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Online carbon footprint calculator: myImpact.lu
The Ministry for Consumer Protection has just launched an online tool that allows you to calculate your personal carbon footprint.
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#MedSafetyWeek 2023: A global week to raise awareness of medicines safety
"Medsafetyweek" takes place from 6 to 12 November. Initiated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), this global campaign aims to raise public awareness of the safety and proper use of medicines.
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Week 43 review - 23 to 29 October 2023
The weekly retrospective gives a summary of trends in acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19 and influenza (influenza virus) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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New COVID-19 cases: week 42 review - 16 to 22 October 2023
The weekly retrospective gives a summary of trends in acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19 and influenza (influenza virus) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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Promoting intercultural living together": Launch of the 2024 call for projects
In order to implement the law of 23 August 2023 on intercultural living together, the Integration Department of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region is launching a call for projects entitled "Promoting intercultural living together", aimed at funding projects that promote intercultural living together in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Prevention week to mark World Stroke Day
To mark World Stroke Day on 29 October, the Ministry of Health is providing support for awareness-raising campaigns on the subject.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for $100M U.S. Government Funded Expansion of the WSA
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.
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Respiratory tract infections: New COVID-19 cases: week 41 review - 9 to 15 October 2023
The weekly review provides a summary of the evolution of acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19 and influenza.
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Yuriko Backes Welcomes Janet Yellen to Luxembourg
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.
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World Organ Donor Day
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.
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Statement by Minister Jean Asselborn regarding the situation in Gaza following the terrorist attacks by Hamas
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.
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Coalition negotiations at Senningen Castle
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.
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Conference on online financial fraud
The Ministry for Consumer Protection is partnering a conference on online financial fraud.
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Launch of the coalition negotiations by formateur Luc Frieden
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.
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Formateur Luc Frieden receives a delegation from the CSV and the DP for the first meeting of the coalition negotiations
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.