2025-02-26
32 分钟You are listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on 26 February 2025 on Monocle Radio.
Hello and welcome to the Briefing.
Broadcasting live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.
I'm Chris Chermack.
Coming up on today's program, I hear that he's coming on Friday.
Certainly it's okay with me if he'd.
Like to and he would like to.
Sign it together with me.
And I understand that's a big deal.
Very big deal.
Ukraine signs a minerals deal with the United States, but will this help it secure peace as well?
We'll speak with Olga Takhariuk in just a moment.
After that, the protests are very, very peaceful in Slovakia.
You can see these instances like there is electricity outage in the protests
and people just turn on their mobile phones and start singing the anthem.
But he's trying to create an impression that this is some kind of coup d'etat or something.
A look at demonstrations against Prime Minister Robert Fico in Slovakia.
We'll also profile the Japanese whiskey industry.
Ask if a bubble is coming to an end there
and take a look at the International Booker Prizes long list.