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Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century and Queen of Fado, Amália Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Beloved by all Portuguese people rich and poor, she became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado, this music that expresses the unique Portuguese melancholic yearning that is  Saudade.

Portugal’s most famous singer became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado.

Amália Rodrigues and the World of Fado

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The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which would have transported Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea, caused concern in Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine was particularly insistent of the risks involved. Poland and the Baltic States also repeatedly warned about Europe's dependence on Russia.

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline had been a cause for concern for Eastern states for years

Nord Stream 2: The Fears of Eastern Europe

Is Italy the cradle of populism in Europe? French professor Marc Lazar, specialist in the history and political sociology of Italy, looks at the political history of Italy.

Lessons in Geopolitics

Is Italy the cradle of populism in Europe? A focus on the political history of Italy.

Italian Populism

One hundred years ago, on February 2nd 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, years in which his family’s circumstances were very difficult, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on the literature and culture of the century to follow. 

Though Ulysses was banned initially in the US and UK, Joyce’s epic was soon celebrated as a masterpiece of modernism.

100 Years of Ulysses

Current research on genetics and artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise our world. But how is the art world engaging with the latest technology and advances in science? A focus on artists who are pushing boundaries and revealing the future.

Art, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence

Current research on genetics and artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise our world. But how is the art world engaging with the latest technology?

Visions of the Future

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Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Cleaning up the carcinogenic fibre from our ageing buildings is a colossal task and it is still being produced and sold in many countries worldwide. Unscrupulous companies turn a profit whilst people die from exposure to the harmful substance. Will we ever be rid of asbestos?

Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Will we ever be rid of the carcinogenic fibre?

Asbestos – The Never-Ending Story

At the age of 12, Enrique Pérez Guerra was sexually abused by a priest. Paralysed by shame, he thought of committing suicide. Today he is one of only a few victims in Spain who are willing to speak out about their abuse as the Catholic church in Spain still refuses to fully cooperate with investigations.

At the age of 12, Enrique Pérez Guerra was sexually abused by a priest. Paralysed by shame, he thought of committing suicide. 

Sexual Abuse in the Church

The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. But who is helped the most, ordinary Africans or the food industry?

 In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. An investigation into GM experiments in Africa.

Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

In Ittoqqortoormiit, a remote settlement on Greenland’s east coast, polar bears are a common sight. But with climate change it is harder for the bears to hunt seals, their favoured prey, so they come into town more often to look for food. Defending the town, and the wild bears, is the polar bear patrol.

In Ittoqqortoormiit, a remote settlement in Greenland, the polar bear patrol protects local people and the wild bears as well.

Greenland's Polar Bear Patrol

Nuclear energy: a clean energy for the future or a risk for humanity? As the European Union has classed nuclear as a green energy, France is building new power plants whilst Germany is decommissioning them. An in depth look at the future of atomic energy in the coming decades.

Clean energy for tomorrow or a risk for humanity? A look at the future of a controversial energy source.

The Future of Nuclear Energy

Is this a turning point in the war in Ukraine? In Russia, critics of Putin are raising their voices as the Russian military experiences setbacks and Putin meets Xi Jinping at the OCS summit.

OCS Summit: Putin and Xi Jinping

Mapping the World Essentials

At the "end of life" consultation at the public hospital in Liège (Belgium), patients tell Dr. Damas of their suffering and their wish to end their lives. A compelling and moving documentary on euthanasia.

At the "end of life" consultation at a public hospital in Belgium, patients tell Dr. Damas why they wish to end their lives. 

Closing Words

On 25 September, Italians go to the polls for an early election as the Mario Draghi government fell apart. Why does Italy have such unstable governments and what will the outcome of this latest election be?

Italy: European Champion of Instability?

Watani - My Homeland is the story of one family's struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. Having lost her husband, the mother makes the heart achingly painful decision to leave her homeland, in search of safety and a brighter future for her children. Filmed over three years, this film chronicles the family's journey from the front-line in Aleppo, to the little town of Goslar in Germany. Escaping the chaos and terror of their war torn homeland becomes a catalyst for a different kind of struggle; the struggle to understand your past and accept your present, to adapt to a new life, to hold on to hope, and the idea of belonging to a homeland.

Watani - My Homeland is the story of one family's struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. 

Watani: My Homeland

Will there be a nuclear disaster in Zaporizhia? Targeted by the Russian army since March 2022, Europe's most powerful nuclear plant is now under its control. A short tour of the world of nuclear power plants.

Zaporizhia: A Weapon of War?

India, the cradle of Hinduism and Buddhism, is a land of spirituality. Babas are healers that claim to be able to cure all many of ills by invoking higher powers. But many denounce these superstitious practices, not least The Rationalists, an organisation of 10,000 members which works make Indians aware of fake healers.

India: Healers or Charlatans?

Rationalist Indians are working to educate the population against fake healers.

GEO Reportage

80% of Sri Lanka doesn't have enough to eat due to severe shortages. The country is collapsing under the weight of a huge amount of debt it owes to China and India. In power for nearly 20 years, the Rajapaksa clan fled, threatened by its people. The political dynasty had long ignored the warnings of economists, refused IMF aid, and implemented surprising measures that have contributed to emptying state coffers and impoverished farmers. Deprived of tourism for 3 years due to the Covid pandemic, Sri Lanka is struggling to recover. We take stock with Bhavani Fonseka, Sri Lankan human rights lawyer.

Sri Lanka's state coffers are empty and many people go hungry.

Sri Lanka in Crisis

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

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In the Roman working-class neighbourhood of Centocelle, local people have been helping each other through the coronavirus crisis. 

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In the Roman working-class neighbourhood of Centocelle, local people have been helping each other through the crisis. 

Italy: Solidarity During the Crisis

In February 2020 Italy was the first European country to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In so many areas Italy seems to act as a seismograph for the rest of Europe being the first to experience to experience the earthquakes of fascism, populism and the migration crisis of recent years.

Italy: European Testing Ground

Mapping the World

 A group of migrants from Mali realised their dream of Europe did not match the reality. In Italy they were met with suspicion and exploitation. But they persevered and built independent lives as farmers and producers.

Italy: Barikama - A Migrant Cooperative

All her life, Loredana Rossi from Naples has only ever wanted one thing: to be recognised as a woman. She has fought so hard against transphobia because her experiences as a transgender person in Italy has been marked by stigmatisation, intolerance and ostracism.

All her life, Loredana Rossi from Naples has only ever wanted one thing: to be recognised as a woman. 

Re: Loredana's Fight Against Transphobia

Anti-European sentiment is rising in Italy as some Italians feel that Brussels has not done enough to help with the coronavirus pandemic. Matteo Brandi talks of an Italexit whereas others support Italy’s place in the European Union.

Anti-European sentiment is rising in Italy as some Italians feel that Brussels has not done enough to help with the coronavirus pandemic. 

Anti-European Feeling in Italy

In 6 years of service, more than 35,000 people have been saved at sea by the SOS Mediterranée humanitarian organisation. This film meets the crew on board the Ocean Viking as the ship sets out on another life-saving mission.

In 6 years of service, more than 35,000 people have been saved at sea by the SOS Mediterranée humanitarian organisation. 

Onboard with SOS Méditerranée 

In June, inflation reached a record high of 8.6% in the Eurozone with the price of some essentials soaring.

Inflation: The New Global Menace

The anti-establishment Five Star movement and the far-right Northern League won the last election in Italy and now form a coalition government. This choice seems to reveal a deep resentment towards European institutions. Why does a founding member of the European Union appear to be distancing itself from common European ideals? A debate chaired by Annette Gerlach.

Square Salon

Europe: Divorce Italian Style

Italy at Election Time

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La Nouvelle Vague is the cinephile movement for cinephiles. If you missed the boat: at the turn of the 1950s, Truffaut, Chabrol, Godard, Rivette, Rohmer and others revolutionised French cinema. 

Tribute to Godard 

As Jean-Luc Godard passes away, a look at the French New Wave that was the cinephile movement for cinephiles.

The French New Wave

Born in Rome, she found success in Paris as a fashion designer to rival Coco Chanel. For designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), fashion had to be artistic.

Fashion as Art

Elsa Schiaparelli

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

Tracks East

Since 1945 the democracies of Europe have lived in peace. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine has shattered our ideas of peace. Can we still dream of paradise and a future free of violence? Twist explores these ideas in Berlin and at the Venice Biennale.

Paradise Lost?

Can we still dream of paradise in our turbulent era? Twist explores promised lands in art.

Twist

More than 10 million people in the world are behind bars with half of the world's prison population in Russian, Chinese or American jails. In the United States, where the prison population has risen sharply in recent decades. Artists are sounding the alarm: Jay Z, Denzel Curry and Meek Mill are calling for judicial reform.

Tracks

With more than 10 million people in the world behind bars, artists are calling for judicial reform.

Planet Prison

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

Be a Man! - But How?

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Streetphilosophy's Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

Streetphilosophy

Have you ever wondered why pop songs sometimes sound a little too familiar? Welcome to the world of pop-recycling where borrowing, sampling and interpolation are the order of the day. Featuring interviews with Placebo, Ed Sheeran, Charlie XCX and Lauv.

Pop Music: The Great Recycling Business

Have you ever wondered why pop songs sometimes sound a little too familiar? Welcome to the world of pop-recycling. Featuring interviews with Placebo, Ed Sheeran, Charlie XCX and Lauv.

Tracks: Songwriting Special

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism. Her high profile fans include Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Angelina Jolie.

Gymnastics

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

Ayn Rand, Capitalism Guru

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Fati didn't want to go to Europe, it was her husband's dream. Unemployed, the TV repairman left their village in Ghana to try to make it to Europe, but didn't make it any further than Libya. He was arrested in Tripoli, and asked Fati to join him. She went, and when she fell pregnant, the couple decided to make one last bid at reaching the West. They made it to Italy and were sent to a migrant camp. It was there that Fati broke. She asked to be repatriated. But she paid a heavy price: her husband divorced her, and her community considers her a failure.

Fati's Choice

After several months in Italy in a migrant camp, a young Ghanaian mother decided to return home

Generation Africa

Mary Monday is a journalist for a Ugandan radio station. With only her cell phone and a portable solar-powered charger, she records, edits and reports on the life stories of the refugees in Uganda's largest camp.

Mary works for a Ugandan radio station. She reports on the life of the refugees in the largest camp in Uganda.

Mary Monday's Radio

Manuela is smart and enthusiastic at school, but sad at home. She's eleven years old and preparing her first school certificate. She lives in Edéa, Cameroon, with her grandparents who do not understand why their granddaughter is unhappy when she wants for almost nothing. Except for her parents. They left when she was just four years old, to go work in Italy. Even if she understands it was for the sake of her future, Manuela still keenly feels their abandonment.

Njel and The Separation

Manuela's parents left her behind to find jobs in Europe, and the 11 year old is heartbroken by their absence

"I was 5. I was 13. I was 16." Originally from Fana, Mali, Mariam was sexually abused by a neighbour, then by her brother-in-law, and first cousin. During the last attack she tried to fight off her abuser, and her shoulder was injured. Dancing awakens the old pain in her shoulder and reminds her of the assault: but dancing is also how she reclaims her body for herself. Pregnant with her first child, she takes part in a workshop during which, with the support of the supervising choreographer and the other dancers, she reckons with her painful past.

Stay Upright

How an abuse survivor in Burkina Faso uses dance to heal herself

In Valencia, Spain, Ouloulou, Baldé and Doucouré, three young migrants from West Africa, speak daily to their marabout, who tells them the rituals to follow to obtain legal residency status. Meanwhile, in Mali, Bakary is preparing for the second time to reach Europe, also following the recommendations of his marabout.

In Valencia, Spain, three young migrants from West Africa talk daily to their marabout.

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Paabi, 23, returned from Libya after his second attempt to make it to Europe. He's now trying to get 1,000 euros from a local NGO to invest in his own business - but by eschewing the rules. 

Paabi, 23, returned from Libya after trying to make it to Europe for the second time.

The Price to Stay

"People tell stories, but when it comes to theirs, they either lose their memory or decide to shut up." Born in 1994 in the Democratic Republic of Congo,  Akili Nadege had to leave her homeland for Rwanda, and then Burundi. She's suffered prison, torture, a murdered father and a torn homeland, and suffered isolation and loneliness. In this intimate documentary essay, the director Claudine Ndimbira had the young woman tell her testimony through a group of readers. These men and women who know neither Akili nor her past, but they will develop with her, over the course of reading her story, a deep bond of empathy.

Lend Me Your Voice

A choir of strangers tells the difficult testimony of a young Congolese refugee

Mahad was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, known for its Little Mogadishu, in the Eastleigh district. This colorful district is actually the second largest Somali city in the world. Mahad and his friends are called “Somali Sijui”, literally “the Somalis who don't know”. They are Somalis who are as much Kenyan as they are Somali, in search of their roots and identity in the cultural melting pot of Nairobi.

Almost Somali

In Nairobi, a popular social media content creator is working on films about the Somali identity

In southeast Nigeria, Mercy hopes to join her fiancé, who lives in Dubai. But the marriage negotiations between the two families over how big her dowry should be create tensions and put her dream future with her fiancé in Dubai on the line. 

In southeast Nigeria, Mercy hopes to join her fiancé, who lives in Dubai.

Ime Ego, The Bride Price

Adama and Awa, twin sisters, are trying to track down their father, a Burkinabè who left them in Senegal when they were children. Their journey takes them to Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso, in search of the other families he abandoned along the way.

Twin sisters Adama and Awa are trying to track down their father, who left them when they were small.

Footsteps of a Migrant

In central Benin, during the dry season, which is becoming increasingly harsh due to climate change, herders migrate en masse with their livestock. As this period approaches, herder Boube, worries about conflicts with farmers over water and space.

Leave to Live

In the footsteps of the Mauritanian traffickers who organise crossing to take west Africans to Europe. Are they helping these people on a dangerous journey or are they the heirs of the slave traders of the 16th century, at the time of the transatlantic slave trade?

Business as Usual

In the footsteps of the Mauritanian traffickers who organise crossing to take west Africans to Europe.

A special season of documentaries by African directors.

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After fifteen years with the White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White started his solo career in 2012. 2022 marks a milestone for the Detroit-born artist with the release of two new albums: Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive. White is live in Paris at the legendary venue, the Olympia.

The White Stripes star is live in Paris to perform his two latest albums: Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive.

Jack White at the Paris Olympia

Who are we? And how do we want to live? Streetphilosophy looks for answers to life's big question on the streets of Berlin.

Looking at the influential bands that have written the most important chapters in the history of popular music.  

Rock Legends

Journalist Pierre Girard takes us to meet farmers from all over Europe who offer surprising, new or very old methods to take care of the earth, and tackle environmental problems... at the root.

How to Save the Earth

A tour of Europe in five episodes, meeting farmers who take care of the land.

Roots

Pigs, considered food by millions, are proven to be at least as intelligent as dogs and demonstrably as curious as people. Who We Eat explores why some animals are considered whats... and others - like dogs and cats - are considered whos. 

Who We Eat explores why some animals are considered whats... and others - like dogs and cats - are considered whos.

Who We Eat

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

All the highlights from Europe's biggest metal festival.

Hellfest

At Lviv station, a convoy prepares to make its way to Kyiv. The driver in his cabin, is at the front of the train. In the other cars are volunteers and men going into battle. Without even picking up a gun, Evgeni, a train driver, is now on the de facto front line.

Ukraine: Keeping the Trains Running

Without even picking up a gun, Evgeni, a train driver, is now on the de facto front line

Russian artists have two choices: silence, or exile. There's been a mass creative exodus in recent weeks, including Russian rap stars like Face and Oxxxymiron. Art rockers IC3PEAK post protest videos that would get them arrested in Russia. TikTok star Nikita Sass bravely continues to post his opinion and stays. Few dare to do that.

How Russian artists are reacting to the war in Ukraine.

Cultural Resistance

A poisoned lake in Romania, carcinogenic mud in the south of France or radioactive wolves roaming the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Toxic Tour takes you to six places where beauty and ecological devastation go hand in hand.

Toxic Tour takes you to six places in Europe where beauty and ecological devastation go hand in hand.

Toxic Tour

Discover Pete Doherty and Frédéric Lo’s very first concert together. An intimate moment recorded in the Normandy coastal town of Etretat in the house where their new album The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime was created.

Discover Peter Doherty and Frédéric Lo’s new album from the house on the Normandy coast where it was written.

Peter Doherty & Lo : The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime

Places of learning, universities also have another role: to affirm the status of their countries and guarantee their cultural influence. Since the advent of global league tables, the struggle between universities vying for prestige has only intensified; especially between East and West.

Soft Power - Universities at War

Since the advent of global league tables, the struggle between universities vying for prestige has only intensified

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Europe is energy dependent on Russia, paying 750 million euros every day for Russian oil and gas which indirectly finances the war in Ukraine. A spotlight on two alternative producer countries: Algeria and Venezuela.

Alternatives to Russian Oil and Gas

Long considered clean and inexpensive, nuclear energy raises a major problem: radioactive waste. It must be buried underground for at least a million years, or forever. But our civilisation won't be around forever. How can we warn our distant descendants of the risk of nuclear waste sites? What pictograms could warn them against the toxic gift we leave them?

How can we warn our distant descendants of the risk of nuclear waste sites?

Nuclear Waste

Today every nation wants their very own nuclear programme. The Islamic Republic of Iran claimed to be developing nuclear energy for peaceful means whereas many Western nations thought otherwise. However, everything was running smoothly until a certain American president came along.

Iran's Nuclear Programme

Today every nation wants their very own nuclear programme. The Islamic Republic of Iran claimed to be developing nuclear energy for peaceful means whereas many Western nations thought otherwise. 