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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.

On 1 March 2018, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, went to Brasilia to officially inaugurate the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Brazil.

Even though the General Police Inspectorate (IGP) does not have the competency to examine complaints about the rightfulness of Police fines in relation with contraventions to the traffic regulations (“Code de la Route”), the IGP often happens to be the recipient of such complaints.

The www.gouvernement.lu portal unveils a new design, available in four language versions: French, German, English and Luxembourgish.

After being housed in a temporary location in Kirchberg for almost three years during the renovation of its Glacis building, the National Institute of Languages is returning to its refurbished main premises.

Due to several complaints regarding speed controls carried out through a handheld radar speed gun, the IGP decided to analyse the methods used by the Police in this domain.

The draft bills n° 7044 concerning the General Police Inspectorate and n° 7040 regarding the disciplinary statute of Police members of the grand-ducal Police are definitely essential texts in the area of institutionalized control mechanisms of the Police. These texts intend to magnify the scope of the law of 31 May 1999 about the Police and the General Police Inspectorate.

On August 22, 2016 the draft bills n° 7044 on the General Police Inspectorate (IGP) reform, n° 7045 on the Police reform and n° 7040 on the disciplinary status of the Police members were introduced to Parliament.

The Ministry of the Economy and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that provides a framework for the development and implementation of scientific, technical, economic and political cooperation between Luxembourg and China in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.

On Friday, 12 January 2018, the High Commission for National Protection (Haut-Commissariat à la Protection Nationale, HCPN), in conjunction with the National Health Directorate, held a seminar on crisis management and radiation protection in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Stakeholders

On 5 January 2018 the Government Council approved an update of the Emergency Response Plan to deal with attacks against information systems or the technical failure of information systems ('Cyber ERP'). The changes made to the version currently in force

Several new legal and regulatory provisions applying directly to citizens will enter into force in 2018. Below is an overview of the main changes that will have a direct impact on ordinary citizens. The list is not exhaustive. Housing aid

This certification concludes a joint effort of nearly 4 years by all stakeholders at Luxembourg Airport to obtain the aerodrome certification. The certification process involved specialists from lux-Airport,  Administration de la navigation aérienne (ANA), Fire Department, Administration des ponts

The Luxembourg government has decided to appeal the European Commission’s decision in the Amazon case.