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I am Jean Asselborn and I would like to talk to you today about my country’s candidacy to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2022-2024 term. The pandemic crisis is straining our health systems. It accentuates...

The Network of Spouses of the European Union Ambassadors based in Washington DC organized the first of a series of events within the initiative Sustainable Residences in Washington DC (SRW-DC) on April 7, 2021. The event was hosted by...

Richard Francis Kneip was the 25th governor of South Dakota and the 6th United States Ambassador to Singapore. Kneip was born on January 7, 1933, in Tyler, Minnesota, to Bernice DeSales Pederson and Frank Joseph Kneip. His grandfather Mathias Kneip...

Ambassador Gaston Stonck will give a presentation on Future Trans-Atlantic Priorities: A Luxembourg Perspective at a webinar hosted by the the NATO Association of Canada. The event will take place on April 12, 2021 at 10:00 EST. The...

The Space Resources Week (19-22 April, 2021) is a 4-day online conference connecting thought leaders from the terrestrial resources sector, aerospace industry, financial institutions, research institutes and academia. It aims at understanding the technical and economic challenges facing...

An art exhibition, that brings together artworks belonging to private collectors, many of which the public may have never seen before, will be on display from March 27 to April 11 at Centre Culturel Paul Barblé in Strassen, Luxembourg. “100 Joër...

Paul O. Husting was an American lawyer, who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1915 to 1917. He was born in 1866 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to Mary M. Husting, née Juneau, and John P...

Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, together with the Ministry of the Economy, Luxinnovation, the Luxembourg House of Fintech and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, organized a virtual economic mission to Wisconsin. The aim of the event was to strengthen collaboration between...

At the opening of the eTrade mission to Wisconsin on March 29, the Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot announced the launch of a new program, supporting the internationalization of Luxembourg startups in the United States. This initiative is the...

Alexandra Swe Wagner is an American journalist and author. She is the co-host of the television documentary series The Circus on Showtime and the author of the book FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to...

GAIA-X is a European project that aims at developing common requirements for a European data infrastructure. It is a secure, federated system that meets the highest standards of digital sovereignty while promoting innovation and connecting centralized and decentralized infrastructures...

Mudam – the Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg is a place of sheer aesthetic delight. The building, designed by the famous architect I.M. Pei, sits right next to the historic Fort Thüngen in the Dräi Eechelen Park, between the Place...

Luxembourg has been ranked eighth in the United Nations' “World Happiness Report 2021”, up from tenth in 2020. This advancement is mainly thanks to the good economic performance of the country in this period of crisis. Finland holds the top...

On the occasion of the International Day of La Francophonie, H.E. Gaston Stronck, the Ambassador of Luxembourg to the US, co-signed an op-ed authored by H.E. Philippe Étienne, the Ambassador of France, in Newsweek magazine. In...

In his recent letter to the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) and Claims Conference the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vows to work on pursuing justice for Holocaust survivors and helping countries meet Holocaust property restitution commitments. In his...