News

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...

Marie-Louise Rouff is a Luxembourgish landscape and abstraction artist, currently residing on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Inspired by her father’s pencil drawings, Marie-Louise began to paint from a young age. Later, she went on to earn a...

Dräi Eechelen Museum is a unique historical site and a living witness to Luxembourg's history. A fortified castle turned cultural center, it is located inside the renovated Fort Thüngen, first built in 1732-33. The Museum aims to not...

Film Fund Luxembourg has announced that two Luxembourgish co-productions, Wolfwalkers and Collective, are in the running to win one of the most famous and prestigious film awards in the world: the Oscars. The awards, presented by the Academy of...

On March 17, 2021, Minister of Justice Sam Tanson, announced in a written reply to a question addressed to her by parliamentarian, that due to the current travel restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is planned to propose...

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...