Europe Luxembourg Out of a total of €34 million in claims from victims of the summer floods, a third has been paid out so far, with a government fund of €100 million apparently largely untouched
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg has submitted a letter of complaint to Belgium after the country announced it will delay the closure of its nuclear power plants by a decade because of the war in Ukraine
Europe Luxembourg In exactly one month's time, vaccination centres Esch-Belval, Ettelbruck and some pop-ups will close; the vaccination bus will be reintroduced, which will serve car parks, shopping areas and a number of events
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg-based start-up SaltyLama has launched new innovative and environmentally friendly laundry strips, free of plastics, hypoallergenic, made of natural ingredients that dissolve completely and totally revolutionary in terms of transport impact
Europe Luxembourg Thousands of people from France, Belgium and Germany have taken paid leave to learn Luxembourgish under a government scheme to promote the language in a country where three out of four workers are foreigners
Europe Luxembourg The country has joined a small group of countries to participate in the pilot phase of WHO's SARS-CoV-2 project BioHub, being the first to contribute COVID-19 virus samples to the new hub under the initiative
Europe Luxembourg Prime Minister Bettel has renounced a 1999 degree from the University of Lorraine after being hit with allegations of plagiarism, although he does not admit to plagiarism
Europe Luxembourg 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index, released today by Transparency International, shows that the country has improved in 2021 on 2020, but regressed in its anti-corruption efforts since 2015
Europe Luxembourg The country will spend 300 million euros more on research, a 17% increase over three years, bringing the budget to 1,7 billion, in response to criticism of its lagging research spending
Europe Luxembourg Anyone wishing to enlist in the Luxembourg army from today will need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19; at the moment there are no plans to impose the requirement in other public roles or government ministries
Europe Luxembourg The country is at the bottom of the Eu records for online sales, with the lowest share (10%) of businesses having effectively developed e-commerce
Europe Luxembourg After last weekend's antivax demonstrations became violent, the city set up restricted protest zone and established that any protestor breaking out of the zone would face legal penalties
Europe Luxembourg EU statistics agency reports that in the country women have fewer top jobs, with low proportion of female managers, but better pay