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On 18 March 2024, Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence, Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, and Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education, launched a joint call for research and development (R&D) projects in the field of defence.

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On 15 March 2024, the 23rd Partnership Commission between Luxembourg and Cabo Verde took place, an annual meeting to discuss the broad outlines of our cooperation relations with this partner country since 1993.

On 15 March 2024, the souvenir frame of the stamp commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was handed over by Claude Strasser, Managing Director of POST Luxembourg, to Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence.

Martine Hansen, Minister for Consumer Protection, opened the first 2024 session of the Consumer Council.

48 hours after the elections for employee delegates, the provisional results are positive! The current participation rate already amounts to 85%.

The weekly retrospective gives a summary of trends in acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19, the flu (influenza virus) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Yuriko Backes, Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity, attended the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York from 10 to 13 March 2024.

One of the priorities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture is to raise public awareness of the problem of food waste and provide information on the best ways to reduce food waste.

The Minister for Home Affairs, Léon Gloden, launched the test phase at a press conference

More than 930 signatories of the Welcome and Integration Contract and members of the new Biergerpakt programme registered for the Orientation Day on 9 March 2024, organized by the Ministry of Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living Together and Reception of Refugees.

Yuriko Backes, Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity, has dedicated her ministerial agenda for 8 March 2024 exclusively to International Women's Day. Convinced of the cross-disciplinary nature of equality, the Minister chose to involve all her portfolios in the day's planning.

Holders of valid ordinary Luxembourg passports travelling to China for business, tourism, family visits or transit purposes are exempt from the visa requirement for a maximum period of 15 days from 14 March 2024 to 30 November 2024.

On International Women's Day, the Ministry of Finance announces the launch of seven working groups, each with a strategic focus to drive gender finance initiatives forward. These working groups were launched at a meeting of the Gender Finance Task Force, an initiative of the Ministry of Finance to champion gender equality in and by the financial sector.

On 8 March 2024, Max Hahn, Minister for Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living Together and Reception of Refugees, together with Dr Serge Allegrezza, Director of Statec, presented data on people with disabilities.