Luxembourg’s housing crisis will not be solved by helping buyers bid more for scarce homes. A serious policy has to mobilise land, tax non-use and make planning faster enough to matter.
Luxembourg ministers have approved a bill to transpose the EU right-to-repair directive into the Consumer Code, giving repaired goods a 12-month warranty extension and creating clearer repair duties for manufacturers.
France and Luxembourg again failed to lift the 34-day cap on tax-free teleworking for French cross-border workers at December's intergovernmental commission. France wants a 40% threshold plus revenue-sharing; Luxembourg offers only 25% and refuses retrocession. With talks pushed to late 2026, more than 120,000 frontaliers stay stuck on a rule that competitors abandoned years ago.
On 22 September 2025, Luxembourg recognised the State of Palestine, joining a wave of more than 150 countries. Eight months on, the test is sober: no annexation has been halted, the EU has again refused to suspend its trade pact with Israel, and a fragile Gaza ceasefire has stalled. The gesture was right. Its limits are the real story.
Luxembourg residents planning travel in 2026 should check passport validity early and prepare identity documents, photos and payment before applying through their commune or the Passport Office.
Luxembourg residents should treat European STI warnings as a reason to test earlier, use prevention services and avoid waiting for symptoms.
Luxembourg residents should use MeteoLux and health guidance to prepare for heat days before vulnerable people are already at risk.
Luxembourg residents should keep invoices, check reimbursement rules and use CNS guidance before assuming every health cost is automatic.
Luxembourg's digital public services create real convenience, but residents still need support when skills, equipment or language become barriers.
Students linked to Luxembourg should prepare AideFi applications early, because missing a deadline can mean waiting for the next semester.
Luxembourg, the German Länder of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, and France's Grand Est say a joint study has confirmed a direct Luxembourg-Saarbrücken-Mannheim railway is feasible "in principle," while flagging technical, legal and financial hurdles that push a regular service to the mid-2030s at the earliest. With 276,360 cross-border workers crossing daily in 2024, the partners are weighing shorter-term fixes too.
As France opens the decennial review that could keep the first Cattenom reactor running past its 40-year design life in 2026, Luxembourg — about 10 km downstream on the Moselle — is again pressing to be consulted at every stage of a plant it wants shut. The ASNR has cleared the country's 1,300 MWe fleet to run another decade, subject to upgrades; EDF expects to spend around EUR 6 billion.
The CSSF has set a tougher 2026 supervisory agenda for Luxembourg's investment funds, signalling closer scrutiny of governance, liquidity, asset valuation, costs and fees, cyber resilience under DORA, sustainable-finance claims and anti-money-laundering controls. Published on 31 March 2026 and covered by the Luxembourg press in late May, the priorities respond to market volatility and geopolitical strain.
SES reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of 847 million euros, up 80.5% at constant currency in its first full quarter consolidating Intelsat. The headline surge is largely an accounting effect: on a like-for-like basis, revenue rose 3.1%. CEO Adel Al-Saleh pointed to early integration wins, with staff costs down 20%, as the Luxembourg group chases 370 million euros in annual synergies.
Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates signed a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters during a 22 May 2026 working visit by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Justice Minister Elisabeth Margue and UAE Minister of State Lana Zaki Nusseibeh signed the pact, which aims to speed judicial cooperation on serious crime, including financial and economic offences.
OpenAI and Malta have announced a programme giving eligible Maltese participants one year of ChatGPT Plus after completing an AI literacy course. The move matters for Luxembourg because it turns AI access into a public-policy question, alongside skills, digital inclusion and sovereignty.
A decade comparison of Luxembourg police statistics shows a lower crime rate per inhabitant than in 2015, but higher numbers for violent theft, assault, threats and domestic violence.
Luxembourg’s latest police statistics show a mixed public-safety picture: the overall case rate stayed stable, but violent robberies, theft and domestic violence increased.
Luxembourg has announced a temporary drone-flight ban for a defined area on 16-17 May, with limited public-interest exceptions.
Luxembourg will not appear in the Eurovision 2026 final after Eva Marija missed qualification from the second semi-final in Vienna.
A phishing email circulating in Luxembourg claims a LuxTrust Mobile login was made from Portugal and frames the warning as a police-backed security case. Here is what makes it convincing and how to check it safely.
A new UNICEF report again puts Luxembourg’s child poverty problem in focus: around one child in four is considered poor or at risk, even in one of Europe’s richest countries.
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.