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"At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric, I am representing Luxembourg today, on 11 September 2023, at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile."

On 8 September 2023, Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, visited Ukraine. The purpose of the visit was to identify ways of strengthening and tailoring Luxembourg's support to Ukraine's reconstruction and humanitarian needs.

On September 7, U.S. Embassy Luxembourg, Limpertsberg History Friends, and the Ghost Army Legacy Project unveiled a new monument in Limpertsberg dedicated to the Ghost Army, a special U.S. Army Unit that played a key role in the liberation of Luxembourg in WWII.

During the “braderie” in Luxembourg City, our agents made controls to ensure that prices were correctly displayed on all stands.

Luxembourg and Iceland share close bilateral relations based on longstanding ties between the two governments, economies and peoples. Today's bilateral meeting between Prime minister Bettel and Prime minister Jakobsdóttir in Luxembourg allowed them to follow up after an earlier meeting in May this year in Reykjavik at the margins of the Council of Europe Summit.

During a press conference on September 6th, Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot, introduced the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct for Luxembourg: LuxNCP. During the conference, Minister Fayot presented the team, and outlined the missions, and the activities of LuxNCP.

Yuriko Backes, Minister of Finance, announced yesterday the launch of the Luxembourg Gender Finance Task Force, with a view to support, drive and stimulate gender finance in the Luxembourg financial centre. This initiative underlines the growing importance of gender finance both nationally and globally, within the field of sustainable finance.

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), with the support of the Administration de la gestion de l'eau (Water Management Agency), has adapted the "Bloomin'Algae" mobile application so that users of Luxembourg's water bodies can now notify the authorities of blooms of cyanobacteria, commonly known as "blue-green algae".

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has extended the online survey "Let's get loud!" for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people until 22 August.

On 24 July 2023, Max Hahn, Minister for Family Affairs and Integration, handed out a personalised "Citizen's Guide" to nine municipalities. The handover to the first five municipalities took place in May 2023.

Luxinnovation, the national innovation agency, is a member of the consortium selected by the European Commission to support the Ukrainian innovation community.

Paulette Lenert, Minister for Consumer Protection, took part in the informal ministerial meeting held in Bilbao on 24 July.

From 25 to 27 July 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, is paying a visit to the Republic of Korea. The visit marks the 70th anniversary of the signing the Korean War Armistice (1950-1953).

On 21 July 2023, the Minister for Family Affairs and Integration, Max Hahn, invited representatives of the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and the Social Security Inspectorate (IGSS) to a press conference to present the final report on the evaluation of the Social Inclusion Income Scheme (REVIS).