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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EU statistics agency reports that in the country women have fewer top jobs, with low proportion of female managers, but better pay

There is a huge shortage of medical cannabis because the only supplier cannot meet demand: doctors have prescribed a total of 140 kg in 2020, almost three times more than in 2019, and this year the figure is expected to be much higher

According to a study, almost a third of pedestrian crossings in the capital do not respect the minimum distance of five metres required from parking spaces

The country will be the first in the EU to legalise the cultivation and consumption of cannabis; under the new laws, people aged 18 and over will be able to grow up to four plants for personal use and carry three grams

Around 3.500 people dressed in white and carrying white balloons walked silently through the city centre on Friday night in the name of 'freedom of choice' as 'fundamental and inalienable right'