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During the week of 28 September to 4 October, the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 is up 19% with 549 people, compared to 460 the previous week. The number of contacts remains at a stable high level with 4,619 compared to 4,666 contacts (-1%) the previous week.

At the end of the half-yearly meeting of the Trade and Investment Board, the Minister of the Economy and the President of the Chamber of Commerce presented the recent initiatives that have been taken, particularly in the context of the pandemic, to support Luxembourg companies in their efforts to internationalise with the opening of a Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office (LTIO) in Casablanca.

En date du 6 octobre, près d’une centaine d’organisations luxembourgeoises ont célébré la diversité et l’inclusion lors de la 6e édition du Diversity Day. Événement international, cette journée de la diversité invite les acteurs de tous horizons à lancer des initiatives pour illustrer leur engagement en faveur de la diversité au travers d’actions ponctuelles et ludiques.

Luxembourg/Kuala Lumpur (5 October 2020) – The Alliance of Financial Inclusion (AFI) has launched its Europe Representative Office (ERO) in the City of Luxembourg, the first office in Europe for the world's leading organization on financial inclusion policy and regulation.

Le 1er octobre 2020, la ministre de la Famille et de l’Intégration, Corinne Cahen, a assisté à l’inauguration des locaux rénovés du Club Senior "Mosaïque Club" à Esch-sur-Alzette.

On 1 October 2020, Franz Fayot, Minister of Economy, and Maggy Nagel, Commissioner General of the Luxembourg Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, presented an update on Luxembourg's participation in the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, the official start of which has been postponed by exactly one year.

During the week of 21 to 27 September, the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 decreased by 32%, with 460 people compared to 672 the previous week. This trend is also reflected by the number of contacts, with 4,670 contacts compared to 5,441 (-14%) contacts in the same period.

Today, the City Climate Finance Gap Fund ("The Gap Fund”) was launched jointly by ministers and directors of the Governments of Germany and Luxembourg together with the World Bank, European Investment Bank, and Global Covenant of Mayors.

During the week of 14 to 20 September, there has been a high increase in the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 with 672 people compared to 282 in the previous week. The number of contacts has increased by 152% with 5,441 contacts compared to 2,163 in the previous week.

During the week of 7 to 13 September, the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 remains practically unchanged with 282 people compared to 281 the previous week. ​ The number of PCR tests carried out on residents amounts to 50,912 compared to 47,868 the previous week.

"I condemn in the strongest terms the execution of Navid Afkari in Iran on 12 September 2020."

During the week of 31 August to 6 September, the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 remains practically unchanged with 281 people compared to 288 the previous week. ​ The number of PCR tests carried out on residents amounts to 47,868.

Luxembourg has just successfully issued its first sovereign sustainability bond. Based on the new sustainability bond framework, presented on 2 September 2020, this €1.5 billion bond will contribute to finance and refinance sustainable projects.

The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide – developed under ESA's Partnership Projects programme – has been launched last night aboard an Arianespace Vega from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

During the week of 24 to 30 August, the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 remains practically unchanged with 288 people compared to 292 the previous week. ​