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<p>With the pandemic many people are losing their libido. Manuel and Caroline speak frankly about how they feel about desire and their sexual drives in lockdown.</p>

Desire

With the pandemic many people are losing their libido. Manuel and Caroline speak frankly about how they feel about desire and their sexual drives in lockdown.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), an extreme and persistent exhaustion for which there is no cure. An investigation into a little known illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

ME/CFS – A Misunderstood Illness

 An investigation into little understood illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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When we're really in love, all hell breaks loose. The heart races, palms sweat, the mouth goes dry and the brain switches to "happily insane" mode. Some cultures are convinced that that's not a solid foundation to build a marriage and family on, opting for arranged partnerships instead. But romantic love evolved for a reason. If we loved each other in small groups, then males would know who they were related to, and would fight for them and their children. 

Why do We Fall in Love?

Love may drive you crazy - but it also keeps you alive.

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For better or worse, fear is part of our lives. Ronja von Rönne finds out what scares Berliners the most. Fear is often distressing but can it be a positive emotion?

Have No Fear!

Ronja finds out what scares Berliners the most. Fear is often distressing but can it be a positive emotion?

Streetphilosophy

Chat forums are full of tales of miraculous healing thanks to the medicinal properties of cannabis. But there's little hard scientific evidence to back those claims up. In Germany, since 2017, cannabis has been available with a doctor's prescription. Many medical professionals have criticised the widespread use of cannabis as a massive experiment on the most vulnerable. Meanwhile in France, legislation remains strict, while in Israel, medicinal cannabis has been used for decades.

A Controversial Plant

Chat forums are full of tales of miraculous healing thanks to the medicinal properties of cannabis

Medical Marijuana

Illnesses, accidents, assaults ... Faced with traumatic events, a force within us allows us to overcome and move forward: resilience. Far from being an innate characteristic, it is a capacity that we can work on.

Resilience

Psyche

A man has enough sperm. Or so you might think - up to 600 million per ejaculation. And yet there is cause for concern: several studies have shown a significant decline in sperm count, especially in Western countries, in the last 50 years. Are we heading towards a sperm crisis?

Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?

Several studies have shown a significant decline in sperm count in the last 50 years. Are we heading towards a sperm crisis?

The pandemic has provided us with a painful reminder of how important physical contact is for our mental well-being. Individuals share their experiences of physical isolation.

Need a Hug?

The pandemic has provided us with a painful reminder of how important physical contact is for our mental well-being.

Fear is a universal emotion that is key to our survival. But what happens if you are paralysed by fear? Jens speaks about his struggles with panic attacks that can overwhelm him and therapist Remy uses hypnosis to treat patients with phobias and panic attacks.

Fear

Fear is a universal emotion that is key to our survival. But what happens if you are paralysed by it?

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, at least that is how the saying goes. Grégoire and Marie tell their stories of how they overcame traumatic situations and built resilience.

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On the eve of her coronation, Elizabeth recalls how her father's execution of her mother Anne Boleyn left her a bastard. This unique opera series follows the life of the 'Virgin Queen' to the music of Gaetano Donizetti. Episode 1: The Coronation...

The Coronation

On the eve of her coronation, Elizabeth recalls how her mother's execution turned her into a bastard.

Gaetano Donizetti: Bastarda (1/6)

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu mounts a serious challenge to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s presidency as the election heads to a runoff. Next, we take a look at the problem of student housing across Europe, which is getting more expensive and harder to find. In our culture segment, the French play ‘Daddy’ delves into the seedy world of online grooming.

Turkey election / Student housing / Theatre

Turkey’s election heads for round two, while students across Europe are struggling to find affordable housing.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Visiting her childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth is caught up in a love triangle that reminds her of a past situation, when Jane Seymour was the love rival of Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn. This unique opera series follows the life of the Virgin Queen to the music of Gaetano Donizetti. Episode 2: The Royal Progress...

The Royal Progress

Elizabeth is entangled in a love triangle that reminds her of a past situation...

Gaetano Donizetti: Bastarda (2/6)

Portrait of the German symbolist painter and sculptor Max Klinger (1857-1920). Often compared to Rodin, he was famous in his day for his erotic and tender sculptures.

Dream and Seduction

Portrait of the German symbolist painter and sculptor Max Klinger (1857-1920), often compared to Rodin.

Max Klinger

With the war in Ukraine meaning the end for cheap oil and gas imports from Russia, European demand for coal is on the rise. Multinationals are increasing activity in the largest coal mining region in South America with negative consequences for the environment and local communities.

Colombian Coal for Europe

With European demand increasing, coal mining in Columbia is harming the environment and local communities.

ARTE Reportage

Increasing authoritarianism means that Russian citizens have to decide: Do they stay quiet and allow freedom to die? Or do they speak up and risk changing their lives for ever? Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.

Anti-Putin Russians

Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.

Tracks East

Japan has just made an historic shift: In December, Tokyo announced a doubling of its defence budget by 2027, the first time this has happened since World War II. The Japanese are wary of China and North Korea.

