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Following the unacceptable levels of violence recently witnessed in the Gaza Strip, Luxembourg's foreign policy chief, Jean Asselborn, has decided to summon the Ambassador of Israel to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in Luxembourg.

On Monday, May 14th 2018, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider met with Guardian Industries' President and CEO, Ronald D. Vaupel, and the President and CEO of Guardian Glass, Kevin Baird, at Guardian World Headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.

In addition to the annual contributions to the World Food Programme (WFP) within the framework of its strategic partnership agreement, Luxembourg has decided to enter a new partnership with the World Food Programme’s Innovation Accelerator, based in Munich.

Nicolas Schmit and Francine Closener, joined by Isabelle Schlesser, present the Luxembourg Digital Skills Bridge programme, which aims to support companies, and their employees, whose activity will be radically transformed by major technological changes towards a new organisation, new functions and new jobs.

Luxembourg became the first foreign nation to break ground for its pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai on Sunday 29 April 2018, when Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider held an official ground-breaking ceremony on the site of the next World Expo in Dubai.

The International Conference on Competitiveness Strategies for the Small States of the EU brought together national and international researchers, as well as the interested public, to discuss different issues on competitiveness, particularly with regard to the specificities of small states.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg announced a new partnership program to support economic growth and development in emerging markets.

Amazon is the 2018 recipient of the Luxembourg-American Business Award that will be celebrated on May 15th, 2018 during a ceremony organized by the Luxembourg American Chamber of Commerce (LACC) that was founded in 1991 to stimulate and promote economic development, trade and investment, between North America and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Les Letters of agreement avec les différents utilisateurs de notre espace aérien sont revus régulièrement. L'accord avec le Cercle Luxembourgeois de vol à voile (CLVV) a été modifié pour la saison 2018 et fût signé le vendredi 30.3.2018 par M. Claudio Clori (CEO f.f.), M. Constant Rausch (chef ATC/APP) et le président du CLVV, M. Tom Scholtes.

In the context of the Salisbury attack, the Luxembourg Government stands in full solidarity with the United Kingdom in the face of this serious challenge to our common security.

Head of Space Affairs at the Ministry of the Economy, Marc Serres, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the ESA Council for the remaining mandate of the current chairship until 30 June 2019. As the first Vice-Chairman of the ESA Council from Luxembourg, he replaces Otylia Trzaskalska-Stroińska, Deputy Director, Innovation Department at the Ministry of the Development of the Republic of Poland.

Taking into account the international orientation of the Luxembourg labour market with an exceptional level of foreign and multilingual workforce, the Luxembourg Employment Agency (ADEM) has launched today the English version of its internet platform Portail de l’emploi (www.adem.lu) which already is available in French and German.

The 14th of March 2018, Prime minister Xavier Bettel had a meeting with his British counterpart, Theresa May, at 10 Downing Street. The two prime ministers discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as European and international politics.

The internationally acclaimed researcher Michael Goedert, a Luxembourg national, is awarded with the “Brain Prize 2018” by the Lundbeck Foundation. The Brain Prize recognises influential advances in any area of neuroscience.

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel traveled for a working visit to Dublin, Ireland, on March 5, 2018. Today, 5th of March 2018, the Prime Minister had a meeting with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. The counterparts discussed about the bilateral relations between the two countries, but also about the future of the European Union and particularly Brexit.