Re: Female Truckers Take the Wheel

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ARTE Regards - Des femmes au volant des poids lourds

Donne al volante... di camion

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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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Europeans' Many facets

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Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77) have been living on the shores of Lake Solina, in almost total isolation and surrounded by nature and animals, for decades. But life in the middle of nowhere is increasingly hard on their aging bodies. 

Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77)

Re: An Unconventional Retirement

More and more young men are convinced that their bodies should be a gym-sculpted marvel with six-pack and a V-shape back. But in this quest for bodily perfection what is the difference between healthy fitness and unhealthy obsession?

More and more young men are convinced that their bodies should be a gym-sculpted marvel with six-pack and a V-shape back.

Re: Men's Muscle Obsession

Cars and trains on the ground and planes overhead: Humans are always making noise and in cities it can be unbearable causing stress and insomnia. But there are solutions to drive down the decibels in urban areas.

Too much noise in cities can cause stress and insomnia. But there are solutions to drive down the decibels in urban areas.

Re: How to Reduce Noise in Cities

In Sweden the supreme court has granted to the Sami people exclusive fishing and hunting rights in reindeer-herding areas. A victory for an ancient indigenous people is a scandal for many Swedish hunters as the decision revives old tension in Swedish far north.

The Sami and the Swedish State

In Sweden the supreme court has granted to the Sami people exclusive fishing and hunting rights in in reindeer-herding areas. A victory for an ancient indigenous people is a scandal for many Swedish hunters as the decision revives old tension in Swedish far north.

Re: Hunting in the Arctic Circle

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

12-year-old Saoirse Coughlan from Dublin has moved to the remote Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland for a year of schooling. Her aim is to learn Irish fluently by the end of her stay.

Re: Irish for Beginners

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

Land speculation in Germany has reached levels where it affects the livelihood of farmers, unable to keep up with the rising costs of land rents. This calls for new and innovative solutions.

Against Farmland Speculation

Re: Land for All

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. In search of a new beginning, they decided to start a new life in the Chernobyl region, close to the exclusion zone from the 1986 nuclear disaster. The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war.

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine to start a new life in the Chernobyl region,  The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war for them.

Re: New Beginning in Chernobyl

Annabel Thomas is the first woman to run a whisky distillery in Scotland. What's more, it is the only distillery that strives to be fully organic and climate neutral with a zero waste policy.

A New Path for Scotch

Re: First Lady of Whisky

More than a million people have found refuge in Europe after fleeing the war in Syria. Most had to leave everything behind: their loved ones, their possessions, but also their pets. A Syrian refugee who moved to the Netherlands from Damascus is helping her compatriots find their four-legged friends.

A Syrian refugee who moved to the Netherlands from Damascus is helping her compatriots find their four-legged friends.

Re: My Cat in Damascus

The Turow open cast mine in Poland, lying on the border with Germany and the Czech Republic, is threatened with closure. The Poles want to keep the mine open to protect local jobs whereas the neighbouring Czech and German towns and villages worry how the huge coal mine is affecting the groundwater and their houses.

The Turow open cast mine in Poland, lying on the border with Germany and the Czech Republic, is threatened with closure.

Re: Trouble in Turow

The long-term unemployed find it difficult to get back into the job market, with competition fierce for every job offer. Studies show that unemployment affects self-esteem and can be bad for your health. Re: looks at a number of initiatives designed to help people back into work.

The long-term unemployed can find it difficult to get back into the job market, ARTE;looks at a number of initiatives designed to help people back into work.

Re: Helping the Long-term Unemployed

Lockdowns caused domestic violence against children and teenagers to soar. In 2020 in Germany, 152 children were killed. Social worker Vivian Osterhoff from the Wiesbaden youth welfare office tries to visit families in person as often as possible. One of her charges: 19 year old Vanessa, who was beaten by her father and sexually abused by her stepfather.

Social worker Vivian Osterhoff has seen violence against children soar during the pandemic

Re: Child Abuse in the Pandemic

Some people have rejected the idea of getting rich and want a different kind of prosperity by putting the common good at the heart of their concerns. But how does sustainable investment actually work? Reports from Germany and Scotland.

Investing for the Common Good

How does sustainable investment actually work? Reports from Germany and Scotland.

Re: Money Isn't Everything

The spectacular eruption of Cumbre Vieja on the island of La Palma has caused heavy damage to property and infrastructure. As the eruption continues, the situation is taking a heavy toll on the local population's lives and livelihood.

The spectacular eruption of Cumbre Vieja on the island of La Palma has caused heavy damage to property and infrastructure. 

Re: La Palma - Living with the Lava

The jewellery trade is not a pretty picture. Mining precious metals often has a devastating ecological and human impact. However, there are fairer ways of mining as well as recycling gold and precious metals from unlikely sources.

Mining precious metals often has a devastating ecological and human impact. But there are fairer ways of mining as well as recycling gold and precious metals from unlikely sources.

