French, German should be enough for Lux passport, says petition
A petition that opened for signature today says people applying for Luxembourg nationality should be tested on one of the country’s three official languages and not just [...]
Politics
Xavier Bettel discharged from hospital
Prime minister Xavier Bettel has left hospital after four days at the CHL. Given the improvement in his health, Xavier Bettel left around lunchtime on Thursday. The prime minister had been admitted with breathing difficulties on Sunday after testing positive for covid-19. He spend four days being treated at the Centre [...]
NATO leaders warn of “systemic challenge” of China’s military threats
Nato leaders meeting for a summit in Brussels have warned of the military threat posed by China, saying its behaviour is a “systemic challenge” the BBC has [...]
North Macedonia’s Zaev ready to beg Sofia, won’t sacrifice identity, language
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said he is ready to beg for a solution in Sofia, but is not prepared to sacrifice the Macedonian identity and language, adding that if the dialogue with Bulgaria is successful, talks may be held as early as 23 [...]
Franz Fayot and Sasha Baillie present the 2020 annual report of Luxinnovation
Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, and Sasha Baillie, CEO of Luxinnovation, presented the 2020 annual report of Luxinnovation. A pivotal year for the national innovation agency that not only worked to provide the tools necessary for companies to meet the new challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to [...]
100 years of Polish-Luxembourg relations
Grand Duke Henri and president Andrzej Duda have exchanged letters to commemorate the centenary of formal diplomatic relations between the Grand Duchy and Poland. Duda wrote that he hopes relations will continue to develop effectively “in all dimensions, especially at the political, economic and cultural level and [...]
EU anti-racial policy should align with the EU Roma inclusion policy
The first EU Anti-racism summit is taking place today (19 March). It is a new EU platform that is going to unite and amplify the voice of racial justice movements in Europe, including the Roma rights movement, writes Marek Szilvasi, Team Manager with the Public Health Program of the Open Society [...]
German regional elections present crunch test for Merkel’s party
German voters went to the polls on Sunday (14 March) in regional elections in two western states that pose an early test of the conservative Christian Democrats’ prospects of retaining power in a federal vote later this year, writes Paul [...]
Jean-Paul Van Avermaet has been fired as international investigation continues
The CEO of bpost, Jean-Paul Van Avermaet, has been fired, De Tijd and De Standaard reported on Sunday [...]
Merkel, Markle and Marchenko: Who of the world’s famous women will be successful in the Age of Aquarius
The past 2020 was a year of chaos and uncertainty for the world, but nevertheless it ended with a celestial event of a significant scale: the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in the solar system. This phenomenon happens every 20 years, but only once every 800 years these planets meet in [...]