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Czy kryzys klimatyczny to kryzys demokracji?

¿Es la urgencia climática una urgencia democrática?

Il est temps

People of all ages agree: We need drastic action to combat climate change and many people do not have faith political institutions. 

Time to Question

Before, it was simple: there was selfishness or altruism. Either we got rich or we helped others. But now these binary divisions are fading. A supporter of effective altruism, the young philosopher William MacAskill proposes to go even further with "arithmetic altruism". This is, applying the concept of profitability to charitable contributions.

Earth of Women helps women and girls to escape the vicious cycle of poverty, forced marriage and prostitution

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Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić had the world at his feet. But it wasn't enough. He knew something was missing and turned to books to help him find meaning in his life. What he read changed his outlook, his way of thinking, and his future. 

In the Words of Ex-Footballer Neven Subotic

Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić discusses the books that changed his life.

The Book That Changed My Life

Should artists and musicians be active cultural warriors in the war in Ukraine? Or should art provide solace from the brutality of war? Tracks East focuses on artists from countries devastated by war and how they are received in the west.

Culture Warriors: Art in Wartime

Should artists and musicians be active cultural warriors in the war in Ukraine? Or should art provide solace from the brutality of conflict? 

Tracks East

This week’s show uncovers a bleak picture for European teachers. In Britain, teachers' strikes and unsafe school buildings threaten to undermine the UK’s education system. Elsewhere on the continent, an aging teaching force fails to be replaced.

Europe’s Teaching Crisis

Europe’s teachers are underpaid and in short supply. ARTE Europe Weekly investigates why the profession might be heading for trouble.

ARTE Europe Weekly

For the 5th time since it joined the EU in 1986, Madrid will take over the reins of the Council of the European Union for six months. This presidency comes at a tense time in Spain. Early general elections have been called for 25 July 2023, and according to the opinion polls, could result in a change of majority in favour of the conservative Popular Party. But what is also worrying is the possible arrival in power of the far right. Profoundly pro-European, Spain appears to be gripped by uncertainty more than 40 years after the fall of Francoism.

On 1 July, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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A physical and philosophical meandering through the streets of Berlin as presenter Jonas Bosslet asks: why do people put themselves centre stage on social networks? What does it mean for how we view others - and ourselves? How can this endless thirst for glory and adulation be explained?

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The catastrophic train crash at Larissa in February 2023 provoked angry protests against the Greek government. Is this accident a symptom of a deeper problems?

Is Greece in a Permanent Crisis?

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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“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

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A spat over grain - and weapons - plunges Ukrainian-Polish ties to their lowest point since the Russian invasion began. ARTE Europe Weekly looks at which countries are providing the most aid to Ukraine as global support drops. Also on the show, young Ukrainians debate whether to stay or go in order to avoid military service.

Poland and Ukraine’s friendship put to the test

A dispute over grain threatens to sour relations between the two countries as Poland stops sending new weapons.

Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform works by Vivaldi and Mozart in the famous Cour Marly at the Musée du Louvre, featuring mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and violist Amihai Grosz.

An evening at the Musée du Louvre

Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform live at the Musée du Louvre.

Vivaldi and Mozart in the Cour Marly

From his gilded youth in Europe to the bloody repression of the Arab Spring, this is the engrossing story of Muammar Gaddafi's second son who, despite arrest warrants for crimes against humanity, is running for election in Libya.

Saif Al Islam Gaddafi's Comeback

Son of a Dictator

Dance all night long with the dream lineup of 2023's ARTE Mix ø Trabendo. This year's session features Deena Abdelwahed, Elise Massoni, Molly, Cheap House as well as Jeff Mills feat. Jean-Phi Dary and Prabhu Edouard. 

With Jeff Mills and Deena Abdelwahed

ARTE Mix returns to the Trabendo at the edge of Paris for another session of DJ sets and live performances.

ARTE Mix O Trabendo 2023

At first glance, nothing connects Lil Wayne to Donald Trump: one is an African-American rapper from the poor neighborhoods of New Orleans, the other a rich white heir turned President of the United States. And yet without Donald Trump, Lil Wayne could have gone to prison for up to a decade. TAPE tells you all about this surprising relationship.

Lil Wayne

Without Donald Trump, Lil Wayne could have gone to prison for over a decade

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August 19, 2014. Nicki Minaj releases the music video for Anaconda. The message is clear: down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech. Provocative? Maybe. Feminist? Definitely.

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj says down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars, and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech

The tiny island of Lampedusa saw its population double when thousands of migrants arrived by boat in September. The Italian government has threatened to deport arrivals and is looking to the rest of Europe for support. But EU states are divided on how to respond.

Europe’s migration policy is put to the test – again

The EU struggles to find a coherent response to thousands of people arriving on Italy’s shores.

Tracks East finds out how militarisation, migration, and an increasing polarisation within society are affecting the mood in Poland as elections approach.

The Polish Paradox

Tracks East finds out how militarisation, migration and an increasing polarisation within society are affecting the mood in Poland as elections approach.

Eighteen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, how is Russian civil society coping with Putin’s dictatorial drift? Tracks East investigates with journalist and debunker of fake news, Masha Borzunova.

Daily life in Putin's Russia

Eighteen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, how is Russian civil society coping with Putin’s dictatorial drift?

Italy has the largest number of World Heritage sites of any country, wonders that are becoming increasingly difficult to preserve. Can they all be saved, or should some be left to crumble? Twist criss-crosses Italy to discover its lost places.

Lost Places in Italy

Italy has the largest number of World Heritage sites of any country, wonders that are becoming increasingly difficult to preserve. Can they all be saved from ruin?

Twist

Too many people, too little space. Migrants in Malta have contributed to a strong economic boom over the past 20 years. But as the island becomes more crowded, more and more residents seem to be turning against non-European migrants.

The smallest country in the European Union has the lowest birth rate. However, it is currently facing overpopulation.

Malta: an overpopulated and unwelcoming island

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.

ARTE Reportage

Celebrated violinist David Garrett gives an unforgettable concert at the ancient theatre in Taormina, Sicily with a selection of rearranged works by Dvorak, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Vivaldi and Fritz Kreisler.

Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico

Renowned violinist David Garrett gives an unforgettable concert at the ancient theatre of Taormina in Sicily.

David Garrett

Freedom and diversity are important in Timisoara, the birthplace of the Romanian revolution in 1989. Twist visits the city which has been designated European Capital of Culture 2023 and looks at the wind of freedom blowing through the cultural scene.

Timisoara: City of Freedom?

A visit to the European Capital of Culture 2023 where a wind of freedom is blowing through the cultural scene.

Spain’s historic win in the Women’s World Cup was overshadowed by scandal after Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss of striker Jenni Hermoso. It’s had a ripple effect across sport in Europe, shining a light on deep-rooted inequality, from pay gaps to poor work conditions and cases of sexual assault.

Football’s #MeToo moment highlights sexism in European sport

Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss on Spain player Jenni Hermoso has sparked a reckoning over sexism in sport.

In September 2022 the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody set off nationwide protests in Iran. One year on from this civil unrest, Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

Iranian Women Resist

Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

Incorrect diagnoses, inappropriate treatments and persistent shortcomings in care. The medical field, whose benchmark remains the male body, seems to neglect the physiological particularities of women. Focus on the alarming gender gap in healthcare.

The medical field, whose benchmark remains the male body, seems to neglect the physiological particularities of women.

Are Women Ill Differently?

About 500,000 to 800,000 people in Germany are addicted to porn and many are no longer in control of their lives due to their sexual disorder. The problem is a taboo subject. But sex sells, especially on the internet: In Germany alone, online porn providers turn over an estimated 4.5 billion euros a year.

When Pleasure turns into Pain

About 500,000 to 800,000 people in Germany are addicted to porn with severe consequences for their lives and relationships.

Re: Porn Addiction

The editors of Doschd (TV Rain) have once again watched hours of Russian state propaganda broadcasts and take apart every fake allegation. In this episode, Konstantin Goldenzweig looks at how ingrained anti-Russian sentiment is in the West.

Russophobia in the West

Konstantin Goldenzweig looks at Russian state TV's claims about  anti-Russian sentiment in the West.

Fake News

Taiwan has almost everything it takes to be an independent state, with a flag, currency, and an army. But it no longer has representation in the UN, and China claims it as one of its regions. Just a few months before the Taiwanese presidential elections in January 2024, ARTE dedicates a special issue to the island. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised fears that China could be tempted to emulate Russia and try to take the island back by force.

Could War Break Out in Taiwan?

With months to go before the elections in Taiwan, the island's relationship to China is at the top of voters' minds.

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