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Description: 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.

ARTE Regards - Des femmes au volant des poids lourds

Re: Female Truckers Take the Wheel

Kobiety za kierownicami ciężarówek

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Donne al volante... di camion

Mujeres al volante de grandes camiones

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.

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BASE jumpers and other extreme sport practitioners put themselves in mortal danger time and again. They are looking for the flow, a feeling of intense positive emotion that comes from their experience of jumping off mountains or tall buildings. But the price is high in BASE jumping where one in 60 jumps ends in death.

Why BASE Jumpers Risk Their Lives

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After the fall of the USSR, the industrial city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine was overrun with poverty and drug addiction. But that didn't put off Pastor Gennadiy Mokhenko, who opened up a children's home with the hope of offering his charges a better life.

Pastor Gennadiy Mokhenko opened up a children's home, with the hope of offering his charges a better life

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Amsterdam’s famous red-light district attracts hordes of noisy tourists making the neighbourhood unliveable for many of its residents. With the city authorities considering measures to push sex workers out of the area, does this spell the end for the historic trade in the city centre?

Amsterdam’s famous red-light district attracts hordes of noisy tourists making the neighbourhood unliveable for many of its residents.

Re: Mass Tourism in Amsterdam's Red Light District

August 15 2021: The Taliban take Kabul. As the international coalition leaves after 20 years of intervention, there is chaos at the airport with Afghans trying desperately to get out. ARTE follows four Afghan civilians in the last few days before the fall of Kabul as their worst nightmares become reality.

Afghan Civilians in Danger

ARTE follows four Afghan civilians in the last few days before the fall of Kabul as their worst nightmares become reality.

Re: The Taliban in Kabul

Report from a dogs’ home that specialises in unmanageable and dangerous hounds. Dog trainer Vanessa Bokr knows better than most how aggressive some breeds of dog can be. She works tirelessly to retrain unwanted dangerous dogs in the hope that they can find new homes rather than be put down.

Abused Dogs Learn to Love

Report from a dogs’ home that specialises in unmanageable and dangerous hounds.

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In Russia, elite gymnasts and ballet dancers are trained in special schools where a lucky chosen few are rigorously trained for their future careers. But having to sacrifice their childhood and family life, is it all worth it?  

Life in Elite Russian Sports Schools

In Russia, elite gymnasts and ballet dancers are trained in special schools where a lucky chosen few are rigorously trained for their future careers. But at what cost?

Re: Blood, Sweat and Tears

Social acceptance becomes especially important during adolescence, as teenagers ask themselves am I attractive? Should I lose weight? However, with social media influencers setting the standards, many develop eating disorders in the quest for the perfect body.

With Instagram influencers setting the standards, many young women develop eating disorders in the quest for the perfect body.

Re: Eating Disorders and Social Media

Until very recently, Spanish performance artist Abel Azcona was wanted by the police and was living in exile in Portugal. He could only visit his homeland in secret. His crime: blasphemy. During his performances, he had openly criticised the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church. A look at freedom of expression in Spain which is number one in the world for the number of artists in prison.

Freedom of Expression in Danger in Spain

 A look at freedom of expression in Spain which is number one in the world for the number of artists in prison.

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Lynxes, leopards or crocodiles: Having exotic wild animals as pets is popular in Russia. For some it’s a status symbol, for others it’s a lucrative source of revenue. But this passion for big cats or bears is not without its dangers.

Lynxes, leopards or crocodiles: Having exotic wild animals as pets is popular in Russia.

Russia: Wild Animals as Pets

Ergonomics consultant Susanne Weber is in demand as never before. With large numbers of people working from home since the pandemic, our improvised workstations are often aggravating factors in neck and back pain. A focus on a condition that can affect everyone and how to fnd relief.

Re: Relief from Back Pain

Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. And yet over four million children live in poverty in the UK with their parents struggling to provide food and shelter for them. A situation that has got worse over the last five years.

