains: fish and birds can no longer find enough to eat and are becoming fewer and fewer. Studies show that neonicotinoids used in pesticides aren't just destroying the insect popualtion, but also affect human health.

Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent.

How Chemical Giants Destroyed our Ecosystem

Kyle Eastwood brings his quintet together with the Orchestre National de Lyon to pay tribute to the career of his father, Clint Eastwood. A concert combining jazz, classical music and cinema.

Auditorium de Lyon

A symphonic homage to the work of Clint Eastwood by his son.

Eastwood Symphonic

Puerto Rico is an "unincorporated territory" of the US, its residents live between two cultures, and not all Boricuas, as the islanders call themselves, necessarily identify as Americans. They enjoy life in their own way and do their best to confront life's challenges.

A look at life and art on the smallest island in the Greater Antilles.

Puerto Rico: The Rhythm of the Caribbean

Tracks goes east and meets artists and journalists to get a different perspective on the war in Ukraine.

Tracks goes east and meets artists, journalists and activists to get a different perspective on the war in Ukraine.

Celebrated violinist David Garrett gives an unforgettable concert at the ancient theatre in Taormina, Sicily with a selection of rearranged works by Dvorak, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Vivaldi and Fritz Kreisler.

Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico

Renowned violinist David Garrett gives an unforgettable concert at the ancient theatre of Taormina in Sicily.

David Garrett

Love, power and ambition collide on the stage of Barcelona’s Teatre de Liceu in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, directed by Calixto Bieito.

Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea

From courtesan to empress – the unstoppable rise of Poppea, as told by Spanish director Calixto Bieito.

Baroque opera from Barcelona

Favourites

A selection of shorts directed by well-known filmmakers in their early career.

Short Films by Cinema's Greats

Summer in Marseille. Two groups of young people jostle for control of the housing estate’s basketball court. Out of the collisions and clashes, an unlikely love story emerges.

Drama series

As two groups jostle for control of a basketball court, an unlikely love story emerges.

Marseille mon amour

Ukraine Corner

Thanks to analysis of videos on Telegram, social media posts, and articles and statements from Russian authorities, this episode of Sources tracks how Ukrainian children were forcibly taken from their parents or orphanages. Taken to Russia under the guise of keeping them safe from the conflict, these children were supposed to be temporarily relocated. But instead they are indoctrinated, given foster families, and even offered for adoption. This action has led to charges against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, by the International Criminal Court.

The Stolen Children of Ukraine

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are thought to have been abducted and taken to Russia.

On July 26, soldiers belonging to the presidential guard took power in Niger. The Nigerien head of state Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown and the commander of the elite unit, General Abdourahamane Tiani, appointed himself the new ruler. While the military junta is stirring up sentiment against France, what happens next in Niger?

While the military junta is stirring up sentiment against France, what happens next in Niger?

Niger. The Aftermath of the Coup

After the coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the contagion continues: this time in Central Africa. Just after the announcement of Ali Bongo's re-election in Gabon, a group of soldiers declared on television that they had seized power. Niger and Gabon: two countries which have similarities, but also many differences.

Gabon: The Other Coup

After the coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the contagion continues: this time in Central Africa.

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

In a Syria ravaged by more than a decade of war, the oil sector has been hard hit. With many large refineries destroyed, supply is met by small makeshift refineries which employ refugee children in terrible conditions and also pollute the environment.

In a Syria ravaged by more than a decade of war, small makeshift refineries employ refugee children in terrible conditions.

Syria: Child Workers in the Oil Industry

Despite promises from the European Union, agriculture remains a major source of greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. By interviewing various players in the industry, this documentary looks at the challenges to make farming green.

Farming and Climate Change

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

Too many people, too little space. Guest workers in Malta have contributed to a strong economic boom over the past 20 years. But as the island becomes more crowded, more and more residents seem to be turning against non-European migrants.

The smallest country in the European Union has the lowest birth rate. However, it is currently facing overpopulation.

Malta: an overpopulated and unwelcoming island

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Colosseum in Rome and Pompeii are some of Italy’s biggest tourist attractions. But staff who check entrance tickets or work in souvenir shops at these destinations generally earn less than 7 euros an hour. They’re hoping that the introduction of a 9-euro statutory minimum wage, currently being debated in Italy, will ease their precarity. 

Italy’s famous tourist sites attract millions each year, but workers behind the scenes often have a hard time making ends meet.

