Claire Schadeck from CID Fraen an Gender was Tom's guest on the breakfast show this morning. The CID Fraen an Gender is a women’s rights NGO that campaign to promote gender equality here in luxembourg. They recently released a report that included a list of measures that they want national political parties to introduce into their policies in the run up to the national elections here in October.
Participatory Democracy: The Anna Lindh Foundation
On Local Matters, Benjamin George Coles interviews Karine Bouton, the Head of the Luxembourg network of the Anna Lindh Foundation. This is the third part of this week's Local Matters on participatory democracy.
Participatory Democracy: The EU Democracy Rally
The EU Democracy Rally is a participatory democracy bootcamp that had its first week-long edition in Luxembourg last summer. For the second of this week's Local Matters episodes on participatory democracy, Benjamin spoke to TeeKay Kreissig, Karolina Mazetyte and Philipe Ternes, three of the organisers.
Participatory democracy: At the Project Design Forum
Citizens' involvement is the main component of participatory democracy. To discover how this can look like, Benjamin George Coles talked to a few participants at the Project Design Forum. This is the first episode in this week's Local Matters series on participatory democracy.
Delano Top Of The Week
Delano's Cordula Schnuer joined Tom in the studio for Delano's Top Of The Week this morning. Up for discussion was the orientation debate on citizen participation in the political decision making process which will be taking place this week in Parliament.
Delano Top of the Week
Cordula from Delano Joined Tom this week to talk about a new competence centre for energy efficiency that will be opened in Luxembourg this week by Energy minister Claude Turmes.
Voices Matter: Shabnam and the Iranian revolution
The first ever women-led revolution is taking place in Iran. In our interview, activist Shabnam Sabzehi amplifies the voices of the courageous women who risk their lives speaking up and demonstrating for democracy. We talk about the protests, the human rights breaches in Iran and about Shabnam's personal attachment to this fight.
Shabnam is our first guest on the brand new feature Voices Matter. Every Monday, we invite people to speak about their personal stories and struggles, about what makes them get up every morning, and what keeps them awake at night. Our new feature Voices Matter aims to inspire, to contribute to a mutual understanding, and to give a voice to those who want to be heard - no matter what the issue is.
Delano Top Of The Week
Tracy from Delano was in the studio this morning for Delano's Top of the week and up for discussion was the tripartite discussions that will be happening in Luxembourg this week.
Delano Top Of The Week
This week the 24th of February will mark 1 year since Russian Forces launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Lydia Lin joined Tom on the Breakfast Show for Delano's Top Of The Week today to talk about what has unfolded in Ukraine and Europe over the past year. How Ukraine's population has been affected, what help Luxembourg and the EU has been able to offer and how that relationship might continue in the coming weeks and months.
Delano Top Of The Week
Cordula Schnuer joined Tom for Delano's Top Of The Week. Parliament this week is discussing a new investment strategy of the Luxembourg pension fund. MPs have long demanded that the fund should become greener and an internal review found that it exceeds its carbon budget and is not aligned with a 2°C target to limit Earth warming.
Delano Top Of The Week
With two elections coming up in 2023, the biggest parties in Luxembourg politics today (Monday 23/01/23) are signing an agreement on fair elections. Cordula Schnuer from Delano joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to discuss what will be agreed and why it's important for these meetings to take place.
Delano Top Of The Week
Luxembourg's parliament resumes session this week after the winter break and with elections scheduled for October this year it will be a busy time for MPs as they attempt to pass laws through the house before any potential changes to a majority at the next election can effect their success. Cordula Schnuer joined Tom in the studio for Delano's Top of The Week today to talk about it.
Go vote: The ZPB's project "Gemengewalen fir jiddereen"
How to vote, whom to vote for - the ZPB informs people about the upcoming municipal elections. On Local Matters, Annaïk Garin talks about their project “Gemengewalen fir jiddereen”.
Delano Top of the Week
Duncan Roberts from Delano came in this morning to talk about the COP27 with Simon.
Delano Top Of The Week
Editor of Delano Magazine, Duncan Roberts joined Tom in the studio to discuss next year's general Elections.
The discussion began with a comparison to the current situation in the UK where the conservative party are in the process of choosing their 3rd leader in 4 months. Comparatively Luxembourg's Leadership has been extrememly stable with 3 prime ministers serving since 1984.
Voting In The USA Mid-Term Elections For US Citizens Living In Luxembourg
Our guest on the Breakfast Show this morning was Kendra Arbaiza-Sundal, Consular officer at the US Embassy in Luxembourg, who joined Tom on the show to remind US citizens living in Luxembourg about voting in the upcoming mid-term elections which take place in the USA on November 8th.
Delano Top Of The Week
Duncan Roberts joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to discuss the recent illegal annexation of Eastern Ukrainian territories by Russia.
Delano Top of the Week
Tracy from Delano talked with Simon about the ongoing tripartite negotiations.
Delano Top Of The Week
Duncan Roberts from Delano joined Tom in the studio for today's Delano Top Of The Week. Up for discussion was the Conservative party leadership contest which will be coming to a close today.
Delano Top of the week
Aaron Grunwald from Delano joined Shiva and Petur on the Breakfast show to talk about how young people can start investing in their professional future.