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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.

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In northern Niger, the French multinational Orano, formerly Areva, has closed its first uranium mine after almost 50 years of operation. What will happen to the miners and their families?

Niger: Ghosts of Uranium

In northern Niger the French multinational Orano, formerly Areva, has closed its first uranium mine after almost 50 years of operation

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.

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

Infant mortality rates in Southern Iraq are so high that Basra has had to create three children’s cemeteries. Many point the finger at pollution caused by the oil industry.

Iraq's Suffering Children

Infant mortality rates in Southern Iraq are so high that Basra has had to create three children’s cemeteries. 

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.

Brazil was deeply divided by the last presidential election held in October 2022 when incumbent right-winger Bolsonaro narrowly lost to left-winger Lula. A report on the conservative communities in Southern Brazil that voted for the ex-president.

Brazil: Bolsonaro's People

A report on the conservative communities in Southern Brazil that voted for the ex-president.

In Mogadishu, Dr Abdulkadir Adan has created the country's first and only free ambulance service, staffed mainly by volunteers. This Somali dentist has a vocation: to serve his people and save lives in a very dangerous city with frequent attacks.

Somalia: Ambulance Workers

In Mogadishu, Dr Abdulkadir Adan has created the country's first and only free ambulance service in a highly dangerous city.

Two years after the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh? We report on the disputed territory, a militarised zone that is now under Azerbaijan's control, and on the displaced people of Karabakh in Baku.

Back to Karabakh

Two years after the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh? 

The cedar forests in the mountains of Lebanon are both a symbol of the nation and an important natural environment. But the ancient forests are threatened by climate change as well as illegal logging, in a country that is experiencing and unprecedented crisis.

Lebanon Without Cedars

Lebanon's famous cedar forests are under threat from climate change and illegal logging.

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

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.

The 500 residents of Gokcedere lies only 50 kilometres from the epicentre of the recent earthquake. The village is devastated and relies on donations from volunteers.

Turkey: A Village in Ruins

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.

In the Caribbean, Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola. The poorest state in the Americas lies next door to one that is booming economically. Tens of thousands of Haitian workers, fleeing misery and chaos, cross the 380-kilometre long porous border between the two countries. But they are not welcomed with open arms.

Dominican Republic: Anti-Haitian Feeling

Many Haitians, fleeing misery and chaos, migrate to the neighbouring Dominican Republic where anti-Haitian feeling is growing.

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.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Israeli photographer Edward Kaprov went to the Donbas, to Kharkiv, Kherson and Bakhmut to cover the conflict. He chose the collodion photographic process, a technique which provided the first war photography, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), to document today’s conflict. The Polka Magazine competition made this reportage possible.

Ukraine: A Photographer in Wartime

Israeli photographer Edward Kaprov went to the Donbas to cover the war in Ukrain using an old photographic technique used in the Crimean War.

Kim Jong Un's lookalike says the doubles of presidents and dictators are “a little family”. When war broke out, he immediately reached out to President Zelensky's doppelgänger, a mechanic from Kyiv. He feared his colleague would be kidnapped by Russians and killed on camera to make people think the real president was dead. 'Kim' called fake Putin, based in Poland, to help get their fellow doppelgänger to safety.

Ukraine: Saving the Fake Zelensky

Living in Kyiv when the Russians invade is a bad time to be a Zelensky lookalike...

Since 2022; high inflation has hit Sri Lanka badly. The price of some vegetables has doubled amid a food crisis. The policy of converting to organic farming has failed leading to a catastrophic drop in yields.

Sri Lanka: Food Crisis

The price of some vegetables has doubled amid a food crisis as high inflation has hit Sri Lanka badly: 

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.

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The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report estimates that to stay within a global warming threshold of 1.5°C, greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025. But how do country compare in the green rankings? The answer is complicated.

Are Some Countries Greener?

How do country compare in the green rankings? The answer is complicated.

Mapping the World

Turkey is a pivotal country at the crossroads of Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and the Middle East. Being at the centre of so many worlds is both a blessing and a curse for Ankara, automatically making it a key player in regional geopolitics whether it would wish to be or not. It's a complex chessboard which Recep Tayyip Erdogan knows how to navigate with skill.

Turkish Geopolitics

Turkey is a pivotal country at the crossroads of Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and the Middle East.

A member of NATO since 2004 and of the European Union since 2007, Romania has become a strategic country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine: As an outpost for Western aid, a haven for Ukrainian refugees, but also on the front line given its proximity to Moldova.

Romania and the War in Ukraine

A member of NATO since 2004 and of the European Union since 2007, Romania has become a strategic country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine:

Landlocked Niger, straddling the Sahel and the Sahara, has had to face a growing threat from terrorist groups over the past 15 years.

