Luxembourg

For the next five years, 200 police officers a year will be recruited in response to complaints of not having enough staff to provide security, after a recent attack in the capital

26 more companies have recently signed up to the Diversity Network; by signing the Lëtzebuerg Diversity Charter, organisations commit to promoting and managing diversity through concrete actions and promoting inclusion, equality and cohesion

The EU has asked for financial sanctions on the country as it has not adopted stricter restrictions on firearms in its national legislation, as required by the 2017 ordinance

After journalists gathered earlier this year calling on the government to make it easier for the media to access official documents, PM Bettel pledged his commitment to the issue, including the review of the 2018 Access to Government Documents Act

Pupils will be free not to wear masks during most of their school day, but will have to take regular tests for Covid-19

According to recent estimates by the finance and housing ministers, a third of Luxembourg's homeowners live without a mortgage, while those who have a mortgage spend more than a third of their disposable income on that

While EU coal consumption registers -35% in 2020 compared to 2018, the country moves in the opposite direction increasing the use of that fuel, one of the biggest contributors to human-made climate change

According to the forest conservation group Forest Stewardship Council there are not enough controls in place to check if 'local' wood from Luxembourg is indeed local, despite being sold under that label

Insurance companies have estimated damages from recent flooding to amount around 120 million euros

€50 million have been allocated by the Government to help people affected by the floods that followed the torrential rains, many forced to evacuate their homes

The new press law puts online news on the same footing as print media, granting government subsidies based on the number of journalists they employ instead of on the number of pages newspapers print each day

According to the official statistics agency Eurostat, housing costs 70% above EU average

The owner and publisher of the Luxembourg Times, the Saint-Paul Luxembourg Group, has appointed Martine Reicherts, former European Commissioner for Justice, as its first ever chairwoman