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Letter from Brussels

Sean O'Curneen

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Frequency: 1 episode/116d. Total Eps: 17

Letter from Brussels is a 15-minute English-language podcast bringing you stories about the European Union’s capital city, and about the leaders transforming local communities across the Union. It's brought to you by the Renew Europe group in the European Committee of the Regions.

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How drones save lives in European skies

Season 2 · Episode 2

Thursday, April 23, 2026 • Duration 20:32

Drones have been featuring a lot as killing machines in the news recently, but as with every technology, it's how humans choose to use it that makes the difference. In this episode of Letter from Brussels, the Renew Europe CoR team brings you stories from around the European Union which show how drones are being used in amazing ways to save lives. And the fact that drones can be so useful is changing not just how we think of our cities and local communities, but even how we map them. Welcome to the future! Listen, like and share this episode, wherever you get your podcasts.

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European unity through culture: transforming cities from the Arctic to Brussels - Jan 2026

Season 2 · Episode 1

Thursday, January 22, 2026 • Duration 21:40

Join us on a journey to Oulu in the Finnish Arctic, and to Molenbeek in Brussels to discover the transformative power of European Capital of Culture. Discover how culture in its broadest sense gives new life to abandoned physical spaces, creates new paths for people and local communities, and reveals the European dimension of citizens' identity.

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The Art of Deterrence

Episode 15

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 • Duration 16:05

New format, new voices! We're relaunching the Letter from Brussels podcast, brought to you by the Renew Europe group in the European Committee of the Regions. The series returns with a new format and a broader range of voices, while continuing its original mission: to share stories from the European Union's capital and to highlight the local leaders transforming communities across the Union.The first new episode, The Art of Deterrence, takes listeners to the Latvian city of Liepāja, where Mayor Gunārs Ansiņš is leading efforts that will help strengthen Europe’s defence capabilities. With a major NATO port development project underway, Liepāja is becoming a strategic hub in the Baltic Sea - a reminder that resilience and security are shared European goals that begin in our towns and regions. By combining projects led by liberal and democrat subnational leaders with developments at the EU level, the Letter from Brussels podcast aims to bring you closer to the issues shaping Europe’s future. By bringing in policy experts and the leaders themselves, each month we’ll explore a different local story and connect it to the bigger European picture.

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Serving the city- april2024 Letter from Brussels 14

Monday, April 29, 2024 • Duration 20:28

Why the increasing cost of housing is becoming a European problem; why the people of Saint-Omer in France were grateful to see the flags of the Netherlands, Slovakia and Czechia arriving in their town; how bureaucratic barriers along our Union’s internal borders still make life difficult for 130 million Europeans; the Mayor of Mariupol gives a timely reminder of what might happen elsewhere, if Europe doesn’t continue supporting Ukraine, and what had I done to make an elderly man of Brussels so angry? This Letter also features a special message from European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, and the voices of the Vice-President of the Hauts-de-France region François Decoster, the former mayor of the Estonian town of Rakvere Andres Jaadla, and the Deputy Mayor of the French city of Nice Magali Altounian.

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The Tower and the Union - jan2024 Letter from Brussels 13

Sunday, January 14, 2024 • Duration 15:34

In this Letter:

what the climb up to a medieval tower in the Flemish city of Mechelen reveals;
what Jacques Delors said when the HQ of the European Committee of the Regions was named after him 17 years before he died;
the liberal city taking over the European Capital of Culture title in 2024;
the renovation of the vast site in Brussels that used to house the imperial postal service and Europe's largest railway station for goods;
the inspiring interpreter at the RenewPAC summit in Dakar, Senegal, and the urgent geopolitical need to develop a partnership between Europe and Africa at all levels of government and society;
how the Mayor of Mechelen is connecting his citizens with the European dimension of their identity, and how local leaders can help to boost voter turnout at the European elections of June 2024.

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The Puppets and the Scandal - may2023 Letter from Brussels 12

Sunday, May 21, 2023 • Duration 14:17

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.

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The attack on the 20th convoy - feb2023 Letter from Brussels 11

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 • Duration 14:51

The extraordinary scenes of President Zelenskyy's visit to the European Parliament.
How the city of Timisoara is going digital.
How EU regions and cities are helping the victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
Why wolves are causing a fierce debate about subsidiarity.
The message for Europe from a Ukrainian refugee.
The 80th anniversary of the attack by three young men from Brussels on a convoy taking Jewish deportees to Auschwitz.

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The year that changed the future - December 2022 Letter from Brussels 10

Episode 10

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 • Duration 14:24

A special edition of Letter from Brussels, episode 10 brings you a few predictions for 2023 in key policy areas, including an analysis of the recent scandal which has rocked the EU, and a journey back to the Brussels of 1908 discovering how events in that year still echo in the present day.

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The car that almost changed history - july2022 Letter from Brussels 9

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 • Duration 15:25

The 9th Letter from Brussels takes you west to the middle of the Atlantic with the new President of the European Committee of the Regions; south to one of the EU’s land borders with Africa; and north to the Arctic, which has become of great interest to China. Plus, why the new female vice-presidents of Renew Europe in the CoR are political leaders you need to follow. And the story of the antique car in Brussels which could have helped change the course of climate history.
Pictures of the antique car and Sean's recent visit to the Brussels Autoworld Museum can be found at www.reneweurope-cor.eu/podcast

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Ukrainian reconstruction and the Aleksandrov ship - may2022 Letter from Brussels 8

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 • Duration 15:15

The 8th Letter from Brussels takes us to Odessa, Ukraine, to hear the story of the Borys Aleksandrov ship and its unusual naming ceremony. This episode also includes President Zelenskyy's inspired plan for reconstruction of Ukrainian cities, news about the city most recently awarded the title of European Capital of Culture, as well as news about the wider Renew Europe political family, and an insight into a EurActiv op-ed article by Renew Europe President François Decoster explaining what would happen if a mayor failed to visit a local school during its refurbishment and how this is relevant to the future of the European Union.

(Opening audio credit: EU Neighbours East, EU4EMBLAS video about the ship name change)

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