Name: Viral #15: Belarus and Turkey - The Coronavirus Worldwide
Uploaded: 2020-04-24T19:43:50.000+02:00
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Description: Belarus is the only country in Europe without any official quarantine or social distancing measures. The president has given some unique advice to his citizens to avoid infection such as drinking vodka, taking saunas and even driving tractors. Also reports from Turkey, Greece, Malaysia and Peru.

Diario de una pandemia: de Estambul a Atenas

Viral : en Turquie, des prisonniers politiques atteints par le virus

Viral #15: Belarus and Turkey

Viral: Corona wütet unter politischen Gefangenen der Türkei

Dzienniki zarazy: od Mińska po Abidżan

La situazione carceraria a Istanbul

Belarus is the only country in Europe without any official quarantine or social distancing measures. The president has given some unique advice to his citizens to avoid infection such as drinking vodka, taking saunas and even driving tractors. Also reports from Turkey, Greece, Malaysia and Peru.

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In Belarus, President Lukashenko downplays the danger of the pandemic and life in the sports world continues as normal. We also check out the situation in Algeria, Madagascar, and South Korea.

In Belarus, President Lukashenko downplays the danger of the pandemic 

VIRAL #19: Belarus and Football

Self-isolation in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, is a big ask. Many people are struggling to stay at home and in nearby camps, it's virtually impossible. ARTE also checks out the situation in the United States, Iceland and Greece.

Self-isolation in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, is a big ask

VIRAL #18: Erbil, a Difficult Lockdown

Cuba is fighting the pandemic despite food shortages. Will the strength of its health system be enough to protect its people? We also take a look at how Cambodia, Mayotte and Syria are coping with the COVID-19 threat.

Will the strength of Cuba's health system be enough to protect its people?

Viral #17: From Cuba to Syria

The island of Taiwan, 180 kilometers from the Chinese coast, has managed to contain the COVID-19 epidemic with very few deaths. Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, the Wailing Wall is emptier than ever. We also travel to South Korea, Poland, Egypt and Algeria.

The island of Taiwan, 180 kilometers from the Chinese coast, has managed to contain the COVID-19 epidemic with very few deaths

VIRAL #16: Taiwan and Israel

In Moscow campaigners are concerned about the use of facial recognition by the city authorities to track coronavirus cases. In Miami they are partying on their balconies. Also reports from the Czech Republic, Japan and Lebanon.

Viral #14: Moscow to Miami

A report on the coronavirus situation in Mexico City where the local pensioners still uphold their passion for dancing in the public gardens. Also in the programme: Chile, Czech Republic and Barcelona.  

VIRAL #13: Mexico City

The South Korean response to the coronavirus has been highly praised. Also reports from India, Iraq, Columbia and France.

VIRAL #12: The Coronavirus Worldwide

South Korea

ARTE's reporters around the world reveal how different countries are coping with the pandemic. In Pakistan, 'daily wagers' - workers employed on an ad hoc, daily basis - are among those who suffer the most from the country's confinement measures. Meanwhile the streets of Chile, not so long ago wracked by anti-government protests, have fallen silent.

VIRAL #11: The Coronavirus Worldwide

In Pakistan, 'daily wagers' - workers employed on an ad hoc, daily basis - are among those who suffer the most from the country's confinement measures

Pakistan to Chile

In the Spanish capital an ice-rink has been converted into a morgue as the coronavirus continues to take a heavy toll. Also in the programme, reports from Tangiers, Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles.

VIRAL #10: The Coronavirus Worldwide

Spain

In Brazil the coronavirus has worsened the political crisis in the country. Reports also from South Korea, Cambodia and the Central African Republic.

VIRAL #9: The Coronavirus Worldwide

Brazil to Cambodia

In Iran our correspondent tells us what is really happening in the country which is badly affected by the virus. The poorest cannot stay at home and fake news hampers efforts to control the virus. Reports also from Paris, Athens and Madagascar. 

VIRAL #8: The Coronavirus Worldwide

Iranians Mistrust their Government

In Japan, measures to contain the coronavirus are not that strict with life carrying on seemingly as usual. Reporting also from Australia, France, and Poland.

VIRAL #7: The Coronavirus Worldwide

Tokyo to Warsaw

VIRAL takes you to Colombia where the Coronavirus is causing serious problems in a country with an under developed welfare state. Also reporting from Belgium, Japan, Madagascar and South Korea.

VIRAL #6: The Coronavirus Worldwide

Bogota to Seoul

In Senegal a national emergency has been declared, but the imposed curfew is not respected. Also, reports from Canada, Sri Lanka, India and Mayotte.

VIRAL #5: The Coronavirus Worldwide

Senegal Carries On Regardless

43 million Algerian citizens have seen normal life turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic with Mosques closed and normally busy streets empty. Also reports from Taipei, Paris, Wellington and Tangier.

