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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...

The global entertainment service Netflix has acquired the streaming rights to the Luxembourg crime drama series 'Capitani', which will be available on the streaming platform on 11 February 2021. The TV show follows detective Luc Capitani, who heads up to...

Film Fund Luxembourg has announced that two Luxembourgish co-productions, "Wolfwalkers" and "Deux", are in the running to win one of the most prestigious film and television awards in the United States: the Golden Globes. The awards, presented by the...

At a virtual ceremony, Ambassador Gaston Stronck, together with Ms. Peggy Frantzen, Deputy Head of Mission, and Mr. Stan Myck, Consul, awarded today the medal of “Officier de l’Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg” to Mr. Jean-Claude...

Kleos Space, a Luxembourg-based geospatial intelligence company, has established its principal US engineering presence in Denver, Colorado. Kleos has engaged with Denver Economic Development & Opportunity and chosen the city for its engineering and aerospace support services. Colorado has...

Transparency International published its 2020 edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories according to their perceived levels of corruption in the public sector, based on assessments from reputable institutions and experts, as well...

Mr. Michael Pastreich presented today the Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington DC with a painting. The artwork, Ochre Place, is a piece from his mother’s collection, Luxembourgish artist Marie-Louise Rouff. About the artist Marie-Louise Rouff grew up...

A virtual event, gathering together all Luxembourg Honorary Consuls across the US, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, took place on 26 January 2021. The meeting was opened by Ambassador Gaston Stronck, who welcomed the participants and expressed his gratitude...

The Luxembourg Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, announced the launch of an incubator for health technologies in the House of BioHealth, a unique facility offering office and lab spaces, whose expansion is due to be completed in 2021. This...