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The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, made an official visit to Ljubljana in Slovenia on 22 February 2023. In this context, he met the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Robert Golob.

In response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, and at the request of the Turkish government, Luxembourg is stepping up its humanitarian support to the affected populations by offering in-kind donations to Turkey.

On 21 February 2023, Marc Hansen, Minister Delegate for Digitalisation, took part in the "e-invoicing Symposium". This event dedicated to electronic invoicing was organised by the Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Ministry for Digitalisation and the Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts.

On Wednesday 26 October 2022, the first census of homeless people took place in the city of Luxembourg. The action was carried out on the initiative of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region and was organized and coordinated locally by Inter-Actions.

On 21 February 2023, the General Directorate for Tourism officially launched the call for entries for the second edition of the "Luxembourg Tourism Awards", which will reward players in the sector who have been particularly innovative in their projects.

Date of entry into force: 1 March 2023

The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, attended the meeting of the "Foreign Affairs" Council of the EU, which took place on 20 February 2023 in Brussels.

After months of preparation, the EFAD, the film agencies and Culture Ministries from 13 countries launched, in presence of Culture Ministers Sam Tanson (Luxembourg), Rima Abdul-Malak (France) and Claudia Roth (Germany) during the 73rd edition of the Berlinale the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films.

In May 2022, the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region and its partners launched the awareness campaign "I can vote". The aim is to inform non-Luxembourg residents of their right to vote in the municipal elections on 11 June 2023 and to make them aware of the need to register on the electoral rolls by 17 April 2023 at 5pm.

Exemption to minimum horizontal safety distance from uninvolved people

The number of available resident jobseekers registered with the ADEM was 15,801 on 31 January 2023, an increase of 331 persons (or -2.1%) compared to January 2023. The number of jobseekers is increasing for all vacancy durations except for those with a registration period of more than 12 months.

At a key moment for Euro-Atlantic security, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, took part in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting at Defence Minister level, which took place in Brussels on 14 and 15 February.

On 15 February, the Minister of Defence, François Bausch, signed a Letter of Intent concerning the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS).

In their new report "Resilient and Robust: Climate-Proofing the Military for Increased Military Effectiveness", funded by Luxembourg's Directorate of Defence, experts of the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies have studied a number of dual-use climate proof technologies helping armed forces to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change and more robust in terms of military effec