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<p>Is Instagram irresistible for you? The app was made that way to appeal to your basic need for social validation.</p>

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Is Instagram irresistible for you? The app was made that way to appeal to your basic need for social validation.

Anas is a professional boxer. He lives in a neighbourhood riddled by drugs and petty crime, in the German city of Aachen. Boxing is not only his passion, it’s what he wants to make a living from. It’s a double-edged struggle, both athletically and financially. And then there’s his family, who he wants to make proud.

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.

Marcel Nadim Aburakia’s portrait of a boxer from Aachen, Germany.

Hard Life – I box to make my family proud

Patrick looks back at the circumstances that caused the painful separation between him and his brothers 15 years ago, when he reported his parents to child protection services for abuse and neglect. Now the 23-year-old is doing everything he can to look after his brothers, a promise he made to his deceased mother. But as Patrick juggles these responsibilities, he must stay strong himself.  
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 and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

The promise

Patrick recalls how he and his brothers were separated after he reported his parents to child protection 15 years ago.  

Brothers (1/3)

Patrick hosts his younger brother Jean-Marc, who is 22, in Paris for a weekend. Back in Alsace where Jean-Marc lives, he’s working hard to make his dream come true and find full-time work as an educator, just like his brother. A sensitive soul, he talks about the trust and love that Patrick gives him, something his foster family was never able to provide.

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 and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Getting by

Patrick hosts his 22-year-old brother Jean-Marc, who now lives in Alsace, in Paris for a weekend.

Brothers (2/3)

Gabriel the “ghost” finally reaches out and joins his three brothers in their hometown, Strasbourg, where Patrick has rented a flat. To celebrate his 25th birthday, he has decided to call a reunion in the hope of creating new shared memories together. Emotions are high as they speak openly about their relationship to their mother and the flaws that burden each of them individually.
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 and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

The reunion

To celebrate his birthday, Patrick rents a flat in Alsace and invites his brothers for an emotional reunion.

Brothers (3/3)

It’s not always easy to escape the setting we’re born into. It definitely wasn’t easy for Mikael, AKA Doctor Rafiq, who expresses the precarity of his situation through his lyrics. His dream is to one day become a successful rapper, rather than spend his time hanging in the park with his friends.
This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SSR SRG and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Portrait of a young rapper from Dortmund, Germany.

Hard Life – I dream of a career as a rapper

As a professional athlete, Nantenin has had to prove that neither her albinism nor visual impairment have gotten in the way of her dreams. Both have confronted her with challenges and discrimination, but neither have stopped her in her tracks. With Paralympic gold to boot, Nantenin’s journey has become a symbol of hope for many disabled athletes.


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 and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Nantenin Keita

Nantenin has had to prove that neither her albinism nor visual impairment have gotten in the way of her athletic dreams.

Equals!

Sandra went from Olympic champion in 1996 to boss of an IT company in 2021. For decades, she was uncomfortable in her own skin. But at age 45, she dared to break free from the gaze of others and accepted her identity as a trans woman. Today, she is living proof that it’s never too late to become who we always knew we were.

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 and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Sandra Forgues

Olympic champion Sandra spent decades uneasy in her skin, but now she has cast aside the gaze of others and embraced her trans identity.

For many transgender people, the sex they were assigned at birth does not match their gender identity. This is the story of Andrea von Aesch, who was born a boy but always felt she was a girl. For her, what makes up a person’s identity is their soul, not their body.

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

Trans people in Switzerland

Transgender people navigate the ups and downs of their gender identity in a world where being cisgender is still considered the norm.

The gender of the soul - Episode 1

For many transgender people, the sex they were assigned at birth does not match their gender identity. In Switzerland, if a man or woman decides to transition, many lose their job as a consequence, according to a survey carried out by the country’s Transgender Network (TGNS). Suicide rates among trans people are much higher than for the rest of the population as a whole.

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

The gender of the soul - Episode 2

Adelina Tërshani is a young activist fighting for the independence of women in Kosovo. Lendi Mustafa is a trans man who has struggled to be accepted by his community. They explain their struggles and ambitions. 

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

I am a human being!

In Kosovo, being a feminist or LBGT activist is tough. But Adelina and Lendi refuse to give up

Çohu - Stand up! (1/3)

Adelina Tërshani is a young activist fighting for the independence of women in Kosovo. Lendi Mustafa is a trans man who has struggled to be accepted by his community. They explain their struggles and ambitions.

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

We march, we do not celebrate!

