How do you keep busy during the summer if you stay in Luxembourg? Our intern Faith Duggan has picked ten answers to this on this episode of No Stupid Question.
Interview with Isabelle Marinov
Simon was joined by author Isabelle Marinov whose latest book, Henri and the Machine, hits shops on July 6th.
Interview with Jean-Jacques Schoncker
The association was formed in 1988, on the initiative of the late Dr Henri CLEES and a group of determined idealists.
Interview with Markus Payer
Asteroid Day brings the global space community together, to educate and learn about space, the history of our solar system, the future of space exploration, and planetary defense.
Interview with Cyrille BÄHR
Whether you are an avid street art lover or simply curious to explore new artistic expressions, you will find a unique experience here that will awaken your senses and amaze your mind.
Circular Economy: The BENU village
One week ago, the BENU Village officially opened their new restaurant – which is entirely composed of waste. In the BENU Sloow restaurant, all furniture and equipment is recycled and the food has been rescued; the cooks use only ingredients that would have been thrown away.
Interview with Uli Krentz from the Luxembourg-Manx Society
The society’s annual Tynwald Day BBQ will be held at the Black Stuff Irish Pub in Luxembourg-Polfermillen (15 Val de Hamm, L-1714) on Wednesday 5 July 2023, from 18:00.
Circular Economy: The EBL's service Gutt Geschier
EBL’s service "Gutt Geschier" lends tools to anyone. Instead of buying tools, using them once and leaving them in cellars until they become rusty, people can rent them for one week - and for free. Check out this week’s feature on Local Matters on the circular economy.
Interview with Anne Cuvillier from Unity Foundation
Anne Cuvillier, Head of Awareness and Education Development at the Unity Foundation, joined Simon on the Breakfast Show today to talk about two upcoming events they are involved .
Circular economy: A visit to the repaircafé
Coffee machines, vacuum cleaners, hairdryers: Once the Repaircafé in Mamer opens the doors, people carry in all kinds of electric devices that are not working anymore. At the repaircafé, volunteers try to fix them, and at the same time explain how. Local Matters this week is about the circular economy and presents some initiatives that are part of it - starting with the Repaircafé Letzebuerg.
Whine and Shine: Why teens and young adults in Luxembourg are becoming less happy
Statec recently revealed that levels of satisfaction with life in Luxembourg are going down—especially among young people. But why is that? And what can be done to give youths more hope and support as they figure out their path towards a future that is as uncertain as theirs?
Statec’s Laure Grad, and clinical psychologists Esther Giebels and Cécilia Grubers from Cepas shared their observations and tips on the matter.
Voices Matter: Why Christos Floros doesn't sleep
Christos Floros doesn't sleep. Christos is on a mission which doesn't allow him to. He wants to make politics in Luxembourg accessible to everyone, and he wants to make more people participate in politics. On Voices Matter, Christos tells us why he has committed to his mission and how he feels about Luxembourg's politics.
News from the LGBTQ* scene: The queer archive
Séraphine Mirage shows us around in Rosa Letzebuerg's Queer archive. In the past years, the Asbl has started to collect items that tell stories about the history of queer culture and queer movements in Luxembourg. The archive is growing.
Interview with Francesca and Rachel from RYSE
RYSE works to eliminate the barriers and obstacles that young refugees encounter to enable them to integrate into the Luxembourg labour market and become active members of their host society.
News from the LGBTQ* scene: The Rainbow Center
The Rainbow Center, Luxembourg's first queer culture centre, opened it's doors one month ago. It's time for a visit. In our interview on Local Matters, we ask project director Sandra Laborier what has happened so far and what we can expect soon.
Interview with Silicon Luxembourg
The Startup World Cup winners were Circu Li-ion; a European battery upcycling startup that enables a circular lifecycle of batteries in three automated steps: 1. the dismantling of batteries, 2. the diagnosis of each cell, and 3. the reassembly based on reused components.
News from the LGBTQ* scene: The Cahiers QGF
Luxembourg gets a brand new publication on queer and gender and feminist studies. The first edition of the Cahiers QGF will be published this month. On Local Matters, Sandy Artuso tells what readers can expect and which other activities the research collective LEQGF has done so far.
Whine and Shine: the blood donor shortage
Vincent Ruck, communications manager at the Luxembourg Red Cross, talked to Tracy Heindrichs on this episode of Whine and Shine to talk about the situation of blood stock levels in Luxembourg, and why more donors are needed.
Voices Matter: Alix Rassel's journey from alcohol dependence to self-fulfilment
On this episode of Voices Matter, recruitéent employee-turned-yoga teacher Alix Rassel tells our journalist Tracy Heindrichs about her struggles with alcohol and how yoga was key to her recovery.
Interview with Michel Welter from den Atelier
Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry (Aerosmith) AKA The Hollywood Vampires provide THE celebrity (rock) event of 2023 on June 21st! After being sold out for months, a few tickets have become available.