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The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and its Enterprise Europe Network, together with Farvest Group, will organize the 2nd edition of the Digital ICT Week on September 13-17, 2021. This year, the event will be hybrid, offering the possibility to interested companies to participate either virtually or physically...

General John W. Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force, will make a working visit to Luxembourg on July 21, 2021. General Raymond will meet with Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and François Bausch, Deputy...

Luxembourg's Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, and the CEO of Luxinnovation, Sasha Baillie, launched the new Startup Luxembourg Platform during the “Towards the next level” event on July 5, 2021. The platform will aim to improve the visibility...

The Swiss Institute for Management Development (IMD) has published a new edition of its annual report on the competitiveness of countries: The World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY). The 2021 edition analyzes 64 countries using a multitude of criteria that are both...

On June 29, 2021, Ambassador Gaston Stronck bestowed, on behalf of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri, the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to WWII veterans Benjamin Berry, T5 Quartermaster Corps, 3rd Army and Jacob...

On June 28, 2021, Ambassador Gaston Stronck bestowed, on behalf of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri, the Order of the Oak Crown to Gen. Philip Breedlove, USAF, Ret., for his outstanding cooperation with Luxembourg during his time as...

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has amended the list of third countries whose residents are not affected by a temporary restriction at the external borders on non-essential travel. Consequently, as of 28 June 2021, third-country nationals residing in...

In a recent report by CARE, a Danish nongovernmental organization, scrutinizing and ranking the climate finance plans of 23 developed countries around the world, Luxembourg came on top of the list. “Fighting the climate crisis is the biggest investment opportunity...

In its report on global financial centers, the think tank New Financial measures the relative scale of banking and finance in more than 60 markets worldwide across more than 40 metrics of domestic and international activity. The report analyzes how...

A ceremony was held on Saturday in Quincy, Illinois to honor Mr Enoch “Nick” Scull, Jr, 97, a World War II veteran, for his service in protecting the Luxembourg town of Hosingen during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944...

Pride Month is celebrated each year in June in homage to the June 28, 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City. That event was a tipping point for the Gay Movement. In major cities across the United States the day...

As global businesses start to reconsider their international footprint in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are assessing the viability and attractiveness of different locations around the world. Employees’ skills and know-how are key elements of competitiveness...

On Saturday, June 5th 2021, Ambassador Gaston Stronck attended Lux Fest, a celebration of the 150th anniversary since the arrival of the first Luxembourg settlers in Western Iowa. The festivities took place in Alton, Iowa. The event was organized by...

Arno J. Mayer is a Luxembourg-American historian who specializes in modern Europe, diplomatic history, and the Holocaust. He is currently the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Professor Mayer was born in Luxembourg on 19 June...

A virtual event, gathering together the Luxembourg Honorary Consuls across the US, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, took place on 1 June 2021. The meeting was opened by Ambassador Gaston Stronck, who welcomed the participants and expressed his gratitude...