All over the world, reporters and correspondents from Europe 1 explore and tell the daily life of other cultures, their perception of current affairs and of our country. Long-format reports and fascinating guests. A sound journey to open the mind and discover the unknown.
- Germany: an experience to be able to return to the concert
This summer was marked by the cancellation of festivals and concerts across Europe. To try to remedy this and to allow the sectors of culture and indoor sport to regain a little vitality, German scientists conducted a life-size experiment in a performance hall. Objective: to test the risks of contagion between masked spectators but without physical distance. Volunteers lent themselves to the game by attending a concert organized for the occasion. With a shared hope: that of returning one day to a packed performance hall!
Report and analysis by Hélène Kohl , correspondent in Germany
- Argentina: fear of dropping out of school!
After an interminable confinement of five months already, the peak of the epidemic has still not been reached in Argentina. And in the most affected regions, deconfinement is still not on the agenda. In this country where one in two children lives below the poverty line, this distance from school jeopardizes their education. Deprived of any social link, sometimes without a computer or internet access, these 5 months without school are a real tragedy for children from poor neighborhoods!
Report and analysis by Aude Villiers Moriamé , correspondent in Argentina
- A book in the World
It's the return of the literary advice of Nicolas Carreau with a big name in contemporary American literature this week. After the success of “Underground Railroad” in 2017, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Colson Whitehead returns with “Nickel Boys”, 2nd Pullitzer Prize! The poignant and breathtaking account of the life of Elwood Curtis, a young black boy aged 12-13, the victim of a judicial error. He will be sent to the Nickel Academy, a sort of reformatory. An institution that unfortunately really existed and in which teenagers were victims of all kinds of attacks.
" Nickel Boys " by Colson Withehead for Albin Michel editions. Translation by Charles Recoursé
- Oppose in Belarus
Since August 9, the movement against President Lukashenko has not weakened. The demonstrators reject his re-election, after already 26 years of reign, considering the ballot as rigged. The dictatorship in place does not hesitate to use force against opponents of the regime. The opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa had to take refuge in Lithuania to continue her fight for the recognition of a free ballot. The country has a large number of opponents of the regime in exile. We do not oppose Alexander Lukashenko with impunity.
Report by Jean-Sébastien Soldaïni , special correspondent in Lithuania
Decryption with journalist and documentary filmmaker Manon Loizeau , author of the documentary "Belarus, an ordinary dictatorship" broadcast on Arte and still visible on the site www.arte.tv.fr
- Hiroshima, 75 years later
On August 6, Japan commemorated a terrible anniversary. At 8:15 am on August 6, 1945, the 1st atomic bomb in history was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people, more than a third of the city. Keiko Ogura is one of the survivors of the drama. She was 8 years old at the time and lived 2 and a half km from the point of impact. An exceptional testimony!
Report by Bernard Delattre , correspondent in Japan
- Travel to Autistan
Josef Schovanec , philosopher-traveler and autistic sprinkler shares with us his view of the world, a little different ...
Josef Schovanec embarked on a great “interior” journey this summer. During a stay in Sweden, Josef went back to his childhood memories. At 6, he had already visited Sweden with his parents. But what marks a 6-year-old on a trip? What does he remember years later? In praise of the richness of our childhood travels ...