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Australia🇦🇺 and Luxembourg🇱🇺 – worlds apart on the map, surprisingly close in mindset💭

In this special 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 episode, we sit down with 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨, 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 & 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢 – and formerly 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 (2018-2024) – to mark 𝟱𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 between the two nations and look squarely at what’s next.

💬 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀:

🛰 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Luxembourg’s goal of 5% of GDP from space technologies meets Australia’s fast-growing space ecosystem.

🌱 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: How both nations see opportunity in the green transition.

🔗 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀: Lessons from the pandemic and why collaboration between like-minded nations matters.

🤝 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The power of community links – from the Australia New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg - ANZCCL to cultural and business initiatives.

📜 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀: Updates on the EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement and the push for the Luxembourg-Australia Double Taxation Agreement.

💡 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗱: Why this small, multilingual hub is ideal for Australian startups and innovators.

🍟 𝗔 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲: Belgian fries vs. Luxembourgish 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 – both get the Ambassador’s vote.

It isn’t a history lesson – yet it 𝗶𝘀 historic: a snapshot of a relationship renewing itself in real time, with “𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 beats 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” at its core. Come for the big-picture geopolitics, stay for the candid insights (including the 130-millisecond digital “distance” between our countries and a friendly debate on fries vs. gromperekichelcher).

Produced with the support of ARA City Radio ❤️

With thanks to the Australian Embassy to Belgium, Luxembourg, Mission to the EU and NATO for helping connect the dots.

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Ever heard of 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮? No? Don’t worry – Luxembourg hasn’t either… yet she’s 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 part of its story.

Picture a Romanov archduchess👑 who said “𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁” to 𝗡𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲 himself (yes, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 Napoleon was after her hand and heart!🫳❤️) only to end up marrying the man whose rule eventually kick-started the 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀🇳🇱 – the same 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 that set 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴🇱🇺 on its path toward freedom and its 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Her 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱? You walk past him all the time: 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗜𝗜, the equestrian statue casually dominating 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗜 (aka 𝘒𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 for those Luxembourgers in the back😉), right opposite Luxembourg City Hall.

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