Italy: Like a Theatre Without Actors

Da Roma a Firenze: un teatro senza attori

Italien: Wie eine Theaterkulisse ohne Darsteller

Włochy: Jak teatr bez aktorów

Florence : voyager malgré l'épidémie

Italia: Como un teatro sin actor

A German journalist travels through Italy, a country where usually busy cities are empty due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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Italy - From the Heart of the Pandemic

<p>A German journalist travels through Italy, a country where usually busy cities are empty due to the coronavirus lockdown.</p>

A German journalist travels through Italy, a country where usually busy cities seem empty due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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In the Roman working-class neighbourhood of Centocelle, local people have been helping each other through the coronavirus crisis. 

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In the Roman working-class neighbourhood of Centocelle, local people have been helping each other through the crisis. 

Italy: Solidarity is Contagious

German journalist Gustav Hofer travels through Italy in lockdown. Arriving in Bolgogna, the city is as deserted as Roma and Florence.

Journey through Italy in Lockdown (3/4)

Bologna: Isolation Shows What's Really Important

Rome is in lockdown due to the coronavirus. But what is life in quarantine like the eternal city? A report from a German correspondant and resident.

Coronavirus in the Italian Capital

Rome: La Dolce Vita in Quarantine

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Ukrainian Journalist Anastasia Volkova gives us her personal account of her experiences of war in a series of war diaries. In this report she discusses how journalists cope in wartime with the harrowing things they see.

My Week of War (6 June)

Dispatches From Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

The statue of Prince Volodymyr I, along with twenty other public monuments in Kyiv, has been under protection since March. Citizens of the Ukrainian capital deplore the fact that they are hidden away and hope to see them again soon, when the war is hopefully over. Report by our Ukrainian colleagues Inna Lebedenko and Oleg Borshevskyi for TSN 1+1.

Kyiv Misses its Statues

According official figures, hundreds of historic monuments including churches have been damaged or destroyed by Russian shells or tanks. Many museums have also been looted. Investigations are underway as the destruction of cultural heritage is a war crime. Report by our Ukrainian colleagues Alla Khousynivsk, Sergii Osadtchiouk, Ivan Pavlovytch and Andrii Khloust for TSN 1+1.

Russians Bombing Churches

According official figures, hundreds of historic monuments including churches have been damaged or destroyed by Russian shells or tanks.

In eastern Ukraine, the town of Sieverodonetsk  is under attack from the Russian army, to the point of being the country's next Mariupol. Yet the Ukrainian authorities refuse to force the inhabitants to evacuate the capital of the Luhansk region. 15,000 of them are still living in shelters, and many refuse to leave, despite the convoys that have been put in place.

Leaving Sieverodonetsk

On the first day of the war, a shell exploded near Marina's flat in eastern Ukraine. Her face was disfigured in the blast. In Kyiv, facial plastic surgery will give her a fresh start. Our Ukrainian colleagues Iryna Markevich, Andrii Romaniuk and Andrii Vetroshkin report for TSN 1+1.

Disfigured by War

Since 24 February, almost one million Ukrainians have returned home. More than ever before since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression. Since 9 May, their numbers have been rising rapidly. Our Ukrainian colleagues Maritchka Kouzhik and Andriy Popovitch report for TSN 1+1 as they met some of the returnees in the Lviv region.

Lviv: Refugees Return

Seven-year-old Yehor and his friends live in Shestovytsia, a suburb of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine. For a month, they endured Russian shelling which left their neighbourhood in ruins, and witnessed the Russian occupation of their village. For these children, war is no longer just a game, but a very real experience. A report by Ukrainian journalists Valentyna Dobrota and Andrii Klus for TSN 1+1.

When Children Play War

For these children, war is no longer just a game, but a very real experience

Located about 100 km east of Odessa, in southern Ukraine, the city of Kherson was quickly taken by Russian forces on 2 March. Since then, the inhabitants have been living under Russian occupation. Our Ukrainian colleague Svitlana Pavuk reports on daily life there for TSN 1+1.

Kherson: Life under Russian Occupation

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Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Hellfest 2022

Nightwish

Just a few weeks before the release of their new album, The Sick and the Dying… and the Dead! Thrash metal stars Megadeth perform at Hellfest 2022.

