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Some ideas have shaped our world and moved forward humankind. Others have been epically bad. This series looks at the latter.

Some ideas have moved forward humankind. Others have been epically bad. Super Fails looks at the latter.

Super Fails

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Last month, saw the hottest March on record reminding us that the race against the clock to prevent climate catastophe rages on. But is Europe doing enough to stave off a deepening climate crisis? This ARTE Europe Weekly, we go to Europe's top courtrooms where legal battles are changing the course of climate change.

Climate justice ruling - AMilestone for Europe

Climate inaction violates human rights, according to a landmark ruling from the ECHR in Strasbourg. But is Europe taking the climate seriously?

ARTE Europe Weekly

After the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, which brought the ten-year transition to democracy in Myanmar to an abrupt end, thousands of young urbanites, both men and women, gave up their lives to join the resistance against the junta.

Myanmar: The Rebel Army

After the coup d'état in February 2021, thousands of young urbanites gave up their city lives to join the resistance.

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Various symbols accompany protest movements and social change. But where do their origins lie? The peace sign is universal and yet few people know its origins. The rainbow flag symbolises hope, freedom, and resistance for queer people, while the raised fist is a sign against police violence and racism.

Where do protest symbols come from?

Striking symbols often accompany protest movements and social change. But how were they created?

I Saw the Sign

Like thousands of secondary school pupils and teachers, Lili Pankotai took to the streets to protest against the decline in the Hungarian education system and the gradual takeover of the education sector by the government. Following her impassioned poetry slam performance against the government, she has become an icon of the protests, attracting the wrath of many Fidesz supporters.

Anti-Orban protests in Budapest - a focus on civil opposition

Lili Pankotai became famous after a poetry slam performance where she criticised the Hungarian government.

Re: Hungarian School Kid Defies Orban

Sacred music meets the theatricality of opera in Handel's oratorio Messiah, here conducted by Laurence Equilbey and performed by the Insula Orchestra, Polish artist Jakub Józef Orliński and the Chœurs accentus at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Handel's Messiah conducted by Laurence Equilbey at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival

Laurence Equilbey conducts Handel's "Messiah" at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Handel's Messiah

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Berlin 2049: The future has arrived at the world renowned Charité hospital: State-of-the-art technologies, cancer vaccinations, early detection of Alzheimer's and telemedicine are taken for granted. But all is not perfect in tomorrow's world: A controversial health care reform divides society, the climate crisis continues, and moral questions are ever-present in a world shaken by rapid technological advances.

Medical drama 

Berlin 2049: Tomorrow has arrived at the world renowned Charité hospital. But the future is a fragile utopia.

Charité: A Hospital in the Future

A joyous return to the stage for Zach Condon and his European folk-focussed indie project Beirut. This is music as imagined landscape, a romantic sweep of Europe's past through the eyes of an American troubadour. From his Balkan-tinged debut in 2006, through a bohemian France dreamed up on 2007's The Flying Cup Club and on towards the Dutch and Mexican influences of his later material, Beirut is clearly the work of a singular vision while remaining hauntingly familiar, a half-remembered dream of a past life. Latest album Hadsel was inspired by a short time spent exiled in northern Norway, an emotional return to form released in 2023.

Live in Berlin's Tempodrom

After some time in the wilderness, Zach Condon leads his romantic indie-folk project to a triumphant return to the stage.

Beirut

On 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed, enshrining the creation of NATO just four years after the end of the Second World War. The primary objective of this military alliance of twelve European and North American countries was to prevent war in Europe and to counter the expansion of the Soviet bloc. Since its creation in the Cold War, the organisation has grown from 12 to 31 member states - including several former Eastern Bloc nations. Weakened by its turbulent history, NATO is facing a growing number of challenges: the difficulty of coordinating its members, the logistical obstacles in the event of an attack on European soil, and the threat, raised by Donald Trump, of an American withdrawal, at a time when European defence is almost entirely dependent on the United States.

Taking stock of the military alliance at 75

A look back at the turbulent history of the military alliance facing unprecedented challenges in the face of Putin's Russia.

Putin, NATO, and Europe

On 1 May 2004, the European Union welcomed ten new members, including eight countries from Central and Eastern Europe. This massive enlargement changed overnight the dynamics of the EU. Twenty years on, how has this enlargement in the East shaped the new member states and the EU as a whole?

EU enlargement into eastern Europe was a major geopolitical moment in 2004. A focus on the European Union's biggest decision and its consequences.

EU Enlargement: Twenty Years On

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs. An invitation to discover a beautiful land in the heart of Europe.

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs.

Surprising Slovakia

Emberá Chamí live in the Andes Mountains, a region famous for its high quality coffee. Ostracised by conservative Colombian society, the trans women of this ethnic group find refuge on a coffee plantation that enables them to earn a living. among a community of like-minded peers.

360° Reportage

Ostracised by conservative Colombian society, a group of trans women find refuge on a coffee plantation.

Trans Women of the Andes

In north-east Honduras, a team of archaeologists is unearthing the remains of a lost pre-Hispanic culture. This documentary looks at their discoveries and how important they are in revealing the history of pre-Colombian central American civilisations.

In north-east Honduras, a team of archaeologists is unearthing the remains of a lost pre-Hispanic culture

Honduras - A Vanished World

At the highest skatepark in the world, in Bolivia, young indigenous women known as cholitas are taking up skateboarding. It’s a way to throw off out-dated stereotypes about indigenous women, who have long suffered from marginalisation in the South American country.

At the highest skatepark in the world, young indigenous women are taking up skateboarding. 

Bolivia: Cholita Skateboarders

Sur Mesure invites the Zaïde quartet to pair with beatmaker Luka Austin to soundtrack Hendrickx Ntela's dance moves at Royaumont Abbey. A unique meeting between romantic music, krump and Cistercian architecture.

Paris Sur Mesure 2023

A unique meeting of Romantic music, krump dance and Cistercian architecture.

Quatuor Zaïde | Luka Austin | Hendrickx Ntela

Swords, shields, medieval living, and reenactment of famous battles of the past. The world’s largest Viking festival in Wolin, Poland attracts enthusiasts of medieval history from far and wide. But also, a minority of far-right extremists. Report from Germany and Poland.

The world’s largest Viking festival in Poland attracts enthusiasts from far and wide, and a minority of far-right extremists. 

Far-Right and the Viking Community

Japan is admired worldwide for its traditions and arts. From opulent fabrics to impressive wood carvings and calligraphy. But one art form has almost been forgotten: the traditional tattoo - the Horimono. Once highly popular, it has now become the symbol of the criminal yakuza, and its true history is barely known.

Admired worldwide for its traditions and arts, Japan has one artform that is almost been forgotten: the traditional tattoo - the Horimono.

Japan's Tattooed Heroes

Noetic, Faun and Boléro: Three elements, three visions, three journeys through dance. Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's show offers a profound reflection on our intimate connection with the world around us. From putting mathematics in movement to Ravel's Boléro as a dance of death, Cherkaoui transcends the boundaries of the stage to offer us a unique philosophical perception of the world.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Damien Jalet and Marina Abramovic

Mathematics in motion, the "Bolero" as a dance of death: Plunge into Cherkaoui's philosophical vision of the world.

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In April 1974, left-wing factions in the Portuguese military staged a coup against the authoritarian regime which had been in power for half a century. The uprising was largely peaceful and went down in history as the Carnation Revolution. But the path to a democratic Portugal was not easy and not without obstacles.

Carnations against Dictatorship

On the night of 24 April 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the Salazar dictatorship, paving the way for a democratic Portugal.

Portugal

From Lucrezia Borgia to Malinche to Marie Curie: Women’s contributions have often been downplayed or misrepresented in the history books. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.

Re-telling history from a new perspective

Women’s contributions to history have often been downplayed or misrepresented. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.

