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On 31 January 2024, Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes and Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia Hanno Pevkur, exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the contribution by Luxembourg Defence of 12 million euros to the renovation of the Ämari Air Base, Estonia. The exchange took place on the sidelines of the informal meeting of Defence ministers of the EU in Brussels.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union, held in Brussels on 29 January 2024.

On 29 January 2024, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milojko Spajić, paid a working visit to Luxembourg.

One year after the law came into force requiring home residents to install smoke detectors in escape routes and bedrooms, Minister for Home Affairs Léon Gloden reminds us of its vital importance: "This technical tool makes it easy to detect a potential fire as early as possible. It's within everyone's reach, providing warning and protection".

On his working visit to Japan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, held bilateral talks in Tokyo with Yoko Kamikawa, Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yoshimasa Hayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary and President of the Luxembourg-Japan Parliamentary League.

The weekly retrospective gives a summary of trends in acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19, influenza (influenza virus) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

On the occasion of his working visit to Japan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, travelled to Osaka to take part in a ceremony marking the launch of construction work on the Luxembourg pavilion for the 2025 World Expo.

Based on the report of the Economic Committee of 23 January 2024, the government in council has decided to declare certain branches of the construction sector in a state of crisis for a period of six months, from February to July 2024, and to implement short-time working for economic reasons.

The meeting of the OECD's Health Committee at ministerial level took place in Paris on 23 January under the chairmanship of the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, Frank Vandenbroucke.

Martine Hansen, ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et de la Viticulture a participé au Conseil "Agriculture et Pêche" ce mardi, 23 janvier 2024 à Bruxelles.

On 23 January 2024, Minister of Finance Gilles Roth presented the State's financial position at 31 December 2023 to the members of the Finance Committee and the Committee for Monitoring Budget Implementation.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the Council of the European Union, held in Brussels on 22 January 2024.

Martine Hansen, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture, met representatives of the Baueren-Allianz on Monday 22 January 2024 for a concrete and constructive exchange of views.

On 22 January 2024, Elisabeth Margue, Minister of Justice, met Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, to discuss a number of issues, including the Rule of Law Report 2023.

On 20 January, Minister Martine Hansen represented Luxembourg at the 16th Conference of Agriculture Ministers in Berlin, the culmination of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), which brought together more than 80 agriculture ministers under the auspices of the German Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir.