ARTE Regards

Re: Kohle-Comeback

Re: French Coal Comeback

Re: sguardi sulla società

<p>In France’s coal-producing regions, locals had come to turns with the closure of the coal industry. But since the energy crisis this winter, coal power-plants are reopening as France burns fossils fuels again to the keep the lights on.</p>

With the energy crisis this winter, France has decided to start burn fossils fuels again to the keep the lights on.

In Berlin, it all started with a DIY enthusiast who helped her neighbours with small jobs. Now the Driller Queens offer their carpentry, painting and other handiwork skills professionally. They want to bring a breath of fresh air into a sector dominated by men.

With their carpentry, painting and other handiwork services, the Driller Queens of Berlin want to bring a breath of fresh air into a sector dominated by men.

Re: Driller Queens of Berlin

Beata Moskal-Slaniewska is the mayor of Świdnica in south-west Poland and opposed to the country’s right-wing government. Supported by her deputy Szymon Chojnowsk, who recently publicly revealed his homosexuality, she is striving to advance democracy and tolerance.

Beata Moskal-Slaniewska is the mayor of Świdnica in south-west Poland and opposed to the country’s right-wing government. 

Re: A Polish Mayor Fights for Tolerance

On 6 February 2023, two violent earthquakes shook Turkey and Syria. Tens of thousands of people died and millions were left homeless. In many place, people had to wait for days for any help from the state to arrive. But in the face of the emergency, people organised themselves to help those buried under the rubble. Has the Turkish state failed them?

Catastrophe of the Century

On 6 February 2023, two violent earthquakes shook Turkey and Syria. Tens of thousands of people died and millions were left homeless

Re: Earthquake in Turkey

In Germany, a quarter of 18-24 year olds are at risk of poverty, making them the most vulnerable age group. The pandemic has made accessing education and getting a decent job more difficult. Focus on four young people in Germany: Aicha, Laura, Johannes and Ceyda.

The pandemic has made accessing education and getting a decent job more difficult. Focus on four young Germans in difficulty: Aicha, Laura, Johannes and Ceyda.

Re: Young and Poor in Germany

Every day in Germany, a man attempts to kill his partner or ex-partner. Austria is the only country in the European Union where more women than men murdered. How do local policies in Europe affect femicides? And why are the Spanish doing relatively better?

How Do EU Members Compare?

How do local policies in different Europe affect femicides? And why are the Spanish doing relatively better?

Re: Femicide in Europe

Iceland’s spectacular natural wonders are drawing more visitors than ever as tourism bounces back from the pandemic. But with infrastructure creaking under the strain and labour shortages, are there too many tourists for the island?

Too Many Tourists?

Iceland’s spectacular natural wonders are drawing more visitors than ever. But could there be too many tourists?

Re: Iceland Fever

The Israeli ambulance service is unique in the world. Nowhere else are there so many volunteers. They work hand in hand with qualified first aiders, like Ayrin Kabha, a Muslim who leads a team of Jewish volunteers. In this team, they have overcome the divisions that plague the country.

The Israeli ambulance service is unique in the world. Nowhere else are there so many volunteers. 

Re: Emergency in Tel Aviv

Thousands of migrants risk their lives by crossing the Evros River, the natural border between Greece and Turkey and many drown or die of hypothermia in the attempt. When bodies wash up on the riverbanks, identifying them is difficult: Forensic scientist Pavlos Pavlidis tries to find out these people’s names so that their families can be informed.

Identifying Migrants' Bodies in Greece

Forensic scientist Pavlos Pavlidis tries to identify the bodies of migrants who have perished trying to reach Europe.

Re: The Nameless Dead

In Scandinavian countries, "Green Care" (or nature therapy) is a well-established alternative to traditional retirement homes. It combines agricultural activities with care services. At the age of 74, German pensioner Heinz-Dieter Herper is starting a new life: he is moving to a farm...

