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The Luxembourg-American Chamber of Commerce, which aims to stimulate and promote economic development, trade and investment between North America and Luxembourg, is organizing an online event on Enabling U.S. 5G through Satellite Spectrum Clearing on May 4, 2021...

Earth Day, celebrated every year on April 22, is a reminder that everyone can contribute to a better planet! Here at the Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington DC we strive to make every day Earth Day! At the initiative of...

Paul Christian Lauterbur was a chemist and Nobel prize laureate, who developed a technique, known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). He was born on May 6, 1929, in Sidney, Ohio to Edward Lauterbur and Gertrude Wagner. On the father’s...

Located in the north-east of Luxembourg, Vianden Castle is a witness to history. One of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine, it is set on a rocky promontory, overlooking the town of Vianden and the River Our...

The Luxembourg Blockchain Lab will organize the first Blockchain Week, an online conference which will take place on 26-30 April, 2021. The event will bring together local and international players as well as spotlight some of the country’s...

Hugo Gernsback was a Luxembourg–American inventor and publisher who played a major role both in fostering the amateur radio movement and in creating the American science fiction tradition. Gernsback was born in 1884 in Luxembourg City, to Berta Dürlacher...

Bourscheid Castle is located near the village of Bourscheid in north-eastern Luxembourg. It is situated on a steep promontory, perched nearly 500 feet high above the Sauer river and accessible only from the northwest. Around the year 1000, a...

Scientists in Luxembourg have teamed up with local comic artists to produce a new series of science graphic novels called "LUX:plorations: A Universe of Research". Led by the University of Luxembourg, the comic project combines science and art made...

The U.S. administration is calling for the OECD members to agree on a global minimum corporate tax rate. This initiative is “well timed and a positive step towards promoting solidarity in the treatment of multinational companies”, said Luxembourg Finance...

In 1970, Cargolux Airlines International S.A. started operations from its home base at Luxembourg airport with a handful of Canadair CL-44 freighters. 50 years later, the company is Europe’s biggest all-cargo airline with a fleet of...

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...