Name: Re: Creative Citizenship for Better Democracy
Uploaded: 2021-11-12T15:51:43.000+01:00
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Description: “It is important that the next generation learn as early as possible to hold critical dialogues, to take into account the attitudes of others and still find a lasting consensus," says Camille Møller, organiser of a Democracy Festival. According to happiness research, participation in democratic processes makes people happier, and young people across Europe are leading the charge.

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Per una democrazia (più) partecipativa

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Creatividad ciudadana: por la democracia

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Nowa oddolna demokracja

“It is important that the next generation learn as early as possible to hold critical dialogues, to take into account the attitudes of others and still find a lasting consensus," says Camille Møller, organiser of a Democracy Festival. According to happiness research, participation in democratic processes makes people happier, and young people across Europe are leading the charge.

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Research says participation in democratic processes makes people happier, and young people are leading the charge

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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

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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.

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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?

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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 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.

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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

A new substance is taking Europe by storm: cannabidiol (or CBD) from the hemp plant. Available as an oil, herbal tea, spray or cream, it is said to have soothing properties and can relieve chronic stress, without making the user high. But what are the real powers of this molecule?

A new substance is taking Europe by storm: cannabidiol (or CBD) from the hemp plant. Available as an oil, herbal tea, spray or cream, it is said to have soothing properties and can relieve stress.

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Denmark has made headlines across Europe with its migrant policy. Harsher punishment for offences, lessons in Danish culture, forced relocation from problem neighbourhoods. While some see the ghetto laws as the solution to dealing with parallel societies, for many residents it is turning their lives upside down.

Denmark's Immigration Hardline

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Alexis Fleming lives surrounded by more than a hundred animals: goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens. They've all been rescued from the slaughterhouse. To accommodate them, she set up a farm animal hospice on the Scottish coast. At 40, suffering from an incurable disease, she sees her farm as a place full of life where death is not a taboo subject.

A Scottish Animal Hospice

Alexis Fleming runs an animal hospice where death is not a taboo subject

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Sasha Nazar wants to save a crumbling synagogue in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, one of the last in the city. Where once a thriving Jewish community lived, now only a small community is present.

Re: Saving a Ukrainian Synagogue

After years of factory farming, a pig farm cooperative in Brandenburg is on the brink of bankruptcy due to the collapse in pig prices. A visionary farmer proposes a change of tack…

Converting to Organic Farming

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The high waters that flooded Venice in November 2019 were the worst since the terrible floods of 1966 and damage to Venice's rich cultural heritage was considerable. With sea levels rising due to climate change, many are pessimistic about the vulnerable lagoon city's prospects. Can Venice survive?

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Sexual education and sexuality deeply divides Poland. A younger generation wants access to liberal sex education and acceptance of sexual minorities whereas a conservative older generation, influenced by the catholic church, rejects these moves towards a liberal society.

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The pandemic has revealed weaknesses in the German healthcare system due to underfunding and staff shortages. Chronic stress amongst staff has led to burnout and many nurses leaving the profession.

Healthcare Professionals on the Edge

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Before the fall of the Iron Curtain, Georgia supplied all of Eastern Europe with tea, as the climate in the country is ideal for cultivation. When Hannes discovered that the tea of her childhood had ceased production, she and partner left for Georgia and leased an overgrown tea plantation. They use all organic methods and pay workers above-average wages.

What started as a mad escapade bloomed into a sustainable business that employs local people

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Since the fall of communism, Romania’s forests have been devastated, even in national parks where logging is illegal. A mix of private interests and state corruption are to blame for the deforestation which threatens biodiversity in the Carpathians.

Re: Illegal Logging in Romania

Child psychologists are sounding the alarm in Germany. Many minors have not coped well with lockdowns and COVID restrictions and some have developed serious problems. Mental health services are at breaking point.

Many children have not coped well with lockdowns and COVID restrictions and some have developed serious problems. Mental health services are at breaking point.