Britain: Poor Children, Rich Country

Nicola Bramigk, founder of the Smart Traveling travel platform, is embarking on her first trip since lockdown. From South Tyrol to Puglia, she meets up with old friends, and talks to hoteliers and restaurateurs about what tourism will look like as the world slowly gets back to normal - whatever that means - after the pandemic.

What will visiting Italy feel like after the pandemic?

Re: Italian Tourism, After the Pandemic

Matthew had a burnout years ago and fled to Portugal to set up his paradise quinta in Portugal. But that sanctuary is now under threat: permission has been granted for an avocado plantation to be built next door. But avocados use up huge amounts of water, and the stream that the quinta depends on as a primary water source is in danger of running dry.

Matthew set up his quinta after a burnout. But that sanctuary is now under threat, due to an avocado farm nearby

Re: Should We Give Up Avocados?

Every month, thousands of young Tunisians flee unemployment and corruption to seek their fortunes in Europe. 

Every month, thousands of young Tunisians flee unemployment and corruption to seek their fortunes in Europe

Re: Tunisia's Lost Generation

In order to be able to deliver any product in the shortest possible time, Amazon is building huge warehouses all over the world. But in France, the land of unions and strong labour laws, the fightback is already under way. The firm's detractors say that Amazon is destroying retail jobs, exploits its workers, and doesn't pay its taxes. 

In France, the land of unions and strong labour laws, the fightback against Amazon is under way

Re:Amazon under Attack

A vast wild wetland in Eastern Europe, Polesia is home to rare bird species as well as wolves, bears and European bison. But this haven for wildlife is threatened by the proposed E40 waterway, linking the Baltic with the Black Sea, that would cut straight through the region.

A Waterway Threatens Polesia

Re: Saving Europe's Amazon

There are around 4 million people who rely on adult care services in Germany, and most of those people are cared for at home. As the country's aging population continues to grow, so does chronic understaffing, and increasingly families turn to Polish workers. But the hours are long, the pay is low, and some agencies are exploitative.

Who cares for the careworkers? Many Polish workers are finding themselves trapped in predatory work contracts

Re: Polish Care Workers in Germany

Shemsije Dërmaku organizes luxury weddings in Pristina. People in Kosovo earn around 200 euros a month, so they aren't her target market. Her company Grand Décor caters to "schatzis", members of the Albanian diaspora who return to their ancestral home to get married.

Shemsije Dërmaku organizes luxury weddings in Pristina, where second generation Albanians return 'home' to get married

Re: Luxury Weddings in Kosovo

A popular destination for holidaymakers, the Canaries are far from a paradise for locals, who had been struggling long before the Covid-19 pandemic. After decades of mass tourism, questions around equality and sustainable development are urgent.

A popular destination for holidaymakers, the Canaries are far from a paradise for locals

Re: Tourism Monoculture on the Canary Islands

What is life like after experiencing a terrorist attack? In 2016 teacher Fouad Zaim lost two students and a colleague, caught up in the Nice truck attack whilst on a school trip. 5 years later he returns to the French city for closure.

What is life like after experiencing a terrorist attack? In 2016 teacher Fouad Zaim lost two students and a colleague, caught up in the Nice truck attack whilst on a school trip.

Re: Life after the Nice Attack

The family of Nerys Edwards from Wales has been trading seafood for generations. Her company exports shellfish into the EU. But because of post-Brexit paperwork, the delays in delivery means that some of the lobsters and shrimp die along the journey.  Each truckload is worth £50,000 and the financial losses to her family and fishermen are piling up. But despite the hardship, Nerys voted Brexit and says she doesn't regret it.

Nerys exports seafood into the EU and business is tough due to Brexit. But she voted leave, with no regrets

Brexit Borders

Mirza Vranjakovic has lived and worked in Berlin for seven years, but he's now heading back home to Serbia. Unlike in Germany, he'll be vaccinated quickly in Belgrade, and plans to stay with family until he gets his second dose. Only then will he return to Berlin. Throughout the country, mobile vaccination teams reach people far away from the city, in a race to immunise as many people as possible. But many in Serbia don't believe in the jab. 

