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Luxembourg

Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel admits allegations of plagiarism

An online report has said the more than "three-quarters" of Bettel's postgraduate dissertation was written without proper citation.

27/10/2021

Luxembourg

Luxembourg to legalise growing and using cannabis at home

Luxembourg’s government has announced changes to the law on cannabis, with plans to legalise growing and using the drug at home.

22/10/2021

France

France raises bird flu alert level as cases reported in Europe

A case of bird flu has been detected in the Ardennes, while Belgium and Luxembourg have also reported infections.

10/09/2021

Luxembourg

Luxembourg’s PM taken to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

Xavier Bettel was taken to hospital “as a precaution” a week after testing positive for coronavirus.

05/07/2021

Europe News

EU, US slap new sanctions on Belarus in response to Ryanair diversion

Foreign affairs ministers from all EU countries met in Luxembourg and agreed to blacklist 78 individuals and 8 entities believed to be closely involved with President Lukashenko's regime.

21/06/2021

Europe News

Belgium and Luxembourg share aircraft as part of efficiency drive

Belgium and Luxembourg have begun sharing aircraft in response to NATO’s long drive towards better interoperability.

17/06/2021

Destinations

Why this small, crowd-free country could be the perfect 2021 holiday

Luxembourg can be overlooked as a holiday destination. Here's why the small, quiet country could be the perfect holiday in 2021.

18/05/2021

Tech News

E-commerce giant Amazon wins appeal over Luxembourg tax rebates

The ruling is a blow to the European Union's attempt to curb corporate tax avoidance but the bloc could still appeal the decision.

12/05/2021

My Europe Series

Why doesn't the EU consider Luxembourg a tax haven?

The tiny Grand Duchy has been accused of being a tax haven after the OpenLux investigation revealed the country hosts 55,000 offshore companies.

17/02/2021

Luxembourg

Luxembourg rejects new tax haven claims

A year-long investigation by sixteen media outlets combed through four billion publicly-available documents found that a third of companies in Luxembourg are holdings that allow for favourable tax treatment.

08/02/2021

Europe News

Pompeo cancels EU trip amid apparent 'snub' by Luxembourg

Luxembourg declined to comment on the reason, but confirmed the planned trip had been cancelled.

13/01/2021

Europe News

'The difficulties of one state becomes the difficulties of them all'

12m full-time jobs could be lost in Europe because of this crisis - so what's the next move?

21/04/2020

Estonia

What can Luxembourg learn from Estonia about free public transport?

Luxembourg recently became the first country to make public transport free. But pioneers Tallinn have been doing it for years.

10/03/2020

Europe News

Luxembourg is first country in world to make public transport free

Next stop, huge debt? Luxembourg becomes the first country in the world to scrap charges for using public transport.

29/02/2020

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

EU countries stalemate over migration relocation plans

After another tragic shipwreck in the central Mediterranean EU minsters gathered in Luxembourg to agree on a temporary system to relocate migrants rescued at sea. Member states have shown divisions over the possibility to host asylum seekers arriving in Italy and Malta.

08/10/2019

Serbia

Euroviews. Away from the media’s gaze, Ana Brnabić is failing to advocate for LGBT equality in Serbia ǀ View

A picture of the Serbian PM and her Luxembourg counterpart went viral earlier this month. [...] On the surface, the picture should be praised, but digging a little deeper into the LGBT policies of each country, it is little wonder that not all LGBT Serbs are getting out the bunting for Ana Brnabić.

23/09/2019

Europe News

No progress: MEPs lament Brexit stalemate

On Wednesday, the European Parliament will debate and vote on a resolution on Brexit and the possibility for another extension to avoid a No Deal Scenario.

17/09/2019

World News

Tornadoes and 'whirlwinds' cause havoc in parts of northern Europe

Parts of northern Europe experienced tornadoes and 'whirlwinds' on Friday evening.

10/08/2019

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