Re: Lockdown and Child Mental Health

Once nicknamed "the pearl of the Mediterranean", the Cypriot tourist town of Varosha was emptied in 1974 as its residents fled as the Turkish army moved in. Since then, it has been a forbidden zone but the local authorities are gradually reopening it. The former residents view the opening up of the territory with hope and concern.

Varosha went from being a trendy holiday destination to the No Man's Land of Europe

Re: Cyprus, Torn Between Division and Reconciliation

From India, Pakistan and Thailand, thousands of Asian workers toil in the plantations of southwestern Portugal. They do hard, poorly paid work, far from their families and their country, in hopes of getting Portuguese nationality. It's their passport to a better life, elsewhere in Europe.

Hoping for an EU passport

Thousands of Asian workers toil in plantations in Portugal, in hopes of getting Portuguese nationality

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The world economy covets Greenland’s rich deposits of raw materials, until now unexploited. Uranium mining could provide much needed employment for indigenous peoples as well as tax revenue. But the environmental cost could be heavy.

A Solution for the Future?

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For a new generation of designers, "fast fashion" and disposable clothing is over! Their motto: "less is more". They are making a radical change in the fashion world by using timeless designs to produce clothing that is sustainable, and fair trade.

For a new generation of designers, "fast fashion" and disposable clothing is over! 

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When the Taliban took control of Kabul on 15 August 2021, the city was in panic as many tried to leave via the airport amidst chaotic scenes. Several weeks later ARTE returns to Kabul to find out what life is like for those left behind under Taliban rule, including Wahid, who worked as a translator for the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces.

When the Taliban took control of Kabul on 15 August 2021, the city was in panic as many tried to leave via the airport amidst chaotic scenes. Several weeks later ARTE returns to Kabul to find out what life is like for those left behind under Taliban rule.

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Patrycja and Eryc don't dare tell anyone beyond a close circle of friends that they're Jewish for fear of reprisals. Poland used to be a hub of Jewish culture, but the Holocaust devastated the community and it never recovered. Though the young couple rarely goes to the synagogue, they feel Jewish at heart. They say there is no place for them in Poland and they want to move to Israel.

Patrycja and Eryc don't dare tell anyone beyond a close circle of friends that they're Jewish for fear of reprisals

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Filip Zahariev is a top chef who headed up the Gruvelageret restaurant in Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost fine-dining restaurant in the world. Now he has returned to his native Bulgaria where he wants to open up his own restaurant.

Top chef Filip Zahariev returns to his native Bulgaria to open up a fine-dining restaurant in one of Europe’s poorest regions.

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In Northern Ireland tensions are high as the realities of Brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol become apparent. ARTE meets members of the loyalist community leading up to 12 July, Orangemen’s Day.

Tensions in Northern Ireland

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Mount Etna in Sicily is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, regularly erupting huge amounts of ash. But this does not stop many people from living at the foot of the volcano. Etna makes life difficult for local residents but there are also many advantages, such as fertile soils.

Mount Etna in Sicily is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, regularly erupting huge amounts of ash. But this does not stop many people from living at the foot of the volcano. 

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Rewilding means returning areas to their natural state. Across Europe conservationists, local government and ordinary citizens are rethinking their impact on the environment and trying to work with nature, rather than against it.

Across Europe conservationists, local government and ordinary citizens are rethinking their impact on the environment and trying to work with nature, rather than against it.

Re: Living in Harmony with Nature

In southern Germany and Austria citizens are campaigning against motorbikes on country roads, which they say are unnecessarily loud. Whereas bikers want to be able to enjoy their hobby and ride freely.

In southern Germany and Austria citizens are campaigning against motorbikes on country roads, which they say are unnecessarily loud. Whereas bikers want to enjoy their hobby and ride freely.

Re: Bikers vs Citizens

Italy is a leading nation when it comes to training rescue dogs. The courageous animals are able to leap from helicopters or boats to save people at sea. Ferruccio Pilenga’s training school was founded with an understanding of the potential of our four-legged friends to help save lives.

