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Latest 16 November 2023

Ex-finance minister Frieden becomes Luxembourg’s new PM

BRUSSELS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Luxembourg's former finance minister Luc Frieden will become the country's new prime minister, leading a government coalition of his Christian democratic party and the liberal…

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