You're listening to the Globalist, first broadcast on the 30th of December 2024 on Monacle Radio.
The Globalist in association with UBS.
Hello, this is the Globalist broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
On the show ahead, former U.S.
president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter has died at 100 years old.
We'll look back at his life then.
And the bloody war in Ukraine.
That's none of Croatia's business and it will not be any of Croatia's business.
And Croatian soldiers will not go there.
In Croatia, the incumbent Zoran Milanovic has taken an overwhelming victory in the first round of the presidential election, perhaps because of his attitude to the conflict.
But he'll still face a runoff in a fortnight after falling just short of the 50% mark for an overall win.
Slovakia is in the spotlight as an energy row brews with Ukraine.
And the Kremlin suggests Bratislava might be a good peace broker.
We'll have a look through the front pages.
Plus, Jean Michel Basquiat first traveled to.
Switzerland in 1982 for his first European exhibition in Zurich.
We'll find out what lies in store for art lovers in Europe in 2025.
That's all ahead here on the Globalist.
Live from London.