In the past years, digitisation has been a huge challenge for the National Archives. The archivists have been digitising paper documents, while planning how to store documents that exist only online. For the National Archives, digitisation is an opportunity to make archives more accessible. In our interview on Local Matters, the director of the National Archives Josée Kirps explains the recent strategies and challenges.
Archiving: Six weeks after the blaze in Junglinster
In the end of January, the townhall of Junglinster caught fire. The roof collapsed into the municipal archives. Even though luckily no important documents have burnt, some communes have started focusing more on the relevance of their municipal archives after the incident. On Local Matters this week, we take this as an occasion to talk about archiving.
Making abortion rights constitutional in Luxembourg?
In the beginning of this week, lawmakers in France voted in favor of making abortion rights constitutional. The planning familial Asbl has been advocating to take the same step in Luxembourg as well. In our interview on Local Matters, Ainhoa Achutegui, president of Planning Familial, explains why this is so important and how accessible abortion is in Luxembourg nowadays.
LM on tour: A visit to the reopened National Resistance Museum
The National museum of Resistance and Human Rights in Esch was reopened last week, after almost 6 years of renovation works. On Local Matters, we've had a visit.
LM on tour: Where water wanders
Follow Local Matters as we go on tour! This week in Rollingen where we explore the natural source Dreibouren and its role for the drinking water supply of Ettelbrück.
LM on tour: Make farming something social
Farmers struggle to pass their family farms on because the new generation doesn’t want to be farmers anymore. For Tom Kass, one reason is the isolation that goes hand in hand with living on a farm. To avoid this, he recreated the Kass-Haff as a community project that brings people and especially kids closer to the farm. On today's Local Matters, Franziska takes you along for a visit.
LM on tour: Differdange's football history in the Stade de Thillenberg
Local sports history, nostalgia and success - the Stade de Thillenberg is an iconic place. On Local Matters today, we dive into the history of this stadium.
LM on tour: Where to put the Differdange refugees?
Differdange debates where to accommodate the asylum seekers. The current building at Thillenberg is in a bad condition. The heating doesn't work and the building needs renovation. The Green party suggests to relocate the refugees to the large building next door, the former hospital. The mayor has a different view.
Overindebtedness: How debts relate to health issues
Amélie Dolo knows: Debts make sick. And she also knows that people have to make debts to stay healthy. Amélie Dolo is the head of the Inter-Actions' over-indebtedness counseling service. In our interview on Local Matters, she explains how debts and health are related.
Overindebtedness: Ending up stuck in debts
When something unexpected happens in life – job loss or sickness – people risk making more debts than they can afford. The Ligue Médico-sociale offers consultancy for people with excessive debts. Christian Schumacher, the head of the department, is our guest on Local Matters.
Youth participation: "In Luxembourg, I am more than just 0,000001 percent"
Once per year, youth gets to defend their proposals in parliament, debating with MEPs and ministers. For the president of the youth council, Liam Bremer, the Jugendkonvent is a successful tool for political participation, for Diana and Marta, it's an occasion to get their points across and to feel heard. On Local Matters, all three of them explain what political participation means to them.
Youth participation: What works and what doesn't yet - Charel Schmit
In our interview on Local Matters, Charel Schmit, the Ombudsman for Children and Youth tells us how he sees the progresses that have been made and the issues that still need to be addressed to guarantee the right to participation for youth.
Men's tears: Violence as a result of repressed emotions
Violence as a means of communication is used when words are not available. At the service Riicht Eraus of the Red Cross, psychologist Daniela Cabete tries to prevent men from using violence against their family members. In our interview, she calls for a rethinking of boys' education.
Men's tears: Challenging masculinity norms
On Local Matters this week, we dive into the topic of men’s tears. Upon growing up, young men learn to mask their emotions to be masculine. Often this impacts mental health, fosters depression and internalised stress. With the local association Infomann, men and boys can seek help.
Radicalisation: Social media as a breeding ground for extremism
How do memes help the far right in recruiting new followers of their radical ideology? On Local Matters, Mira Sorrentino explains how social media opens doors towards extremism. Mira works with the association respect.lu to keep people from pursuing radical ideologies. Tune in to learn more!
Radicalisation: How the Asbl repect.lu keeps people from using violence
With the latest escalation in Middle East, public debate is more polarised than ever. Doors wide open for more extreme opinions and radicalisation. On today's Local Matters, Carine Weyer and Peter Kagerer explain how they avoid people from getting more radicalised with the Asbl respect.lu
Challenges for the elderly: Learning English at the senior club
At the English class for seniors at the senior club Beim Kiosk in Schifflange, learning English is one part of the deal, staying active and being together the more important one. For our third and last episode of this week's Local Matters on the risk of loneliness for elderly people, we took the microphone and participated at the English class for seniors.
Challenges for the elderly: The "Pensiounscoach" program
Upon retiring, people need to restructure their everyday life. In our interview, Laura Zuccoli and Astrid Lauterbach explain how the Gero Kompetenzzenter fir den Alter supports people taking this step. They both volunteer as "pensiounscoaches". This is our first interview of this week's Local Matters on the risk of falling into loneliness for elderly people.
Asylum seekers in the streets: Searching for solutions
Since Monday of last week, Luxembourg doesn’t provide accommodation for newly arriving single male asylum seekers anymore. On Local Matters this week, we follow up on the situation and see on which solutions the actors in the field have been working.
Local Matters: Dozens of asylum seekers sleeping in the streets
For more than a week, single male asylum seekers have been denied access to the refugee shelters. They have since slept in the streets of Luxembourg. On Local Matters this week, we analyse the consequences of this decision taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and look out for potential solutions.