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'We express our profound shock and strong condemnation of the repeated and ongoing demolition, by Israeli forces, of structures belonging to Palestinian families in Humsa Al Bqai'a and surrounding communities in the occupied West Bank, since 1 February 2021.'

FEDAS has published guidelines for dealing with food allergies in day-care centers.

Despite the current pandemic and its unprecedented impacts on the aviation industry, it is of the utmost importance that economic recovery does not lead to backsliding in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

At a press conference on February 8, 2021, the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Carole Dieschbourg, and the Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, presented the national "Circular Economy" strategy.

The Luxembourg Government takes note of the publication of a series of articles in the international press concerning alleged shortcomings in the Grand Duchy's anti-money laundering arrangements and refutes the various allegations. The authors also make a number of unsubstantiated assertions about the Luxembourg economy and the financial centre.

During the week from25 to 31 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased from 843 to 999 (+19%), while the number of their identified close contacts remained stable at 2,774 compared to 2,760 from the previous week (+0.5%).

At a press conference, the Minister of Health, Paulette Lenert, reviewed the evolution of the pandemic since the summer and more particularly, since the resurgence of new infections at the end of October 2020.

During the week from 18 to 24 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 859 to 843 (-2%), as did the number of their identified close contacts, dropping from 3,024 cases the previous week to 2,760 (-9%).

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has held virtual meetings with several US tech leaders, discussing the global economic situation after one year of the COVID-19 crisis. Xavier Bettel has held in-depth talks with Chuck Robbins (CEO, Cisco), Dan Schulman (CEO, Paypal) and Jensen Huang (CEO, Nvidia).

On January 27, 2021, the European Union Safety Agency (EASA) has officially declared the Boeing 737 MAX to be safe for its return to service. This statement is the result of a full and independent assessment carried by EASA.

Luxembourg's AML/CFT system is currently being evaluated as part of the 4th round of mutual evaluations by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

The Livestream of the Press conference beginns at around 5 p.m..

Anyone, regardless of nationality, aged 6 or over, wishing to travel by air to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, must present upon boarding the negative result (on paper or electronic document) of a test that detects SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid, or of a rapid antigen test, performed up to 72 hours before the flight.

Today the Government Council decided on the next phase of the vaccination campaign on the basis of the opinion of the National Ethics Commission (Commission nationale d'éthique, C.N.E.) of 21 January. intervenu en date du 21 janvier.

Interview with Paulette Lenert in Delano