VIRAL #4: The Coronavirus Worldwide

Algeria Changes its Lifestyle

1.3 billion Indians are now officially in lockdown. ARTE’s correspondents report on the effects of the the coronavirus pandemic in New Delhi as well as Los Angeles, Dalvik, Lille and Athens.

VIRAL #3: The Coronavirus Worldwide

From New Delhi to Athens

Correspondents the world over report on their lives in lockdown. This episode concentrates on Beijing, where people have been forced to stay at home for two months. Also Paris, Bogota and Wellington.

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Diary of a Pandemic: From Beijing to Paris

The coronavirus pandemic is turning daily life upside-down around the world. Even the world of information has been forced to change its habits. The only story for many journalists is to share their daily lives in quarantine: In this first episode, correspondents share their lives in lockdown in Los Angeles, Milan, Tangier, Venice and Lille.

VIRAL - The Coronavirus Worldwide

Diary of a Pandemic: From L.A to Venice

VIRAL: Journal of a Pandemic - The Coronavirus Worldwide

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In Autumn 2020, Azerbaijan defeated Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of war. Thousands of soldiers died and the exact number of civilian casualties is unknown. Armenian director Aram Shahbazyan was on the front line, interviewing residents and witnessing bombings.

ARTE Regards

We take you to the frontline of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Nagorno-Karabakh: The Last Days

In Greece, the coastguard has taken to pushing back potential asylum seekers towards Turkish waters. That's despite the fact that once in Europe, these people have a right to apply for asylum and to have that application processed. But while this tactic is against EU human rights law, the Greek government have a promise to keep to its electorate: reducing the flow of migrants.

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In Greece, the coastguard has taken to pushing back asylum seekers into Turkish waters, in violation of EU law

Greece: Illegal Pushbacks of Asylum Seekers

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

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?

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

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

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

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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

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

In 1974, the French erotic film Emmanuelle broke audience records: almost 350 million viewers worldwide and a twelve-year run on the Champs Elysées in Paris. After the success of the sexually explicit Last Tango in Paris, Emmanuelle appeared at a turning point in French society: The sexual emancipation following May '68 in France. 

Queen of French Erotic Cinema

In 1974, the French erotic film Emmanuelle broke audience records: almost 350 million viewers worldwide and a twelve-year run on the Champs Elysées in Paris

Emmanuelle

As techno label Ostgut Ton turns 16, ARTE Concert is livestreaming three gigs exclusively from the Halle am Berghain. On this second night, the party continues in the old boiler room. Six DJ sets will blend a variety of rhythms and styles.

As techno label Ostgut Ton turns 16, ARTE Concert is livestreaming three gigs exclusively from the Halle am Berghain

Live From the Halle am Berghain: Day Two

In France, the bungalow evokes holidays in the sun. In the UK, they are humble everyday dwellings for grandparents. But in Germany or the United States, they take on a very different form: they are a bourgeois luxury, a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature. Inspired by the "bangalo", a traditional one-storey Bengal house open to the outside, this style was also a staple of colonial architecture. 

In the US and Germany, bungalows are a bourgeois luxury: a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature

The Beauty of Bungalows

Berlin-based label Ostgut Ton has made techno, house and experimental club music history. As the label turns 16, ARTE Concert will be streaming three gigs exclusively recorded at the Halle am Berghain. The party will begin in the large hall of the former thermal power plant with collaborative live performances, featuring the ambient and the experimental sounds the Berlin club is so renowned for.

As Berlin-based label Ostgut Ton turns 16, ARTE Concert celebrates in style

Live From the Halle am Berghain: Day One

In Japan, the “washlet” combines Western toilets with Japanese hygiene standards. A clever combination of comfort and cleanliness, they're considered a basic essential for people in Japan, although visitors may be left baffled as to how to use them. They have dozens of functionalities.

Gacha Gacha (1/9)

Japanese toilets make the bathroom experience a high tech luxury

Toilets, Perfected

Fasciae, hidden connective tissues, are largely unstudied parts of our anatomy. What role do they play in the organism? And could a better understanding of them help in finding a cure for back pain?

The Hidden World Under Our Skin

Fasciae, hidden connective tissues are largely unstudied. What role do they play in the human body?

Fascinating Fasciae

Star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and composer JohnWilliams have long been something of a dream team. The 89-year-old American has composed a new violin concerto especially for the German violin virtuoso. Together with works by Jessie Montgomery, Aaron Copland and Igor Stravinsky, this world premiere is the highlight of the Tanglewood Festival 2021. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is conducted by BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons and John Williams.