Life on the Farm

At the age of 74, German pensioner Heinz-Dieter Herper is starting a new life: he is moving to a farm...

Re: Green Care

Oats are becoming increasingly popular in Europe as they are good for your health and good for the environment. ARTE takes a look at how oats are produced with a Czech farmer and a German miller.

The Trendy Cereal

Re: The Oat Makers

Russia is turning to Buryatia in Siberia to provide a steady stream of men for its war on Ukraine. Enlisted by force, many Buryats are sent to the frontline and die on the battlefield. As locals slowly turn against the war, Russian authorities crack down on any signs of dissent.

Russia conscripts Buryat men and is sending them to die on the frontline in Ukraine.

Soldiers from Siberia

Dojd was the main independent TV channel in Russia, critical of the regime. But after the invasion of Ukraine, they had to leave. Setting up in Latvia before moving on to the Netherlands, the station has not been welcomed with open arms in Europe.

When Latvia revoked the independent Russian TV channel’s licence, Dojd had to move to the Netherlands.

Re: Dojd - Russian Media in Exile

German-couple Eva and Reza want to get their son out of Kyiv where he was born through a surrogate mother just one day after the war began. Since then, he has been living in an air raid shelter with 30 other babies. Eva and Reza are about to embark on the most dangerous journey of their lives to get their son back to safety in Germany.

A Surrogate Child in Kyiv

German-couple Eva and Reza want to get their son out of Kyiv where he was born through a surrogate mother just one day after the war began. 

Re: Born into War

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has been raging for a year. Since the massacre at Butcha in spring 2022, it has become increasingly clear that Russia is committing war crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population. In order to document these abuses and find those responsible, investigators are on the ground in Ukraine looking for hard evidence.

Collecting Evidence in Ukraine

Investigators are on the ground in Ukraine looking for hard evidence of war crimes committed by Russian soldiers.

Re: War Crimes

The war in Ukraine has raised the spectre of a nuclear catastrophe and bunkers are making a comeback. In Germany there are fewer than 500,000 places in bunkers for a population of 84 million. In Switzerland every citizen has the right to a nuclear shelter.

Europe Prepares for Nuclear Catastrophe

The war in Ukraine has raised the spectre of a nuclear catastrophe and bunkers are making a comeback

Re: Bunker Boom

Grieving is always difficult. Relatives of the deceased can feel helpless and alone in with their painful emotions. A new generation of professionals are using new methods to help the bereaved move on from their grief.

Coming Back to Life

A new generation of professionals are using new methods to help the bereaved move on from their grief.

Re: Rethinking Grief

Doctors and scientists still do not understand the phenomenon of long Covid and for the people whose symptoms persist for months after infection, no solutions are forthcoming. In Germany around 10 percent of the 37 million recorded cases.

Doctors and scientists still do not understand the phenomenon of long Covid and for the people whose symptoms persist for months after infection, no solutions are forthcoming.

Re: No End to Long Covid

For nearly six decades, retiree Willie Daly has been helping single people find their soulmate in rural Ireland. Every September, he is the star of the Matchmaking Festival held in his village of Lisdoonvarna where people come from far and wide to look for love.

Rural Ireland's alternative to dating apps is the Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna, Europe's largest.

Re: Irelands Answer to Tinder

Being a mother is big business on social media with influencers and bloggers sharing their pregnancies and baby-preparations with their communities. For some mothers-to-be it is a bit fun, but for others, their maternity is monetized on Instagram or TikTok.

When Pregnancy meets Social Media

Being a mother is big business on social media with some influencers and bloggers monetizing their maternity on Instagram and TikTok.

Re: Baby Business

Romania has greater gas resources than most European countries. With its unexploited Black Sea gas reserves, it could theoretically free itself from gas imports and start supplying neighbouring countries. But Romanian legislation is not favourable to development. Even so, an oil rig has been built of the Romanian coast which has been extracting natural gas since June 2022.

A Boon for Romania?

