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With her association Stärekanner, photographer Martine Pinnel creates memories for parents of stillborn babies. In our interview on Local Matters, she explains the why and the how. This is our last episode of this week's Local Matters on giving birth.

On Monday 6th of February the regions of Southeastern Türkiye and norther Syria were struck by two devastating earthquakes that measured up to 7.8 on the Richter scale. Thousands of people have lost their homes and the death toll is currently estimated to have passed 21,000 people with this number rising as the rescue effort continues. In the wake of the destruction, organisations like Médecins Sans Frontieres are working to provide emergency aid to the region delivering urgently needed supplies and medical aid. Thomas Kauffman, the general director of Medecins Sans Frontieres joined Tom on the Breakfast show this morning to discuss how the organisation has reacted to the crisis and how people can help by supporting their efforts. Information on how to donate can be found at https://www.msf.lu/

In our interview on Local Matters, Natascha tells about her work as a doula.

Judith Scheleder and Stephanie Jarbardo from Silicon Luxembourg tell us more about their events and how they support the start-up community.

Judith Scheleder and Stephanie Jarbardo from Silicon Luxembourg tell us more about their events and how they support the start-up community.

In our interview on Local Matters, Anne-Laure Metzler tells us why women want to give birth outside of hospitals. As a member of the association Gebuertshaus Letzebuerg Asbl, she advocates for a new legislation to allow births to be performed in private birth centres.

In a new collaboration with Silicon Luxembourg, Ara City Radio takes a look at the startup and tech industries in Luxembourg and discuss the latest developments in Technology news. Today Tom was joined by founder and CEO of silicon Luxembourg, Charles-Louis Machuron to discuss the rise of generative AI and ChatGP. To find out more about the latest from Luxembourg's tech and startup environment visit www.siliconluxembourg.lu

Tom was joined on the show this morning by Anastasia Chaguidouline, curator of the Cercle Cite gallery in Luxembourg City ahead of the opening of Small Stories, a photography exhibition by David Lynch. David Lynch, while being an acclaimed filmmaker, has always considered himself a painter first and foremost. His artistic endeavours over the years have included a variety of mediums, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, lithography, music, and design. And while he may be best known as an award-winning film director, he’s never stopped creating and exploring within the world of fine arts. The photographic series Small Stories offers a glimpse into one of Lynch’s lesser-known works. The series consists of fifty-five black and white photographs. These little stories, exhibited at Cercle Cité’s Ratskeller, are displayed in a landscape of flickering light, sound, and red curtains that immerses the visitor in Lynch’s fantastic world. The exhibition is accompanied by weekly film screenings of Lynch's early short

Cordula Schnuer joined Tom for Delano's Top Of The Week. Parliament this week is discussing a new investment strategy of the Luxembourg pension fund. MPs have long demanded that the fund should become greener and an internal review found that it exceeds its carbon budget and is not aligned with a 2°C target to limit Earth warming. Jazz session at Café Bovary: https://delano.lu/event/2023-02-07-jazz-session-cafe-bovary David Lynch exhibition: https://cerclecite.lu/fr/event/small-stories-by-david-lynch Cringe compedy festival: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-first-luxembourg-cringe-comedy-festival-tickets-494198038637?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Cordula's personal pick was a city trip destination recommendation - Dusseldorf

The 4th of February is world Cancer Day, an international day marked to raise awarenes of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. Martine Risch from the Fondation Cancer here in Luxembourg came on the show today to talk about the #commenttedire (talk about cancer) campaign that they launched last year that aims to educate people about how to correctly talk about and discuss cancer. The Fondation Cancer provides support for people dealing with cancer in Luxembourg, raising awareness and funds to support research into cancer and offering free psychosocial services to cancer patients. In 2022 the Fondation launched the #Commenttedire campaign, collecting testimony from over 300 cancer patients about how language can affect their exprience. Patients were asked to provide examples of which words can be useful and encouraging when discussing cancer and which can be less useful or even hurtful. The feedback was compiled into a free guide which can accessed online. The guide offers exa