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Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
John Williams: Violin concerto No. 2 (World Premiere)
John Williams: New arrangements of film themes “Across the Stars“
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from “The Firebird“ (1919 Edition)

Tanglewood Festival 2021

Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the world premiere of John Williams new violin concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Anne-Sophie Mutter - John Williams

From Chur, Switzerland’s oldest city, to Tirano in Northern Italy, the Bernina Express winds its way through deep valleys and wild gorges, crossing some 196 bridges and going through 55 tunnels in its journey through the Graubünden Alps. A journey to discover one of the most spectacular railway lines in the world and an audacious feat of engineering.

A Train through the Alps

 A journey of discovery on one of the most spectacular railway lines in the world, and an audacious feat of engineering.

The Bernina Express

Eating ramen in Japan is a unique sensory and auditory experience. Here, the noodles are noisily slurped up. Considered rude in the West, in Japan this every day gesture is imbued with meaning.

Gacha Gacha (2/9)

In Japan, far from being rude, slurping is all about appreciating ramen's unique palette of flavours

Zuru Zuru: The Sound of Street Food

Cesaria Evora made the music of the Cape Verde islands famous throughout the world in the early 1990s. This film is an introduction to the culture, music and zest for life of the Cape Verdean people.

The Music of Cape Verde

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The Chachapoyas of Peru fascinate archaeologists and historians. Between the 8th and the 16th centuries this reputedly fierce warrior people practiced an unusual mortuary ritual.

Archaeological Investigations

The Chachapoyas of Peru fascinate archaeologists and historians with their unusual mortuary rituals.

Chachapoyas: Living with the Dead

From the Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Mozart’s opera – directed by Lotte de Beer – opens the festivities at the Aix-en-Provence opera festival. Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock leads a fine vocal ensemble that includes soprano Julie Fuchs, baritone Andrè Schuen and mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.

Aix-en-Provence Festival 2021

Mozart’s opera – directed by Lotte de Beer – opens the festivities of the festival of lyric art in Aix-en-Provence.

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro

After four years of waiting London Grammar have finally released a new album. To celebrate ,the British trio are invited onto the Ground Control set and ,as usual with London Grammar, the result is beautiful.

Ground Control

After four years of waiting London Grammar have finally released a new album. To celebrate ,the British trio are invited onto the Ground Control set to perform.

London Grammar

In Tokyo, sounds blair at you from all sides: the traffic lights that sound like chirping birds, the beep that signals when you enter a shop, and most of all, the delicate and detailed train station jingles. Every station has its own aural identity, crafted by a dedicated composer who has been writing train jingles for decades. 

Gacha Gacha (3/9)

 Every station has its own aural identity, crafted by composer who has been writing train jingles for decades

Eki-Melody: Japan's Train Jingles

With his Stetson on his head and a cigarette in his mouth, Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), was a singer-songwriter of incandescent, beautifully despairing country songs. He was an artist plagued by demons, often under the influence of alcohol and drugs, but he nevertheless wrote some of the masterpieces of American song, including "If I Needed You" and "To Live is to Fly", and managed to climb to the top of the charts in spite of himself with the song "Pancho and Lefty", first popularised by Emmylou Harris and then covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. His song 'Kathleen' was recently covered by Tindersticks.
 Troubled Troubadour
Through concert footage, film archives and interviews, this remarkable documentary sensitively traces Townes Van Zandt's formative experiences and existential and artistic ups and downs - from the beginning of his musical career, inspired by early Bob Dylan records and legendary blues bard Lightnin' Hopkins, to his untimely death. His managers, his children, his three wives and numerous musician friends shed light on his personality and reveal the affection they had for this troubled troubadour.

Portait of troubled Texan folk singer Townes van Zandt (1944-1997) who wrote beautiful and despairing country songs.

Townes Van Zandt: Be Here to Love Me

 French swimmer Florent Manaudou, German pentathlete Marvin Dogue and French sabre fencer Cécilia Berder all trained hard for the Tokyo Olympics, but the most important part of their training they say is in the mind. Mental conditioning is a growing science designed to get the best out of sports champions at a time when they could crumble under the pressure. At the beginning of World War Two, American airforce pilots struggled to face off against the Japanese fleet. Cue Bud Winter: in peace time, a sports coach, and in war, a mental conditioner who taught the pilots how to keep their head in the game even in life-or-death situations. Gradually, the idea that sportsmen and women were as much mind as they were muscle took hold. 

 For Olympic French swimmer Florent Manaudou, his greatest challenge is mental, not physical

Inside the Heads of Champions

In Japan politeness is deeply codified depending on your place in the hierarchy. Where you stand in the lift, how you get into a taxi, and especially how you greet others, depends on your social standing. The concept of Ojigi is instilled in every Japanese child, and adults go on to hire consultants to make sure they get the nuances just right. But if it sounds deeply constraining, it is supposed to provide balance and stability.

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In Japan where you stand in the lift, how you get into a taxi, and especially how you greet others, depends on your social standing

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