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French artist Jaybo Monk lives and works in Berlin, where he dedicates himself to urban art. He supports the project "I-wish-you-sun" which helps the visually impaired. The German filmmaker Pepe Danquart filmed it during one of his visits to the Dhakar Ophthalmological Center in Bangladesh.

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French artist Jaybo Monk lives and works in Berlin, where he dedicates himself to urban art and to supporting a charity for the blind

With May the 9th Europe Day, Karambolage asks what Europeans living in France and Germany miss from their home countries.

European Expats in France and Germany

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Yes, there are young people under 30 who have decided to leave social media behind. And they aren’t that few and far between. In fact, more and more young people are deciding to ditch the likes of Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Journalist Camélia Kheiredine met with those who’ve made the choice to turn their backs on these virtual worlds.

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Journalist Camélia Kheiredine goes on a mission to meet young people who have turned their backs on social media.

Young people without social media

When you think urban gardens and vegetable patches, you might think locally produced food and self-sufficient cities, but feeding a whole city with just a few rooftop vegetable gardens was never going to be likely. So why are more and more of them springing up? Could these green spaces also be used for education, therapy and social integration? Laetitia Limmois investigates.

This programme by France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Urban gardens are unlikely to feed a city, but could they be used for education and social integration too?

Urban Agriculture

Tattooing began as an ancient symbolic practice and has evolved into an artform, but today it can also be used to cover scars, camouflage skin conditions and even reconstruct nipples after mastectomy, allowing people to cope better with the aftermath of accidents or illness. Laetitia Limmois meets reconstructive tattoo artists and uncovers the possibilities and the risks.

This programme by France Télévisions Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Reconstructive tattooing, used to camouflage scars and reconstruct nipples, is helping people heal mentally.

The art of reconstructive tattoos

“When I sneeze, my neighbour says ‘bless you’,” Patrycia Łepkowska laughs. The 23-year-old student lives in a micro-apartment in Warsaw’s “Hong Kong” housing estate. Many of the tiny flats in this high-rise are dark and expensive. But for most tenants, there is no other alternative. This is what it’s like to live in a micro-flat.   

This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Living, cooking and showering in 17m2. A housing shortage is revolutionising Poland’s real estate market.

Poland - Living in a micro-flat

Did you know that your old jeans could become a shoe, a car part or even a brick? It's entirely possible, thanks to the recycling of textile products. France is one of Europe's pioneers when it comes to sorting and collecting clothes to give them a second life. Laetitia Limmois followed the journey of a pair of jeans being transformed into something new.

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Laetitia Limmois investigates recycling and follows the journey of a pair of jeans being given a second life.

Can recycling your clothes save the planet?

Language is an instrument of political and social domination. From ancient China to Europe, the number of words and languages one mastered were signs of belonging to an elite. Artificial intelligence is reshaping the linguistic landscape. An interview with linguist Stefanie Ullmann, machine learning specialist Omolabake Adenle, and philosopher Marc Crépon.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the linguistic landscape.

AI and Language

Bernard, Florence, Rémy, Sasha, Christine and Nicolas tell us what it’s like to live with HIV and the labels people put on them – and the ones they choose for themselves.

This programme by France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Six people living with HIV tell us about the labels people put on them, and the ones they choose themselves.

Living Positively

France’s Collages Féminicides movement is using public spaces as a forum to speak out against violence against women, whether sexual or domestic. Plastering the walls of cities with their messages, the movement has gone from strength to strength since 2020, expanding to call out sexism, racism and discrimination. Our journalist Laetitia Limmois meets with the group’s activists.

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

France's Collages Féminicides movement is using public spaces to speak out against violence against women.

Femicide collages: using public spaces to speak out

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In Groß-Umstadt, a small town in the Oberwald region of central Germany, a community of Portuguese workers arrived in the 1960s. Legend has it that a young Portuguese man was travelling through the area in 1962 when his motorbike broke down… and he never left, becoming the first Portuguese person to settle there. This documentary looks at the immigrant story between Portugal and Germany.

The story of post-war Portuguese migration to the small town of Groß-Umstadt in central Germany.

The First Portuguese in a German Town

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

In April 1974, left-wing factions in the Portuguese military staged a coup against the authoritarian regime which had been in power for half a century. The uprising was largely peaceful and went down in history as the Carnation Revolution. But the path to a democratic Portugal was not easy and not without obstacles.

Carnations against Dictatorship

On the night of 24 April 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the Salazar dictatorship, paving the way for a democratic Portugal.

Portugal

A joyous return to the stage for Zach Condon and his European folk-focussed indie project Beirut. This is music as imagined landscape, a romantic sweep of Europe's past through the eyes of an American troubadour. From his Balkan-tinged debut in 2006, through a bohemian France dreamed up on 2007's The Flying Cup Club and on towards the Dutch and Mexican influences of his later material, Beirut is clearly the work of a singular vision while remaining hauntingly familiar, a half-remembered dream of a past life. Latest album Hadsel was inspired by a short time spent exiled in northern Norway, an emotional return to form released in 2023.

