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Xavier Bettel discusses state of tech with US tech leaders
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).
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EASA: Boeing 737 MAX safe to return to service in Europe
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.
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FATF: On-site visit for mutual evaluation of Luxembourg has been postponed due to COVID-19
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).
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Press conference: Signing of the Agreement between the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Consistoire Israélite of Luxembourg
The Livestream of the Press conference beginns at around 5 p.m..
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Communication on the new health measures for air travel to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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.
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Next phase of the deployment of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Luxembourg (Phase 2)
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.
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"Have scenarios ready to be deployed when it gets tough"
Interview with Paulette Lenert in Delano
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New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 11 - 17 January
During the week from 11 to 17 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 1,036 to 859 (-17%), as did the number of their identified close contacts, dropping from 3,496 cases the previous week to 3,024 (-14%).
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A reference guide addresses learning disabilities in the specific multilingual context of Luxembourg
The multilingual context of Luxembourg makes the diagnosis of learning disabilities particularly complex and difficult. Having guidelines can therefore considerably simplify the daily life of professionals in the educational and psycho-social field.
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Food Labeling Film Series
As part of its awareness campaign "Safety in my plate", the Government Commission for Quality, Fraud and Food Safety is launching from January 18 a series of films to inform consumers about food labelling.
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E-evidence and data retention were the topics of the informal Vendôme Group meeting hosted by Luxembourg minister of Justice, Sam Tanson
On January 15th, 2021, Sam Tanson hosted a videoconference with her counterparts of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain to discuss access to cross-border e-evidence in criminal matters and electronic data retention.
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Roll-out of the vaccination campaign in Luxembourg
The stockpile of COVID-19 vaccine doses continues to grow steadily.
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New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 4 - 10 January
During the week from 4 to 10 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 1,135 to 1,036 (-9%), while the number of their identified close contacts increased from 2,106 the previous week to 3,496 (+66%).
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Start of vaccinations against COVID-19 in hospitals
Following the delivery of 4,875 new doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine on 11 January, the four hospitals CHdN, CHEM, CHL and HRS, as well as the CHNP, began vaccinating health and healthcare professionals, as well as all other categories of professionals and subcontractors, within their structures.
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Luxembourg: first EU Member State to be supplied with Moderna vaccine
Luxembourg is the first EU Member State to have received the coronavirus vaccine from the American laboratory Moderna. Following the marketing authorisation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the approval given by the European Commission on 6 January, 1,200 doses of the Moderna vaccine were delivered to Luxembourg this morning.