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As part of the economic mission of the Prime Minister, Minister of State Xavier Bettel, to the West Coast of the United States, the Belgian-Luxembourg partnership between the Proximus Group and LuxConnect in the field of cloud was presented, during a visit to Google in Mountainview. ​

On 14 March 2023, François Bausch, in his capacity as Minister of Defence, had a bilateral meeting in the Pentagon with Dr. Colin Kahl, Under Secretary of Defence for Policy of the U.S. Department of Defence.

On 13 and 14 March 2023 Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes participated in the Eurogroup and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) in Brussels.

The Orientation Day of the Welcome and Integration Contract (CAI) took place on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

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".