Mirza lives in Berlin, but he's heading back to Serbia to get vaccinated. He says he'll get his jab quicker there

Re: Vaccines for All in Serbia

While the pandemic rages in Brazil, authorities in neighbouring French Guiana want to keep out the deadly Brazilian variant by closing the border, not an easy task with a long and porous frontier along the Olapoque river.

Re: Covid-19 in French Guiana

Kosovars living in the diaspora across Europe are coming back to participate in the elections. Many hope for a new beginning by voting in the Vetëvendosje party that promises to fight corruption and create jobs.

Re:Hope in Kosovo

Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri knows either he takes out the mafia, or gets taken out by them. More than 350 members of the ‘Ndrangheta, including elected officials, now face charges. For the families of the mob's victims, this massive court case is a sign that perhaps organised crime in Italy will finally meet its maker.

ARTE Regards

Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri knows either he takes out the mafia, or gets taken out by them

One Man Takes On the Mafia

Italian marble from the Appuan mountains in Tuscany has been mined since Roman times and inspired the great artists of the Italian renaissance. But with today’s industrial marble mining harming the alpine landscape, activists are trying to limit extraction.  

Apuan Alps in Danger from Marble Mining

Re: Italy's White Gold

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ARTE Reportage

For the second year running, Ramadan - the most important period in the Muslim calendar - is a subdued affair

Ramadan in Europe

An invasion of algae is causing havoc for fisherman in southern Spain, ruining catches of the famous and much prized local Tuna.

An Algae Plague Threatens the Mediterranean

Re: Tuna Fishing in Spain

On the island of Mallorca, families are on the brink of destitution. Since the pandemic, tourism has come to a standstill. Deprived of their main source of income, many families today depend on food banks. 

How Coronavirus Ruined Mallorca

On the island of Mallorca, families are on the brink of destitution after the pandemic brought tourism to a standstill

Re: The Empty Island

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Since the poisoning and arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russia has been in turmoil. Can the system really be overthrown?

Russia: Protests Against Putin

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Darío Aguirre is from Ecuador, living in Germany with his wife. When the city of Hamburg unexpectedly invited him to become a German citizen, Darío revisits his rocky path to building a life for himself in Europe and wonders about who he has become. This film is about arriving and living abroad in a time when xenophobia is suddenly acceptable again in Germany, and society is struggling to find the right way to integrate new citizens.

 What it's like to live in Germany as a foreigner when xenophobia is suddenly socially acceptable again

How I Became German

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Afghanistan: Lost Soldiers of the Red Army

For weeks Lebanon has been paralysed by a fuel crisis that is stretching society to the limit. A lack of gas and petrol means drivers queue for hours to fill up and electricity plants can only provide electricity for a few hours a day.

For weeks Lebanon has been paralysed by a fuel crisis that is stretching society to the limit. 

Lebanon: Fuel Wars

On 4 January 2021, a London court denied the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States - where he faces up to 175 years in prison, accused of publishing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents. But the judicial battle continues: the US government has appealed, while Assange remains in Belmarsh maximum security prison.
Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

The Extradition of Julian Assange

Twenty years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan. But without them, Afghan security forces fear they'll struggle to contain the advance of the insurgents. Terror attacks are on the rise, and the group is said to already control nearly half the country. The return to power of the fundamentalists seems inevitable.

The last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan, leading to fears of a Taliban resurgence

Afghanistan: The Land of the Taliban

Latvia has lost 13% of its population in the last 20 years. Due to the pandemic, there's been an upsurge in the number of young people deciding to return home. Brexit is also fuelling the trend: a third of the Latvian diaspora currently still live in Great Britain. But after a shrinking population for so long, is it too late to turn the tide?

Latvia has lost 13% of its population in recent decades. Due to the pandemic, there's been an upsurge in the number of people returning home

Latvia: Brain Drain

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

Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp, has become one giant shanty town. When Covid struck, those living in the camp felt abandoned as things turned from bad to worse.
Maurice Joyeux, from the Jesuit Refugee Service, and his friend Mortaza Behboudi chose this very moment to return to Lesbos, to find the forgotten people of the pandemic, surviving in this squalid and unsanitary camp.

Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp, has become one giant shanty town. When Covid struck, those living in the camp felt abandoned as things turned from bad to worse.

Greece: Moria - A Living Hell

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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

The Franco-German partnership is considered to be the main driving force behind European policy. What image do the people on the streets of Paris have of Merkel? How will French people remember her?

Bye Bye Merkel

As Merkel retires, we ask French people what they'll remember by

In Paris with Merkel

In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field, built in the 1990s by a group of children. But over time, the ad hoc field has fallen into disrepair. But now the village is about to hold its first tournament in years and the field needs a major overhaul.

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In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field

Thailand's Football Mad Island

The 16th Reeperbahn Festival is once again the hub of the international music scene. Live from St Pauli, Hamburg, we bring you the best of new music.

Reeperbahn Festival 2021

Sharktank, Jeremias, Mavi Phoenix, Arp Frique

There are an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth and in the 20th century, 437 of them erupted in places like the United States, Russia, Indonesia and Japan. Both a blessing and a curse, they have shaped our world on land and at the sea.

Mapping the World

A World of Volcanoes

Many thought that the Chancellor's approach towards Greece during the European financial crisis was harsh. But how will the people of Athens remember her? Our journalists Nadia Blétry and Eric De Lavarenne interviewed them to find out.

How will the Greeks remember Angela Merkel: the beloved Mutti of the Germans, or a latterday Iron Lady?

In Athens with Angela Merkel

Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than him. German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who died in 2016 at the age of 54, made his mark in advertising with his irreverent aesthetic and punk sensibility. It was his spontaneous, imperfect images shot for an MTV campaign in 1994 that first made him famous.

Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn.

DJ Punk - The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn

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

A look at innovative green energy solutions around the world: Geothermal waters in Iceland, wind power and hydropower in Madeira, community-owned wind turbines on the Danish island of Samso and wave power is being harnessed on Orkney.

How Green Energy Can Work

Welcome to Afghanistan, the land of the magnificent mountains of the Hindu Kush and a country of great ethnic diversity. Its complex history is characterised by an almost permanent state of war.

Afghanistan - A Troubled Country

Internationally Frau Merkel is a respected and powerful leader. But what do residents of the German capital think of her as she leaves office after 16 years?

With Angela Merkel in Berlin

Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), an extreme and persistent exhaustion for which there is no cure. An investigation into a little known illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

ME/CFS – A Misunderstood Illness

 An investigation into little understood illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

After eight years of restauration, one of the greatest works of art ever made looks once again as its creators intended. The monumental tableau that is the Ghent Altarpiece, also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, captures the viewer with its intense realism and complicated symbolism. A full immersion into this revolutionary work that looked forward to the modern world.

The monumental tableau that is the Ghent Altarpiece captures the viewer with its intense realism and complicated symbolism.

Secrets of the Ghent Altarpiece

1974: ABBA’s victory at the Eurovision Song Contest was a taste of things to come. But a year later, when it was up to Sweden to host the Eurovision, the counterculture mobilised big time. On Channel 1 was the Eurovision and on Channel 2, a rival, parody version of the competition designed to mock ABBA and mainstream music as hopelessly capitalist and try hard.

ABBA

When it was up to Sweden to host the Eurovision, the counterculture mobilised big time in a bid to take down ABBA

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World, Tunisian Nadia Khiari, Lebanese Lena Merhej, Moroccan Zainab Fasiki and Egyptian Deena Mohamed open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. Ten years after the beginning of the Arab Spring how can they express themselves in the medium as Arab women?

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. 

4 Arab Women Comic Book Artists

The highlight of the Holland Festival 2021 is a rediscovery from composer Rudi Stephan (1887–1915). The opera Die ersten Menschen (The First Humans) is about Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and humanity’s ur-conflicts. Spanish director Calixto Bieito brings it to the stage and François-Xavier Roth makes his debut as conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

An erotic mystery at the Dutch National Opera

Adam and Eve after the Fall: François-Xavier Roth conducts Rudi Stephan’s opera at the Holland Festival 2021.

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