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Following the passing of Camille Gira, Claude Turmes joins the Government on 20 June 2018. He is appointed Secretary for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure.

Luxembourg has taken note of the decision by the European Commission in the ENGIE case, announced on June 20, 2018.

Le 12 juin 2018, LL.AA.RR. le Grand-Duc Héritier et la Grande-Duchesse Héritière, la ministre de la Famille et de l'Intégration, Corinne Cahen, le ministre du Travail, de l'Emploi et de l'Économie sociale et solidaire, Nicolas Schmit, et le président du Conseil d'Administration de la Fondation Kräizbierg, Henri Grethen, ont remis les certificats de fin de formation.

Le 4 juin 2018, la Seniorie St Joseph Consdorf a inauguré un nouveau bâtiment en présence de Corinne Cahen, ministre de la Famille et de l’Intégration.

Le 30 mai 2018, Corinne Cahen, ministre de la Famille et de l’Intégration, a officiellement remis les certificats de formation aux fonctions d'aide socio-familiale (ASF) aux stagiaires employés dans des œuvres sociales diverses.

On May 29, 2018, the Secretary of State for the Economy, Francine Closener has launched Creativecluster.lu, a digital collaboration platform of the Creative Industries Cluster, in the presence of Marc Lis and Jan Glas, respectively cluster manager and president of the "Luxembourg Creative Industries Cluster".

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Luxembourg signed an agreement Tuesday that will support the creation of new markets for climate finance in emerging economies—by developing green-bond policies, training bankers and executives, and helping countries adopt the Green Bond Principles and other best practices.

The National Library of Luxembourg is inviting to the exhibition opening of The Windbook, by American photographic artist Accra Shepp on the 31 May 2018 at 6 pm.

The government is deeply saddened to announce the death of one of its members, the Secretary of State for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, Camille Gira. The sudden and unexpected death occurred on the evening of May 16, 2018.

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.