Niger: A Fragile Stability

The two main cocoa-producing countries - Ivory Coast and Ghana - aren't reaping the rewards of a growing global taste for sweet treats. On the one hand there are multinational corporations that control the entire value chain, on the other, small cocoa producers trying to support their families.

Cacao: Who Profits from Chocolate?

The main cocoa-producing countries - Ivory Coast and Ghana - aren't reaping the rewards of growing global demand

As Finland joins NATO, a focus on this Nordic country, reportedly the happiest in the world, which has a long and complicated relationship with its eastern neighbour, Russia.

Finland and Russia: The End of Neutrality

A focus on the Nordic country that has a long and complicated relationship with its eastern neighbour, Russia.

Ever since ex-US President Barack Obama oriented US foreign policy towards Asia under the slogan "Pivot to Asia," Sino-US rivalry has come to the fore. Two major powers collide over trade, military might and diplomacy.

The Pacific: Centre of the World

Two major powers collide over trade, military might and diplomacy.

On average, humans generate 2 billion tons of waste per year. We only recycle 16% of it. The rest is buried, incinerated, or piled up landfill, resulting in pollution and CO2 emissions. With Emilie Aubry, let's take a tour of our global trash and the solutions to reduce waste.

A World of Waste

On average, humans generate 2 billion tons of waste per year.

Abortion, firearms, police violence: American society seems more divided than ever. Émilie Aubry takes us on a discovery of these 'disunited States' and traces out the country's territorial, societal and political pain points.

The Disunited States

Abortion, firearms, police violence: American society seems more divided than ever.

A land of fire and ice, Iceland has a dynamic economy which provides for its population of only 340,000 people. Mapping the World takes a look at this country of volcanoes, fishing and geothermal energy.

Iceland: 100% Green

A land of fire and ice, Iceland has a dynamic economy which provides for its population of only 340,000 people.

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. One year later, the war continues, destroying a country situated on the border between two worlds, between Russia and the European Union. A focus on the geopolitical history of a country now associated with conflict.

Ukraine: A Country at War

 A focus on the geopolitical history of a country now associated with conflict.

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.

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were once little-known countries nestled away in northeastern Europe, but they now have a front row seat to the invasion of Ukraine. Former members of the Soviet Union and neighbours of Russia, they see the war as a threat to their own security. They fear that they'll be next.

Baltic States: On the Edge of War

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania view the Ukraine war as a threat to their own security.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban has been working on his model of "illiberal democracy" since 2010: restrictions on press freedom, restrictions on the independence of the judiciary, homophobia, and xenophobia. But how far will Budapest go? And up to what point does the EU have to step in, and remind the member state of its commitment to European values?

Hungary: Between East and West

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban has been working on his model of "illiberal democracy" since 2010.

The creation of an independent Palestinian state seemed possible in 1993, but thirty years later it feels like a distant prospect. The two-state solution has yet to materialise, and recent years have been marred by political assassinations, violent uprisings, extremism, terrorist attacks, and police repression.

What Future for Palestine?

The creation of an independent Palestinian state seemed possible in 1993, but thirty years later it feels like a distant prospect.

Huge territories, communist legacies, authoritarian leaders: China and Russia have much in common, as the good personal relations between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin seem to show. Mapping the World demonstrates that behind the façade, the two countries have a much more complex and ambivalent relationship.

China and Russia: Firm Friends?

Behind the façade of friendship, the two countries have a much more complex and ambivalent relationship.

In his memoirs, the founding father of the European project, Jean Monnet, wrote: "Europe will be forged by the crises it faces, and will become the sum of the solutions it finds during those crises." A prescient sentence that has never been more apt than during the Covid-19 pandemic and Ukraine war. During the bad times, Europe has closed ranks and is more unified than it has been in years.

The EU and Crises

During the bad times, Europe has closed ranks.

Egypt is the country of the pharaohs and Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, at the head of the country for almost a decade, often likes to hark back to this glorious past. This nostalgia is a common thread among the leaders of modern Egypt, from Mehmet Ali, Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak, to Morsi. 

Egypt's Pharaoh Syndrome

Nostalgia for a glorious past is a common thread among the leaders of modern Egypt.

Mapping the World turns towards Qatar, the small gulf state that is hosting the World Cup 2022. One of the richest countries on the planet due to vast oil and gas deposits, Qatar has invested heavily in soft power projects such as education and communication.

Mapping the World turns towards Qatar, the small gulf state that is hosting the World Cup 2022. 

Qatar, World Cup Host

Qatar has long relied on football to increase its prestige, from buying French club Paris-Saint-Germain to sponsoring Barcelona. With TV rights selling for astronomical amounts, football is much more than just a sport.

Football Power Play

Then complex world of geopolitics explained succintly using maps.

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.

