Crazy Borders

Welcome to the Hotel Arbez, it’s a lovely place straddling the Franco-Swiss border.

Did you know that the last war between France and Spain took place in the 1970s?

During the height of the Cold War, a German village with just one fridge had problems... 

Every year Israel builds more and more road infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, encouraging new settlements to house the overspill from the crowded urban centres of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 

A new trainline linking the major Maya archaeological sites is a boon for the tourism industry.

 Artists Satch Hoyt and Juan Covelli challenge colonial narratives and spark debate about the restitution of cultural artefacts.

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

During the Franco dictatorship and afterwards, around 300,000 babies were stolen from the mothers, sold to childless couples using forged documentation

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

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

According to the polls, Hungary’s prime minister could lose his majority on Sunday after 16 years in office.

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

With elections on the horizon in Hungary, Victor Orban’s party produced a deepfake of a rival candidate who is ahead in the polls

A new trainline linking the major Maya archaeological sites is a boon for the tourism industry.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

White sand, white citrus blossom, white houses – Spain’s Costa Blanca is aptly named.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.