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In 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States for the first time thanks to the evangelical vote. In 2024, the billionaire triumphed again, this time thanks to support ranging from Silicon Valley figures such as Elon Musk and Peter Thiel to the most reactionary and populist currents of the American right: alliances that have more to do with opportunism than ideology.

Trump's new supporters range from big tech to the reactionary right.

What's Driving the New Trump Administration?

Melania Trump was born in Slovenia when the country was still Yugoslavia. Daughter of a communist mechanic from the small town of Sevnica, she had big ambitions from her early years. A portrait of a mysterious first lady and icon of conservative America produced in 2020.

Melania Trump

Daughter of a communist mechanic from the small town of Sevnica in Slovenia, she had big ambitions from her early years. A portrait of an icon of conservative America, produced in 2020.

The Mysterious First Lady

Amanda, 24, has always been isolated and without friends – though it's what she longs for most. When she uncovers a forgotten childhood friendship, Amanda becomes obsessed with rekindling the bond and makes it her mission is to convince the long-lost acquaintance that they are still best friends, regardless of whether it is true or not.

Isolated and friendless, Amanda embarks on a whimsical mission to reclaim a childhood friendship.

Amanda

Iris's father Jan declares he wants to end his life out of the blue, leaving her stunned. As the deadline looms, Iris defies her brother's pragmatic approach and pushes her father to confront the real reason behind his wish. In this emotional journey, she battles with the absurdity of the situation, seeking answers to questions that go beyond life and death.

Iris must confront her father's sudden wish to die, challenging the absurdity and reason behind his choice.

Pink Moon

The billionaire recently revived a scandal on grooming gangs in the UK, using his social media X to amplify disinformation. He also hosted an online conversation with the far-right leader of Germany’s AfD Alice Weidel and is discussing a deal with the Italian government to use his Starlink services. What can the EU do to counter Musk’s efforts to influence European politics?

Is the EU powerless to stop Elon Musk’s influence?

Elon Musk is setting out to conquer both US politics and Mars – and is now meddling in EU politics.

ARTE Europe Weekly

In 2019, when a pianist was filmed on a jetty in the beautiful lakeside village of Iseltwald for a South Korean Netflix series, locals had no idea what awaited them. Now the hugely successful series has led to fans visiting the location in the Swiss Alps from around the world. Locals are not entirely happy that their peace and quiet has been disturbed by a mass influx of tourists.

Since a romantic piano scene on Netflix became world-famous, a picturesque village has been overrun by visitors.

Re: Netflix Overtourism in Switzerland

How did the radical right reach the mainstream of American politics? This documentary shows how over forty years, an organised minority has lobbied to gain key influence in the judiciary, the media and in politics, culminating in the return of Donald Trump as presidential candidate in 2024.

How has the radical right reached the mainstream of American politics? 

USA: Rise of the Radical Right

Finland may be the happiest country on earth, but it is also known as the land of a thousand sad songs. Lurking in the shadows of this Nordic welfare state are violence, alcoholism and inequality. A century after its premiere, the most Finnish of all operas is now being performed in a new production at the Helsinki Opera House.

Finnish National Opera Helsinki

A tale of love, murder and oppression – Finland's national opera turns 100!

Leevi Madetoja: The Ostrobothnians

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.

ARTE Reportage

Americans say that Chicago is the quintessential American city. On the shores of Lake Michigan, in the disaffected warehouses of the city, a new music emerged in the early 1980s. An electronic underground sound, made by minorities, that became a worldwide cultural phenomenon in just a few years: House music.

On the shores of Lake Michigan, in the disaffected warehouses of the city, a new music emerged in the early 1980s. 

Chicago: Birthplace of House Music

According to UNICEF, a child is killed or injured every ten minutes in Gaza. Nearly 15,000 of them have died since the war began in October 2023. And tens of thousands have been injured, often seriously, leaving them without an arm or a leg for life. Many have been orphaned and are forced to work or beg.

Gaza: Children Under Attack

Orphaned, missing limbs, deprived of school or forced to work: this is the plight of children in Gaza.

No woman has been depicted as often as the mother of Jesus, over the past 2,000 years. What do the many portraits of Mary created over the centuries say about the times of the artists? And what does Mary mean to people of the past and present?

This Obscure Object of Desire

No woman has been painted as often as Mary, mother of Jesus. But what do these depictions say about her and society over 2,000 years?