Megadeth

Drockick Murphys are perhaps the most Irish of American bands. The Bostonians baptize their new album Turn Up That Dial at Hellfest 2022.

Dropkick Murphys

Punk rock fans note: The Offspring have released a new album: The Californians perform tracks from their latest work at Hellfest, Let the Bad Times Roll.

The Offspring

As soon as weightlessness sets in in Earth orbit, everything floats, including bodily fluids. Most astronauts suffer from space sickness – similar to seasickness. You get sick, your eyes go crazy, your face swells up, your legs get longer and after a few sleepless nights (there is no day or night in space) many astronauts get severe back pain. Space researchers are trying to understand how the human body reacts without gravity. Could we need it to live?

Are We Ready for Mars?

What would happen to our bodies if we were all suddenly exposed to weightlessness in space?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Brazilian cult band Sepultura is back at Hellfest! They unleash their intense thrash metal in front of a white-hot audience.

Sepultura

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

Be a Man! - But How?

Streetphilosophy

Known for their incandescent, fiery performances, Swedish black metal band Watain perform their pyrotechnics at Hellfest 2022.

Watain

JInjer are Ukraine’s official ambassadors of metal. Led by the voice and charisma of singer Tatiana Shmayluk, they are bringing their special blend of progressive groove metal to the world.

Jinjer

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.

Hellfest invites a heavyweight of crossover and thrash metal: Los Angeles natives Suicidal Tendencies make the main stage tremble!

Suicidal Tendencies

The ‘Operation Hotel’ revelations back in 2018 revealed that the Ecuadorian government was spying on Julian Assange, taking refuge in their London embassy at the time. But recent evidence from Spanish authorities suggests that it was in fact American intelligence that sponsored the surveillance. With the USA currently trying to extradite Assange from his London prison to be tried for the disclosure of hundreds of thousands of top-secret documents on WikiLeaks, the global Assange story, murkier than ever, is ongoing.

Global Assange

The WikiLeaks founder is currently fighting extradition to the US where he faces charges that could result in a 175 year prison sentence

According to the myth, the Greeks managed to enter the city of Troy by building a wooden horse in which was hidden Greek soldiers. How much of this story is based on actual historical events? And if the story is true, was it even a horse?

The Mystery of the Trojan Horse

With their latest album Soul on Fire, The Last Internationale brings a rebellious spirit to the main stage of Hellfest 2022.

The Last Internationale

Drugs have a bad press. But scientists have long been convinced that the use of psychedelics can sometimes be beneficial. The use of ecstasy, LSD and other hallucinogens could soon be authorised for therapeutic purposes. Should we change our relationship to certain drugs?

Are We Doing More Drugs?

Scientists have long been convinced that the use of psychedelics can sometimes be beneficial.

The trio led by Matthew Bellamy is one of the most explosive and creative forces in rock music over the past two decades. There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Tempelhof Sounds 2022

 There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Muse

In Jordan, on the site of one of the world's first settlements, archaeologists have unearthed treasures including a sumptuous pearl necklace for a little girl. An object that provides clues about life in the Neolithic period.

Neolithic Treasures from Jordan

In Jordan, on the site of one of the world's first settlements, archaeologists have unearthed treasures including a sumptuous pearl necklace for a little girl. 

The Mysterious Stone Age Village

Pittsburgh punk band Anti-Flag have been going strong since the late 1980s. They bring their anthemic sound at Hellfest 2022.

Anti-Flag

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

Fisherman Darren Kenyon is from Grimsby in north-east England. Like 70% of the people in the area, he voted for Brexit in the hope for a better deal for the fishing sector. But so far nothing has improved for the industry and the wider region. Former Boris Johnson supporters feel cheated.

Fisherman Darren Kenyon is from Grimsby in north-east England. He voted for Brexit in the hope for a better deal for the fishing sector. But so far nothing has improved.

Italy - From the Heart of the Pandemic

Italy: Solidarity is Contagious

Italy: Solidarity is Contagious

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Bologna: Isolation Shows What's Really Important

Bologna: Isolation Shows What's Really Important

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