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La Commission européenne lance une consultation publique dans le contexte de sa stratégie pour des textiles durables. Cette consultation s’adresse à toutes les parties prenantes de la chaîne de valeur du textile, aux pouvoirs publics, consommateurs, citoyens, centres de recherche...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) praises the Grand Duchy for its handling of the COVID crisis.

Today, on behalf of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn, the Director for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, called the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in Brussels, accredited to Luxembourg, in order to express Luxembourg's strong protest at the inadmissible step of the authorities of the Republic of Belarus.

Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna personally attended the Eurogroup meeting and the informal Ecofin summit in Lisbon on 21 and 22 May.

La 7e édition du Diversity Day s’est déroulée au Grand-Duché ce 20 mai 2021. Cette journée s’inscrit dans le cadre du mois européen de la Diversité de la Commission européenne. Les organisations ont été invitées à lancer des initiatives pour illustrer leur engagement sur les thèmes de la diversité au travers d’actions marquantes et ludiques.

During the week from 10 to 16 May and for the 3rd week in a row, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continued to decrease from 936 to 759 (-19.0%), while the number of their identified close contacts also decreased from 2,423 cases the previous week to 1,757 (-27.5%).

In addition to PCR tests carried out by medical laboratories on prescription or via Large Scale Testing and rapid antigen tests carried out by health professionals, the government's testing strategy also includes the extensive distribution of rapid antigen self-tests.

Declaration of Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden.

Rapid antigen tests are not intended for recycling. They should be disposed of in the same garbage can as the usual household waste (grey garbage can).

« Être soi-même n'est pas une idéologie. Vous êtes chez vous dans l'UE. L'UE est une zone de de liberté LGBTQI. Les zones sans personnes LGBTQI sont des zones sans humanité. »

In view of the development of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus at the international level, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Ministry of Health would like to inform of the extension of the sanitary measures applicable for all air travel to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

During the week from 3 to 9 May, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased again from 1,119 to 936 (-16.4%), while the number of their identified close contacts also decreased from 2,967 cases the previous week to 2,423 (-18.4%).

Luxembourg welcomes the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in the Amazon EU SARL case, which confirms that the tax treatment of the taxpayer in question under the tax rules applicable at the time does not constitute State aid.

From 12 May, rapid antigen tests (RATs) by nose swab, as well as self-tests, can be performed and certified in the first pharmacies. All participating pharmacies will offer this service from Monday 17 May. The test result can be obtained in less than 30 minutes.

From 17 May 2021, 5.7 million tests will be distributed. To this end, 4 distribution centres have been set up. The distribution will take place in Soleuvre near the Festikuss cultural centre, in Bertrange near the ARCA cultural centre (200m from the Centre Atert), in the ZANO industrial zone at Fridhaff and in Grevenmacher near the Op Flohr stadium.