All About Mary (1/2)

A Christmas classic revisited in dance form at the Finnish National Opera: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It's the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy, miserly old man who, on Christmas Eve, is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. A magical tale popular with all ages, adapted into a ballet by an all-British artistic team including composer Sally Beamish and choreographer David Bintley.

A Ballet based on Charles Dickens' Novella

Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story adapted into an enchanting ballet for all the family.

A Christmas Carol

A new space race has begun that threatens world peace and security as private companies and nation states rush to colonise the skies with satellites. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has already sent 3,000 satellites into orbit to provide internet connections anywhere on earth. This gives Musk considerable geopolitical clout and pushes China and Europe to join the race.

A new space race has begun as private companies and nation states rush to colonise the skies with satellites.

Satellite Wars

In America’s capital of cinema, all is illusion. In his 2001 film Mulholland Drive, David Lynch goes behind the Hollywood mirage to reveal a strange dream-like world, eleven years after the success of his television series Twin Peaks.

David Lynch's Los Angeles

 In his 2001 film Mulholland Drive, David Lynch goes behind the Hollywood mirage to reveal a strange, dream-like Los Angeles.

City Country Culture

The Cure are pop outsiders. Over a fifty year career, the English band have released 14 studio albums to great acclaim but it was their 1989 album Disintegration, released during a pivotal year in Europe and the world, which would capture the imagination of so many fans. This documentary tells the story of this landmark work of art in the history of popular music.

An Album, A Band, A Generation

The story of The Cure's 1989 album, a landmark work of art in a pivotal year in history.

Disintegration

Many children and teenagers practice elaborate skin-care routines from a very young age, influenced by skin-care videos by social media influencers. However, many of these products were developed for adult skin and could be harmful to children. Are they too young to be caring so much about their appearance?

Many children practice elaborate skin-care routines from a very young age, influenced by skin-care videos by social media influencers.

Re: Skin Care Kids

Maddalena, a working-class mother, drags her daughter to an audition at the Cinecittà Studios hoping for stardom. As her obsession escalates, Luchino Visconti reveals the harsh realities of post-war Italy, with Anna Magnani’s powerful performance at its core.

A working-class mother’s obsession to make her daughter a star exposes post-war struggles in Italy.

Bellissima

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

The incredible story of the Pope’s daughter Lucrezia Borgia takes place during one of the most scandalous periods of the Renaissance. Under the scheming rule of her father, Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia is deliberately used by him and her brother for political ends and later slandered as a poisoner and incestuous femme fatale. But who was the real Lucrezia?

History has depicted the daughter of Pope Alexander VI as an incestuous femme fatale. But who was the real Lucrezia Borgia?

The Daughter of the Pope - Lucrezia Borgia

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Ayurveda, from India, advocates the internal and external purification of the body, and is now being recognised by conventional medicine. We meet a convinced young doctor in Varanasi.

Ayurved is now being recognised by conventional medicine

360° GEO: Ayurvedic Medicine in India

From vintage music videos ("Come Prima") to glitzy television performances ("Laissez-moi danser"), here is a delightful compilation of eighteen of the French diva's greatest hits.

The greatest hits over 40 years.

From "Come Prima" to "Laissez-moi danser", here's a delightful compilation of eighteen of the French diva's greatest hits.

Dalida Forever!

The Dnieper is one of Europe’s longest rivers and has been at the centre of the Ukraine war since the Russian invasion in 2022. But the geopolitical importance of the Dnieper goes back a long way…

The Dnieper: A River in the Ukraine War

The Dnieper is one of Europe’s longest rivers and has been at the centre of the Ukraine war since the Russian invasion.

Mapping the World

On the southern border of the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula extends over 60,000 km2. This "grey zone" borders the Hamas-Israel war, with trafficking of all kinds, armed jihadist groups, tunnel networks and a local conflict between the Egyptian army and Islamists.

Sinai: Between Egypt and Gaza

On the southern border of the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula is a "grey zone" on the brink of war between Hamas and Israel.

Sebastian Schub's deep voice unfurls in a session filmed at the ESNS festival. A wonderful opportunity to (re)discover the superb track Sing Like Madonna.

Eurosonic Noorderslag 2025

Sebastian Schub delivers a lively session for the ESNS festival.

Sebastian Schub

At the far western tip of France, a champion kitesurfer has a mad idea: Brave the perilous currents and winds of the Iroise Sea to reach a legendary lighthouse.

Kitesurfing in Britanny

360° Reportage

Donald Trump celebrated Thanksgiving with his new right-hand man, billionaire Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago, the new political epicentre. But how has Trump turned his Palm Beach residence into his own personal ‘Winter White House’?

Mar-a-Lago: Trump's Fiefdom

How has Trump turned his Palm Beach residence into his own personal ‘Winter White House’?

The World in Images

Over the last ten years, the number of young farmers has risen by 13% in Italy, more than anywhere else in Europe. Many of these new farmers do not come from farming backgrounds and with enthusiasm and energy, they are making an impact on agriculture in their country.

Over the last ten years, the number of young farmers has risen by 13% in Italy, more than anywhere else in Europe.

Re: Italy's New Farmers

In Hungary, the municipality of the capital city Budapest is ecologist, europhile and therefore poles apart from Viktor Orban's extreme right populist government. For the city, which is already in economic difficulty, the lower allocated funds by the State is a political move against all those who oppose those in power.

The municipality stands against Viktor Orban and the lower funds allocated to the city by the State.

Hungary: Budapest stands against Orbán

In late November 2024, an opposition coalition seized Aleppo and toppled the Bashar Al-Assad regime. Our reporters accompany three people in Aleppo who are all adjusting to the new post-Assad reality: Ahmad returns to his home city after years of exile. Razan hopes she will find her brother, arrested by the regime in 2012. Joseph, a Christian trader, wants to rebuild links between the different communities.

Syria: Aleppo After Assad

In late November 2024, an opposition coalition seized Aleppo and toppled the Assad regime. What is life like in the newly liberated city?

Months after deadly floods ravaged southeast Spain, thousands of protestors have once again taken to the streets of Valencia to demand the resignation of the region’s governor for his catastrophic management of the disaster. Could the reconstruction efforts pave the road for a safer future?

Looking back at the tragedy that struck Spain in October 2024 and the solutions for a safer future.

Rebuilding After the Floods That Ravaged Southeast Spain

Norwegian singer HILLARI performs a session alongside her concert at the ESNS festival. A unique opportunity to discover the soul and jazz sounds of her EP How is your soul? 

An intimate session to plunge into the soul world of HILLARI.

HILLARI

NNAVY puts Switzerland on the map of European neo-soul. Thanks to the warm, intimate melodies of her EP CLOSER, the young singer has cast a spell over the ESNS festival.

The ESNS festival is rocked by the neo-soul of Swiss diva NNAVY.

NNAVY

Colt have established themselves as one of the most promising up-and-coming Francophone bands. In 2025, this success propelled the duo on a tour of Belgium, France, Luxembourg... and all the way to the ESNS festival!

Belgian electro-pop duo Colt shine on the ESNS festival stage.

Colt

Carpetman is a mysterious electro producer from Ukraine. Witness this masked phenomenon make the ESNS festival go wild with his fearsomely effective tracks.

Ukrainian phenomenon Carpetman brings his swaying electro to the ESNS festival.

Carpetman

Why was Pope Pius XII, head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 silent about the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis? Accused of a complacent approach to the fascist horror in Europe during the Second World War, present-day Pope Francis opened the Vatican archives from the time in 2020.

Why was the head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 silent about the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis?

The Pope and the Holocaust

From the 1960s until the fall of the Berlin War, the GDR sent its most eminent scientists to Mongolia to search for the country's rich mineral resources. With archive footage and first-hand accounts from the scientists themselves, this documentary tells the story of this singular East-German adventure.

An East German Adventure

From the 1960s until the fall of the Berlin War, the GDR sent its most eminent scientists to Mongolia to search for the country's rich mineral resources. 

Gold Hunters in Mongolia

Dancers from the Compagnie Hervé Koubi take over the Château d'Ormesson for Sur Mesure. This performance, a blend of dance and acrobatics, is brought to life by Quatuor Voce and Jasser Haj Youssef.

Sur Mesure

An encounter between dance and classical music led by the Compagnie Hervé Koubi.

Compagnie Hervé Koubi

The latest Calvin Klein ad campaign turns actor Jeremy Allen White into a "man-object" in a series of suggestive and sexualised poses. Is the way advertising treats the male body changing?

Calvin Klein: Man As Object

Calvin Klein’s viral ad campaign objectified actor Jeremy Allen White. Is advertising changing the way it treats the male body?

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