Macron’s counter-terror bill risks France’s human rights record, say UN experts
Liberty and security ‘under threat’ from bill proposing to end France’s state of emergency by transferring special police powers into permanent [...]
September 2017
Sweden’s GomSpace to Employ 50 Staff in Grand Duchy in Space Sector
Luxembourg Government and GomSpace Partner to Develop new Space Activities Luxemourg’s Ministry of the Economy and Sweden-based GomSpace Group AB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for their cooperation to develop, through a company to be created in the Grand Duchy and 100% owned by GomSpace, several [...]
Toy Gun Premiers at John Hannah Double Bill in Luxembourg
On Wednesday evening, the 8th annual British & Irish Film Season (BIFS) in Luxembourg was at Kinepolis-Kirchberg for the screening of the world premier of Toy Gun and only the 4th public screening of The [...]
200 New Staff Join EY Luxembourg
EY has announced the arrival and integration of 200 new employees, young graduates and experienced professionals, from a multitude of cultural and economic backgrounds, to varied training and experience and from the best bringing the number of professionals in the Luxembourg office to more than 1,300 people of 62 [...]
A new shock doctrine: in a world of crisis, morality can still win
We live in frightening times. From heads of state tweeting threats of nuclear annihilation, to whole regions rocked by climate chaos, to thousands of migrants drowning off the coasts of Europe, to openly racist parties gaining ground: it feels like there are a lot of reasons to be pessimistic about our collective [...]
Over 92% of Iraq’s Kurds vote for independence
Referendum results in overwhelming endorsement of split from Baghdad, after troops are sent into disputed [...]
Luxembourg, Sri Lanka Foreign Ministers Discuss Human Rights and Trade
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Tilak Marapana, was in Luxembourg yesterday for a working visit on an invitation by the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn; this was the first official visit of a minister from Sri Lanka to Luxembourg since the establishment of diplomatic relations in [...]
Foundation Stone Laid for €25m New Diekirch Brewery
The “Dräieck Dikrech” restoration project has entered its construction phase with the laying of the first foundation stone of the Brasserie de Luxembourg [...]
Women are still not in the driving seat in Saudi Arabia
Allowing Saudi Arabian women to drive is really just a public relations stunt to appease the west. Both women and men need to push for their [...]
‘Height of hypocrisy’: Clinton calls out Trump team over private email reports
Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law among six administration figures who reportedly used private email accounts for White House [...]