When you think of the biggest entertainment industries on the planet, what immediately comes to mind? Hollywood blockbusters? Sold-out stadium music tours? Let me stop you right there. The video game industry now makes more money than the music and film industries combined. It is an absolute economic powerhouse. On my show recently, I sat down with four pioneering guests to discuss how Luxembourg is quietly building a thriving, global game development ecosystem. But before we

In June 2026, the European Commission [DG Agri] and the European Investment Bank Group [FI-Compass] convened a conference in Warsaw, Poland with a focus on the Young Farmers of Europe. Why Poland? One quarter of EU Young Farmers are Polish. Farming is a beautiful but tough vocation, often running through family lines, making it hard for new people to enter. Climate change is also having an effect on the land, risk assessments and planning. These are just a couple of the myria

D9+ ministers meet in Luxembourg Earlier this month, Luxembourg hosted the D9+ Ministerial meeting. The D9 stood for the 9 most digitally advanced countries of Europe. The plus part means some more have been added on since then (UK left due to Brexit, even though it was a major player initially). Guess which 13 countries these are... The two topics discussed were: Sovereignty and simplification as drivers for European competitiveness Providing a safe environment for children

Raymond Manes leaves MUDEC after 24 years Raymond Manes is about to retire from 24 years at Miami University John E. Dolibois European Center (MUDEC) in Luxembourg (MUDEC was established in 1968). 24 years is long enough to see how education and society changes. Here are a few of the highlights, for me, from this interivew: John E. Dolibois [that's the D in muDec] was born in Luxembourg but emigrated aged 13 with his Dad to Ohio without a word of English. He became a US citiz

McGill University is coming to Luxembourg at a defining moment for European finance. With €8.3 trillion in fund assets under management, Luxembourg has capital and regulation. Now it needs talent, financial education and a bigger conversation about Europe’s savings, pensions and future competitiveness. ALFI’s Serge Weyland and McGill’s Patrick Augustin explain why talent, pensions and financial literacy matter now. Why McGill University is coming to Luxembourg, and why it ma

I do a fair number of shows interviewing 'important' people, but I really love to share the stories of people who follow a different life course. Henrietta Orosz came to Luxembourg many years ago (from Hungary) with her economics degree and a job in marketing, but realised very soon that such a working life would destroy her slowly. Accidentally, and for herself in the first instance, she trained as a make-up artist and then, extremely specifically as a lash artist. She then