News, reporting, and analysis from across the Grand Duchy — Chamber sessions, ministerial briefings, municipal decisions, and the daily life of Luxembourg City and the country's twelve cantons.
Roadworks around the A4 and N13 corridor are a local disruption, but they also test how Luxembourg communicates alternatives before traffic backs up.
The 1-7 June initiative gives women's health a dedicated public platform, from prevention to access and information.
A new tobacco and nicotine survey puts smoking, vaping and nicotine pouches in the same public-health frame.
MeteoLux has active heat vigilance for 29-30 May as Luxembourg records an unusually early run of hot days. The new 2026 warning model focuses on perceived heat, duration and health risk.
Luxembourg has adopted a national climate adaptation strategy built on 152 measures across 17 policy areas, from water and biodiversity to health and urban planning. Minister Serge Wilmes presented the plan on 7 May 2026 after the Government Council approved it on 22 April. The strategy aims to ready the country for prolonged droughts, heatwaves and flooding.
Students preparing summer work in Luxembourg may be hired for at most two months or 346 hours in a calendar year. Applicants and employers should also note conflicting published guidance on the tax-waiver hourly threshold.
Luxembourg's tram network reached the Cloche d'Or business park on Sunday, eight months behind schedule, as Luxtram reports daily ridership above 130,000.
STATEC's Q3 housing index shows apartment prices rising for the first time in six quarters, even as transaction volumes remain depressed.
Luxembourg's police bulletin for 10 May 2026 records three weekend break-ins and a Luxembourg City necklace theft. In Obeler around 05:20 Sunday, a hooded burglar fled empty-handed after a resident's shouts; further break-ins struck Schuller and Mertert.
Luxembourg's national weather service Meteolux issued a yellow rainfall alert covering the entire country on 10 May 2026, valid from 18:00 Sunday to 07:00 Monday. Forecasters expect 15 to 30 millimetres of rain in twelve hours, with the bulk arriving from the south during evening hours.
Luxembourg's CGDIS rescue service responded to two Sunday-afternoon accidents on 10 May 2026: a two-car collision at noon in Bascharage's Avenue de Luxembourg and a motorcycle fall minutes later in Vianden's Rue de la Gare. One person was injured at each scene.
On 10 May 2026 the city of Dudelange and the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) presented the city's first Observatoire social, mapping income, poverty risk and housing pressure quartier by quartier. The data confirm pronounced inequalities between districts of Luxembourg's fourth-largest commune.
788 small vineyards along the Moselle produce around 15 million litres of wine a year. The 2026 calendar centres on the Crémant Festival in Remich on 20 September, alongside continued growth in organic viticulture led by the Wine Institute (IVV).
From the literal word 'Luxembourg' to UEFA Euro 2024, Liam Payne and 'how to vote in Luxembourg elections', here is what residents of the Grand Duchy actually typed into Google in 2024 — with sources.
Luxembourg is both a country and a city — and the world's only remaining sovereign Grand Duchy. A compact primer on geography, capital, currency, government and population, with 2025 figures from STATEC.
Luxembourg is small, expensive and often overlooked — but its capital is a UNESCO World Heritage site and its countryside packs castles, abbeys and wine valleys into a country you can cross in 90 minutes. An honest look at whether it is worth a trip.
On 1 March 2020, Luxembourg became the first country in the world to make all domestic public transport free. Six years on, here is what is covered, what it costs the state, and whether it has actually worked.
Luxembourg's school system uses Luxembourgish, German and French from pre-school onwards. Since 2021/22, students in 4e (lower secondary) take a compulsory course in Luxembourgish language, society and culture.
The Luxembourg telecommunications operator Eltrona announced on 4 May 2026 that board member Gerald Demortier will take over as interim CEO from 1 June, ahead of a permanent appointment.
The Grand Ducal Police announced that the central Luxembourg City station now operates round the clock, part of a broader push to strengthen visible police presence in strategic locations.
Police operations in the Gare-Hollerich district intensified through January and February 2026, with 24 suspected dealers presented before an investigating judge and large-scale operations on 22 and 29 January.
On 16 April 2026, Luxembourg's Ministry of Mobility and lux-Airport published a long-horizon airport plan that doubles passenger capacity, raises freight 50%, and pours €1 billion into infrastructure by 2032.
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.
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.