Could Romania's Black Sea gas fields be the answer to Europe's energy problems?

Re: Black Sea Gas

Until recently, Pascal Mertens' life was completely normal: the 34-year-old had just moved in with his new girlfriend. At the end of last year, he was vaccinated against coronavirus, and he says that's when everything changed. He can only move around with the help of a Zimmer frame, and can't go down the stairs without help. Doctors have diagnosed him with a neurological disease. He - and hundreds of other Germans - are convinced they have Post Vaccination Syndrome, a condition that does not officially exist, but that patients say describes their very real suffering.

Hundreds of Germans say they have Post Vaccination Syndrome, a condition that does not officially exist, but that describes their very real suffering.

Re: 'Vaccine-Injured' Covid Patients

In March 2021, Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a police officer on her way home in south London. Women across Britain were horrified. It sparked a national debate on how unsafe women feel in public spaces, and how women can be better protected in future.

Sarah Everard's murder in March 2021 sparked a national debate on how unsafe women feel in public spaces.

Re: Scared of Walking Home Alone

Gay people in Russia are increasingly under attack from violent groups that seem to operate with impunity. Although "promoting non-traditional sexual relations" has been condemned by law since 2013 by Moscow, the situation for the LGBT+ community in Russia has got worse since the Russian invasion of Ukraine as Russian attacks the enemy within.

LGBTQ+ Community under Attack

Gay people in Russia are increasingly under attack from violent groups that seem to operate with impunity. 

Re: Russia's Enemy within

Many Germans have possessions passed down in their families that originally belonged to Jewish people, dispossessed during the Nazi period. Today, the Berlin-based foundation Stiftung Zurückgeben tries to track down the rightful owners.

Germans Search for Rightful Owners

Re: Returning Jewish Property

Bullfighting is one of Spain's most emblematic traditions, but it has been losing ground for several years now due to environmental movements and a society increasingly sensitive to animal welfare.

Re: Spaniards Turn Against Bullfighting

Faced with rising energy bills and the climate crisis, many people are looking for new ways to live in a more environmentally friendly way. Low-tech solutions to replace traditional cookers and fridges are becoming more popular.

Faced with rising energy bills and the climate crisis, many people are looking for new ways to live in a more environmentally friendly way. 

Re: Creative Solutions to Save Energy

The Western Balkans Youth Orchestra is 31 young musicians from six Western Balkan countries. The brainchild of Desar Sulejmani, their aim is to bring peace and cooperation to the region through musical collaboration. We join them on their international summer tour…

The Balkan Orchestra

The Western Balkans Youth Orchestra aims is to bring peace and cooperation to the region through musical collaboration. We join them on their international summer tour…

Re: Playing for Peace

A surprising number of Italians feel nostalgic for fascist leader Mussolini, who they see as a great statesman. But is today’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni and her post-fascist government causing an upsurge of far-right activity?

Is Giorgia Meloni and her post-fascist government causing an upsurge of far-right activity?

Re: Neo-fascism in Italy

In November 2022 the European quiz elite converges in Berlin for the European Quizzing Championships, a hotly contested competition to have the best general knowledge. But can Germany’s best-known quizzer, Sebastian Klussmann challenge the quiz legend and serial winner, England’s Kevin Ashman?

European Quizzing Championships

Meet the elite quizzers who are vying for the ultimate accolade: European Quiz Champion.

Re: Super Quizzers

Annabel Thomas is the first woman to run a whisky distillery in Scotland. What's more, it is the only distillery that strives to be fully organic and climate neutral with a zero waste policy.

Re: First Lady of Whisky

A New Path for Scotch

With the increase in the cost of living, food banks are increasingly in demand in Germany. But the massive influx of people in need poses a major challenge to charities, which sometimes have to refuse new applicants.

With the increase in the cost of living, food banks are increasingly in demand in Germany.

