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Following its merger into the Utmost Group, Lombard International — long one of Luxembourg's most recognisable life-insurance brands — has rebranded as Utmost Luxembourg in 2026.
EDF wants to extend the lifespan of the four-reactor Cattenom nuclear plant on Luxembourg's doorstep until at least 2035. Reactor 1's pivotal fourth ten-yearly safety review takes place in 2026.
The third edition of Nexus Luxembourg, the country's largest tech symposium, takes place 10-11 June 2026 at Luxexpo The Box, with AI and tech sovereignty as the through-lines.
Israeli forces have advanced into western Gaza and expanded the so-called yellow line by 37 km, now controlling around 60% of the enclave despite a Phase 2 ceasefire that requires withdrawal. 1.8 million Gazans are displaced; the cumulative death toll has passed 72,000.
Armed forces from Germany, Austria, Ireland, Latvia, Singapore and Switzerland joined the 2026 edition of Cyber Fortress, with strategic communications and disinformation now integrated into the scenarios.
EU member states must roll out certified digital identity wallets by November 2026. In Luxembourg, Hopae and Incert are running pilot implementations from 2026, and large enterprises in regulated sectors must accept the wallet by December 2027.
Bitcoin set its current record on 6 October 2025 at $126,198. With BTC now around $93,750 in early 2026, analysts disagree on whether new highs come this year or after another leg lower.
The Grand Ducal Police's 2025 activity report points to a steep increase in violent robberies and domestic-violence interventions, against falls in fraud, vandalism and drug-related offences.
The Luxembourg-based 5G IoT operator secures venture-debt financing from the European Investment Bank to scale its constellation and connect machines wherever cellular networks don't reach.
The Luxembourg-headquartered satellite operator is launching a national Space Campus to bring core design, integration and manufacturing in-house — a strategic break with four decades of outsourcing.
New STATEC projections push Luxembourg's population toward — and possibly past — one million by 2070, with migration rather than natural increase doing virtually all of the work.
QS places the University of Luxembourg at #381 globally for 2026, while Times Higher Education ranks it 251–300. Its first appearance in THE's Interdisciplinary Science Ranking puts it 26th in Europe.
A six-megawatt electrolyser in the Bascharage industrial park, run by Encevo subsidiaries Enovos and LuxEnergie, aims to produce up to 1,750 kg of green hydrogen per day from 2026 — Luxembourg's first commercial hydrogen production.
Luxembourg's biggest international music festival returns to the Parc du Gaalgebierg in Esch-sur-Alzette under the theme RISE A NEW WORLD, with Macklemore opening on 12 June.
Luxembourg's flagship men's cycling stage race returns from 16 to 20 September 2026 with five stages running from Remich to a final-day finish on the Knuedler in the capital.
When the consumer price index moves 2.5%, every salary in the Grand Duchy adjusts by 2.5% by law. Statec's projections put the next trigger in the second quarter — the second tranche of the current cycle.
A new sovereign supercomputer with more than 2,100 GPU-AI accelerators puts the Grand Duchy on Europe's AI infrastructure map, with half of capacity reserved for national use.
The x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group's first major output unifies matrix-math instructions across AMD and Intel CPUs — a quiet but consequential détente between two long-time rivals in the face of Arm and AI accelerators.
Individuals investing in qualifying start-ups will be able to claim a credit equal to 20% of their investment, up to €100,000 per year — a deliberate nudge to deepen Luxembourg's domestic risk-capital pool.
Luxembourg's €112 million AI-optimised supercomputer is set for end-of-year launch, jointly funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and the Luxembourg State, with capacity split 50/50 between European and national users.
The Luxembourg subsidiary of Edmond de Rothschild paid €25 million to settle criminal charges connected to Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign-wealth-fund scandal — a precedent the financial centre will not be able to forget.
The Paiement Immédiat Direct, launched in 2023 and expanded in 2024, is reaching critical mass in 2026 — replacing the reimbursement-claim step for a growing share of Luxembourg medical visits.
Both agencies left the Grand Duchy's top-tier rating untouched, citing institutional strength and a dynamic financial sector — even as the social contribution rate rises from 24% to 25.5% in 2026.
After more than three decades in its iconic eight-dome Kirchberg headquarters, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg moves in 2026 to the 76,400 m² Skypark complex at Findel, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group.