My personal Brexit

Tariq, Cricketspieler in Straßburg

Brexit krykiecisty Tariqa

Tariq, Cricket Player in Strasbourg

Tariq, joueur de cricket à Strasbourg

The United Kingdom: country of tea time, red telephone booths and cricket. But are politicians in London and Brussels aware that their decisions will impact the Strasbourg cricket club? Tariq Kareemulla talks about the consequences of Brexit on the sport he loves.

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My Personal Brexit

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How will Brexit impact - of all things - cricket in Strasbourg?

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The Broken English store has existed in Berlin for many years, but the economic uncertainties of Brexit convinced the owner to sell. So Antje Blank took up the torch and has decided to keep calm and carry on despite the risks. Brexit could send the price of British products soaring.

The Broken English store has existed in Berlin for many years, but the economic uncertainties of Brexit have been hard for the shop

Antje, Owner of a British Shop in Berlin

Frankfurt's real estate prices have increased in recent years. Is it linked to Brexit? What will be the consequences of Brexit for this sector? Daniel Ritter, general manager of a large real estate agency, gives us his assessment.

Frankfurt's real estate prices have increased in recent years. Is it linked to Brexit?

Daniel; Estate Agent in Frankfurt

Harry Shindler is 98 years old. In 1944 he landed in Anzio as a British soldier and fought for the liberation of Italy against fascism. He is the oldest member of the Labour Party and campaigns against Brexit from Italy, where he lives.

In 1944 Harry landed in Anzio and fought for Italy's liberation. At 98, he has a new battle on his hands: stopping Brexit

Harry, the British Veteran in Italy

Born in Britain, Martin Lee settled with his family in Alsace at the age of 8. Today he has his own family and feels European. But this identity is threatened by Brexit.

Martin feels European, but this identity is threatened by Brexit

Martin: British, Alsatian and European

Xavier Ropartz is news coordinator for ARTE Journal. He hunts down the best pictures of the day that reach ARTE from news agencies and other television channels. Brexit has been his bread and butter since the referendum... and after three years, he'd love something other than bread and butter.

Xavier Ropartz is news coordinator for ARTE Journal. He gives us an inside look at his job - and says he's had enough of Brexit  

Xavier, ARTE's News Coordinator

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It is a warming dish that many Russians love. Borscht, a popular vegetable soup in Ukraine, has been included on the list of intangible cultural assets to be urgently protected by UNESCO. A gastronomic report by Ukrainian journalists Olena Matsutska and Daniel Kosakovskiy for TSN 1+1.

Ukrainian Bortsch, UNESCO Heritage

Borscht, a popular vegetable soup in Ukraine, is on the list of endangered UNESCO intangible cultural assets.

Dispatches From Ukraine

Every week, a Ukrainian journalist gives their personal experience of the war. Journalist Anastassia Gorpinchenko lives in Kiev. She has just returned from a trip to the Donbass, close to the front line. There, the evacuation of civilians continues as best it can.

My Week of War (14th July)

Dispatches From Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

Held for several weeks by the Russian arm, Ukrainian servicemen from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol were released in a prisoner exchange. For many Ukrainians, they have become a symbol of resistance to the Russian occupiers. TSN 1+1 journalists Yakov Noskov and Andrii Khupalka went to meet them.

Prisoners of War Return

Joe is one of the estimated 40,000 British nationals living in Portugal and one of the many Europeans who have taken advantage of free-movement.

Migrants Inside Europe

A British Pensioner in Portugal

In this village near Kherson, a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine, the war seems to have spared nothing. As fighting continues in the region, Ukrainian journalists Nataliya Nagornaya, Igor Siryi and Serhii Semenyuk went there for TSN 1+1

Near Kherson: A Village Devastated by War

Every week, a Ukrainian journalist gives us her "war diary". A personal story that captures what it's like when your country suddenly becomes a war zone. Journalist Anastassia Volkova grew up in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. The region is hard hit by the war. She returns there and discovers ruins.

A Week at War (8th July)

What it's like to go home and find piles of rubble where a life used to be.

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Kitschy trash or misunderstood genius? Italo disco was the euro sound of the 1980s that many loved and many hated. This documentary looks at how big names of the genre like Sabrina Salerno and duo Righeira conquered the charts.

The Sparkling Sound of the 1980s

Kitschy trash or misunderstood genius? Italo disco was the euro sound of the 1980s that many loved and many hated

Italo Disco

Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar present their show Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart at Nuits de Fourvière.

Nuits de Fourvière

The Brutal Journey of the Heart by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar

Young Korean musicians have been taking the world of classical music by storm. A new generation are winning the big prizes and pursuing successful careers in Europe and around the world. What makes these Korean classical artists so good? A documentary following the rising stars of K-Classic

The Korean Musical Mystery

Generation K-Classics

Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was the most densely populated area on Earth. 33,000 people settled on 2.5 hectares of land that was disputed between Chinese and British - meaning neither country asserted its authority there. This vertical slum was a hotbed of crime, but also full of factories, cheap shops and a strong community. This is a case for Crazy Borders. 

Kowloon: The Lawless Super City

This vertical slum was a hotbed of crime, but also full of factories, cheap shops and a strong community.

Crazy Borders

Paradise islands synonymous with hell? Welcome to the Spratlys archipelago, at the heart of a regional power struggle with global implications. China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei all lay claim to these islands... but the question is far from settled. If major conflict does break out, this is where it could start. A clear case of Crazy Borders! 

The Spratly Islands: Flashpoint for WWIII?

