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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The story behind Moulins de Kleinbettingen is one of family. This family tradition was started by Philippe Muller who purchased a millstone and milling rights in Luxembourg in 1704. The tradition was passed down from father to son and even...

During a press conference on 10 May 2021, Luxembourg's Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, announced that the US glassmaker Guardian will invest in a new environmentally friendly and technologically modern float glass production line, with the support of...

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...

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...

Luxembourg-based Luxaviation Group, one of the largest business aircraft and helicopter operators worldwide, is launching its brand on the US market. With the unveiling of a new base in Miami, which provides access to a new fleet of aircraft...

Arno J. Mayer is a Luxembourg-American historian who specializes in modern Europe, diplomatic history, and the Holocaust. He is currently the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Professor Mayer was born in Luxembourg on 19 June...

The Grand Castle Ansembourg, located in the valley of the Eisch in central Luxembourg, is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles. Built from the first half of the seventeenth century as "House Forges" by...

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...