Re: Fair Trade Jewellery

Every year around 8,000 ethnic Germans from Russia emigrate to Germany, like the Kotchevnikov family from near Kaliningrad. Fitting in is not always easy for these Germans who may not speak the language.

Migrating to your Own Country

Every year around 8,000 ethnic Germans from Russia emigrate to Germany, like the Kotchevnikov family from near Kaliningrad.

Re: Russian Germans

For a decade now Ukrainian women have been paid to carry other people’s babies. For childless couples in Europe, these surrogate mothers represent their last hope for parenthood.

Re: Surrogate Mothers in Ukraine

Thousands of British Jews have German ancestors who fled to Britain to escape Nazi persecution. According to the German constitution, these descendants can ‘reclaim’ their German citizenship; Since Brexit, many have taken the step to apply.

London's Jewish Community and Brexit

Thousands of British Jews have German ancestors who fled to Britain to escape Nazi persecution. According to the German constitution, these descendants can ‘reclaim’ their German citizenship.

Re: Emigrating to Germany?

Turkey manufactures millions of garments for major fashion brands in Europe. But conditions for workers are often very bad: Long hours, low pay and exposure to toxic chemicals.

Re: Turkish Textile Industry's Dark Side

Wool is a natural product. But the production of the fluffy material is often not very ecological and animal-friendly. These wool pioneers are developing new, sustainable processes.

Wool production is often not very ecological and animal-friendly. Enter the wool pioneers...

Re: Textiles Recycling

There are almost 8,000 rare diseases in the world and in Europe, more than 30 million people suffer from them. But for pharmaceutical companies, the potential profit is too low and won't cover the cost of the research into new treatments. Patients therefore have no choice but to learn to live with their disease.

For pharmaceutical companies, developing treatments for the rare diseases that impact over 30 million Europeans is just not profitable enough

Re: Rare Conditions

In 2018, in Zgierza, Poland, an illegal plastic waste dump on the outskirts of the city went up in flames. The smoke column could be seen for miles, and the fire took a week to put out. But the illegal landfill still hasn't been cleared and the company that operated the landfill has long since gone bankrupt. There are still around 800 illegal landfills across the country. 

Poland is being turned into Europe's illegal dumping ground

Re: Illegal Waste Exports

Jenny and her partner Pascal both come from the village of Mandern, and they wanted to settle down here. They even reserved a piece of land here. But then the cost of building material prices exploded, especially for wood. The costs for the planned house construction rose from around 350,000 euros to up to half a million. They had to back out, and Jenny is still heartbroken.

Jenny's dream of settling down in her native village was scuppered when the cost of building her home exploded

Re: Wood Shortages Leave Construction in the Lurch

650 billion dollars in remittances are sent home by diaspora communities around the world every year. For countries like Ghana, this is an enormous boost to the economy and is vital for individuals such as Linda, who is supported by her parents who live in Germany.

Family as Social Security

Re: Sending Money Home

Hemp is now used for everything: ointments, infusions and even natural concrete. In the south of France, Vincent Lartizien is making sustainable clothing out of this wonderplant.

Hemp is now used for everything: ointments, infusions and even natural concrete. In the south of France, Vincent Lartizien is making sustainable clothing out of this wonder plant.

Re: The Wonder of Hemp

It is an issue that has long been taboo: Almost half of women suffers physical or verbal abuse during childbirth. An increasing number of women are speaking out publicly about obstetric violence.

Re: Violence in the Delivery Room

A look at German Jewish people who have settled in the occupied West Bank. In international law these Israeli settlements are illegal and yet the settlers feel they have a right to the land. What attracted these Europeans here? And how do they see life living amongst Palestinians?

German Jewish Settlers in the West Bank

A look at German Jewish people who have settled in the occupied West Bank.

Re: Who Does the Holy Land Belong To?

Viktoria and Zoltan are in love. They live in Budapest but Viktoria is moving to Berlin for a chance of a better life. Will Zoltan be able to follow her there? The Hungarian couple are one of many that have left Hungary in the last decade.

Hungarians Leaving Home

Viktoria and Zoltan are in love. They live in Budapest but Viktoria is moving to Berlin for a chance of a better life. Will Zoltan be able to follow her there?

Re: One Way Ticket to Berlin

Whilst in most of Europe violent crime is decreasing, in Sweden gun violence is on the rise. The cause: Gangs of young men from difficult neighbourhoods.

Re: Gang Warfare in Sweden

The supermarket shelves are full of tropical fruits all year round. Most are grown using pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and travel long distances. But with new cultivation methods, tropical fruits can also grow in Europe: sustainably, in a way that saves water and CO2.

To reduce our carbon footprint, we need to eat food produced locally - even when it comes to tropical fruit

Re: Tropical Fruit, Made in Europe

The war in eastern Ukraine between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists has been raging for seven years now. It is the civilian population that seems to be paying the highest price with severe water shortages: The main water pipe of the region runs straight through the frontline and seems to be a target.

