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Loretta Young, a descendant of Luxembourger emigrants, was born Gretchen Young in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 6, 1913 to Gladys (née Royal) and John Earle Young. She was a motion picture actress noted for her ethereal beauty and...

The Luxembourg City History Museum, founded in 1996, designed by Luxembourg architect Conny Lentz, presents the thousand-year history of the City of Luxembourg with both permanent and temporary exhibitions. The missions of the museum are to collect, preserve, document...

The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, in close partnership with the Ministry of the Economy, Luxinnovation, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), is organising an e-Trade Mission to Wisconsin on March 29-31, 2021. Thanks to the collective efforts...

Christine Marie Evert was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1954. She was an outstanding tennis player who dominated the sport in the mid- and late 1970s and remained a major competitor into the late 1980s. She was noted for...

Natural history and the natural sciences are presented here in a simple yet fascinating way: in addition to its permanent exhibition, the Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History regularly hosts special and focused exhibitions all about plants, animals and the...

The University of Luxembourg has announced the availability of scholarships for students from the United States and Canada who would like to spend one or two semesters at the University. This scholarship program is sponsored by the Luxembourg Ministry of...

Nicholas Muller was the first Luxembourger-American to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Born in Differdange, Luxembourg on November 15, 1836, Muller attended schools in Metz, France and in Luxembourg. Upon immigrating to the United States...

The Economist Intelligence Unit, the research and analysis division of The Economist Group, released the 13th edition of its Democracy Index report, which gives an overview of the state of democracy around the world. The report covers 167 countries and...

The National Museum of History and Art, located in Luxembourg City, is dedicated to displaying artworks and artefacts from all epochs of Luxembourg history. The museum contains some unexpected treasures such as a mosaic from the Roman villa at Vichten...

Urban Clarence "Red" Faber was born near Cascade, Iowa, on September 6, 1888 to Nicholas Faber and Margaret Gries. His grandfather, Jean Faber, sailed from Canach, Luxembourg and arrived in New York on June 29, 1846 aboard the 'Brig Amalia...

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, François Bausch, unveiled today Luxembourg’s inaugural Cyber Defense Strategy, which lays the foundation for the development of cyber defense capabilities that can be used in a national and international context. The...

Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator, who is widely renowned as one of the most creative and influential figures in the history of photography. Steichen was born in 1879 in Luxembourg to Jean-Pierre and...

Ambassador Gaston Stonck gave a presentation today entitled US Post Election – Impact on Luxembourg and Europe at a webinar hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg (AMCHAM) and the Luxembourg American Business Organization (LACC). Ambassador Stronck highlighted the...

One year after the creation of the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI), a public-private partnership that aims to raise awareness, promote and develop Luxembourg's role as a sustainable finance hub, the non-profit association has launched the Luxembourg...

Fit 4 Start is a dynamic flagship acceleration programme, initiated and managed by the Ministry of the Economy, and constitutes a key event in the agenda of Luxembourg’s strong startup ecosystem. It supports innovation-oriented projects by startups from...