Re: The Newly Poor in Germany

Sven Philipp and Martin Rheinländer run workshops called  “Strengthening Masculinity” to teach men about women, flirting and sex. But critics like Christoph May and Susanne Kaiser warn against these types of workshops, which they say promote toxic male values and old-fashioned ideas. Christoph became so bored and annoyed by his male-dominated environment that he now avoids all-male groups as much as possible. As a researcher, he often gives public lectures, urging men to rethink critically their role in society.

Being a Man in the Modern World

The pick-up artist industrial complex has come to Germany.

Re: Male Identity Crisis

Captain Andreas Lackner sails his cargo ship across the world without a motor. It transports up to 40 tons of goods across the sea, without emitting any carbon or needing any fuel other than wind. He's part of a growing movement to decarbonise the shipping industry.



Ralf Oltmanns from East Friesland rediscovered the Flettner rotor. The innovation is a kind of sailing machine: a cylindrical structure that rotates in the wind and generates thrust. It could drive fuel consumption down by up to a quarter.


From 2026, only emission-free ships will be allowed to sail in Norway's most beautiful fjords. Climate-friendly tourist ships are already in operation on the traditional mail boat route.

Captain Andreas Lackner sails his cargo ship across the world without a motor.

Re: Green Shipping Ahoy

Some people in Britain have decided to forego modern comforts in order to keep their carbon footprint as low as possible. They are living off-grid for the climate.

Re: Living Off-Grid for the Climate

Since China pursued a draconian zero-covid policy with confinements that undermined the global economy, it is becoming increasingly clear that Europe is too dependent on the economic superpower. Report on German industries links with China.

How Can Europe Free Its Economy?

Since China pursued a draconian zero-covid policy with confinements that undermined the global economy, it is becoming increasingly clear that Europe is too dependent on the economic superpower.

Re: Dependence on China

RE: European Stories

A quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Factory farming and extreme use of fertilizers and pesticides pollute our air, pollute our water and destroy our soil. Every year, 24 billion tons of fertile soil are lost worldwide. In Spain, two-thirds of the country is affected by desertification. But there are also soils further north that are similarly desolate. In this episode of Roots, science journalist Pierre Girard meets Remedios Arres in Andalusia and Johanna Häger in Brandenburg, the sandbox of Europe.

Fighting Desertification

What should Europe do about its damaged and depleted soil?

Roots

In the midst of a pandemic, Danny McCubbin opened a community kitchen in Mussomeli, Sicily. In this area hard hit by the pandemic, The Good Kitchen offers meals to poorest, but is also a space where everyone can meet. It's a new start for Danny, who worked alongside well-known chef Jamie Oliver for 15 years.

In the midst of a pandemic, Danny McCubbin opened a community kitchen in Mussomeli, Sicily

Re: Danny and the Good Kitchen

As much of Western Europe worries about having enough gas for the winter, Tracks East looks at how people in Poland, the Czech Republic and Ukraine are facing the energy crisis and a cold winter ahead.

Winter of War

Tracks East looks at how people in Poland, the Czech Republic and Ukraine are facing the energy crisis and a cold winter ahead.

Tracks East

After a year of conflict in Ukraine, Mapping the World leaves the studio to visit the Baltic, a cold sea that is heating up with NATO-Russian tensions. Emilie Aubry goes aboard a French navy frigate to understand the challenges of this geostrategically important region.

24 Hours in the Baltic

After a year of conflict in Ukraine, Mapping the World leaves the studio to visit the Baltic, a cold sea that is heating up with NATO-Russian tensions.

Mapping the World

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

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot show another side of Israel. One with high-levels of social deprivation and strong support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s controversial judicial reforms.

Sderot - The Other Israel

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot is a different Israel with strong support for Netanjahu and high levels of social deprivation.

ARTE Reportage

In El Salvador, gangs have terrorised the country for decades. But when Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, becoming the youngest head of state in Latin America, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

El Salvador: The coolest dictator in the world?

When Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

One aspect of the war in Ukraine is being played out in the shadows. Our reporter met partisans in the Kherson region, which was occupied by Russian forces until last November. These Ukrainian civilians have set up resistance networks in Russian-occupied territories.

Ukraine: Resistance in Occupied Territories

Our reporters met partisans in the Kherson region, which was occupied by Russian forces until last November. Ukrainian civilians there have set up resistance networks in Russian-occupied territories.

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli gaols have fathered around one hundred children over the last ten years. Their sperm is smuggled out of prison to be used in IVF with their partners.

Israel-Palestine: Secret Babies of the Intifada

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli gaols have fathered around one hundred children over the last ten years.

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At once seductive and dangerous, historical myth and male fantasy, the femme fatale represents both erotic promise and a death trap to the male observer. Conceived at the end of the 19th century in the works of Gustave Moreau, Franz von Stuck and Lovis Corinth, the femme fatale was completely reinvented in the 20th century by many female artists.

Seductive and dangerous, the figure of the femme fatale in art was completely reinvented in the 20th century.

The Femme Fatale in Art

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants and changed the course of European history.

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants. 

The Defenestration of Prague

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating over the breakaway region of Transnistria, an investigation on how prepared Europe is for another summer of wildfires, and a report from the Dissident Club in Paris.

Tensions in Moldova / WildFires in Europe

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating with street protests and controversy over Russian secret documents.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Highly influential indie rockers from Boston, famous for such tracks as Debaser and Where is my mind perform in Paris as part of a European tour for their latest album Doggerel.

Legendary and highly influential indie rockers perform in Paris as part of their European tour.

Pixies - Live at the Paris Olympia

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

Eclectic American singer-songwriter Ben Harper performs from his latest album, 2022’s Bloodline Maintenance. Filmed at Ground Control in Paris.

Ground Control

Eclectic American singer-songwriter Ben Harper performs from his latest album, 2022’s Bloodline Maintenance.

Ben Harper

Music director of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru takes his musicians on a tour of his homeland, Romania. A tour stopping in Timişoara, his hometown. On the programme: The Piano Concerto No. 2 by Johannes Brahms with soloist Simon Trpčeski.

Concert from the European Capital of Culture 2023

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne perform Brahms and Klaus Lang in Romania.

Cristian Mācelaru in Timişoara

Lyubov, which means love in Russian, is 80 years old and lives alone on the shores of Lake Baikal. She bears witness to this wonder of nature and possesses and unbreakable bond with the world’s deepest lake in Siberia. Her life here is hard, especially in winter, but she would not live anywhere else.

On the shores of Lake Baikal, an old woman lives alone in a beautiful place that is dear to her heart.

The Old Woman and the Lake

Working her way out of poverty as a sex worker all while supporting her family in Romania. That’s Andrada’s goal. She speaks confidently and openly about her work in a red-light district in Germany’s Ruhr region.  
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.

Portrait of a sex worker in the Ruhr region, Germany.  

Hard Life – I sell sex for money

In Peru, every year, the people who live in remote mountain villages gather to build the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka, a traditional structure of woven grass, and the last of its kind. This ancestral know-how inherited from the Incas, and the enduring spirit of community, enables the villagers to pull off a stunning feat of engineering, time and again.

In Peru, every year, villagers build the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka from woven grass, and the last of its kind.

The Inca Grass Bridge of Q'eswachaka

With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

Assumption of the Virgin - Nicolas Poussin

Look But Don't Touch

The Greek government is under intense pressure to explain how February’s tragic train accident happened. The crash has sparked widespread anti-government protests. We take a broad view of the state of gender equality across Europe and find out about a pioneering law to help menopausal women in Spain.

Greece train crash / Gender equality / Photography

Massive protests engulf Greece after a deadly train crash, with the public pointing fingers at the government.

From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life. Street-photography captured Parisians from all walks of life and conveyed the optimism and elegance of the period.

From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life.