Each day, ARA City Radio will be giving away a pair of tickets for the Congés Annulés, so be sure to tune for a chance to win.
Whine and Shine: Interview with Paulette Lenert on the National Mental Health Strategy
Luxembourg’s health minister Paulette Lenert (LSAP) talked to Ara City Radio about the Plan National de la Santé Mentale—a national strategy to tackle the mental health problem in the grand duchy. In our interview, she addresses how the plan wants to tackle the issue, how it plans to attract more professionals to the sector, and all that without breaking the CNS’s budget.
Voices Matter: On activism in the workplace with Shivani Sondhi
Shivani Sondhi in this episode of Voices Matter tells us about what it’s like being a woman in tech, her activism, and what impact these two aspects of her life have had on her professional path.
No Stupid Question: Why is Luxembourg so small?
On this episode of No Stupid Question, we will glance into Luxembourg’s past with the Musée Dräi Eechelen’s curator Simone Feis and answer the question: why is the grand duchy of Luxembourg so small?
@MNAHA, Foto: Tom Lucas
Holiday at home: Hiking on the minetttrail
On Local Matters today, we go hiking to explore the Haardt nature reserve and the Dudelange water tower. Join us for the last episode of this week’s Local Matters on how to spend holidays in Luxembourg’s south.
Holiday at home: Industrial culture in the woods
On today’s Local Matters, we jump on a 120-year-old train and visit the Minettpark in Fond de Gras . The Minettpark is an open-air museum that exhibits relicts of the south’s mining industry.
EcoTalks: The one where Roxana meets NaturED
Our guest contributor Roxana Mironescu went to meet Jennifer Feschuk and Kriti Aggarwal who gave her a tour of the site in Kirchberg's central parc and shared their vision for the future.
Voices Matter: Isabelle Marinov Lawyer turned Author
Tracy speaks to Isabelle Marinov, lawyer turned author...how did that come about and how has the journey been.
Holiday at home: The Déierepark in Esch
On Local Matters in these next couple of weeks, we give you some ideas how to not be too frustrated while passing holiday at home, let’s check out some activities to explore in summer in Luxembourg. We start this tour of the country in the south this week. On top of the hill, in the woods, in Esch, we check out the Déierepark, the zoo.
Whine and Shine: Financial education in Luxembourg
Why did Luxembourg score so low on the OECD’s financial literacy survey? And what is put in place to address the issue? That’s what Jessica Thyrion, a financial adviser at the ABBL foundation for financial education, talked about on this episode of Whine and Shine.
No Stupid Question: How do you apply for a job in Luxembourg?
What language do you write your cover letter in? What do you wear to an interview? What’s the deal with salaries? Luxembourg is quite unique when it comes to its job market, considering how multicultural it is. So we’ve sat down with recruiter Zach Traer to answer the question: “How do you apply for a job in Luxembourg?”
Center for the Luxembourgish Language Interview
The Center for the Luxembourgish Language has a mobile exhibition, called ‘Luxembourg language(s)’ that can currently be found at the New Gallery of the shopping center Belle Etoile. Its an opportunity for all to learn or familiarize themselves with Luxembourgish language and Lux’s many languages.
Climate crisis: Why Luxembourg's activists don't disturb
Why are Luxembourg’s climate activists so well-behaved? Whereas militants in other countries invent new forms of protest and intend to disrupt the regular functioning of society, Luxembourg’s activists stay quiet. In our interview on Local Matters, Sofia and Brice, members of the collective Rise for Climate Luxembourg tell us why they struggle to mobilize allies for more disruptive forms of protest.
EcoTalks: What's the difference between 'climate change' and 'global warming'?
‘Climate change’, ‘global warming’, ‘climate crisis’, ‘climate emergency’—terms to describe the current state of the planet are swarming on the news. But do they all mean the same thing? When do you use which one? And why is the term global warming sometimes undermining itself?
That’s what we’ll define in this episode of EcoTalks.
Interview with Maria Lucia Romero
Maria is a specialist in marketing and branding with 20 years experience in the industry and now wants have interesting conversations with business people, especially women, about their successful branding journeys.
Climate crisis: Traces of the drought
As the world’s climate activists rise up and chose more disruptive means to recall the urgency, in Luxembourg anyone disrupts the functioning of society - although drought and heatwaves leave traces in nature as Claudine Feltgen from the Asbl natur&emwelt explains. Local Matters this week focuses on climate change and climate activism.
Eco Talks: The climate news from June 2023
In this new feature, we look at all things climate, nature and the environment. For this first episode, our journalist Tracy Heindrichs looked at some of the positive and alarming news that flitted across news sources over June.
Between promising ocean carbon reducing technologies and record breaking temperatures, from Japan’s government receiving the green light to release the water used to cool down the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean to a potential revolution by Toyota for e-vehicles… here are five climate-related stories from June 2023.
Voices Matter: Mateo and his journey to the Pokémon world championships
Mateo is 7 years old and he is Luxembourg's most successful Pokémon player. As one of Europe's top 15 players, he is invited to the Pokémon world championship in Japan in August. In our interview, he and his dad Pedro talk about their common passion.
No Stupid Question: What's a golden visa?
In Luxembourg, like any other country, there are different types of visas to allow people to live and work here. Among these is the golden visa, which has only been granted to a handful of people in the past years.
So, what is a golden visa? Is it specific to Luxembourg? And what purpose does it serve? This is what Cora Maglo, lawyer and founder of the Cerno law firm in Luxembourg, will tell us about on this episode of No Stupid Question.
Bright Sky app: Practical Support for Victims of Domestic Abuse
Shivani Sondhi from the Vodafone Foundation explains how the Bright Sky app and website can help victims of domestic abuse.