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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. ​

Luxembourg becomes the first European country to launch a Sustainability Bond Framework. This innovative framework, which meets the highest market standards, is also the first in the world to fully comply with the new recommendations of the European taxonomy for green financing.

New Convention signed with the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) The Luxembourg Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Jean

The European Commissioner responsible for transport, Adina Vălean, reacted to the open letter from Minister François Bausch in which he called for massive investment to extend the European rail network.

Preliminary test results published by the Charité hospital in Berlin indicate that one of the main figures of the political opposition in Russia, Alexei Navalny was poisoned. I join my EU colleagues in wishing Mr Navalny a prompt and full recovery and expressing our sympathy to his family at this difficult time.