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Washington, D.C, October 15, 2022 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, signed a new agreement today with the Government of Luxembourg to support low- and middle-income countries in market creation and private sector investment.

During the week of 3 to 9 October, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased to 3,004 cases, compared to 2,324 cases the previous week. In addition, 1,246 people were re-infected, representing 29.3% of all those who tested positive, compared to 876 (27.4%) the previous week.

On Thursday 13 October, Ludivine Dedonder, Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, and François Bausch, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signed a Declaration of Intent concerning the location of the bi-national reconnaissance battalion.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the SOLVIT network, the Ministry of the Economy and the Law Department of the University of Luxembourg invite to a conference entitled "SOLVIT: Towards a default tool for dispute resolution in the Single Market" which will take place on Friday 14 October from 10.30 to 17.30.

On 11 October 2022, at the invitation of Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, participated as a speaker in the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC).

Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel's state of the Nation Address 2022

New recommendations for a second booster dose (or 4th dose)

Two days after its adoption by the Government, Minister for Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, Minister for Housing, Henri Kox, and Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes, today presented the bill on the land tax, land mobilisation tax and housing tax, as well as the bill on the national register of buildings and dwellings.

During the week of 26 September to 2 October, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased to 2,324 cases, compared to 1,300 cases the previous week.

Two and a half years after the start of the pandemic crisis, the OECD will present a multidimensional assessment of the management of COVID-19 in Luxembourg. The livestreaming starts around 9am.

On 4 October 2022, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, participated in the ninth edition of the Warsaw Security Forum. François Bausch was invited as a speaker at two panel discussions and he had a bilateral meeting with Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia.

Every year on October 1, the international community celebrates the "International Day of Older Persons" with the aim of raising public awareness of the challenges resulting from increased life expectancy, to honour the many contributions seniors make to society.

The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and national innovation agency Luxinnovation today signed memorandums of cooperation with JETRO, the Japan External Trade Organisation, aimed at establishing a cooperative framework for facilitating cross-border business and investment opportunities.

The 18th edition of the European Forum of Official Gazettes took place at the Abbey of Neumünster in Luxembourg City on 22-24 September 2022. The event was hosted by the Ministry of State − Central Service for Legislation (SCL), which publishes the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

The verification of the results regarding the number of signatures collected by each municipality gives the following total number: