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The Apis bulls were revered as sacred animals in Ancient Egypt and buried at Sakkara, a vast necropolis in the desert close to present-day Cairo. In 1851, the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette discovered the underground sanctuary and under his direction, dozens of artefacts from the burial chambers were brought to light. Today a Franco-Egyptian team of archeologists are digging again at the site to try to uncover more of its secrets and to get to the bottom of the mysterious bull cult of the time of the Pharaohs.

Apis bulls were revered as sacred animals in Ancient Egypt and buried at Sakkara, a vast necropolis in the desert close to present-day Cairo. 

Egypt - Tomb of the Sacred Bulls

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Emmanuel Macron heads to China in an attempt to woo Xi Jinping and make him use his influence with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. The four-day work week is gaining traction across Europe, although it’s not always easy to roll out. Lastly, we go to Ghana, where a creative designer is upcycling second-hand clothing from Europe that would otherwise end up in landfill.


China: What is Europe’s strategy?

A snappy roundup of what's on Europeans' minds, every weekend.

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Pour Picasso Dance, huit chorégraphes contemporains aux sensibilités et aux nationalités diverses s'emparent de l'héritage artistique et humain de Pablo Picasso. Une façon pour chacune et chacun d'exprimer une réflexion très personnelle sur sa relation avec le peintre andalou.

ARTE invites eight choreographers to create a dialogue through dance with the Spanish artist’s works.

Picasso Dance

After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda. An autobiographical film by pioneer director Márta Mészáros.

Classic Hungarian Cinema

The ghost of the Soviet Union haunts young Juli when she returns to her native Budapest.

Diary for My Children

Established by Mao Zedong in the 1940s, China’s concentration camp system has committed 50 million people, intellectuals, workers, students, peasants, to a life of hell over the last eighty years, with 20 million deaths. Not dissimilar to the Soviet Gulag, this cruel system of oppression was intended to bring about a ‘thought reform’ in the prisoners.
Survivors of the Laogai system, now living in exile, tell their story in this in depth documentary.

Laogai: The Chinese Gulag

Established in the 1940s, China’s laogai camp system has committed 50 million people to a life of hell.

China’s Concentration Camps

The cedar forests in the mountains of Lebanon are both a symbol of the nation and an important natural environment. But the ancient forests are threatened by climate change as well as illegal logging, in a country that is experiencing and unprecedented crisis.

Lebanon Without Cedars

Lebanon's famous cedar forests are under threat from climate change and illegal logging.

ARTE Reportage

Since 24 February 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, several million refugees have already been taken in by Poles. In the Lublin region, near the Bug River, which marks the border with Ukraine and Belarus, farmers, shopkeepers, a photographer and a teacher tell how their daily lives have been transformed by the outbreak of this war.

Since the Russian invasion began on 24 February 2022, several million refugees have been taken in by the Polish people. 

Polish Solidarity on the Ukrainian Border

At the heart of the concert is Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross. Vladimir Jurowski also conducts the premiere of six short orchestral pieces, all by composers from countries that are currently experiencing violence and oppression, such as Ukraine, Belarus and Iran.

Vladimir Jurowski Conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Russian conductor leads a concert dedicated to all the victims of war and oppression around the world.

Concert Against War and Opression

Peter Szabo is a pepper producer in Hungary, dried to make the famous Hungarian paprika. The ancestral know-how and passion for paprika was handed down to him from his parents and grand-parents. But in today’s globalised world with competition from China and labour shortages at home, the future for small pepper producers in Hungary looks difficult.

With competition from China and labour shortages at home, the future for small pepper producers in Hungary looks difficult.

Re: Hungarian Paprika in Danger

Down with sexual diktats! Writers and broadcasters Ovidie and Sophie-Marie Larrouy examine prejudice and taboos around sex with humour and intelligence and encourage women to have it when they want, how they want, and most of all, if they want.

New episodes.

Down with sexual diktats! New episodes of the funny feminist series about sexual politics.

Liberated!

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 2,500 documents were leaked from Prigozhin’s servers by anti-Putin hackers, shedding light on this secretive group of mercenaries, a key element in the war in Ukraine.

Data Sources

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 

The Prigozhin Papers

A coming together of nations in peaceful competition, respect and harmony? Or a ruthless geopolitical tussle for the top spot where doping becomes the norm? A history of the Olympic games in 5 minutes.

Stories of Conflict

A coming together of nations...Or a ruthless geopolitical tussle where doping becomes the norm? 

The Olympic Games

In Berlin, it all started with a DIY enthusiast who helped her neighbours with small jobs. Now the Driller Queens offer their carpentry, painting and other handiwork skills professionally. They want to bring a breath of fresh air into a sector dominated by men.

With their carpentry, painting and other handiwork services, the Driller Queens of Berlin want to bring a breath of fresh air into a sector dominated by men.

Re: Driller Queens of Berlin

Many governments and organisations are wary of their employers using the social media TikTok. Does the Chinese company really serve Xi Jinping’s regime?

TikTok is being banned by governments everywhere. Is the Chinese threat real?

TikTok: A Chinese Threat?

Highly influential indie rockers from Boston, famous for such tracks as Debaser and Where is my mind perform in Paris as part of a European tour for their latest album Doggerel.

The legendary indie rockers perform in Paris as part of their European tour.

Pixies - Live at the Paris Olympia

A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Water

 A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Good News From Our Planet

Between 1911 and 1913, a pop phenomenon revolutionised the French publishing world: Fantomas, a series of pulp novels about a terrifying villain who committed spectacular and obscene crimes. A thoroughly modern criminal, the books were adapted into silent movies and in the 1960s into comedies that were hugely popular in France. But what really lies behind the mask of cinema's very first villain?

A Thoroughly Modern Villain

Between 1911 and 1913, a pop phenomenon revolutionised the French publishing world: Fantomas, a series of pulp novels about a terrifying villain who committed spectacular and obscene crimes.

Fantômas

Music director of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru takes his musicians on a tour of his homeland, Romania. A tour stopping in Timişoara, his hometown. On the programme: The Piano Concerto No. 2 by Johannes Brahms with soloist Simon Trpčeski.

Brahms in Romania

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne perform Brahms and Klaus Lang in Romania.

Cristian Mācelaru Live in Timişoara

Daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis struggled to emerge from her parents' shadow. But after making her Hollywood in debut in the genre-defining slash horror, Halloween, Curtis has pursued a singular career of great breadth and variety. Famous for comedy and serious roles, sitcoms as well as feature films, Jamie Lee Curtis has trodden her own path in a career spanning four decades.

Daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis has just won her first Oscar.

Jamie Lee Curtis

In El Salvador, gangs have terrorised the country for decades. But when Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, becoming the youngest head of state in Latin America, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

El Salvador: The coolest dictator in the world?

When Nayib Bukelewa was elected president in 2019, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

A look at working people's struggle for rights and better conditions from the 18th century to the present day.

A look at working people's struggle for rights and better conditions, from the 18th century to the present day.

The Workers' Movement

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In the beginning there was Billy Graham. In the midst of the Cold War, the US preacher established himself at the ‘pope’ of the evangelicals - a conservative Christian movement that aims to expand the social influence of religion in society. His great crusade was then appropriated by a powerful political-religious lobby in the following decades.

The Great Crusade

In the midst of the Cold War, Billy Graham spearheaded a conservative Christian movement that wanted to align society with strict religious belief.

Evangelicals for World Domination

Beijing is increasingly flexing its muscles over Taiwan, which they view as a rebel province, and want the Taiwanese to rejoin China.How do experts understand the situation in Taiwan? Is a de-escalation of the conflict still possible? And how real is the danger of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan?

As Beijing increasingly threatens Taiwan, how real is the danger of a Chinese invasion there?

Taiwan - Fear of a Chinese Invasion

In the early 1990s a book was released that caused heated debate amongst critics and the public. Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho was the US author's third novel and told the story of a 1980s New York trader with a penchant for extreme violence. This films focuses on a cult hit, that was the making of Ellis, exploring what it reveals about contemporary American society.

Bret Easton Ellis's America

Killer, Trader and Psychopath

50 years after his death, Pablo Picasso is still revered as the most famous and most critically acclaimed twentieth century artist.  How did he become a 20th century icon?

50 years after his death, Pablo Picasso is still revered by critics and the public. How did he become a 20th century icon?

Picasso- Beyond the Myth

Living through the brutal destruction of Mariupol or the massacre in Bucha has left mental scars in the Ukrainian population. Tracks East meets young people who are rebuilding their lives post-trauma, many using their passions to overcome their bad experiences.

The War Inside

Tracks East meets young people in Ukraine who are rebuilding their lives after traumatic war-time experiences. 

Tracks East

Director Krzysztof Warlikowski and conductor Pierre Dumoussaud revisit Hamlet, Ambroise Thomas’ romantic masterpiece, on the stage of the Opéra Bastille. Featuring Ludovic Tézier in the title role.

Opéra Bastille, Paris

Ambroise Thomas’ romantic masterpiece, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, at the Opéra Bastille.

Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet

Berlin: 27 February 1933. Witnesses see the German parliament become engulfed by flames soon after nine o’clock in the evening. This event was a pivotal moment in the rise of the Nazi dictatorship and the true authors of this act of arson remain shrouded in mystery. This meticulous documentary attempts to answer the question: Who really burned down democracy?

When Democracy Burned Down

90 years ago the German parliament burned down. But who were the real culprits? An in-depth investigation.

The Reichstag Fire

A reinterpretation of Mozart’s famous opera, based on Beaumarchais’ play, entrusted to director Barrie Kosky and conductor Philippe Jordan. A near-live broadcast from the Vienna State Opera.

Vienna State Opera

A reinterpretation of Mozart’s famous opera entrusted to director Barrie Kosky and conductor Philippe Jordan.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

Daniel Brühl is perhaps Germany’s most famous actor, starring in films such as Goodbye Lenin and Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Often seen as the eternal nice guy, he has also played a darker range of characters in a number of languages. Portrait of a surprising and versatile actor.

A European in Hollywood

Star of Goodbye Lenin, the nice guy of German cinema has also played a range of darker characters.  

Daniel Brühl

The famous bust of Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti is on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin. But why is the priceless artefact not in Egypt where it was discovered in 1913?

Why is the priceless artefact not displayed in Egypt where it was discovered in 1913? 

Nefertiti: Who Does She Belong To?

Kim Novak never dreamed of being a star, but she became one. Most famous for her enigmatic performance in Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), the Chicago-born actress never quite fitted into the Hollywood mould and wanted to do things her own way.

A Reluctant star

Kim Novak never dreamed of being a star, but she became one. 

Kim Novak

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In Barcelona rents are high and there are an estimated 20,000 squats where citizens with few other options have found refuge. Landlords sometimes use the services of private eviction companies that operate on the edge of legality to get rid of squatters. Focus on the housing crisis in Catalonia.

The Housing Crisis in Catalonia

Focus on the housing crisis in Catalonia. In Barcelona there are an estimated 20,000 squats where citizens with few other options have found refuge. 

Re: Squatting in Barcelona

In France’s coal-producing regions, locals had come to turns with the closure of the coal industry. But since the energy crisis this winter, coal power-plants are reopening as France burns fossils fuels again to the keep the lights on.

With the energy crisis this winter, France has decided to start burn fossils fuels again to the keep the lights on.

Re: French Coal Comeback

Iceland still allows controversial ‘blood farms’, where blood is extracted from pregnant mares to be used to boost reproduction in farm animals. Two animal rights campaigners from Switzerland, Sabrina Gurtner and York Ditfurth, go to Iceland to survey the extent of the practice and to prove it amounts to animal abuse.

Two swiss animal rights campaigners go undercover in Iceland to survey the controversial practice of blood letting of pregnant mares.

Re: Iceland's Blood Farms

Dragan Daničić lives in northern Kosovo, which borders Serbia and is home to a mostly Serbian population. He is a farmer that sells his produce at market in Serbia. But time and again, the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo makes reaching his customers difficult, with tight borders and customs controls.

Serbia and Kosovo’s tense relationship means that ethnic Serb Dragan can’t bring his produce to market.

Re: Tensions in Kosovo

In Serbia, many young men frequent the thousands of betting shops and gambling arcades in the country. In regions suffering from unemployment and a lack of opportunities, gambling can seem like a way out. But hope often turns into addiction, and some fall into serious debt.

Young Serbs Bet Against their Future

In Serbia, many young men develop gambling addictions with some falling into serious debt.

Re: Gambling Generation

Beata Moskal-Slaniewska is the mayor of Świdnica in south-west Poland and opposed to the country’s right-wing government. Supported by her deputy Szymon Chojnowsk, who recently publicly revealed his homosexuality, she is striving to advance democracy and tolerance.

Beata Moskal-Slaniewska is the mayor of Świdnica in south-west Poland and opposed to the country’s right-wing government. 

Re: A Polish Mayor Fights for Tolerance

On 6 February 2023, two violent earthquakes shook Turkey and Syria. Tens of thousands of people died and millions were left homeless. In many place, people had to wait for days for any help from the state to arrive. But in the face of the emergency, people organised themselves to help those buried under the rubble. Has the Turkish state failed them?

Catastrophe of the Century

On 6 February 2023, two violent earthquakes shook Turkey and Syria. Tens of thousands of people died and millions were left homeless

Re: Earthquake in Turkey

In Germany, a quarter of 18-24 year olds are at risk of poverty, making them the most vulnerable age group. The pandemic has made accessing education and getting a decent job more difficult. Focus on four young people in Germany: Aicha, Laura, Johannes and Ceyda.

The pandemic has made accessing education and getting a decent job more difficult. Focus on four young Germans in difficulty: Aicha, Laura, Johannes and Ceyda.

Re: Young and Poor in Germany

Every day in Germany, a man attempts to kill his partner or ex-partner. Austria is the only country in the European Union where more women than men murdered. How do local policies in Europe affect femicides? And why are the Spanish doing relatively better?

How Do EU Members Compare?

How do local policies in different Europe affect femicides? And why are the Spanish doing relatively better?

Re: Femicide in Europe

Iceland’s spectacular natural wonders are drawing more visitors than ever as tourism bounces back from the pandemic. But with infrastructure creaking under the strain and labour shortages, are there too many tourists for the island?

Too Many Tourists?

Iceland’s spectacular natural wonders are drawing more visitors than ever. But could there be too many tourists?

Re: Iceland Fever

The Israeli ambulance service is unique in the world. Nowhere else are there so many volunteers. They work hand in hand with qualified first aiders, like Ayrin Kabha, a Muslim who leads a team of Jewish volunteers. In this team, they have overcome the divisions that plague the country.

The Israeli ambulance service is unique in the world. Nowhere else are there so many volunteers. 

Re: Emergency in Tel Aviv

Thousands of migrants risk their lives by crossing the Evros River, the natural border between Greece and Turkey and many drown or die of hypothermia in the attempt. When bodies wash up on the riverbanks, identifying them is difficult: Forensic scientist Pavlos Pavlidis tries to find out these people’s names so that their families can be informed.

Identifying Migrants' Bodies in Greece

Forensic scientist Pavlos Pavlidis tries to identify the bodies of migrants who have perished trying to reach Europe.

Re: The Nameless Dead

In southern Italy the village of Pentedattilo is a ghost town. For forty year Rossella Aquilanti decided to live here in this abandoned paradise where she looks after a small herd of goats. Two years ago she was joined by a young Malian, Maka Tounkara, who crossed the Mediterranean in a small boat. Together they want to save the village from destruction.

An unlikely duo lives all alone in a mountain village in southern Italy. Together they want to save if from destruction.

Re: A Ghost Village in Calabria

In Turkey, tens of thousands of Syrian refugee children are living in dire conditions. Many are traumatised and scarred. Some have even lost one or more limbs. This is the case for 4-year—old Mustapha, who needs prosthetic limbs.

Syrian War Survivors in Turkey

Re: Hope for a Protheses

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

Oats are becoming increasingly popular in Europe as they are good for your health and good for the environment. ARTE takes a look at how oats are produced with a Czech farmer and a German miller.

The Trendy Cereal

Re: The Oat Makers

Russia is turning to Buryatia in Siberia to provide a steady stream of men for its war on Ukraine. Enlisted by force, many Buryats are sent to the frontline and die on the battlefield. As locals slowly turn against the war, Russian authorities crack down on any signs of dissent.

ARTE Regards

Russia conscripts Buryat men and is sending them to die on the frontline in Ukraine.

Soldiers from Siberia

Dojd was the main independent TV channel in Russia, critical of the regime. But after the invasion of Ukraine, they had to leave. Setting up in Latvia before moving on to the Netherlands, the station has not been welcomed with open arms in Europe.

When Latvia revoked the independent Russian TV channel’s licence, Dojd had to move to the Netherlands.

Re: Dojd - Russian Media in Exile

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The European Parliament voted to ban the sale of carbon-emitting petrol and diesel cars by 2035, pushing forward the transition to electric vehicles. But essential to electric vehicles are rare minerals used in the batteries: Cobalt has become highly important and as demand increases, a scramble for resources is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the world’s largest deposits are found.

The Dark Side of Electric Cars

Vital for electric car batteries, a scramble for Cobalt is happening in the DRC, where the world's largest deposits are found.

Cobalt Wars

Who is Kim Yo-jong? As tension are high between North Korea and the United States, a focus on Kim Jong-un's little sister, Kim Yo-jong, a savvy political operator whose influence in Pyongyang is growing stronger by the day.

Who is Kim Yo-jong? A focus on Kim Jong-un's little sister at a tense time in North Korea's relations with the West.

The Red Princess

Photojournalist Marie Baronnet portrays daily life for inhabitants of the frontier zone between Mexico and the United States. A subtle documentary highlighting a complex reality between two worlds, caught between loss and hope.

Photojournalist Marie Baronnet portrays daily life for inhabitants of the frontier zone between Mexico and the United States.

Amexica: Life in the Borderlands

During the Franco dictatorship and afterwards, around 300,000 babies were stolen from the mothers, sold to childless couples using forged documentation. The Catholic Church is implicated in these terrible crimes.

Franco's Spain and the Catholic Church

During the Franco dictatorship and afterwards, around 300,000 babies were stolen from their mothers and sold to childless couples using forged documentation.

Stolen Babies

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage