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In Sicily, local people are committed to protecting their island's precious flora and fauna. In Palermo, Carmela Dacchille is passionate about the plants found in the city. Anna Giordano is waging a fierce battle against the powerful local hunting lobby. And Patrizia, daughter of the famous free diver Enzo Maiorca, is fighting against illegal fishing.

A trip to Sicily where local people are passionate about protecting the precious flora and fauna of the Mediterranean's largest island.

Sicily: Italy's Island Under the Sun

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Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, voices in many European countries are demanding the reintroduction of compulsory military service to strengthen their armed forces. Within the European Union, 9 out of 27 countries already have military service programmes. But how do they work? And could these programmes be rolled out elsewhere in the continent?

The Return of Military Service in Europe?

Since the war in Ukraine, Europe wants to beef up its defences. Is compulsory military service the answer?

ARTE Europe Weekly

Fire in the Sky reveals how researchers have gained new insight into the impact of the Northern Lights on infrastructure and animal behavior. The documentary explains why solar storms can be a danger to humanity with the power to damage satellites, stop air traffic, and paralyze power grids and telecommunications networks.

Fire in the Sky - How solar storms can harm our societies.

Northern Lights fascinated and disturbed our ancestors for centuries. But they could also endanger our future.

Fire in the Sky

In this episode, the ARTE Europe Weekly team examines three common beliefs about the EU: that it costs too much, that the European Parliament has no real power and that the EU is a busybody that just wants to get in everyone’s business. We sort what’s real from what’s exaggerated – or just plain wrong.

Debunking myths about the EU

From bendy bananas to the expense of the Brussels-Strasbourg travelling circus, a debunking of some of the clichés about the EU.

The right to freedom of information is enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But press freedoms are far from being universally respected. Mapping the World looks at the issue across the globe.

Press Freedom: An Antidote to Tyranny

Press freedoms are far from being universally respected worldwide. Mapping the World looks at the issue across the globe.

Mapping the World

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

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Conductors Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movements of Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 9' in succession across Europe. An epic concert celebrating the bicentenary of the creation of Beethoven's masterpiece.

200 year anniversary

Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movements of the ‘Ninth’ in four European cities..

Beethoven: Symphony no. 9

The foundations of the Philharmonie de Paris better be stable as they take the full impact of a concert by Behemoth, Poland's most famous metal band. As much a visual shock as an aural one, in the purest metal tradition.

Behemoth storm the Philharmonie de Paris

These Polish metal giants storm the Philharmonie de Paris.

Behemoth

After the end of the Second World War, American Major Steve Arnold is tasked with finding out which side the famous conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who had decided to stay in Nazi Germany, was on. Was the legendary figure of classical music a Nazi?

The Furtwängler Case

Was famous conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, for or against the Nazis? Feature film biopic starring Harvey Keitel and Moritz Bleibtreu.

Taking Sides

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

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

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

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

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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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?

How has the life of European Union citizens changed since the Maastricht Treaty came into force thirty years ago, on 1 November 1993? Documentary filmmaker, David Holland, born the same year as Maastricht travels the length and breadth of the continent by rail to find out.

A Journey through the Continent

How has the life of European Union citizens changed since the Maastricht Treaty came into force thirty years ago, on 1 November 1993?

Europe since Maastricht

Understanding the European union and how it came to be can seem difficult. Here is an attempt to explain everything in six minutes.

European (De)Construction

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In one day in April 1974, the Carnation Revolution in Portugal put an end to the Salazar dictatorship and five centuries of colonisation. This documentary is a blow-by-blow account of this momentous day that marked a turning point in the history of a nation and its people.

A blow-by-blow account of one momentous day that marked a turning point in the history of a nation and its people.

Portugal: April 1974

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

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..

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

The Great Europe Quiz - ZONE EVENT

Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Cleaning up the carcinogenic fibre from our ageing buildings is a colossal task and it is still being produced and sold in many countries worldwide. Unscrupulous companies turn a profit whilst people die from exposure to the harmful substance. Will we ever be rid of asbestos?

Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Will we ever be rid of the carcinogenic fibre?

Asbestos – The Never-Ending Story

This investigation reveals how people smugglers are using social media to encourage migrants to cross the English Channel illegally. In their TikTok videos, smugglers promote their services and compete with untenable promises: "crossing in just 3 hours", "1000% safe crossing", charging between €1,700 and €4,000 per person to take the perilous journey to reach Britain.

TikTok and The Migrant Crisis

How people smugglers are using social media to encourage migrants to cross the English Channel illegally and getting rich in the process.

Data Sources

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. 

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

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.

ARTE Reportage

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

Myanmar: The Rebel Army

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

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While anti-war and pro-Palestine protests heat up across university campuses around the world; att this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place in the Swedish city of Malmö on Saturday, the Palestinian flag will be notably absent as boycott campaigns swirl over Israel’s participation. In this episode of ARTE Europe Weekly, we look at how camp culture and geopolitics have always gone hand-in-hand at Eurovision.

Israel’s war on Gaza takes centre stage at Eurovision

The globally televised song contest Eurovision insists it’s not political. But the most recent chapter in a decades-long history of political tension behind the event’s glitzy backdrop suggests a different story.

Hamas and Israel have still not reached agreement on a new hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

West Bank: Prisoners of War

Is it possible to eradicate smoking from society? As the UK takes steps to relegate smoking to the ash heap of history with a potential generational smoking ban, we look at changing circumstances though out the continent.

Could a smoke free Europe be on the horizon?

The UK wants to stub out smoking with a ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2009. Could a smoke-free Europe be on the horizon? 

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

Slovak prime minister Robert Fico, a Russia-friendly populist, has been back in power since October last year He was forced to step down as PM in 2018 after widespread protests at the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak, who had been investigating corruption in the country. Over the last five months, the government has abolished anti-corruption measures – perhaps unsurprising considering several of Fico's associates were under investigation.

Six years after the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak, Slovakia's fight against corruption is not looking good.

Slovakia: The fight against corruption in jeopardy

The principle of freedom of movement between member states is enshrined in European Union law, but are border controls making a comeback within the bloc? That seems to be the case, at least in practice, in some parts of the continent. Eight member states have reintroduced border checks, citing an increase in the number of migrants and the threat of terrorism. In Croatia, the issue of security and migration is a major focus of campaigns ahead of the European elections.

Croatia joined the EU's Schengen zone on 1 January, 2023, but it is still carrying out border controls.

Croatia: Re-establishing borders

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

For the first time in Northern Ireland's history, the first minister is from the Irish nationalist Sinn Féin party. On taking office, Michelle O’Neill said that a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or be reunited with the Republic of Ireland could be on the cards within a decade. But will asking this question reopen old wounds, in a place scarred by violence? And how do young people in Northern Ireland see their future? 

Ireland or the UK? Northern Ireland’s new first minister wants to hold a referendum on this contentious issue.

Northern Ireland: a referendum on reunification?

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

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 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

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. 

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