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To mark World Stroke Day on 29 October, the Ministry of Health is providing support for awareness-raising campaigns on the subject.

On October 19, 2023, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to inaugurate the expansion of the Warehouses Service Agency (WSA) complex in Sanem, which is already the U.S. Air Forces in Europe's (USAFE) largest depot on the continent.

The weekly review provides a summary of the evolution of acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19 and influenza.

On October 16, 2023, the Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes, welcomed Janet Yellen, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, to the Ministry of Finance for a bilateral meeting. This marks the first visit by a member of President Biden's cabinet to Luxembourg. Janet Yellen also attended a Eurogroup meeting held in Kirchberg in the afternoon.

On the occasion of World Organ Donor Day, celebrated every year on 17 October, the Ministry of Health and the Luxembourg Transplant association, the official body for managing donations and transplants in Luxembourg, are renewing their efforts to raise awareness of organ donation.

The Luxembourg Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, would like to recall his position on current events in Israel and Palestine, as expressed on RTL Tele on Tuesday 10 October, as well as in a tweet in the early morning hours of Sunday 8 October, just after the start of the terrorist attack.

At the invitation of formateur Luc Frieden, the CSV and DP delegations met in plenary session at Senningen Castle on 12 October to hear reports from various experts on the state of Luxembourg's public finances and the economic outlook.

The Ministry for Consumer Protection is partnering a conference on online financial fraud.

Luc Frieden, who was appointed formator by HRH the Grand Duke on 9 October 2023, invited the representatives of the CSV and DP parties to a first plenary meeting of the coalition negotiations, which was held on 11 October 2023 at Senningen Castle. The discussions took place in a cordial and very constructive atmosphere.

Following his assignment as formateur by HRH the Grand Duke, Luc Frieden announced that he had invited the CSV and DP delegations to an initial plenary meeting on the formation of a new government in the wake of the legislative elections on 8 October 2023.

To mark the month of pink October, devoted to the fight against breast cancer, the Ministry of Health has issued a reminder of the importance of breast cancer screening, which can detect tumours at an early stage and thus save lives.

Considering the current situation in Israel, the Luxembourg government strongly recommends that its citizens do not travel to Israel and the region.

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, has travelled to Granada, Spain, to take part in the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) and the informal meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union on 5 and 6 October 2023.

Intellectual property (IP) intensive products and services, particularly in key areas such as renewable energies, circular economy and artificial intelligence, are of the driving forces behind the green and digital transformation of the economy.

To coincide with National Housing Week, the Housing Observatory is publishing three new studies to support the implementation of housing and accommodation policies.