Luxembourg

UPDATED: Pope Francis lands in Luxembourg, first leg of rare European trip

Pope Francis arrived in Luxembourg on Thursday for a brief visit to one of Europe's smallest countries ahead of a weekend trip to Belgium, where he will highlight the needs…

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Pope Francis’ Upcoming Trip to Luxembourg and Belgium to go ahead as planned

Pope Francis will press ahead with plans to travel to Luxembourg and Belgium later this week, despite cancelling his meetings for Monday due to a mild flu, the Vatican said.…

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Luxembourg picks Christophe Hansen for next EU Commission

Luxembourg's pick for the next European Commission is Christophe Hansen, Prime Minister Luc Frieden said Thursday. Frieden wrote on X that he had "an excellent discussion on the future EU…

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Pope in Luxembourg, Belgium 26 to 29 Sep

Pope Francis will travel to Luxembourg and Belgium from 26 to 29 September, the Vatican said Monday."Accepting the invitation of the respective Heads of State and ecclesiastical authorities" Pope Francis…

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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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Luxembourg election delivers likely return to centre-right

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg's legislative election results on Sunday left the liberal-led coalition without a majority, making it likely the country's long-dominant centre-right party will gain influence.…

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EU sues Luxembourg for not correctly transposing anti-tax avoidance rules

BRUSSELS, July 14 (Reuters) - The European Union has decided to sue Luxembourg for failing to correctly transpose the EU's anti-tax avoidance directive, said the European Commission on Friday. "In…

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Four countries urge EU to set end date for new CO2-emitting trucks

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero…

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Luxembourg authorises some frozen Russian assets to be unblocked

MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Luxembourg's finance ministry on Tuesday said it had authorised the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources held at the Clearstream settlement house by Russia's National…

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Luxembourg banks told to freeze Ecuador assets amid Perenco dispute

A Luxembourg bailiff has ordered banks to freeze assets held by Ecuador in Luxembourg accounts as a result of a dispute over a $391 million settlement award that Anglo-French oil…

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‘Only two pages’ of Luxembourg PM’s university thesis were not plagiarised

Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has admitted his university thesis “should have been done differently” after a media investigation concluded that only two of the work’s 56 pages had not…

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Luxembourg first in Europe to legalise growing and using cannabis

Adults in Luxembourg will be permitted to grow up to four cannabis plants in their homes or gardens under laws that will make it the first country in Europe to…

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EU states must not strip migrants of their basic rights, Luxembourg PM says

BRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The European Union has to find the right balance to tackle the Belarus' migrant scheme but not strip people attempting to cross the bloc's borders…

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European Commission disburses €12.1 million in pre-financing to Luxembourg

The European Commission has today disbursed €12.1 million to Luxembourg in pre-financing, equivalent to 13% of the country's financial allocation. Luxembourg is one of the first countries receiving a pre-financing…

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Luxembourg’s Bettel to remain in hospital

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is getting better after contracting COVID-19 but will stay at hospital under medical observation until at least Thursday, an official said. Bettel, 48, tested positive…

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Luxembourg prime minister admitted to hospital with Covid

Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 last week, local media have reported, citing a statement from his office. Multiple outlets said…

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Luxembourg PM Bettel tests positive for coronavirus

POLITICO reports that Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has tested positive for the coronavirus and gone into self-isolation. "News of the positive diagnosis, announced by his office on Sunday, came…

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Luxembourg refutes tax haven claims

The Luxembourg government has strongly rebutted recent articles published in the international press concerning alleged shortcomings in the Grand Duchy's anti-money laundering arrangements. The principality insisted is fully in line…

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Malta, Luxembourg and Ireland will be the hardest hit Brexit costs

Deutsche Bank analysts estimate that the costs to trade between Britain and the European Union will be high even if the two sides manage to strike a deal by the end of the year because of the impact…

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Luxembourg warns EU over “fixing” cross-border fund rules

European Union regulators should avoid trying to fix problems that don't exist in operating cross-border investment funds, Luxembourg's financial regulator said on Monday. The EU's securities watchdog ESMA has suggested…

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Luxembourg raises €1.5 bln in Europe’s first ‘sustainability’ government bond

Luxembourg became the first European government to sell a 'sustainability' bond on Monday, which raised 1.5 billion euros ($1.77 billion), according to a lead manager memo seen by Reuters. The 12-year bond…

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UK adds Luxembourg arrivals to 14-day quarantine list, lockdown tightened in England

The UK government reimposed quarantine rules for travellers arriving from Luxembourg on Thursday after a spike in coronavirus cases there. Britons have been given just hours’ warning that they will…

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EU plans clampdown on pro-corporate tax systems to aid recovery

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled plans to clamp down on tax regimes seen as unduly beneficial to big corporations in a move it said would aid Europe's recovery from…

