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Europe’s peacekeeping plan for Ukraine and the IOC’s new president

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21 March 2025

Episode 3568

58 minutes


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Europe’s response to the plan for peacekeepers in Ukraine and developments surrounding the potential ceasefire with Russia. Then: the International Olympic Committee votes in a new president and the South Pacific looks to welcome in the world’s latest country. Plus: what to expect when Art Basel returns to Hong Kong.

21 March 2025

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Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry becomes new IOC president

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We discuss Kirsty Coventry’s election as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, making her the first African and first woman to hold the role. Will her ties to the Zimbabwean regime create political challenges for her tenure?

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Finland tops the world’s happiest countries list

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Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, joins Georgina Godwin for a roundup of the biggest stories from the Nordics and why Finland has been ranked the world’s happiest country for the eighth year in a row.

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