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The rating agency Scope Ratings has just confirmed on Friday the "AAA" credit rating of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with a stable outlook. This higher rating reflects the country's resilient economy, as well as the good performance of public finances.

Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, paid a working visit to Costa Rica from 23 to 27 January 2023.

The Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes travelled to Warsaw on 26 and 27 January 2023 for a meeting with the Polish Minister of Finance Magdalena Rzeczkowska. She also took the opportunity to attend the 4th Luxembourg-Poland Business Conference, in the presence of her Polish counterpart and the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Teresa Czerwińska.

"The high level of food safety that we are aiming for in the Grand Duchy requires a harmonised and simplified legal framework", said Claude Haagen at the end of the Council of Government meeting on 27 January 2023.

On 25 January, the Minister for Equality between Women and Men, Taina Bofferding, and the Secretary General of the National Research Fund (FNR) and official representative of Research Luxembourg, Marc Schiltz, signed an agreement for the second edition of the awareness-raising campaign "Women and Girls in Research".

At the request of the agricultural sector, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Minister of State, Claude Haagen, Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development and Joëlle Welfring, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development invited representatives of the agricultural, viticultural and horticultural professions to the "Agrarsommet" on 26 January 2023 at the Château de Senningen.

As part of its 5th anniversary, the Luxembourg Space Agency, in partnership with some twenty Luxembourg-based space companies and start-ups, is opening its doors to the general public throughout 2023.

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

215 housing units, including 37 affordable units (divided into 3 single-family homes and 34 apartments), will be built as part of the Mäertert Bergfeld Special Development Plan (plan d'aménagement particulier - PAP).

On 25 January 2023, Lex Delles, Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Carlo Thelen, Director General of the Chamber of Commerce, and Carole Muller, President of the Luxembourg Confederation of Commerce, presented the "Pakt Pro Commerce 2023".

On 25 January, the Minister of Justice presented a bill to adapt the national legal framework on the retention of personal data in the electronic communications sector to the requirements of the recent rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union in this area.

The Ministry of Culture's support for new forms of cultural mediation - blogs, vlogs and podcasts - is a new mechanism to support authors, critics or columnists specialised in cultural matters who create an independent platform, blog, vlog or podcast dedicated to publishing, accompanying or criticising current events in the artistic and cultural scene in Luxembourg.

We are pleased to announce the publication, in collaboration with colleagues from Skeyes, NATS, Eurocontrol, MUAC, FABEC, Canso, DFS, Crocontrol, EASA, Austro Control, Borealis Alliance, ENAV, of two reports relevant to all air navigation service providers looking to increase their sustainability!

On 24 January, the Council of State gave its opinion on the two Grand Ducal regulations on the procedures for the reimbursement of psychotherapy by health insurance.

Following the Chamber of Agriculture's opinion on draft law no. 8060 on support for the sustainable development of rural areas, commonly known as the "agriculture law", Minister Claude Haagen and representatives of the Chamber met several times to find solutions to the issues raised in the law.