The war in eastern Ukraine has seen severe water shortages for the civilian population. The main water pipe of the region runs straight through the frontline and seems to be a target.

Re: Ukraine Water Wars

The Ambulance Wish Foundation, based in Rotterdam, fulfils last wishes of terminally ill patients. 270 medically trained volunteers take patients by ambulance to the zoo, on boat cruises and to important family occasions.

Medically trained volunteers take patients by ambulance to the zoo, on boat cruises and to important family occasions to fulfill their last wishes.

Re: The Dutch Ambulance Wish Foundation

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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

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The Indian state of Sikkim has banned pesticides completely, allowing only organic farming. The results: healthy food and healthy soils.

ARTE Reportage

India: Sikkim - A Green New World

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests. They are then transported to Italy by intermediaries where they are sold at astronomical prices. Romanian authorities do nothing as the forests are looted unsustainably for their grey gold.

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests

Re: Truffle Traffick in Romania

With nearly 500,000 deaths from Covid-19, India is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. The second wave that swept through the subcontinent in Spring 2021 destroyed entire families and is estimated to have left behind more than 100,000 orphans.

The second wave that swept through the subcontinent in Spring 2021 is estimated to have left behind more than 100,000 orphans.

India: Covid Orphans

Many countries in the Middle East do not allow civil marriage which means that mixed-faith couples cannot easily marry. But just 30 minutes’ flight from Lebanon and Israel lies Cyprus where foreigners can easily tie the knot.

Many countries in the Middle East do not allow civil marriage which means that mixed-faith couples cannot easily marry. Nearby Cyprus has become a centre for foreigners wanting to tie the knot.

Cyprus: Forbidden Love Island

In northwest Albania Afghan refugees have been welcomed not in an overcrowded camp surrounded by barbed wire but in luxury hotels by the beach.

Albania: A Refugee Paradise?

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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

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

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

Saudi Arabia is reputed to be one of the richest and most conservative nations on the planet. But how do its citizens live today?

Unknown Arabia

Saudi Arabia: The West

Lowriding is a passion for cars where owners customise their vintage vehicles to look cool gliding along the Los Angeles boulevards. For long a male-only pursuit, more and more women are getting into it lowriding.

Geo Reportage

Lowriders of Los Angeles

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. Some species, such as sharks, which are able to sense the change in atmospheric pressure of a coming hurricane, move away from danger. Others learn to live with it, such as curlews, which use the hot ash from erupting volcanoes in Papua New Guinea to incubate their eggs. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

How Animals and Plants Survive

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

Natural Disasters

A region of Europe with a shared experience of communism and USSR dominance, Eastern Europe today is characterised by nations with diverse cultural and political identities.

Mapping the World

How many Eastern Europes?

In recent years Oman has been opening up to western tourists. What awaits them is a land of mountains, deserts, fjords, and pristine beaches.

Fairytale Oman

Pippi Longstocking, the superhumanly strong redhead with pigtails and freckles, conquers the world of classical ballet. The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character from the Villa Villekulla for the Helsinki opera house. The ballet music is the work of Georg Riedel and Stefan Nilsson.

From the Helsinki Opera

The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character for the Helsinki opera house.

Pippi Longstocking

Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel. Classical ballet at its best in a version created for the cinema.

A Ballet by John Cranko

Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel.

Onegin

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai with their breath taking towers and impressive beach resorts. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

United Arab Emirates

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting foreign influence and from Iran in particular? What does the future hold for the Kurdish autonomous region? And will the USA ever really leave?

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting influence from foreign powers, and from Iran in particular? 

Iraq - A Sovereign Country?

Carolyn Carlson and her company bid farewell to each other in a final creation. On the Chaillot theatre stage in Paris, the legendary choreographer and performer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Théâtre de Chaillot

The legendary American choreographer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Carolyn Carlson's The Tree

A journey through Middle-earth, or rather New Zealand. Peter Jackson used the natural beauty of his native land to great effect in his film adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic trilogy. A tour through locations for the Shire, the Misty Mountains and Mordor… 

Cult Film Locations

A journey through New Zealand used to great effect in the film adaptation of Tolkien’s classic.

Looking for the Lord of the Rings

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?

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Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing

Sting

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, opened on January 11 2017. The NDR Elbphilharmonie orchestra performs works by Adams, Adès and Salonen with conductor Alan Gilbert and pianist Kiril Gerstein.

With Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.

5 Years of the Elbphilharmonie

Saudi Arabia has many surprises in store for visitors. Around the gulf city of Dammam in the east, huge oil fields have made the country's fortune. Further inland, the flea market in the capital, Riyadh, attracts businessmen, day labourers and billionaires who all come to haggle.

Saudi Arabia has many surprises in store for visitors from the coastal city of Dammam to the bustling markets of the capital, Riyadh.