Luxembourg Art and Fashion Foundation is a place to promote and support women and emerging talents in fashion and art, to help people realize themselves through the creative industries. They create conditions for integration into the society of Luxembourg and set up a platform for networking within the creative industry. Mariana and Kateryna came to share their goals with us.
What's right: Feel the energy of sports
Since April, football fans with hearing loss in Newcastle get to experience the atmosphere at St James' Park in a more intense way. The Premier League club Newcastle United offers special shirts for fans who are deaf or have hearing loss. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world".
Pseća Plaža (Balkan Express 159)
Pseća Plaža hail from Croatian capital of Zagreb. And although they’ve been around only since 2016, they went through several lineup changes, eventually stabilizing as a five-member act, doing psychedelic surf rock. And yes, that’s a thing.
The Other EU Election (Top of the EU Pops 03-06-24)
This week Top of the EU Pops on Ara City Radio featured as many as twenty new tracks. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise, as the show was on a month-long unplanned hiatus, but it is still a nice number.
What's Right: Exploring the dark side of the moon
A Chinese spacecraft has successfully landed on the far side of the moon marking the world's first mission to retrieve rock and soil samples from this largely unexplored area of the moon. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world".
What's right: lion pair euthanized together to not be left alone.
The lions, both 21 years old, which is amazing for lions, were described by the zoo as being inseparable. As their health was deteriorating, the zoo chose to euthanize them together so that neither would have to live without the other.
Masayah (Balkan Express 158)
Masayah is an outlier in the small hip-hop community of Slovenia. Not only because her unique dedication to her work but also because she didn’t really start out as an inveterate hip-hop artist. Check her out in this week’s Balkan Express on Ara City Radio.
What's right: AI hopes to find a mate for world's loneliest plant
A research project is scouring thousands of acres of forest in South Africa using drowns, in the hope of finding the female partner of the Encephalartos woodii, otherwise known as the world's loneliest plant.
Openscreen: Inclusion Through Culture
Openscreen is a platform open to all filmmakers and short film lovers! Their sceenings always have something to surprise you with. Also, they have projects called Kappkino: a series of audio plays, a magical experience on vinyl, live performance, or radio broadcast. Vessela told us in an interview about their events and how we can participate. Listen to theinterview.
What's right: 5-year-old youngest to receive bionic arm
The young boy is believed to be the youngest person in the world to have a bionic Hero arm. The custom-made, 3D-printed prosthetic was produced by UK-based company Open Bionics.
What's right: cat heaven on the Japanese island Tashirojima
The island boasts that there are no cars, no petrol stations and no public transport. Everything is built to the comfort of the cats on this island that is home to 100 cats and only 50 humans.
What's right: Is the rare grey whale back?
Scientists have spotted the rare grey whale that has been thought to be extinct for 200 years. The grey whale, which can weigh up to 27.215 kilograms showed up in the Atlantic Ocean, even though its natural habitat is the Pacific Ocean.
What's right: toddler becomes youngest artist in the world
One-and-a-half year old Ace-Liam from Ghana has been named the youngest artist of the world by the Guinness World Records after having exhibited and sold his art work. He was even commissioned by Ghana's First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo.
What's right: gut bacteria can enhance cancer immunotherapy.
A specific strain of gut bacteria, Ruminococcus Gnavus, can enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Tumors in mice shrank once researchers introduced Ruminococcus Gnavus to mice.
Express yourself
Inese Gadiga from And Be You thinks that music affects the way we perceive things around us and influences human behaviour. Music can heighten negative or positive emotions in people. And that moving the body gives the mood boost. This is just one of the ideas of And Be You asbl. They unite people with different talents offering classes of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Dance, and even theatre.
Sport for all
At Sportunity, they've pioneered integration through sport in Luxembourg. By offering free training sessions in refugee centers and public locations, the organization brings locals and newcomers together, fostering community spirit and helping refugees integrate seamlessly. Join them in connecting people through the power of sport! Check their website to see what they do.
What's right: bisons aid in the fight against climate change.
It's the combination of grazing grasslands, recycling nutrients which fertilises the soil and dispersing seeds that compacts the soil to prevent carbon from being released.
What's right: married 73 years after they first met
An 88-year-old woman recently married her first high-school crush that she met 73 years ago. They never dated when they were young, but had a mutual crush and upon meeting each other at their school's 50th reunion, they discovered there was still a spark.
Unfiltered motherhood in Luxembourg
Join us in discussing the real and raw experiences of motherhood. In our latest episode of "Friday with Djulieta," we dive deep into the multifaceted world of being a mom. Maude, a very inspiring mother, shares her personal stories on how Luxembourg's state health insurance (CNS) fails to cover unemployed moms, how she coped with postpartum depression and gives advice to moms on avoiding isolation while being an expat. Listen to the whole interview.
The free coding school 'Luxembourg 42' is opening its doors.
Luxembourg 42 is a coding school for adults. The school's aims are to close the digital skills gap and to promote and facilitate digital skills required so no one is left behind. The school is free of charge. All those interested can visit the Open Doors of the school on 22 May.