Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg's unemployment rate rose to 5,2% in June, up from 5% the previous month, with almost 1.700 more residents registering as jobseekers, while job vacancies fell sharply
Europe Luxembourg Amazon's employment grew by about 15% and has now become Luxembourg's second-largest corporate employer in 2022, before this year's job cuts
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg remains the country with the lowest defense spending relative to gross domestic product in the North Atlantic Military Alliance at around 0,72%, despite government's efforts to increase it and reach the agreed 2% in 2014
Europe Luxembourg Students and teachers at a high school in Mersch will have to leave their mobile phones at home: use is banned during lessons after a school study showed the negative impact on education
Europe Luxembourg Domestic violence is rising in the country, with 56% of repeat offenders failing to show up for counselling sessions
Europe Luxembourg Expatriate communities have elected Luxembourgish councillors; although the population is almost equally divided between nationals and expatriates, few expatriates have stood for municipal councils and even fewer have been elected
Europe Luxembourg A record number of calls for the emergency services is recorded in 2022, with Luxembourg's CGDIS responding to almost 72.000 incidents last year, a 7% increase on 2021
Europe Luxembourg Buyers are turning away from the houses and flats offered for sale by SNHBM, the company that builds affordable housing, as high interest rates prevent potential buyers from taking out expensive mortgages
Europe Luxembourg The number of registered sexually transmitted infections in the country increased by over 23% in 2022, to almost 2.200 cases, Luxembourg health authorities said
Europe Luxembourg Tiny house projects, which were previously hampered by a lack of regulations, received a boost when the country made it easier for landlords to register the address of their tiny houses in an attempt to combat the worsening housing crisis
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg was the first member state to unilaterally ban the use of glyphosate on 1 January 2021; however, a court has ruled that the ban lacks a legal basis
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg's annual inflation rate fell sharply last month, the statistics agency Statec said, reaching its lowest level since before the war in Ukraine