well, it s a great pleasure to be in your office. prime minister, how close has kosovo come to seeing a renewal of conflict in the last few months? it has been very heavy because the two extremist terrorist organisations, which are being financed by serbia, and from where they also receive their orders, civil protection and the northern brigade have been very active and first intimidating serbs and serbian candidate, who would like to vote and run in elections, and second, in attacking our police, journalists but, first and foremost, nato soldiers on 29 may. you ve chosen, in that answer, to pile all of the blame on your serbian minority population. that is not the way the international community sees things right now. i never blame serbian minority population. they are 4% of population in kosovo, less than half of them live north of the river ibar, but i was blaming two specific organisations, and also belgrade who is controlling them, for the violent riots, for the violent
how far does she feel her climate change credentials are being compromised in her new role? jennifer morgan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. so there you were in february last year. you stepped down as head of greenpeace international. in march, you became germany s international envoy for international climate action. why did you accept the role? well, you know, when minister baerbock called in this german government which has, i would say the most impressive positions on climate change domestically and internationally i thought i always try and go where i feel like i can make the biggest difference. and the opportunity to work for such a government, for such a minister at this moment of time in climate, ithought, i have to give it a go . you know, greenpeace, we always talk about acts annalena baerbock, the german foreign minister is who you are referring to. yes. who was also former co leader of the green party in germany. so, that s what attracted you. 0k. you said y
now, her sister was a local politician and anti racism activist, murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco, in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics f
welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the german government has pledged to put fighting climate change at the heart of its agenda. it has just hosted world leaders to help lay the groundwork for international talks in november. but for many, the two week long gathering failed to make sufficient progress on climate finance and the pace of cuts in carbon pollution. my guest isjennifer morgan, germany s american born envoy for international climate action. until last year, she was leader of the environmental campaign group greenpeace international. how far does she feel her climate change credentials are being compromised in her new role? jennifer morgan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. so there you were in february last year. you stepped down as head of greenpeace international. in march, you became germany s international envoy for international climate action. why did you accept the role? well, you know, when minister baerbock called in this german government which ha
hello, i m john wilson. welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal key moments and cultural works that fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. my guest is tracey emin, an artist who has always put her own life at the centre of her work. in drawings, paintings, videos, sculptures and installations, she tells very personal stories. we met in a radio studio in the bbc broadcasting house. welcome to this cultural life. your life has always run through your art but when did the art start? it took off at school because i missed so much school. i stopped going to school when i was about 13 and i had to go back when i was 15, i went back for three months and i had to do three days a week by law, otherwise my mum would have been in trouble with social services and things, and ijust did whatever i wanted to do in art, and i think that s what it was, really, it had become me in a serious way and bec