The Danish national men's football team has refused a pay rise that was offered to them for playing for the national team. With this action, the players oppose the unequal payment for women and men in sports. Get all the details on today’s “What’s Right with the world”.
What's right: new rectal cancer drug shows 100% positive response
The new drug Dostarlimab guides the body's immune system to recognise the cancer cells as harmful and kill them. Patients who followed the six months of treatment showed a complete clinical response with no evidence of tumours during follow-up exams.
Empowering the Iranian Diaspora
The Iranian Diaspora is advocating for the Iranian community residing in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Their initiative aims to promote human rights, justice, and solidarity within and beyond the Iranian diaspora. The organization raises awareness about current events affecting Iranians worldwide, acting as a vital intercultural integrator. It seeks to encourage volunteerism and serve as a powerful voice for those who are voiceless, marginalized, and in need. Shabnam shared with us their mission and events in Luxembourg.
What's right: ‘Digital twin’ of Earth to predict future of climate change
The complex computer model, DestinE(arth), takes into account weather and climate systems as well as our impact on the planet and will be used to help Europe respond to natural disasters more effectively, adapt to climate change, and assess the potential socioeconomic and policy impacts of such events.
Masharik (Balkan Express 160)
Masharik hail from Radovljica, a town in North-Central Slovenia. They are a curious combination of old and new music as they carry more than a few references to the flower-power era, both musically and visually. Check them out in this week’s Balkan Express.
What's right: planet-friendly diet has huge benefits for personal health.
Closely following the planet-friendly diet of mostly fruits, vegetables and whole grains is not only a much better future option for our planet but can also reduce the risk of premature death by one-third in people.
Esspresso Is Back (Top of the EU Pops 10-06-24)
In addition to Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso, we had ten other track as well on this week’s Top of the EU Pops on Ara City Radio. And at least one of them seems to profess its love and loyalty to the monarchy.
What's Right: Increasing voter turnout in Europe
Voter turnout at the European Elections was the highest in 20 years. Provisional EU data shows that 51 percent of eligible voters participated. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world".
How voting the European Parliament works
This week, residents and citizens of 27 countries vote over 700 politicians to work together in one single parliament. You wonder how this is possible? On today's episode of Power Points, we discuss how voting the European Parliament works.
Luxembourg parties' agenda for Europe, pt. 2
Don't know yet who to vote for this Sunday? On today's episode of Power Points, we outline the agenda of Luxembourg's political parties for the European Parliament election.
Luxembourg parties' agenda for Europe, pt. 1
Don't know yet who to vote for this Sunday? On today's episode of Power Points, we outline the agenda of Luxembourg's political parties for the European Parliament election.
What's right: Skydiver releases 100 million seeds over Amazon forest.
Guinness World Record Holder, Luigi Cani has executed a groundbreaking eco-activism stunt by skydiving over the Amazon rainforest and releasing 100 million native seeds that should cover around 120 km2 of deforested land.
Festival of Citizens in Transition
Yasmin Labidi of Transition Minett asbl joined the Breakfast Show to talk about their organisation and the third edition of the Festival of Citizens in Transition.
Meet LAFF: the hub of fashion and art in Luxembourg
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.