Live in Berlin's Tempodrom

After some time in the wilderness, Zach Condon leads his romantic indie-folk project to a triumphant return to the stage.

Beirut

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.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

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

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Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

In 2022, Salman Rushdie narrowly survived an assassination attempt by an Islamic extremist. This year's winner of the German Publishers' Peace Prize at the Frankfurt Book Fair, we interview the acclaimed writer in New York. Also in the programme: Russian journalist Elena Kostyutchenko, Slovenian authors Pia Prezelj and Suzana Tratnik, and a focus on the graphic novel “Woman, Life, Freedom" by Marjane Satrapi.

Salman Rushdie and Freedom of Speech

Interview in New York with the acclaimed British writer, this year's winner of the German Publishers' Peace Prize.

Twist

On 1 May 2004, the European Union welcomed ten new members, including eight countries from Central and Eastern Europe. This massive enlargement changed overnight the dynamics of the EU. Twenty years on, how has this enlargement in the East shaped the new member states and the EU as a whole?

EU enlargement into eastern Europe was a major geopolitical moment in 2004. A focus on the European Union's biggest decision and its consequences.

EU Enlargement: Twenty Years On

When Mark Zuckerberg launched the metaverse it was going to revolutionise our lives. Except it didn’t. How Zuck made the embodied internet so uninspiring.

Nothing Else Metas

The metaverse was supposed to revolutionise our lives. Except it didn’t. And it was really uninspiring.

Super Fails

Swiss journalist Yves Kugelmann travels with philosopher Lea Ypi to her home country, Albania. She grew up in the coastal city of Durres. In this place laden with memory, they reflect on "freedom" in philosophy, history, and politics.

In Conversation with Lea Ypi

Lea Ypi reflects both personally and philosophically on what it means to be "free".

Deep Thought

Sacred music meets the theatricality of opera in Handel's oratorio Messiah, here conducted by Laurence Equilbey and performed by the Insula Orchestra, Polish artist Jakub Józef Orliński and the Chœurs accentus at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival

Laurence Equilbey conducts Handel's "Messiah" at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Handel's Messiah

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs. An invitation to discover a beautiful land in the heart of Europe.

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs.

Surprising Slovakia

Costa Rica is unique with an abundance of ecosystems, rich in flora and fauna. Thanks to a proactive and innovative ecological policy, it is today one of the few countries in the world to see its forest cover grow significantly year on year. This documentary is a journey into the heart of a true sanctuary of biodiversity.

A Sanctuary of Biodiversity

Costa Rica is unique with an abundance of ecosystem rich in flora and fauna. This documentary is a journey into the heart of a true sanctuary of biodiversity.

Wild Costa Rica

A major luxury brand equipping children with BDSM teddies in its new collection? Not a good idea.

Balenciaga

Last month, saw the hottest March on record reminding us that the race against the clock to prevent climate catastophe rages on. But is Europe doing enough to stave off a deepening climate crisis? This ARTE Europe Weekly, we go to Europe's top courtrooms where legal battles are changing the course of climate change.

Climate protection is now a human right

Climate inaction violates human rights according to a top EU court. But how seriously is Europe taking the climate crisis?

ARTE Europe Weekly

A quiet corner of northern Europe is the epicentre of a violent world of gangs and traffickers. With drugs flooding in, Europe is on course to become the world’s biggest cocaine market. The Mocro Maffia is just one of the powerful criminal networks operating in the Netherlands, northern France and Belgium that is behind a trail of addiction, money and contract killings. In this episode we dive into Europe’s drug trade.

The underground world of Europe’s drug trade

A secretive Moroccan mafia organisation is behind a new influx of cocaine flowing through Europe’s ports.

In north-east Honduras, a team of archaeologists is unearthing the remains of a lost pre-Hispanic culture. This documentary looks at their discoveries and how important they are in revealing the history of pre-Colombian central American civilisations.

In north-east Honduras, a team of archaeologists is unearthing the remains of a lost pre-Hispanic culture

Honduras - A Vanished World

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

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

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

After the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, which brought the ten-year transition to democracy in Myanmar to an abrupt end, thousands of young urbanites, both men and women, gave up their lives to join the resistance against the junta.

Myanmar: The Rebel Army

After the coup d'état in February 2021, thousands of young urbanites gave up their city lives to join the resistance.

It's 2021, you're sitting in front of your PS4, the download is almost complete. And it's finally here: Cyberpunk 2077. Only 10 years in development by a renowned studio, incredible promises and 8 million pre-orders. What could possibly go wrong...?

The Worst Release in Gaming History

Only 10 years in development by a renowned studio, incredible promises and 8 million pre-orders. What could possibly go wrong...?

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