Paradise islands synonymous with hell? Welcome to the Spratlys archipelago, at the heart of a regional power struggle

If a woman gave birth at the top of Mont Blanc, what nationality would the child be? For France, of course, the baby would be French. But not for Italy! The quarrel has been going on since 1860, when the divison of territory at the top of the mountain was unclearly defined... leaving each country to interpret the boundary more or less as they saw fit. This really is a case for Crazy Borders!

Mont Blanc: A High Altitude Dispute

If a woman gave birth at the top of Mont Blanc, what nationality would the child be?

The prisoner of a promise made to Neptune, King Idomeneus is faced with a cruel dilemma... From the Théâtre de l’Archevêché, the most romantic of Mozart’s operas, directed by Satoshi Miyagi and conducted by Raphaël Pichon, with soprano Sabine Devieilhe, promises to be the operatic event of the 2022 Aix festival season.

Aix-en-Provence Festival 2022

The most romantic of Mozart’s operas, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, with soprano Sabine Devieilhe.

Mozart: Idomeneus, King of Crete

According to the latest calculations by the OECD, South Korean women could live to be over 92 years old on average in 2070, and men over 89. That would be a world record. What's the secret?

South Korea: An Obsession With Health

South Koreans are on track to be the longest-lived people in the world

ARTE Reportage

How can you misplace 80km2 of territory? In Mexico, the island of Bermeja had been on maps for generations. But when it came to actually finding the island... it seemed as if it had disappeared into thin air. And with the loss of Bermeja, Mexico lost a huge windfall of oil revenue in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a case for Crazy Borders. 

The Lost Island of Bermeja

Planting trees against climate change: Ireland is reforesting its territory by growing spruces. But it's not just about being green, it's about profit. Wood is a big business... much to the displeasure of local environmental activists who want Ireland's forestry policy changed. 

Growing trees to be harvested for wood is big business - but what are the environmental ramifications? 

Re: Money Grows on Trees

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland. Once German East Prussia, it is now home to 1 million Russian citizens. What is life like in this small territory now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began?

Kaliningrad: Putin's Enclave

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland and is now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began.

Did you know that the Middle Ages is only a few kilometers off the French coast? A lord and his vassals live peacefully on the island of Sark where cars are not allowed. This is a case for Crazy Borders! 

Sark: A Modern Day Feudal Island

A lord and his vassals live peacefully on the island of Sark where cars are not allowed.

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 Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive.

Jack White at the Paris Olympia

In Europe, the last primary forests are found almost exclusively in the mountains in the east or south-east of the continent. These virgin forests have never been exploited or cut down, and have remained as they have always been. Few studies have been done on this forests, which are presumably havens of biodiversity. We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania.

The Green Lungs of Europe

We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania

Geo Reportage

Did you know that the last war between France and Spain took place in the 1970s? It was the war of the stop signs in Llívia, a Spanish town - but in France, in the Pyrenees. This bizarre quirk is due to a treaty signed centuries ago. This really is a case for Crazy Borders! 

Llivia, Between France and Spain

Did you know that the last war between France and Spain took place in the 1970s?

The most popular of Gustav Mahler's symphonies, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and staged by Romeo Castellucci. A very special production, which promises to stir up the audience at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

A message from director Romeo Castellucci:
The action you are about to witness has the particular misfortune of containing images that, charged with violence, seem to be the cruel likeness of our near reality.
I imagined this work over a year ago.
No one could have foreseen this painful overlapping of art and reality, which today seems like an atrocious prophecy.
How to support today the unconscious exactness of these images on the stage?
But what to do in the face of the irretrievable that theatre represents?
It is essential to accept the pain produced by this concordance, in the light that Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection can represent.
Romeo Castellucci
July 2022
Recorded 13 July in Aix-en-Provence with the Orchestre de Paris and the Choir of the Orchestre de Paris.

The most popular of Gustav Mahler's symphonies, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and staged by Romeo Castellucci. A very special production, which promises to stir up the audience at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Resurrection - Gustav Mahler

In the town of Baarle, a body of a woman was discovered in a house... but before police could intervene, first authorities had to call a surveyor. Baarle is crisscrossed over with a winding frontier between the Netherlands and Belgium, and police needed to know which country was responsible for investigating the killing. One half of the house was Dutch, the other half was Belgian. This is a case for Crazy Borders! 

Baarle, a Town of Two Nations

A city divided between Belgium and the Netherlands, and scene of a murder? Welcome to Baarle.

Can a state in the EU prohibit women from accessing its territory? In the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos women are not allowed in - even tourists - and any woman who enters could be arrested by police. It's a peninsula from another, bygone world and yet benefits from taxpayer funding (including female taxpayers, presumably...).

Mount Athos: Off Limits for Women

Can a state in the EU prohibit women from accessing its territory?

The Staatsoper Hamburg’s new production of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera buffa "Don Pasquale" is directed by David Bösch.The plot of this turbulent comedy turns on the title character and his nemesis sung by Italian baritone Ambrogio Maestri and Australian soprano Danielle de Niese respectively.The Philharmonische Staatsorchester Hamburg will be conducted by Matteo Beltrami.

From the Staatsoper Hamburg

David Bösch stages Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera "Don Pasquale".

Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale

The Tigray region has been cut off from the rest of Ethiopia because of the civil war. Supplies are low and people are starving. Because of the fighting, crops could not be sowed and there is no harvest this year? It is the youngest that are the first to die in what is a major humanitarian crisis.

Ethiopia: Tigray Humanitarian Crisis

The Tigray region has been cut off from the rest of Ethiopia because of the civil war. Supplies are low and people are starving.

My Personal Brexit

Antje, Owner of a British Shop in Berlin

Antje, Owner of a British Shop in Berlin

Daniel; Estate Agent in Frankfurt

Daniel; Estate Agent in Frankfurt