Parents in Sweden can now transfer paid parental leave days to people who are not a legal guardian, including grandparents and friends. The law allows parents to transfer up to 45 days of their paid leave to someone who isn't the child's legal guardian. For single parents, up to 90 days can be transferred.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-02

What's right: paid parental days for grandparents

In a move to make public transport more accessible in Portugal, the country has introduced a new monthly rail pass granting unlimited travel across all national train services.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-08

What's right: Portugal's public transport access

The Irish Mary Fleming is a rising start in Ireland's second-hand fashion industry. Her shop 'Change Clothes' focuses on reducing clothing waste by encouraging people to swap, reuse, repair and repurpose garments. The organisation hosts swap shops, pop-up events, and workshops across Ireland, teaching people how to mend and upcycle clothes under the motto: 'Because secondhand is feckin' grand'.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-09

What's right: Ireland's increasing popularity of second-hand wear

Due to Europe's climate warming, olive trees can no longer survive the Spanish - often - sweltering heat. But many olive trees have found a new home in .... Hungary!

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-10

What's right: Spanish olive trees in Hungary

A controversial but effective treatment for meth addiction is gaining ground in California, USA. It concerns contingency management, which involves giving small rewards in exchange for negative drug tests.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-11

What's right: effective treatment for addiction?

EU environment ministers have approved stricter EU limits for air pollutants, such as harmful gases and particulate matter. This revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directive has been welcomed by environmentalists and public health advocates.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-15

What's right: new EU limits for air pollutants

Prague is banning night time pub crawls organised by travel agencies in a bid to deter rowdy tourists from visiting, and attracting more 'refined' visitors instead.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-16

What's right: Prague bans organised pub crawls

A startup in Switzerland has received the green light for a unique pilot project with solar panels. A removable solar photovoltaic system will be tested on a railway track next spring, a world-first by the startup Sun-Ways.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-17

What's right: roll-up solar panels

Egypt has officially been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organisation - an historic milestone in public health - after three consecutive years of having had no transmission of the disease.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-22

What's right: Egypt certified malaria-free

With 15% of the Portuguese archipelago's waters now designated as fully protected and a further as highly protected - totaling 287.000 km2 - Portugal is now home to the largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) network in Europe.

Radio ARA Programme du 2024-10-23

What's right: 15x15 of Portuguese waters protected

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