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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

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

Since 2022, it has become easier and faster to file a tax return with the new MyGuichet.lu assistant. 70% of the 300,000 natural person taxpayers could already potentially take advantage of this new tool for their tax return in 2021.

As of 17 February 2024, since the Digital Services Act (DSA) entered into force last November, providers of online platforms and providers of online search engines will be required to publish the average monthly active recipients of the service in the European Union.

On 10 March 2023, the Ministry of Consumer Protection, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development, will organise a conference on the subject of food: "What will we eat tomorrow? The challenges of food production in the face of consumption in transition".

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

Following Turkey's request for assistance from the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), Minister for Home Affairs Taina Bofferding confirms that a logistics expert has been selected to support European relief efforts in Turkey following the earthquake.

On 10 February 2023, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland, Sanna Marin, paid a working visit to Luxembourg.

During the Autofestival, officers from the Ministry of Consumer Protection carried out controls on car dealers throughout the country.

Following the triggering of the index bracket, confirmed by the publication of the index results for January 2023, and the monthly meeting of the Index Commission on 10 February 2023, the social parameters were adjusted with effect from 1 February 2023.

On 8 February 2023, the Chamber of Deputies voted unanimously in the first vote on the two bills concerning the merger of the municipalities of Grosbous-Wahl and Bous-Waldbredimus respectively.