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At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Latvia, Egils Levits, HRH the Grand Duke paid a state visit to the Republic of Latvia from 13 to 14 March 2023. He was accompanied by Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and Franz Fayot, Minister of the Economy.

On 9 March, Minister of Internal Security Henri Kox attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels.

As part of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Minister of Equality between Women and Men, Taina Bofferding spoke at the debate on "Women, Peace and Security" ahead of the 25th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325.

The weekly retrospective gives you a broader overview of respiratory viruses in general: including COVID-19 and influenza.

The Minister of Defence François Bausch attended the informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Stockholm on 7-8 March 2023.

Today, on 8 March 2023, the Chamber of Deputies approved Bill 8111, which introduces a temporary price subsidy on the price of heat supply for households connected to a district heating network.

On International Women's Day, the Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter was launched with 69 signatories, which include the country's leading financial services firms, to improve gender diversity in the Luxembourg financial centre.

Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, paid a working visit to Cabo Verde on 7 March 2023.

On 7 March, François Bausch, Minister of Mobility and Public Works, participated as a panelist in a roundtable discussion on "The State of the Transport System" organised by the Systems Change Lab and the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

The year 2022 was marked by an unprecedented inflationary surge in energy prices and consumer prices in general, fuelled by Russia's war of invasion against Ukraine.

Ministers and high-level representatives from the 38 OECD member and candidate countries met in Luxembourg in November 2022 to reaffirm their shared commitment to defending and strengthening the democratic values that unite them at the Ministerial Meeting on Public Governance, which focused on "Building Trust and Reinforcing Democracy".

On 23 February 2023, the Minister of Defence François Bausch presented the draft law on the Cyber Defence Cloud (LCDC) to the Committee on Internal Security and Defence of the Chamber of Deputies and to the press.

As part of the reform of the national warning system, the government will continue to implement its national warning system testing strategy on Monday 6. March 2023 by carrying out the monthly test of the siren network and sending an alert SMS to the population in a specific area, as well as a test message on the GouvAlert application.

On 2nd March 2023, the Minister for Family Affairs and Integration, Corinne Cahen, presented a mid-term review of the "I can vote" awareness campaign and the latest figures on the registration rate of non-Luxembourgish residents in the National Register. On this occasion, she was accompanied by Emile Eicher, president of SYVICOL, who represents Luxembourg's 102 municipalities.

On 2 March 2023, Sam Tanson, Minister for Culture, Lydie Polfer, Mayor of the City of Luxembourg, and Serge Wilmes, alderman in charge of Tourism, congratulated the 87 official guides of the City of Luxembourg who had successfully completed the training courses organised by the Ministry of Culture on "Luxembourg: old quarters and fortifications", classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.