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Luxembourg Airport offering free COVID-19 testing

Luxembourg Airport is offering free COVID-19 testing to all arrivals. The pilot project is aimed at testing passengers on flights landing at Luxembourg airport and is being undertaken as part…

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Luxembourg to distribute mask to all the population

A member of the civil protection carries a box of medical face masks at a facility set up for the distribution of protective masks to citizens, in Mersch, Luxembourg, 08…

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Luxembourg to test its entire population for coronavirus

Luxembourg plans to test its entire population for coronavirus, the education minister, Claude Meisch, announced. The small European country, which borders France, Germany and Belgium, has an estimated population of…

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UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece

IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund today welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Greece to Luxembourg. The…

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Joint statement on the principles of the rule of law in times of Covid-19

Thirteen EU countries on Wednesday issued a joint statement calling for coronavirus emergency measures to be temporary and in line with rule of law principles. The move comes after Hungary’s…

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Luxembourg declares state of emergency

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel announced that the country is triggering Article 32.4 to declare a state of emergency. The state of emergency, which can last for up to three…

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Luxembourg becomes first country to provide free public transport to all

Luxembourg has become the first country in the world to provide public transport for free. The small EU hub aims to boost tram, train and bus usage and rid itself…

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More than 60 financial firms relocate to Luxemburg from UK

More than 60 financial firms have moved some operations to Luxembourg to insulate themselves from the effects of Brexit, a industry group said last week. As EU lawmakers voted in…

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Luxembourg to roll out experiment into zero-fare public transport

Luxembourg next year will become the world's only country to get rid of fares on all its forms of public transport. In this, the country with Europe's highest average income,…

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Luxembourg PM: UK plays by our rules or accepts no deal

The prime minister of Luxembourg urged the U.K. to accept the rules of the EU single market or face a cliff-edge at the end of 2020. Xavier Bettel, who is…

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Photo Story: Prime Minister of Luxembourg visits Athens

The Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis (L) welcomes and guides Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel (R) in the Town Hall of Athens during their meeting in Athens, Greece,…

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Luxembourg PM insists he did not want to humiliate Johnson

In a BBC exclusive, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said it was never his intention to humiliate Boris Johnson on Monday by holding a press conference without him. Bettel strongly…

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‘Hulk’ Johnson shies away from fewer than 100 protesters in Luxembourg

In the end the Incredible Hulk shied away from fewer than 100 protesters, Politico reports. Rather than face heckling from a small but boisterous crowd of demonstrators, Boris Johnson skipped…

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FDI in Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Ireland, Switzerland and British territories fuelled by multinational corporate tax avoidance – Research

40% of the world’s stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) is “phantom” capital, designed to minimise companies’ tax liabilities rather than financing productive activity, according to research. The Financial Times…

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Tornado rips across southwest Luxembourg

A huge tornado ripped across southwest Luxembourg on Friday leaving at least seven people injured, authorities said, as images posted on social media showed the powerful twister whipping roofs and…

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Luxembourg has the most cars per inhabitant in the EU

According to research by the European statistics office, Eurostat, Luxembourg has the most cars per inhabitant in the European Union. Among the EU Member States with the highest ’motorisation…

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Europe Votes: Luxembourg, the projections

This is a summary of Politico’s and FT projections of the voting today in Luxembourg: Luxembourg – The Projections If turnout of 85.55% is maintained in this vote, Politico predicts…

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Multi-million euro cryptocurrency laundering service Bestmixer.io taken down

The Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), in close cooperation with Europol and the authorities in Luxembourg, clamped down on one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency mixing service…

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Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg dies aged 98

Luxembourg's Grand Duke Jean has died at the age of 98. He was born on Jan. 5, 1921 to Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. He had…

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Alan Kurdi ship saga ends… migrants to be taken in by four EU countries

The Maltese government announced that more than 60 migrants stranded at sea for more than a week on the German rescue ship Alan Kurdi would be taken in by four EU…

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Corporate Dispatch Europe Explained – The Week Ahead 8-13 April 2019

A quick glance at the main forthcoming events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings and other EU-related conferences and events. Events for the week of…

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Is it the end of national vetoes on taxation?

The European Commission is preparing to present a potentially controversial proposal that would roll back the tax-levying powers of the EU’s individual national governments, a move that is meant to close…

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Deal reached brings end to saga of 49 people stranded off Maltese shores

An agreement on a deal has been reached which will bring to end the saga of a group of 49 long-suffering migrants disembarking in Malta from two NGO rescue ships…

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Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Romania ready to take persons stranded off Malta, if Malta lets them in

Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg, the Netherland and Romania are reported to have expressed their commitment to take the people stranded off Malta in the diplomatic stand-off which is seeing…

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