Re: Baywatch for Dogs

The alpine glaciers have lost an eighth of their volume over the last 15 years. This melting, the clear consequences of climate change, has major economic and ecological impact. Can the glaciers still be saved?

The alpine glaciers have lost an eighth of their volume over the last 15 years. Can they still be saved?

Re: Melting Glaciers in the Alps

Nine-year-old Predag attends school in his home village of Temska in Serbia. But not for much longer, as the school is due to close in two years. It used to have almost 1,000 pupils; now there are only 18. A focus on the consequences of the rural exodus on Serbian society.

Re: School Closures in Serbia

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

Re: The Thrill of Danger

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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.

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A desert is growing in the southwest Romanian region of Oltenia. Extreme heat and drought are making it bigger every year with sandstorms reaching Bucharest. But a group of ecologists are trying to keep it at bay by replanting trees in the region.

Climate Change in Romania

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In August 2020 1,500 individuals attempted to cross the straits of Dover, all looking to start a new life in Britain. Paying extortionate prices to people traffickers or going it alone in tiny dinghies, it’s a dangerous game to cross the cold waters of the world’s busiest shipping lane.

In August 2020 1,500 individuals attempted to cross the straits of Dover all looking to start a new life in Britain. Paying extortionate prices to people traffickers or going it alone in tiny dinghies, it’s a dangerous game to cross the cold waters of the world’s busiest shipping lane.

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Every year Israel builds more and more road infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, encouraging new settlements to house the overspill from the crowded urban centres of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. But where is the space for a Palestinian state?

Every year Israel builds more and more road infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, encouraging new settlements to house the overspill from the crowded urban centres of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 

Israel: Making (In)Roads into the West Bank

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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

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This is the story of death and survival, exclusion and hope told by those who lived through it. 40 years ago an HIV infection seemed like a death sentence. When the first patients fell ill with high fever, pneumonia and fungal infections in the early 1980s, doctors were at a loss. Most of those affected were gay men, but the cause of the mystery illness escaped them.
After much protests and medical advancements, the stigma of HIV has lessened but the virus is still with us.

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With globalisation and its effects on production, distribution and consumption, fashion is undergoing a massive makeover. As both a commercial product and art, it can also be a vehicle for social commentary on major events such as terrorist attacks or the refugee crisis.

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The Bronx, 1973: A new subculture is emerging and spreading all over New York: Graffiti. In these first episodes meet the early pioneers such as LEE, FUTURA 2000 and SKEME and how they were influenced by the film ‘Wild Style’.

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How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners, starting with four voguing performers who've created a safe space for themselves, and an asexual model who posts sexy pictures online. Next we visit a hypersexual couple and discover puppy play with Marion and Leo.

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Sting appears at the Reeperbahn Festival opening gala in Hamburg performing "Rushing Water", a track from his forthcoming album "The Bridge", due for release on 19 November. Discover the track exclusively! As a bonus, one of the Police's biggest hits "Every Breath You Take".

Reeperbahn Festival 2021

Sting appears at the Reeperbahn Festival opening gala in Hamburg performing "Rushing Water", a track from his forthcoming album "The Bridge", due for release on 19 November. 

Sting - 'Rushing Water'

An evening of music from the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris with Natalia M. King, Lass, Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita.

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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.

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Jamie Cullum, Britain’s best-selling jazz artist, natural showman and fearless performer, made his mark with covers of Rihanna’s “Don't Stop the Music” and “Frontin'” by Pharrell Williams. This special live performance comes from Versailles’s old royal hospital, the Espace Richaud.

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A focus on the world’s largest country by landmass. Russia is a major world power that excels in certain spheres but glaring inequality, major structural problems and Western sanctions mean it may struggle to keep up with other world powers.

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With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene. Featuring writer Sofi Oksanen, artists Flo Kasearu and Timo Toots, the Estonian Voices ensemble and rapper Tommy Cash

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene.

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