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

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

Europe News

Luxembourg PM says European elections 'a wake up call'

In an interview with Euronews, Luxembourg's prime minister reacted to the recent European elections and talked about what's next for the EU project.

28/05/2019

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

EU extends new protections for whistleblowers | Raw Politics

On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted to provide increased protections for whistleblowers in the EU. Euronews spoke with former whistleblower Antoine Deltour to ask him what he thought of these new protections.

18/04/2019

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

My Europe Series

Is there a way to break the Brexit deadlock?

MPs voted against Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal this week, as well as rejecting crashing out of the EU with no deal and for an extension to Article 50. But what does this mean now?

15/03/2019

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

Europe News

EU tells May: No renegotiation - basta!

Britain unsuccessfully tries to get concessions from EU27

14/12/2018

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

Musica

Violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos electrifies with Stravinsky concerto

The Greek master dazzles alongside the Luxembourg Philharmonic.

20/09/2018

Austria

Italy and Luxembourg: heated clashes over migration

In Vienna, Austria and Italy's far-right interior ministers suggested that the European Union hold migrants rescued at sea on ships for days while an initial screening of their chances of obtaining asylum is carried out

14/09/2018

Hungary

Hungary’s foreign minister calls his Luxembourg counterpart "an idiot"

Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto has hit back at Jean Asselborn’s claims that Viktor Orban was a “dictator”.

21/02/2018

World News

The world is 'failing' newborn babies — UNICEF

Infants from the best places to be born are up to 50 times more likely to die in the first month of life

19/02/2018

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

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

Luxembourg

Fatal train collision in Luxembourg near French border

One person has died and six people have been injured following the collision between a goods and passenger train in Luxembourg near the French border.

14/02/2017