Cordula Schnuer joined Tom for Delano's Top of The Week this morning to discuss the Luxembourg auto-festival. The Luxembourg auto festival, which has been running since 1964, moves into it's 2nd week today, offering residents of the country the opportunity to get a favorable deal on buying a new car. Traditionally, dealers offer special deals on cars, banks offer favourable loans and it’s the occasion to make a bargain. But it’s also come to be seen as an indicator of Luxembourg’s economy. Dealerships make around a third of their annual sales during the Autofestival and if they perform poorly it’s used as a sign of a lack of consumer confidence and prudent spending, which could have bigger ramifications. Over the last three months, car registrations rose 7% compared to the year before. For the festival itself, it’s too soon to tell as the second week has only just kicked off. But some of the challenges are well known, for example, supply chain issues. Customer can face wait times of six months or even up

Bartelby Delicate was Tom's guest on the show today ahead of his vinyl release party tomorrow night at Rotondes. Bartelby Delicate is the solo project of George Goerens, who's voice many of our listeners will be familiar with from his shows with Nicole on Ara City and his work with Luxembourgish band Seed To Tree. Tomorrow night at Rotondes Bartelby will be playing a rare show with full band, celebrating the release of a new vinyl featuring live recordings of a concert they performed last year at the Philharmonie. Check out Bartelby Delicate on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DT2ylaVtF44fewRp3Nxfa?si=-na7prMcTRCbF7qjsTvOvA

Too much artificial light harms the biorhythm and health - on top of consuming a lot of energy. In our interview on Local Matters, lighting counselor Daniel Gliedner explains how lighting can be improved in public spaces and on an individual level. This interview is part of this week's Local Matters series on light pollution.

Think Pink Luxembourg is an excellent resource for cancer support. A cancer diagnosis can be scary but you are not alone. thinkpinklux.com

Parenting can be hard. Passage is here for parents in Luxembourg to support when needed. passage.lu

99 percent of Europe’s residents live in light polluted environments. In Luxembourg, the most polluted areas are the ones in the south and around the capital. But even in the rural north, light pollution is a problem - for animals and humans. Last year, the Nature Park Our completed an EU-funded project on light pollution – together with other European regions. In our interview on Local Matters, project leader Laurent Spithovel tells us about the impact of light pollution.

The Come Together Show with Joanne is expanding into an event series. Further towards the goal of helping people integrate into life in Luxembourg, Come Together will be holding monthly meets for associations to network. the events will feature a new guest speaker every month and provide an opportunity for associations to support each other in their activities in Luxembourg. There will also be an annual showcase event each year where members of the public will be able to meet with associations to find out about volunteering opportunities and how to get involved with different clubs. Come Together goes out every 2nd wednesday between 12 noon and 1pm on Ara City Radio. If you have an association that you would like to promote on the show, you can get in touch with Joanne at cometogether@ara.lu

We’re back with City Scenes on our trip around the world looking at the music scene of a different city each week. We’ve been moving through the alphabet as we go and this week for the letter J we are in Johhanesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg is a city of over 14 million residents making it the Largest City in South Africa. When it comes to Music, Johannesburg has birthed some of South Africa’s most famous musicians including the likes of Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Dave Matthews, Letta Mbulu, Johnny Kleg, Mandoza and countless others. This episode focuses on the development of popular dance music forms from the 1960s right up to the present day to have come mainly out of the townships of Johannesburg and in particular one called Soweto. The townships of Johannesburg have produced some incredible music and to get the context in which a lot of this music was made it's important to understand that the history, geography, demographics and consequently music of Johannesburg has been shaped by the legacy

The new service "Gutt Geschier" provided by the Emweltberodung (EBL) Letzebuerg rents tools to anyone for free. Instead of buying tools and leaving them in cellars until they become rusty, people can rent them for one week - and for free. Check out this last feature of this week's Local Matters on the circular economy.

Luxembourg Under Destruction is an organisation that campaigns for better protection of Luxembourg's architectural heritage. Their petition has currently received just over 50% of the required signatures for it to be considered in parliament with just under 2200 more signatures required before the deadline is reached in 16 days. The petition calls for the government to install a moratorium on the destruction of histroic buildings and introduce better regulation on the protection of Luxembourg's buildings and monuments. Sandra Latanik from the organisation joined Tom on The Breakfast Show this morning to talk about it. According to Sandra there has been very little regard paid to conserving the beauty of Luxembourg's architectural identity through the protection of old buildings. Instead, many are torn down and replaced with modern appartement blocks that do not integrate into the traditional landscape and take away from the beauty of Luxembourgish towns and villages. The petition (number 2477) can be f