London Calling EU

This episode of London Calling EU presents a discussion held at Europe House devoted to Belarus and its future within a peaceful and stable Europe. Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of Belarus's democratic movement and the most prominent voice challenging the Lukashenka regime, was joined in conversation at Europe House by Katia Glod, Research Fellow and Deputy Head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre. The event was produced in collaboration with the Centre for European Reform and was chaired by its director Charles Grant. As all was on the record we are happy to present the discussion here in full. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a special co-production with the Who Rules the World? Podcast, created and produced by EU Delegation in New York, Lars Westra, EU Youth Delegate to the UN, presents this month’s episode of London Calling EU. Lars attended the EU Delegation to the UK’s Annual Youth Dialogue event held this year in Newcastle University, where he caught up with the EU Ambassador to the UK Pedro Serrano. Ambassador Serrano, who was infact the first EU Ambassador to the UN, spoke to Lars about the importance of youth voices in multilateralism and why youth should get in contact with different cultures/environments. At an important juncture in EU-UK Youth relations, the commitment to keeping channels open with youth is more important that ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month’s episode of London Calling EU will focus on a unique literary project that underscores the enduring cultural ties between the UK and the rest of the European continent: the interactive, online European Literary Map of London devised by University College London's European Institute. Highlighting London’s relevance for European culture and in particular for European writers, Dr Uta Staiger Director of the UCL European Institute and curator of the project discusses the project and the wider relationship of London and European Literature with European authors Ciara Broderick (Ireland), Nisrine Mbarki (The Netherlands), Domas Raibys (Lithuania) and Iryna Shuvalova (Ukraine) and her UCL colleague, Lucy Shackleton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first UK-EU Summit post–Brexit was held in London on May 19th 2025 and was agreed to have marked a new chapter in UK-EU relations. Ambassador Pedro Serrano published an op-ed on the Summit’s significance and spoke of the strength of the ‘new beginnings for old friends’. On the day following the Summit, Chatham House, the renowned foreign policy think tank in London, held a panel event featuring the Ambassador Serrano, Professor Anand Menon, Director of the UK in a Changing Europe, Olivia O’Sullivan, Director of the UK in the World Programme and Dr Nathalie Tocci Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali. The timely discussion, deftly moderated by Sébastien Maillard of Chatham House, is presented here in full. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month’s episode of London Calling EU will mark the 3 years that have passed since the devastating Russian invasion of Ukraine. From the first day of the invasion, the EU rallied to Ukraine’s side and so far has organised the delivery of unprecedented humanitarian, financial and military assistance both directly from the EU and from Member States individually. Bringing us up to date, we discuss the breakneck diplomatic developments of late with the Director of the Ukrainian Institute in London, Olesya Khromeychuk. We also catch up with the curator Gabriele Salciute Civiliene, Associate Professor in Digital Humanities, King’s College London, Baroness Deborah Bull and commissioner Anna Huth, Cultural attaché at the European Parliament Liason Office to the UK, of a new exhibition at Europe House devoted to the protection of the built and cultural heritage of Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.