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EDMONTON / OTTAWA – Separatism, long a marginal phenomenon, has grown into a broad movement that has gained influence within the ruling UCP in Alberta. Alberta has one of the largest oil reserves in the world and, according to the separatists, too much of the revenue flows to Ottawa. Albertans feel that the West is not being heard sufficiently in federal politics and that environmental legislation, in particular, is hampering the oil industry.

BRUSSELS / TEXEL – For centuries, wool kept us warm. Now we no longer want our own sheep’s wool next to our skin. Stiff, stiffer, stiffest: we no longer wear Belgian and Dutch wool as jumpers. At a push, we might use it in our insulation, but even that market is struggling. Is there really nothing left to be done with native, itchy wool?

BRUSSELS / RAMALLAH – This investigation maps out a little-known network linking European dog trainers, breeders and foreign donors to the civilian dog units of Israel and the settlements.

BRUSSELS / LILONGWE – In September 2025, the Flemish Government abruptly pulled the plug on its bilateral development cooperation with Malawi. For twenty years, Flanders had been investing in agriculture and food security there, but the cooperation fell victim to a round of budget cuts.

SARAJEVO – In late 1995, the Dayton Accords brought an end to more than four years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The violence ceased and people celebrated. But this peace treaty also laid the foundations for an ethnically and politically divided country.

BRUSSELS – This investigation shows that local opposition to new reception centres for asylum seekers is often not a spontaneous neighbourhood protest. In 23 of the 26 Flemish municipalities where a new reception centre has opened since 2016, Vlaams Belang actively organised or supported the protest.

KINSHASA – Échos du Silence explores the history surrounding human remains from the Congo that have been held in Belgium since the colonial period, and addresses issues relating to provenance, restitution, the transfer of knowledge and the dignity of the dead.

BRUSSELS / MADRID / PARIS – On air and under pressure, meteorologists around the world are becoming unwitting harbingers of doom as extreme weather grows ever more severe. Faced with censorship, denial and an emotional toll, they must confront a haunting question beneath an ever-darkening sky: how do you tell the truth when that truth becomes unwelcome?

BRUSSELS - Around 50,000 people are currently homeless in our country. We know they are there, and we seem to have come to terms with their situation. But why, exactly? Why is homelessness so low on the political agenda? Why are we failing to get these people off the streets? Are homeless people no longer human beings? 

AMSTERDAM / GHENT – Can a burglary be predicted before it happens? According to the ambitious Bigdatpol project at Ghent University, this will soon become a reality. Led by Professor Wim Hardyns, the research team has spent years developing an AI model that can identify areas and times of high burglary risk.

ISTANBUL / BRUSSELS – The nature of warfare is changing rapidly today. A flood of new technologies is emerging on the battlefield, including drones, robots, lasers and artificial intelligence.

BIHAĆ / ZAGREB – Behind the political debates on return hubs and stricter procedures lies an underlying trend that is receiving less attention: the roll-out of a state-of-the-art technological surveillance system at our external borders.

KHASAB / MUSCAT - The US and Iran continue to exchange attacks. US strikes are followed by Iranian retaliation, with targets including American bases in Gulf states such as Oman's Musandam exclave, which is separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates and situated right on the Strait of Hormuz.

SYRACUSE – The strictest European migration policy ever came into force in June. Through the Return Regulation, the EU is expanding its cooperation with third countries even further. NGOs have long been witnessing the human impact of externalisation policies, whereby border controls are outsourced and human rights are put under pressure.

BRUSSELS - The film Returnees follows migrants in Belgium who are preparing for voluntary return.

BRUSSELS / SAMOS – How has violence at Europe’s external borders become normalised, and what institutional, political and psychological mechanisms perpetuate it?

TASHKENT / TERMZ / KABUL – The Taliban’s Qosh Tepa Canal is without a doubt a mega-project. It is being built in Afghanistan but will be fed by water from the Amu Darya – the region’s largest river, which lies on the border with Uzbekistan. For Uzbek farmers, this threatens to be a disaster. Europe, too, is keeping a close eye on developments, as a conflict in Central Asia would be most unwelcome.

CONAKRY / RABAT - Thanks to Chinese investments, the West African nation of Guinea is on track for annual economic growth of 10 percent. But Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah does not want the country to become too dependent on China and is also inviting Europe to invest. Morocco, too, is undergoing rapid transformation. New jobs are being created, but the old inequalities remain.

LEUVEN – Over the course of six episodes, the Wonderzoekers explore some major human themes: shame, language, beauty, imagination, homesickness and lying. In doing so, Palmers and Pierlet combine scientific insights with personal stories, humour and fiction.

GHENT / UTRECHT - In Diary of an Assistance Dog, you’ll see and read the stories of human-dog teams. Through the eyes of the psychosocial assistance dog, you’ll see the challenges the owner faces and how they tackle them together.

BROOKLYN – Amidst pastel colours, carefully styled product photos and phrases such as “made with love”, “authentic” and “sustainable”, the online marketplace Etsy promises an alternative to the anonymous mass production of fast fashion. It seems that anyone who shops here is not supporting a factory, but ‘real makers’: people with a face and a story. But is that really the case?

KORTRIJK / WEVELGEM - The airport of Kortrijk-Wevelgem is the least well-known of the three regional airports in Flanders. It is considerably smaller than the airports in Antwerp and Ostend, particularly in terms of passenger numbers. Yet Kortrijk-Wevelgem is not spared from criticism either.

BRUSSELS - Our Big Five is the compelling and surprising story of the most iconic inhabitants of our natural world. Our Big Five: the fox, red deer, wolf, seal, and lynx. Paul Cobbaert sets out in wonder to find these animals. He wants to know where they live, whether they’re endangered, and how they coexist with humans. Along the way, he talks to biologists, conservationists, artists, farmers, policymakers, and chance passersby.

LEUVEN / LOOSDRECHT - Hooligans, online hate-mongers and orthodox Christians are rallying behind the call for ‘remigration’. For some figures and groups within the far right, the use of violence appears to be no obstacle.

GHENT - Psychedelics are illegal, but show great therapeutic promise and are on the verge of medical acceptance. If clinical research and the claims of pharmaceutical start-ups are to be believed, psychedelics may well become the latest weapon in the fight against conditions such as depression, anxiety disorders, trauma, addiction and existential suffering.

GHENT / TERNEUZEN - Our region has everything it needs to be a world leader in green chemistry. At least, that is what the government and industry unanimously claim. We put this to the test in North Sea Port, the binational port that says it is fully committed to a circular future. Will the chemical giants along the Ghent-Terneuzen canal lead us to the promised land of clean and circular chemistry?

POLINKHOVE / ANTWERP – Every Flemish citizen has the right to add a question or a proposal to the municipal council’s agenda. Research by Apache shows that around a quarter of Flemish towns and municipalities do not have regulations setting out the conditions for doing so.

ZUGDIDI - The 250-kilometre border between Abkhazia and Georgia has been dividing the two countries for decades, making life increasingly difficult for the communities living along it. Caught between Russian pressure and the manoeuvrings of the ruling Georgian Dream party, those living near the border find themselves increasingly at the mercy of forces beyond their control.

CERRO DE PASCO - The city of Cerro de Pasco lies at an altitude of 4,380 metres in the harsh climate of the Peruvian Andes. It is one of the highest cities in the world, but also one of the most polluted, as there is a huge pit right in the centre of the city.

KILEMBE - Since the first measurements were taken in 1906, more than 90% of the ice in the Rwenzori Mountains on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has disappeared. Experts predict it will be gone entirely within a decade.