Find a list of useful information as issued by the government of Friday the 3rd of March
Delano Top Of The Week
Today Teodor Georgiev joined us to talk about the Women's march which is taking place on Tuesday 8th March as part of International Women's Day.
Delano Top Of The Week
Duncan Roberts was our guest for Delano's Top Of The Week on Monday 28th of February. The topic up for discussion was the conflict in the Ukraine.
Ukraines in Luxembourg
As Europe awoke on Thursday morning to the news that Russia had invaded Ukraine, most of us thought immediately of the friends we have close by who would also wake to the awful news, but whose lives would be touched that much more painfully. Lisa called Businessman Oleksandr Petrykov, founder of LetzCompare.lu to ask how his family were fairing.
Relais Pour La Vie 2022
Claudia Gaebel from Relais Pour La Vie joined us on the Breakfast Show today to discuss the upcoming edition in 2022 taking place on the 26th and 27th of March.
Introducing Wheelchair Curling this Coming Weekend
Last year, the Luxembourg Paralympic Committee decided to make wheelchair curling the first Luxembourg winter paralympic sport. And this coming weekend, together with Curling Luxembourg they are organising a Wheelchair Curling Induction event at the Patinoire de Kockelscheuer.
Ara City Radio talked to Karen Wauters, head of curling development at Curling Luxembourg. She told us there are only 400 hundred registered wheelchair curlers in the entire world at this moment. And with the Beijing Paralympics just around the corner, there is no better time to try out this exciting and noble winter sport.
Karen Wauters of Curling Luxembourg
And while we were at it, we chatted about curling at the recently concluded Beijing Winter Olympics. If nothing else, two things became apparent: preparation still counts, and curling is no longer that weird sports where Canadians yell at each other.
Interview With Let'z Refashion
Today on the Breakfast Show Tom was joined by Ana-Luisa Texeira and Sophie Garnier from Let'z Refashion to talk about the importance of sustainable fashion.
Interview with Jussi Jaatinen from the Ilula Orphan Programme
Today's guest on the Breakfast Show was Jussi Jaatinen from the Ilula Orphan Programme. Jussi is an educator who recently returned from a 6 month long stay in Tanzania where he was volunteering for the Ilula Orphan Programme.
Local Matters: Frédéric Krier OGBL
Franziska stays with the topic of 3G Covid measures this week. She met with Frédéric Krier, member of the executive board of the OGBL union to hear the concerns of members, and the position of the union to the restrictions.
Interview with The Green Library
Today Irina from The Green Library came by the studio to talk about Luxembourg's first online second-hand book store.
Civil War in Ethiopia
As Ethiopia falls into civil war, Lisa is joined by a young Ethiopian man who has sought refuge in Luxembourg. He talks about his fears for his country and his family, and what he would ask the Luxembourg government and European leaders to do.
Meet the Neighbours
Several years ago, Kasia came up with the idea of a magazine to showcase these sorts of socially and environmentally beneficial projects and businesses through beautiful and in-depth stories. Neighbour Magazine’s first edition is out now.
Interview with Food Sharing Luxembourg
On today's show Tom was joined by Hannah and Eunice from Food Sharing to discuss the work that they do to combat food wastage in Luxembourg.
Ons Heemecht Discuss Their Upcoming Projects
Patricia from Mir wëllen iech ons Heemecht weisen (Ons Heemecth) was in the studio today to talk about their upcoming projects aimed at stimulating intercultural dialogue between locals and refugees in Luxembourg and how people can get involved.
Diversity & Inclusion Actively Pursued at Vodafone
Celine Keating and Shivani Sondhi work together at Vodafone, but their involvement continues out of office hours.
Les Consequences: New Open Air Photographic Exhibition at Rotondes
Lisa was joined by Rosa Brigone from the Luxembourg organisation Time for Equality and Italian journalist and photographer Stefania Prandi who is in Luxembourg at the invitation of Time For Equality.
Stefania’s latest exhibition photographic exhibition has opened at Rotondes and is called Les Consequences, and is a pictorial report on the families of femicide victims.
Foreigners' Voting Rights!
Foreigners must no longer live in Luxembourg for five years before they can vote in local municipal elections and the time delay to register on the voting lists has been lowered to 55 days prior to the election. Sam Tanson explains the change and what these votes influence.
Is Political Rhetoric Over Covid 19 Vaccines Divisive?
Lisa speaks to Health Minsiter Lenert and asks about new restrictions and whether political rhetoric Over Covid 19 vaccines is divisive and perhaps damaging in the long term for society.
Why Youth For Climate are Back with a Strike
Lisa talks to Zohra Barthelemy from Youth For Climate Luxembourg about the challenges the organisation has faced this past year and why they are back with urgency now and a live event on the 24th September.
They talk about the message “Das Wasser Steht uns bis zum Hals” and the sense that time is running out to avert a catastrophe, and the impatience young people have with big business and their inability to change, and how this understanding forms the movements’ belief that political changes have to be made to enforce change from top down.
Place d’Armes at the last YFC event
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Keeping the momentum going online during the pandemic was one thing, but as organisers move on to university can the group keep going? The will is there and there is support from the original team, that is why they are calling on all young people to join their organisation to fight for their future. At the same time they call on everyone to join them at the event on the 24th, regardless of age.
Passerell Works to Protect Human Rights
Passerell asbl works to protect the Human Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Luxembourg. Listen to the interview with Ambre Schultz to here about the most pertinent issues they are dealing with at the moment.