Meet these two young activists fighting for equality and tolerance in Kosovo

Çohu - Stand up! (2/3)

Adelina, a young feminist activist based in Kosovo, has to deal with street harassment on a daily basis. She dresses carefully so as to minimise the attention she attracts. Lendi meanwhile, a trans man fighting for social acceptance in this conservative society, has decided to undergo a sex change. 

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

Come outside!

Adelina, a young feminist activist based in Kosovo, has to deal with street harassment on a daily basis

Çohu - Stand up! (3/3)

Michele lives and studies in London. They've been dreaming of working in fashion since they were a child, and they are now a gender fluid model at an agency. Born a man, Michele feels they are a third sex. 

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

Born a man, Michele feels they are a third sex

I am a Mermaid

In London, soaring rents and property prices have boosted people's interest in houseboats. But as the demand for floating homes increases, mooring spaces are becoming scarcer. Barge owners are determined not to let this happen.

Affordable housing that floats?

In London, soaring rents and property prices have boosted people's interest in houseboats. But this new trend hasn't come without problems of its own... 

Re: A Houseboat in London

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 is a 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.

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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

Are you spending hours of your day swiping left and right on Tinder? It’s normal as the app was created to be addictive by activating dopamine in your brain with every swipe drawing you in further.

Tinder

Are you spending hours of your day swiping left and right on Tinder? It’s normal as the app was created to be addictive by activating dopamine in your brain with every swipe drawing you in further…

Dopamine (1/8)

Facebook is addictive. Taking advantage of our basic human instinct to socialise, the social network harvests unimaginably large amounts of personal data while never quite fulfilling our thirst for social validation.

Facebook

Dopamine (2/8)

Are you wasting hours on Candy Crush when you really should be working? Appealing to our inner sense of order, the video game that millions play on their smartphones is built to draw you in with some clever sales techniques.

Candy Crush

Dopamine (3/8)

With sophisticated algorithms using deep learning, Youtube offers users irresistible video recommendations that become ever more sensationalist or even conspiratorial.

YouTube

Dopamine (5/8)

Snapchat is so much fun you can’t stop yourself from getting addicted. Using the universal concept of giving and receiving gifts to keep us interacting, the messaging app gnaws its way into our lives.

Snapchat

Dopamine (6/8)

You’ve made a decision to become an Uber driver hoping to make some money and be your own boss. But with Uber's clever use of nudge theory, the reality isn’t quite what you hoped for.

Uber

Dopamine (7/8)

Do you constantly check twitter on your smartphone for the latest tweets? Preying on our fear of missing out (fomo), Twitter has harnessed our natural anxiety to make…. a lot of money.

Twitter

Dopamine (8/8)

The many faces of Europe - The European Collection

Some people embrace a multicultural society with open arms while others are fearful and want to build walls. Why does our behaviour change when we meet strangers? Reflections on difference, belonging and foreignness.

Face What’s Foreign to You!

Why does our behaviour change when we meet strangers? Reflections on difference, belonging and foreignness.

Streetphilosophy

Meet Olivier Latry, the organist of the famous Notre-Dame in Paris: one of the most prestigious organist gigs in the world. Join him on an exciting musical and historical journey to the heart of the organ.

Meet Olivier Latry, the organist of the famous Notre-Dame in Paris

The Organ of Notre Dame

We tie knots every day without a second thought, but it's all about context. Tying your shoelaces is nothing special, but that very same movement becomes charged with meaning when it is practised as part of Shibari. This Japanese art of tying someone into a tightly woven mesh of intricate knots and bindings started off as a form of punishment. But it is now a sexual fetish, and a craft, full of precision.

Bondage: The Ties That Free

The tradition of Shibari started off as a form of punishment. But it is now a sexual fetish, and a craft, full of precision.

Gymnastics

 In war it is often the children who suffer the most. Their stable home lives are destroyed and they have to flee. According to Ukrainian sources, 12,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia, the Kremlin says they have been ‘brought home’.

Children of War

How is the war in Ukraine affecting children? According to Ukrainian sources, 12,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia, the Kremlin says they have been ‘brought home’.

Tracks East

Reggae emerged in the 1960s and in 1985 Wayne Smith's Under Mi Sleng Teng revolutionised the genre. But the riddim of this famous song didn't come from the island - it was written by a Japanese woman, Okuda Hiroko, an employee at Casio.

Japanese Regqae

The riddim of the revolutionary song Under Mi Sleng Teng was created by a Casio employee from Japan. 

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. 

La Nouvelle Vague

La Nouvelle Vague is the cinephile movement for cinephiles

It will soon be a year since Russia invaded their country, but Ukrainians remain optimistic: 88% of them are convinced that within ten years their country will be a member of the European Union and will enjoy prosperity. And many Ukrainian artists, singers, inventors and entrepreneurs believe that their country should not be reduced to the role of victim. Musician Olga Osinnya meets people in Kyiv who are looking towards the future with hope.

The Day After Tomorrow

Tracks East meets people in Kyiv who are looking towards the future with hope.

Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

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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.

Ayn Rand, Capitalism Guru

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

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Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating over the breakaway region of Transnistria, an investigation on how prepared Europe is for another summer of wildfires, and a report from the Dissident Club in Paris.

Tensions in Moldova / WildFires in Europe

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating with street protests and controversy over Russian secret documents.

ARTE Europe Weekly

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants and changed the course of European history.

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants. 

The Defenestration of Prague

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.

Legendary and highly influential indie rockers perform in Paris as part of their European tour.

Pixies - Live at the Paris Olympia

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.

Concert from the European Capital of Culture 2023

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

Cristian Mācelaru in Timişoara

At once seductive and dangerous, historical myth and male fantasy, the femme fatale represents both erotic promise and a death trap to the male observer. Conceived at the end of the 19th century in the works of Gustave Moreau, Franz von Stuck and Lovis Corinth, the femme fatale was completely reinvented in the 20th century by many female artists.

Seductive and dangerous, the figure of the femme fatale in art was completely reinvented in the 20th century.

The Femme Fatale in Art

The Greek government is under intense pressure to explain how February’s tragic train accident happened. The crash has sparked widespread anti-government protests. We take a broad view of the state of gender equality across Europe and find out about a pioneering law to help menopausal women in Spain.

Greece train crash / Gender equality / Photography

Massive protests engulf Greece after a deadly train crash, with the public pointing fingers at the government.

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

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

The loss of biodiversity is highly alarming: our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. This film documents the extinction of species currently happening around the world. But it also highlights hopeful initiatives as committed men and women on every continent fight to save endangered species and work towards improving biodiversity.

Mankind's Greatest Challenge

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The UK and the EU reach a new agreement on Northern Ireland, a focus on how bad fast fashion is for the environment, and the rise of literary influencers on Tiktok.

New Northern Ireland Agreement / Fast Fashion in Europe

The UK and the EU reach a new agreement on Northern Ireland and a focus on how bad fast fashion is for the environment, plus literary Tiktok,

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

ARTE Reportage

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot show another side of Israel. One with high-levels of social deprivation and strong support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s controversial judicial reforms.

Sderot - The Other Israel

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot is a different Israel with strong support for Netanjahu and high levels of social deprivation.

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli gaols have fathered around one hundred children over the last ten years. Their sperm is smuggled out of prison to be used in IVF with their partners.

Israel-Palestine: Secret Babies of the Intifada

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli gaols have fathered around one hundred children over the last ten years.

One aspect of the war in Ukraine is being played out in the shadows. Our reporter met partisans in the Kherson region, which was occupied by Russian forces until last November. These Ukrainian civilians have set up resistance networks in Russian-occupied territories.

Ukraine: Resistance in Occupied Territories

Our reporters met partisans in the Kherson region, which was occupied by Russian forces until last November. Ukrainian civilians there have set up resistance networks in Russian-occupied territories.

Working her way out of poverty as a sex worker all while supporting her family in Romania. That’s Andrada’s goal. She speaks confidently and openly about her work in a red-light district in Germany’s Ruhr region.  
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.

Portrait of a sex worker in the Ruhr region, Germany.  

Hard Life – I sell sex for money

Lyubov, which means love in Russian, is 80 years old and lives alone on the shores of Lake Baikal. She bears witness to this wonder of nature and possesses and unbreakable bond with the world’s deepest lake in Siberia. Her life here is hard, especially in winter, but she would not live anywhere else.

On the shores of Lake Baikal, an old woman lives alone in a beautiful place that is dear to her heart.

The Old Woman and the Lake

With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

Assumption of the Virgin - Nicolas Poussin

Look But Don't Touch

Cosmetic surgery is becoming more popular in Europe and the world. We talk about the plastic surgery craze with French plastic surgeons Mauricio de Maio and Oren Marco and philosopher Heather Widdows.

We talk about the plastic surgery craze with French plastic surgeons Mauricio de Maio and Oren Marco and philosopher Heather Widdows.

Crazy for Plastic Surgery

From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life. Street-photography captured Parisians from all walks of life and conveyed the optimism and elegance of the period.

From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life.

Paris in the Belle Epoque

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

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Brothers (2/3)

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Equals!

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