A new Letter from Brussels is now available featuring:

• – The Theatre of the indigenous Sami people in the Arctic city of Kiruna, and what it stands for in this area of vital economic interests for the EU;
• – The innovative School of Politics for Young People of the Finnish Arctic city of Oulu;
• – Why reconstruction of Ukrainian cities cannot wait till the war is over;
• – The 15th anniversary of the opening of a key street in the divided Cypriot city of Nicosia.
• – The plans to revamp the Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels ahead of Belgium’s 200 years of independence;
• – and the scandal in a Brussels puppet theatre that had the audience shouting for the curtain to drop.

This new episode can be listened by clicking below or on all major platforms including: Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Spreaker and iVoox.

Listen to “The Puppets and the Scandal – may2023 Letter from Brussels 12” on Spreaker.

Further information about the above topics: 

1. – Giron Sami Theatre
2. – Vice News report on the challenge of moving part of Kiruna 
3. – CoR report on the Arctic Strategy by Renew Europe mayor Mirja Vehkaperä 
4. – Arctic Mayors Forum
5. – Oulu School of Politics for Young People
6. – Mayor Decoster’s visit to Ukraine and reflections
7. – The CoR supported the opening of Ledra Street in Nicosia, Cyprus 
8. – Plans to revamp the Cinquantenaire Park of Brussels 
9. – The puppet theatre scandal

Letter from Brussels is written and narrated by Sean O’Curneen, Secretary General of Renew Europe CoR, a former journalist, and is partly inspired by BBC radio’s Letter from America by Alistair Cooke which ran from 1946 to 2004. The podcast is recorded in English; it appears approximately every 2-3 months. 

Missed the previous episode(s)? Listen again via Spreaker, Apple, Spotify, YouTube or our website for the previous episode, episode 11.