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What's right: Portugal to build largest wind farm.
18/06/2024 Duración: 01minThe new wind farm will be incorporated into the Tamega hydropower complex, one of the largest hydroelectric projects completed in Europe in the last 25 years, and will support the annual consumption of 128.000 homes.
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What's Right: Towards equal pay in professional football
17/06/2024 Duración: 02minThe 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. Photo: Ailura via wikicommons
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Bourgmeisterin Episode #30: Radio Luxembourg, Part 2 (2/3)
16/06/2024 Duración: 09minThanks to this newfound competition with pirate radios, Radio Luxembourg had to do a quick wardrobe change. Out with the pre-recorded sponsored programs, in with a more flexible vibe. Picture Radio Luxembourg in a mid-life crisis, swapping its scripted lines for the thrill of the live, featuring spot advertising within record programs presented by disc jockeys who probably had a sea breeze in their hair. Some even sailed over from those rebellious offshore stations. It was like a radio soap opera where Luxembourg tried to keep up with the cool kids on the high seas, and let's just say, hilarity ensued. Oh, the radio drama of it all! Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
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What's right: new rectal cancer drug shows 100% positive response
13/06/2024 Duración: 03minThe 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.
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What's right: ‘Digital twin’ of Earth to predict future of climate change
12/06/2024 Duración: 02minThe 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.
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What's right: planet-friendly diet has huge benefits for personal health.
11/06/2024 Duración: 02minClosely 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.
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What's Right: Voter turnout in Europe increasing
10/06/2024 Duración: 03minVoter 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". Photo: European Parliament
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Bourgmeisterin Episode #30: Radio Luxembourg, Part 2 (1/3)
09/06/2024 Duración: 10minOn continu avec l'histoire de Radio Luxembourg quoi! After World War II, when the Allied forces left Radio Luxembourg, the English-language service tried to kickstart transmissions as a full-time commercial radio station targeting the UK. They aimed to use the European long-wave band, with Stephen Williams back in the driver's seat. Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
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How voting the European Parliament works
07/06/2024 Duración: 08minThis 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. Photo: European Parliament
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Luxembourg parties' agenda for Europe, pt. 2
07/06/2024 Duración: 09minDon'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. Photo: © European Union 2024
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Luxembourg parties' agenda for Europe, pt. 1
07/06/2024 Duración: 07minDon'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. Photo: © European Union 2024
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What's right: Skydiver releases 100 million seeds over Amazon forest.
07/06/2024 Duración: 03minGuinness 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.
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Festival of Citizens in Transition
06/06/2024 Duración: 10minYasmin 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. Transition Minett asbl started in 2011, bringing citizens together who wanted to start a community garden, now called "Breedewee". The city of Esch-sur-Alzette could support them in creating a citizen-led space to meet, talk and implement ecological solutions together. This year, 15 partners team up with Transition Minett asbl to organize the Festival of Citizens in Transition on Saturday June 29th (with a bat observation event in the evening on June 28th at the Garden Bredewee), with 16 different events scattered around Esch and with a treasure hunt!
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What's right: Feel the energy of sports
05/06/2024 Duración: 01minSince 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". Photo: Newcastle United
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What's Right: Exploring the dark side of the moon
03/06/2024 Duración: 02minA 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" in the audio. Photo: Sergio Calleja via flickr
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Bourgmeisterin Episode #29: Radio Luxembourg, Part 1
02/06/2024 Duración: 14minOnce upon a time in the magical land of Luxembourg, there was a linguistic wizard named Radio Luxembourg, who spoke in tongues that echoed far beyond the realm of English. NOT to be mistaken for RTL, that came in the picture much later
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What's right: lion pair euthanized together to not be left alone.
31/05/2024 Duración: 03minThe 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.
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What's right: AI hopes to find a mate for world's loneliest plant
30/05/2024 Duración: 03minA 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.