Japan: Preparing for War

Altın Gün is the incredible story of six Dutch enthusiasts of Turkish rock from the 60s and 70s. A journey through time and space that has been taking the world by storm since 2016. It's hard to resist their electrifying oriental vibes! The band is back to showcase their album released in March 2023: Aşk.
Behind the pseudonym Emile Londonien are three jazz-loving musicians from Strasbourg, all members of the Omezis collective. For their performance at Cabaret Sauvage, the trio invites Haitian-Canadian saxophonist Jowee Omicil and two singers to immerse us in the depths of Legacy, their debut album.
Kutu is also a boundary-crossing project, tracing its path between France and Ethiopia. Kutu revolves around violinist and violist Théo Ceccaldi and singer Hewan Gebrewold, along with three additional musicians. Their collaboration gives birth to cosmic music compiled in their first album, Guramayle.
Filmed concerts on May 29, 2023, at Cabaret Sauvage, Paris.

Journeys through Music

Turkish rock group Altın Gün, jazz trio Emile Londonien, and French-Ethiopian Kutu live at the Cabaret Sauvage.

Altın Gün, Emile Londonien and Kutu

A new generation has come of age in Turkey that doesn’t want to live like their parents. On social media, on comedy stages and in rap music a counterculture is flourishing. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes to Turkey to uncover the local scene.

Turkey: The New Generation

A new counterculture is flourishing in Turkey. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes there to uncover the local scene.

The many turquoise lakes and waterfalls in Plitvice National Park in Croatia are spectacular. This protected area is the refuge of 1,400 varieties of plants, some fifty species of mammals and 321 different butterflies. The park is located in the heart of one of the last primary forests in Europe, where the brown bear still roams. 

The Lakes of Plitvice in Croatia

The many turquoise lakes and waterfalls in Plitvice National Park in Croatia are spectacular

National Parks: A Macro View

Melody Gardot performs her album Sunset in the Blue, from the Radio France studios accompanied by a trio of musicians and 40 instrumentalists from the in-house orchestra.

Melody Gardot: From Paris with Love

They are waging a systematic war against education. More than two and a half million school children in Burkina Faso currently no longer have classes. For the country with its 20 million inhabitants, this is an enormous number of children who can no longer exercise their right to schooling because Islamist terrorists consider education harmful.

Burkina Faso: The War against School

More than two and a half million school children in Burkina Faso are not in school due to Islamic terrorism.

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 2,500 documents were leaked from Prigozhin’s servers by anti-Putin hackers, shedding light on this secretive group of mercenaries, a key element in the war in Ukraine.

Data Sources

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 

The Prigozhin Papers

Record-breaking droughts have hit Spain forcing the country to take emergency measures. We look at the wider picture regionally where droughts are occurring at an alarming frequency causing severe water shortages. Meanwhile, since the war began, 8.2 million Ukrainians have fled to the EU. Two years later, Arte Europe weekly learns why many are asking whether to stay or return home. Lastly, we turn to Serbia, where a handful of female comic book artists are challenging the status quo in their field.

Euro drought crisis / Ukrainian refugees / Serbian comic book artists

Europe experiences severe water shortages caused by drought, while Ukrainian refugees in EU consider returning home.

“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

Last year, in response to the opposition's demand to send all Syrians back across the border, President Erdoğan declared, "We will never allow Kemal Bey (the opposition candidate) to send our Syrian brothers home!" But the popularity of the Turkish President has since declined, in the wake of a deep economic crisis and a lacklustre rescue response to February's lethal earthquake. Meanwhile, Turkish xenophobic sentiment has grown, with some Syrian neighbourhoods even becoming the target for looting and unrest. As he tries to retain his twenty-year grip on power, Erdoğan announced a plan for the "voluntary return" of one million Syrians last summer.

Turkey: Syrians in the Crosshairs of the Elections

Syrian refugees have become political pawns as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to retain his twenty-year grip on power.

For weeks Lebanon has been paralysed by a fuel crisis that is stretching society to the limit. A lack of gas and petrol means drivers queue for hours to fill up and electricity plants can only provide electricity for a few hours a day.

Lebanon: Fuel Wars

For weeks Lebanon has been paralysed by a fuel crisis that is stretching society to the limit. 

One year on from the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut, the families of the victims are struggling to find out the truth and seek justice. The Lebanese government had promised an urgent investigation, but the official version of events satisfies no one: According to the authorities, the ammonium nitrate that caused the blast entered the port by mistake after a ship was damaged off the Lebanese coast and an accident in a warehouse caused the explosion.

Lebanon: Whose Fault Was the Beirut Explosion?

One year on from the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut, the families of the victims are struggling to find out the truth and seek justice.

Founder of the English Baroque Soloists, the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique, John Eliot Gardiner is not only one of the greatest conductors of his time, he is also a gentleman farmer. When he is not conducting, he looks after the cows and sheep on his organic farm in Dorset, some 200 kilometres from London. Portrait of a revered musician, a pioneer of historically informed performance, as he celebrates his eightieth birthday.

The Art of Conducting

Portrait of a revered conductor and pioneer of historically informed performance, as he celebrates his eightieth birthday.

John Eliot Gardiner

The Days Off festival invites former Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker to revisit classic French pop songs from the 1960s, tracks immortalised in the Wes Anderson film, The French Dispatch.
Live from the Philharmonie de Paris, 2 July 2022.

Days Off 2022

Former Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker revisits classic French pop songs from the 1960s, tracks immortalised in the Wes Anderson film, The French Dispatch.
Live from the Philharmonie de Paris, 2 July 2022.

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