Duels of History

From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes. In three episodes, this documentary tells the story of American capitalism over 150 years: From Rockefeller to present day plutocrats, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, via the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subprime crisis of 2007.

From Rockefeller to Reagan

The story of American capitalism over 150 years, from Rockefeller to Reagan, to present day plutocrats.

American Capitalism - The Cult of Wealth

A light-hearted look at stories of conflict in international affairs from the Crimean crisis, North Korean nuclear threats and Trump's ever-present tweets.

A light-hearted look at stories of conflict in international affairs from the Crimean crisis to Northern Ireland, North Korean nuclear threats to Donald Trump..

Stories of Conflict

The Marchioness Casati was admired throughout Europe for her incredible parties and expensive tastes. She was an eccentric patron of the arts, and her face appears again and again in the works of all the notable painters of her day. But she would rip through her inheritance by the age of fifty and end up wondering the streets of London, going though rubbish bins.

The Lost Ones

The Marchioness Casati went from living in a palace to eking out an existence on the streets of London

Luisa Casati, the Ruined Marchioness

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The German Reichsbürgerbewegung (Reich citizens movement) rejects the post-war democratic order and wants to rip up the German constitution. Suspected of involvement in a 2022 coup d’état plot, the movement is growing. Who are its members? And why do they want to do away with democracy?

Inside the German Far Right Movement

What is the extreme organisation that rejects the post-war democratic order in Germany?

Citizens of the Reich

A meticulously researched investigation showing how sexual predators operate on Instagram; and how the algorithm could even encourage paedophile activity.

Paedophilia: The dark side of Instagram

A meticulously researched investigation showing how sexual predators operate on the Meta social network. 

Data Sources

Farkha in the West Bank is a very special Palestinian village. Local people farm organically, there is a women’s cooperative, and the village council is an ideal of participatory democracy. Their aim to be self-sufficient in order to be free of the Israeli occupation as well as the Palestinian Authority.

Farkha in the West Bank is a very special Palestinian village with organic farming and a women's cooperative.

A Palestinian Ecovillage

Two years ago, the M23 militia went on the offensive again in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This armed group controls part of the North Kivu region, massacring and expelling civilians and waging a merciless war against the authorities. A report on a forgotten conflict.

Report on a forgotten conflict between the M23 militia and DRC government troops.

DRC: The Never-Ending War

Mohammed Alaloul, a photographer for the Turkish Anadolu Agency news service, was at work when he learned that his neighborhood had been hit by an Israeli airstrike.
With reports coming in of multi-story homes being leveled in the area and dead children being brought to a nearby hospital, Alaloul received the devastating news that four of his children, four brothers, and three nephews had been killed in the airstrike.

Gaza: A Reporter under Fire

Mohammed Alaloul was at work when he learned that his neighborhood had been hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Change is afoot in the Scottish Highlands. In an effort to fight climate change, some wealthy landowners want to rewild their huge estates. They are convinced that the Highlands will then be able to absorb more carbon.

In an effort to fight climate change, some wealthy landowners in the highlands want to rewild their huge estates, 

Re: Rewilding the Scottish Highlands

The Philippines has the fifth largest gold reserves in the world. 500,000 local people, often very poorest, dig into the swamps and dive down under the sea every day in the hope of finding the precious metal. Many of them are children who are sent into tight spaces to reach the gold.

Philippines: Diving for Gold

In the Philippine swamp and under the sea, children risk their lives diving for gold.

Five months ago, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Morocco killed 3,000 people and injured 5,600 in the High Atlas. An estimated 33,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in the region. Reconstruction has barely begun. Could traditional building techniques improve resilience to earthquakes?

Five months ago, the strongest earthquake ever recorded hit Morocco. Could traditional architecture be the best way to rebuild?

Morocco: After the Earthquake

Nuclear energy: a clean energy for the future or a risk for humanity? As the European Union has classed nuclear as a green energy, France is building new power plants whilst Germany is decommissioning them. An in depth look at the future of atomic energy in the coming decades.

Nuclear: a clean energy source for the future or a risk for humanity? An in depth look at the future of atomic energy.

The Future of Nuclear Energy

The crew of the Sea Punk rescue ship wants to save refugees in peril in the Mediterranean, and they’re doing it on their own. But are they up for the challenge of rescue on the high sea?

The crew of the Sea Punk rescue ship wants to save refugees in peril in the Mediterranean, and they’re doing it on their own.

Re: Saving Lives in the Mediterranean

Nikolai Stopnevich had a high-powered job. In Moscow, he was a manager in an international corporation. But he quit two years ago and now he is a teacher in Alekseevka, a village with 573 inhabitants, far from the big city, and for a tenth of his previous salary. ARTE Re: accompanies Nikolai in his everyday life in the Russian provinces where he wants to prepare the village children for the world of tomorrow.

Nikolai Stopnevich had a high-powered career in Moscow before he quit it all to be a teacher in a small village.

A Village Teacher in Russia

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A quiet corner of northern Europe is the epicentre of a violent world of gangs and traffickers. With drugs flooding in, Europe is on course to become the world’s biggest cocaine market. The Mocro Maffia is just one of the powerful criminal networks operating in the Netherlands, northern France and Belgium that is behind a trail of addiction, money and contract killings. In this episode we dive into Europe’s drug trade.

The underground world of Europe’s drug trade

A secretive Moroccan mafia organisation is behind a new influx of cocaine flowing through Europe’s ports.

Denmark is often held up as a social and economic ideal, a model for other countries, with its dynamic economy and low unemployment. Yet this Scandinavian kingdom is suffering from a serious shortage of skilled labour, making filling certain positions in vital sectors – including healthcare, construction and renewable energies – a hard task.

Denmark is suffering from a shortage of skilled labour, making filling vital positions almost impossible.

Denmark’s skilled labour shortage

EU conservatives are echoing Britain's disputed 'Rwanda proposal' to send illegal immigrants or asylum seekers to the central African country. The plan is being backed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. This episode we break down what the scheme could look like and ask whether the plan is undemocratic.

Could Europe deport asylum seekers to Rwanda?

The UK’s controversial ‘Rwanda plan’ is proving an inspiration to the biggest party in the EU but is it in line with human rights?

For centuries, they have dotted the landscapes of Andalusia. Acequias are irrigation canals dug by the Moors throughout southern Spain in the 9th century. Forgotten in the wake of intensive agriculture, they are now being rediscovered and restored. At a time of increasing drought in the region, they could be the solution to combatting the consequences of climate change.

In the face of drought, the southern Spanish region of Andalusia is rediscovering its ancient canals.

Drought: Andalusia rediscovers its ancient canals

Since the 2017 terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, the Islamic State group has been unable to carry out large-scale attacks in Europe. But since the Moscow attacks on 22nd March, that threat is once again real. And the geopolitical context and the jihadists' ability to restructure make it all the more credible.

The 22 March attack in Moscow has rekindled fears of large-scale Islamist terrorism on European soil.

The return of the jihadist threat to Europe

In Cyprus, as elsewhere across Europe, the far right has the wind in its sails. Here, it is embodied by the ELAM party, an offshoot of the Greek far-right party Golden Dawn. It is heading towards becoming the third-largest political force in the country, not least because the issue of uncontrolled immigration is one of increasing concern to voters.

According to polls, the far-right ELAM party could become Cyprus’s third largest in the European elections.

Cyprus: the breakthrough of the far right

Cyber-attacks in Europe have increased massively since the start of the war in Ukraine. The upcoming Olympics in France and the June European elections are prime targets. The EU is already ramping up cybersecurity measures, such as creating a coordinated defence system against growing threats. But is it enough?

Cyber-attacks are on the rise – and the EU needs to defend itself, fast.

