Luxembourg

Luxembourg

France rejects talks with Balkan hopefuls on EU membership

Amelie de Montchalin, France's European affairs minister called the current EU enlargement process "an endless soap opera".

16/10/2019

Europe News

Foreign ministers discuss Turkey-Syria conflict

Foreign ministers met to weigh options for how the EU should respond to Turkey's invasion of Syria.

15/10/2019

Europe News

Simon Coveney tells Euronews the UK 'needs to move to facilitate deal'

The deputy Irish prime minister told Euronews on Monday that the UK 'needs to move' in order to facilitate a Brexit deal, and could see a 'very generous response'.

14/10/2019

Luxembourg

Football match halted by drone flying disputed flag

A Europa League match at Luxembourg's Josy Barthel stadium was briefly suspended after a drone carrying the flag of a region disputed by Azerbaijan and Armenia flew onto the pitch.

04/10/2019

Business

Apple challenges EU tax bill

The European Union's ruling on Apple taxes "defies reality and common sense' - says the US company as it launches a legal challenge against the 2016 decision.

17/09/2019

World

Apple bites back: Tech giant takes on the Europe Union over tax bill

In one corner, the poster child for American tech success. In the other, the world's foremost authority on corporate regulation. The prize: €13 billion euros in back taxes.

17/09/2019

Europe News

A Brexit lunch and an empty podium

Walking in step but moving in opposite directions. Such was the cacaphony of protest that Boris Johnson's team decided against holding a joint news conference after talks with the Luxembourg prime minister.

16/09/2019

Luxembourg

EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker cuts holiday short for ‘urgent surgery’

EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker cuts holiday short for ‘urgent surgery to remove gallbladder’

17/08/2019

Luxembourg

'Time to try something else': Luxembourg official on cannabis policy

The minister insisted Luxembourg wouldn't become a cannabis tourism hotspot, mainly because non-residents wouldn't be allowed to buy it.

10/08/2019

Luxembourg

Luxembourg could become first EU country to fully legalise cannabis

In an interview with Politico, Health Minister Etienne Schneider confirmed his government's plans to legalise production and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes, while calling other European countries to do the same.

08/08/2019

Luxembourg

Watch again: Funeral of Luxembourg’s ex-monarch Grand Duke Jean

Royalty from across Europe paid their final respects to Luxembourg's former monarch at his funeral on Saturday.

04/05/2019

Luxembourg

Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Jean dies aged 98

During his 36 years as Grand Duke, his country of half a million inhabitants wedged in between Belgium, Germany and France, turned from an industrial backwater into an international financial hub.

23/04/2019

World

Survivors of sexual violence speak out to pursue justice

A few weeks ago, Luxembourg hosted the first edition of the Stand, Speak, Rise up forum to end sexual violence in fragile environments.

12/04/2019

Luxembourg

EU ready to update political declaration if UK agrees to customs union

The EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier said the UK's request for a longer delay of Brexit depends on whether cross-party talks result in a majority in the House of Commons that agrees to vote for withdrawal agreement.

09/04/2019

Luxembourg

Openly gay PM inspires 'Icy silence' at EU-Arab summit after LGBT jibe

An "icy silence" was reported among some of the audience at the EU-Arab League summit after Luxembourg's prime minister reminded fellow leaders that his sexual orientation could see him prosecuted in some of their countries.

28/02/2019

Luxembourg

Luxembourg to be first country to introduce free public transport

Luxembourg is to become the first country in the world to scrap fares on all public transport.

06/12/2018

Living

Innovation and craftsmanship from Luxembourg

The contemporary craft biennial De Mains De Maîtres opened its doors in Luxembourg.

03/12/2018

Musica

Violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos electrifies with Stravinsky concerto

The Greek master dazzles alongside the Luxembourg Philharmonic.

20/09/2018

World

Everyone should pay taxes: Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel

As the Paradise Papers scandal unfolds, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg wants "regulation that obliges everyone to pay taxes".

10/11/2017

Luxembourg

Jean-Claude Juncker says Commission is not negotiating Brexit deal in "hostile mood"

MEPs tackled state of Brexit negotiations at Parliament today

24/10/2017

Luxembourg

Juncker turns to beer in bid to get Britain to cough up for Brexit

He used a boozy analogy to make his case over the UK's EU divorce bill.

13/10/2017

Economy

Wolfgang Schaeuble receives custom 100 euro note on last day as German finance minister

10/10/2017

Luxembourg

Ryanair loses EU legal battle to keep Irish law for crew abroad

14/09/2017

Luxembourg

EU's top court dismisses Hungary and Slovakia case against refugee quotas

Europe's top court has ruled Slovakia and Hungary cannot refuse to take in refugees, in a victory for the EU's contentious quota system.

06/09/2017

Europe News

Don't be against us - plea of Syrian refugee family in Luxembourg

Just 16-thousand migrants have been moved from Italy and Greece under a controversial EU relocation scheme.

04/04/2017

Luxembourg

Train ignores stop sign in Luxembourg, crashes into another, killing one driver

Two trains have collided after one ignored a stop sign in Luxembourg near the French border, killing one person and injuring six.

14/02/2017