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

Re: French Coal Comeback

Across Europe millions of Ukrainian refugees have been taken in by families. But unaccompanied minors are excluded from refugee status. ARTE follows Ukrainian children welcomed in by French families. Will they have to go back to a warzone?

Re: Ukrainian Child Refugees in France

In France, the profession of shepherd is increasingly attracting the younger generation. However, life in the alpine pastures is tough, and the responsibility of caring for the flock can be a heavy burden. ARTE Re: follows three apprentice shepherds as they face the reality of pastoral work for the first time.

ARTE Re: follows three apprentice shepherds as they face the reality of pastoral work for the first time.

Re: Shepherds in Training

Irish Travelers live on the fringes of society and their living conditions are on a downward spiral. A recent EU study revealed shocking figures: 11% of Irish travellers die by suicide and most die before the age of 65. No other minority in Europe faces such dire statistics.

A Minority in Danger

11% of Irish travellers die by suicide and most die before the age of 65.

Re: Irish Travellers

The Kyiv techno scene treats partying as a vital part of live, in spite of the war. But these revellers are also deeply engaged in their nation’s struggle, helping to rebuild Ukraine.

The Kyiv techno scene isn't just about dancing: revellers are also helping to rebuild Ukraine.

Re: Kyiv's Techno Scene Helps Out

“Ugliness is a virtue, beauty is slavery” This is the motto of the Ugly Club in the Italian village of Piobbico. Every year a festival of ugliness is held here where local residents reject the Italian cult of beauty.

A festival of ugliness is held every year in the Italian village of Piobbico: a rejection of the cult of beauty.

Re: The Village of the Ugly

In Barcelona rents are high and there are an estimated 20,000 squats where citizens with few other options have found refuge. Landlords sometimes use the services of private eviction companies that operate on the edge of legality to get rid of squatters. Focus on the housing crisis in Catalonia.

The Housing Crisis in Catalonia

Focus on the housing crisis in Catalonia. In Barcelona there are an estimated 20,000 squats where citizens with few other options have found refuge. 

Re: Squatting in Barcelona

To raise awareness about the climate emergency, activists are resorting to increasingly spectacular forms of protest. What motivates these young people to take such actions? And how far are they prepared to go?

Vandalism or Raising Awareness?

To raise awareness about the climate emergency, activists are resorting to increasingly spectacular forms of protest. 

Re: Climate Radicals

All over Europe, prices are rising with rampant inflation. At the border bazaar in Łęknica, Poland  this is not the case: Local stalls and shops have to keep prices low so as not to scare off German customers - the main buyers who cross the border looking for bargains. But low prices are not without consequences in a country where inflation is one of the highest in Europe. How do you make money, live with dignity and not lose customers in the process?

All over Europe, prices are rising with rampant inflation. At the border bazaar in Łęknica, Poland  this is not the case: Local stalls and shops have to keep prices low so as not to scare off German customers - the main buyers who cross the border looking for bargains. 

Re: Polish Border Bazaars

Iceland still allows controversial ‘blood farms’, where blood is extracted from pregnant mares to be used to boost reproduction in farm animals. Two animal rights campaigners from Switzerland, Sabrina Gurtner and York Ditfurth, go to Iceland to survey the extent of the practice and to prove it amounts to animal abuse.

Two swiss animal rights campaigners go undercover in Iceland to survey the controversial practice of blood letting of pregnant mares.

Re: Iceland's Blood Farms

Peter Szabo is a pepper producer in Hungary, dried to make the famous Hungarian paprika. The ancestral know-how and passion for paprika was handed down to him from his parents and grand-parents. But in today’s globalised world with competition from China and labour shortages at home, the future for small pepper producers in Hungary looks difficult.

With competition from China and labour shortages at home, the future for small pepper producers in Hungary looks difficult.

Re: Hungarian Paprika in Danger

Dragan Daničić lives in northern Kosovo, which borders Serbia and is home to a mostly Serbian population. He is a farmer that sells his produce at market in Serbia. But time and again, the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo makes reaching his customers difficult, with tight borders and customs controls.

Serbia and Kosovo’s tense relationship means that ethnic Serb Dragan can’t bring his produce to market.

Re: Tensions in Kosovo

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

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 southern Italy the village of Pentedattilo is a ghost town. For forty year Rossella Aquilanti decided to live here in this abandoned paradise where she looks after a small herd of goats. Two years ago she was joined by a young Malian, Maka Tounkara, who crossed the Mediterranean in a small boat. Together they want to save the village from destruction.

An unlikely duo lives all alone in a mountain village in southern Italy. Together they want to save if from destruction.

Re: A Ghost Village in Calabria

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

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

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

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

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

Discover contemporary Europe in all its diversity.

RE: European Stories

Historians reveal the fascinating history of objects: everything has a tale to tell.