Europe under cyber-attack

Unsurprisingly, Vladimir Putin has won the Russian presidential election with a triumphant score (87.85%), despite the opposition's call to vote for any other candidate. This election was marked by the appearance of polling stations in Ukrainian territories illegally occupied by Russia.

Russia's Fake Election

Unsurprisingly, Vladimir Putin has won the Russian presidential election with a triumphant score (87.85%), despite the opposition's call to vote for any other candidate.

Mapping the World Essentials

The former President of the United States is on a roll with some polls showing him favourite to win the election scheduled for November 2024. But what does he want to do if elected? A potential Trump second term is likely to be more radical than his first.

What a Trump second term could look like.

But does Donald Trump want to do if re-elected president? A potential second-term could be more radical than his first.

USA: Trump's Radical Election Programme

After eight years of socialist government, Portuguese have voted in the centre-right. An opportunity to take a look at the nation of Portugal.

Portuguese Elections

After eight years of socialist government, Portuguese have voted in the centre-right. 

Demonstrations against the far right are being held in cities across Germany. But do the protesters have the resources to stand up to right-wing extremism over the longer term? Once the initial enthusiasm wears off and differences of opinion come to the fore, is the movement doomed to failure because of the diversity of its participants?

Are demonstrations enough to save democracy?

Can the demonstrations against the far right in Germany be turned into a sustainable movement for democracy?

Germany against the far right

Belgium is the latest EU country to broaden its electorate and allow 16-year-old to vote. Young people in the country will be able to cast their ballot in the 2024 European elections, without having to register in advance, but only if they choose. What do the main stakeholders think?

Belgium has allowed 16-year-olds to vote in the European elections.

Should 16-year-olds be able to vote in European elections?

Freedom of the press is a revered concept in Europe’s democracies. In 2022, the European Commission proposed a new law to protect media independence. This was hailed as good news – until it was used to allow surveillance of European journalists. How did this happen?

Controversy over EU law to protect journalists

Has the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), intended to protect media independence, turned journalists into targets?

European Media Freedom Act

In 1995, the EU went from having 12 to 15 members. Among the newcomers was Finland. 30 years later, how do Finns view the EU? Have farmers, the majority of whom were against joining, changed their minds? And now that new security concerns have arisen due to the war in Ukraine, can the country count on the union?

Back in 1994, Finns voted in favour of joining the EU. Are they still as enthusiastic?

Finland: 30 years after joining the EU

At a time where law has become an abstract concept in Hungary, one church in particular is being targeted by Orban’s government. The Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship has gradually seen its subsidies shrink and is now the subject of a tax investigation. The organisation supports around 20,000 homeless people and relies on private donations to survive.

A church that supports thousands of Hungary’s homeless is being targeted by the government.

Hungary’s Orban targets those who help their fellow citizens

Since late 2023, the Houthis have been attacking ships on the busy shipping route of the Red Sea. But who are the Houthis? And why are they making these attacks?

Since late 2023, the Houthis have been attacking ships on the busy shipping route of the Red Sea. But who are they? And why are they making these attacks?

Who are the Houthis?

Against the backdrop of the allegations against Gerard Depardieu, the French film industry is stepping up preventive measures against harassment and violence in what seems to be a sea change in the cinema sector.

Sexual Harassment in French Cinema

Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Marseille are all European port cities. But they are also entry points for illegal goods to make their way across the continent. That’s why the EU and Belgium, which currently holds the presidency of the Council of the EU, have launched a European Ports Alliance aimed at combatting drug trafficking and organised crime in Antwerp.

To combat drug trafficking, the EU has created an alliance of European ports.

European ports band together to fight drug trafficking

Greece is facing a shortage of olive oil. With a poor harvest season and climate change to blame, the world’s third largest olive oil producer is struggling. Coupled with inflation, olive oil prices have now soared as a result. And it’s bad news for Greeks, who’s annual per capital consumption is the highest in the EU.

Soaring olive oil prices are not good news for Greeks.

Why olive oil prices are surging in Greece

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