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.

On board the FS Meteor a team of German researchers spend five weeks at sea studying the unknown depths of the Atllantic Ocean.

José fled El Salvador after receiving death threats from local gangs and entered the USA illegally. From detention centre, to freedom, to his first job, a film crew follows José over several months as he tries to build his American Dream in a country increasingly hostile to migrants.

Whilst far-right groups are treated with impunity in Orban’s Hungary, those protesting against them are not.

Colombia is blighted by ultra-violent street gangs with children as young as ten years old being recruited to sell drugs, steal, intimidate and kill.

It is vital for animal feed and biodiesel: How the humble soya bean influences world trade, the climate and geopolitics.

In the Japanese manga series Death Note, the fast-moving detective story mirrors the sense of moral crisis in early 2000s Japanese society,

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

ARTE Book Club focuses on the 19th century writer’s most famous novel: Pride and Prejudice.

ARTE Book Club studies Virginia Woolf’s original and influential essay on what has held back women from contributing to the arts.

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is an important literary work dealing with the holocaust. A deeply personal story, the graphic novel tells the tale of Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew during World War 2. In a highly original way the work brings together past and present, memory and trauma.

In India and China, after decades of preference for boys, baby girls are desirable once more and birth rates are up.

Environmental groups are cleaning up the Riachuelo river, but government budget cuts threaten their progress.

How can the EU better organise its energy policy to be less vulnerable to external shocks such as war in the Middle East?

Nico Acampora runs a pizzeria that employs autistic people in a setting designed for their well-being. 

A new generation of black painters are moving into figurative art, following in the footsteps of Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald.

Electronic music meets visual art in this episode of Passengers.

Robert Lohmeyer was a pioneer of colour photography, but his pictures taken in the German colonies were permeated with racism.

Donald Trump wants to build a defensive shield to protect the USA from missile attacks, similar to Israel’s Iron Dome system.