Precarious workers in Italy’s cultural sector

Football’s #MeToo moment highlights sexism in European sport

Now that the media, the legal system, cinemas, theatres and universities have fallen under the influence of the Hungarian prime minister and his right-wing Fidesz party, is the publishing industry next? In early July, a company close to the government called Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation (MCC) bought Hungary’s largest bookshop chain, Libri. And bookshops have had to follow a specific directive recently imposed by the government, stating that any children’s books even remotely referencing homosexuality must be covered with plastic.

Now that the media and the legal system, have fallen under the influence of the government, is the publishing industry next?

In Hungary, the state wants to control literature

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 for 2024?

A law stating that surrogacy is a “universal crime” was passed in Italy’s lower chamber. In September, the bill will go through the Senate. If it passes, anyone who decides to have a child by surrogacy abroad could automatically face prison and a hefty million-euro fine on their return.

Anyone who decides to have a child by surrogacy abroad could automatically be prosecuted on their return to Italy.

Italy, where surrogacy is a crime

A landscape of ruins. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, hundreds of thousands of people have lost everything. Rebuilding the country is likely to take decades. Work is already underway at Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv. This pilot project presents many challenges for the 80 urban planning experts from the Ro3kvit coalition.

In Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, a pilot project is underway to rebuild the country after the war.

Ukraine: How to Rebuild a Bombed Out Country

For the past three months, the Lebanese army has been carrying out a campaign of expulsions of Syrian refugees. Some of them, such as Syrian army opponents and deserters, could be imprisoned, tortured or killed if they are handed over to Bashar al-Assad's regime. NGOs are protesting against this plot to blame the two million refugees for Lebanon's economic crisis.

In Lebanon, Syrian refugees are the target of a campaign of expulsions, as they are blamed for the economic crisis.

Lebanon: Syrian Refugees Scapegoated

Norway's record profits last year were mainly due to global oil and gas prices, and some European countries have accused it of getting rich on the back of the war and asked it to lower its prices. But on closer examination, Norway has, above all, been able to respond to a sudden demand from European countries to do without Russian gas and oil.

Norway has become more prosperous than ever since the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

Is Norway a War Profiteer?

In Paris suburb Aulnay-sous-Bois, one of the areas most affected by the riots that took place after a teen was fatally shot by a police officer, women already deeply engaged in community work are banding together to call for an end to the violence. While they fear for the safety of their children, the destruction their neighbourhood is witnessing makes life complicated. 

Mothers in the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois took to the streets to call for an end to violence.

Mothers of Paris suburbs call for end to violence

A tour of Europe to find out what issues concern Europeans at the moment. Inflation is a serious issue in a number of countries on the continent.

A tour of Europe to find out what issues concern Europeans at the moment with Inflation top of the list.

Inflation in Europe

The catastrophic train crash at Larissa in February 2023 provoked angry protests against the Greek government. Is this accident a symptom of a deeper problems?

Is Greece in a Permanent Crisis?

In Leicester, England, the Unglamorous Music Project aims to get older women, in their sixties and seventies, into playing music. They have 66 days to learn an instrument, write a song and perform in public.

ARTE Info Plus

In Leicester, England, the Unglamorous Music Project aims to get older women, in their sixties and seventies, into playing music.

Granny Punk in Leicester

2022 was the hottest year on record as the effects of climate change becomes increasingly clear. With water resources becoming scarcer, how do we adapt to more severe drought?

With water resources becoming scarcer, how do we adapt to more severe drought?

Drought: How Do We Adapt?

With the collapse of the American Silicon Valley Bank and Crédit Suisse needing to be saved, are we heading towards a new banking crisis?

With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Crédit Suisse needing to be saved, are we heading towards a new banking crisis?

A New Banking Crisis?

All over Europe, prices are rising with rampant inflation. At the border bazaar in Łęknica, Poland  this is not the case: Local stalls and shops have to keep prices low so as not to scare off German customers - the main buyers who cross the border looking for bargains. But low prices are not without consequences in a country where inflation is one of the highest in Europe. How do you make money, live with dignity and not lose customers in the process?

All over Europe, prices are rising with rampant inflation but at the border bazaar in Łęknica, Poland  this is not the case.

Polish Border Bazaars

The new Windsor agreement between the EU and the UK is hoped to improve relations and solve the Northern Ireland issue.

The new agreement between the EU and the UK is hoped to improve relations and solve the Northern Ireland issue.

Northern Ireland: Windsor Agreement

The Irish republic has opened the archives on a dark period in the nation’s past. Forced adoptions, organised by the Catholic Church, for simply being born to unmarried mothers.

Forced Adoptions: Ireland Opens the Archives

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