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We Belong Europe 26.02.24 by

On Local Matters, we have a visit to the north-eastern end of the city of Luxembourg, to the neighborhood of Kuebebierg. So far, it is only green fields and a few trees. Once finished, the Kuebebierg neighborhood will house 3000 families.

On 27 March, the FSL association invites visitors to their living library - an event where people get to learn personal stories and ask questions. In our interview on the breakfast show, Haythem Badawy explains all about the event.

More and more countries abolosh the death penalty. Zimbabwe was the latest to join this trend. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world". Photo: Steve Rhodes via flickr

Actress, vocalist, improviser and polyglot poet - Sascha Ley - joined Simon on the Breakfast Show to talk about all-things art and her interdisciplinary performance piece called Cosmos (Not Enough). Cosmos (Not Enough) is a stream of consciousness, a reflection and research on unequal perception, memory and reality, on being a woman, being a man, being oneself, on relationship, desire, lust, love, polarity, erotic attraction and the different experience of space and time. There are two performances taking place this week at Théâtre National du Luxembourg: 27.03.2024 and 29.03.2024 at 20:00

In Austria, a citizens' council has started drafting a plan on how to spend the 25 millions of heiress Marlene Engelhorn. Get all the details in today's "What's Right with the World". Photo: Jan Zappner/re:publica, republica GmbH via flickr

All aboard! Luxembourg Station, the crown jewel of the railway world in the pint-sized land of Luxembourg! This little hub of locomotion glory sits a mere stone's throw (well, two kilometers, but who's counting?) from the center of Luxembourg City. It's so important, they decided to name one of the city's districts after it! Not just any district, mind you – it's operated by the Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois (CFL), which is a fancy way of saying they've got their act together when it comes to trains. Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!

Every Friday morning, Marco updates you on what's new in the universe of sports. He picks the most important events of the past and coming week locally and globally.

It is World Poetry Day, and Luxembourg is approaching the largest poetry slam event of the year. This weekend, the Géisskan collective hosts a two-day slam at Rotondes and at Prabbeli Wiltz. Ara City Radio's journalist Franziska is part of this collective. She joined Simon on the breakfast show this morning to speak about the event, the collective, and most important, how you can join.

The European Elections are approaching, and all non-Luxembourgish residents have three more weeks to register as voters. To spread the message about the election, Ludo Segers participates at the multiplier program by Cefis. In our interview, he explains why he has committed to this mission.

Our body's own immune cells, known as T-cells, can be reprogrammed to combat ageing by targeting senescent cells - cells that stop to replicate as we age, accumulate in our bodies and contribute to harmful inflammation.

On Monday, the city of Esch organised a screening of the film "Seven winters in Teheran" which tells the story of Reyhaneh Jabbari's execution. Within the event series on women's rights, the commune of Esch invited Reyhaneh's mother Shole Pakravan, an activist for human rights and the abolition of the death penalty. In our interview on Local Matters, she tells about her fight.

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With 83%, the accuracy of the blood test is comparable to the current stool tests. It can be used for an early detection of cancer and could offer an alternative for patients who may otherwise decline current screening options.

The artwork in the borough of Islington, London, shows green paint sprayed on a wall behind a cut-back tree to look like the tree's foliage. Locals were reported to be feeling proud that a Bansky artwork is right in the middle of their social housing and one of the poorest parts of the borough.

Tomorrow, Greg Acha launches his new book. "I'm OKÆY" is the title of his memoirs. On Voices Matter, Greg Acha speaks about his life journey and his new book.

Berlin's techno scene has been added to the UNESCO list of intangible world heritage. Check out all the details on today's "What's right with the world". Photo: Merlijn Hoek via flickr

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With travelers increasingly aware of the environment, having a ranking of most sustainable beaches to its ranking is exactly what travelers need.

In the past years, digitisation has been a huge challenge for the National Archives. The archivists have been digitising paper documents, while planning how to store documents that exist only online. For the National Archives, digitisation is an opportunity to make archives more accessible. In our interview on Local Matters, the director of the National Archives Josée Kirps explains the recent strategies and challenges. Photo: Wikimedia