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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.

In accordance with Article L. 223-1 of the Labour Code, the monthly minimum social wage will be adjusted to the 898.93 weighted cost of living index from 1 February 2023.

Prime Minister, Minister of State Xavier Bettel attended the Special European Council in Brussels on 9th and 10th February. The main items on the agenda included Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the economic situation at EU level, as well as aspects of European migration policy.

In view of the extent of the humanitarian needs following the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on 6 February, Luxembourg's cooperation will, in a first phase, contribute almost one million euros through various partners active in the two affected countries by supporting their humanitarian operations.

Today, a second member of the Humanitarian Intervention Team (HIT) of the Corps grand-ducal d'incendie et de secours (CGDIS), an expert in logistics, will leave on a humanitarian mission to the earthquake zone in Turkey.

The financing of enterprises and the coordination of state aid schemes are part of the specific tasks of the Ministry of the Economy as the body responsible for implementing economic development and diversification policy and economic promotion policy.