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Where did Luxembourgish come from as a language? That’s what we’re going to find out, with the help of Daniel Wagener, a linguist at the center for the Luxembourgish language, in this episode of No Stupid Question.

What happens if a US-resident and a Luxembourg-based UK expat exchange about the monarchy? Well, listen to find out on this third Local Matters episode on the royals.

Russian author Artem Mosgovoy popped into the ARA Radio studios to talk with Simon about his recently published semi-autobiographical novel, Spring in Siberia. Artem was born and raised in a small town in Central Siberia at the time when the Soviet Union was falling apart. He began his career as a cadet journalist in a local newspaper at just sixteen. In 2011, as Russia began legalizing its persecution of gay people, Artem left his homeland. Since that time, he has lived in six different countries and worked as a movie extra, a yoga instructor, a busboy, and a magician’s assistant... More details about Artem and his book can be found at www.artemmozgovoy.com

Hendrik Dennemeyer from the Ville de Luxembourg joined Simon and Tracy on the Breakfast Show to talk about the open-air Library initiative (or D'Stad liest) that opens on 16th August. The open-air library in the courtyard of the former Athénée (rue Notre-Dame) invites book lovers, residents and visitors to the capital to sit under the large tree in the centre of the courtyard and read a book, magazine or newspaper in a relaxed atmosphere. There will be books for young and old alike! Throughout the day and evening, there will be numerous reading sessions and workshops. Further details can be found by googling D'Stad liest.

In this episode American Faith investigates what a royal family actually does and how they retain power and sympathy of a nation.

Every summer, when Grand Duke Henri and Grande Duchess Maria Teresa are travelling – traditionally to Southern France - the grand ducal palace in the city centre opens its doors for visitors. The Luxembourg Tourist Office offers guided tours in the palace.

Today, Simon was joined on the Breakfast Show by Marc Hauser from Rotondes to discuss this year’s Conges Annules festival. Starting this Friday (with Luxembourg’s own Francis of Delirium and Fat Dog from the UK) and lasting for a month, the Conges Annules festival brings together an incredibly diverse and eclectic mix of musical artists and genres to help us get through the quieter Luxembourgish Summer days. Each day, ARA City Radio will be giving away a pair of tickets for the Conges Annules, so be sure to tune for a chance to win.

Luxembourg’s health minister Paulette Lenert (LSAP) last week presented the Plan National de la Santé Mentale—a national strategy to tackle the mental health problem in the grand duchy. Part of the current blue-red-green coalition agreement of 2018, the project has arrived at the cusp between governments. Paulette Lenert, who is also the LSAP’s national lead candidate in the upcoming elections, answered a few questions about the national mental health plan—also referred to as PNSM--and how it proposes to lift the taboo on the topic and address existing systemic shortcomings.

This time around, on Voices Matter, we talked with Shivani Sondhi, a British-Indian Innovation Manager and Diversity & Inclusion Lead, about her decision to break workplace taboos and bring discussions around being a woman, inclusion and diversity to the meeting table.

Contrarily to what its name may suggest, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the European Union. That wasn’t always the case: indeed, over a period of 250 years and 3 partitions, Luxembourg gradually but surely went from a surface of 10,700km2 to its current size of 2,586 square kilometers. 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?

On Local Matters today, we go on a hike to explore Luxembourg's south.

On today’s Local Matters, we visit the Minettpark in Fond de Gras between Petange and Differdange. The Minettpark is an open-air museum that exhibits relicts of the south’s mining industry.

Determined to promote the positive impacts of biodiversity, a group of local sustainability enthusiasts launched the NaturED project as a natural learning space for students and an opportunity for the public to connect with nature. 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.

Tracy speaks to Isabelle Marinov, lawyer turned author...how did that come about and how has the journey been.

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.

In the spring of 2023, Luxembourg for the first time participated in an OECD study on the level of financial literacy among the population. Considering the grand duchy’s status as a financial hub, the results were surprising: on average, the country scored 60 out of 100 on financial knowledge, behaviour and attitude, a score that was close to 50 when looking at adults aged 18 to 29. How can a country that has such a prolific financial sector not reflect this in its educational system? What is the danger of this and what solutions exist to solve the issue? Jessica Thyrion, a financial education adviser at the ABBL foundation for financial education, tells us.

Sarah Muller & Alex Gillander of the Center for the Luxembourgish Language (ZLS) joined the Breakfast Show to talk about their mobile exhibition, called ‘Luxembourg language(s)’ and the work that the Luxembourgish Online Dictionary (LOD) team do. The traveling exhibition "Luxembourg language(s)" can currently be found at the New Gallery of the shopping center Belle Etoile, and is an opportunity for all to familiarize themselves with language and languages.The ZLS team is on site every day from 10am to 7pm to guide visitors through the exhibition. The exhibition will then move on to the following locations in Luxembourg: • Elves: from 5 to 9 August 2023 • Miedernach: from 3 to 9 September 2023 • Forum Goat buttons: from September 29 to October 4, 2023 • Institut national des langues Luxembourg: from 23 October to 10 November 2023 Further details can be found at www.lod.lu or www.zls.lu

Sofia and Brice, two members of the collective Rise for Climate Luxembourg explain why Luxembourg's climate activists are so well-behaved.

Interview with Maria Lucia Romero, director of The Brand.Clíck by

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