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The Sustainable Development Goals will never be achieved without closing the gender equality gap. Progress towards this was painfully slow before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of even that progress has since been reversed. War and climate change are making matters worse.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has decreased from 2,000 to 1,310 cases (-34%) for the week of 01 to 07 August 2022.

The Information and Press Service has just republished the brochure About... Languages in Luxembourg. It is part of the "About..." series that aims to highlight specific aspects of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Josée Kirps, Director of the Luxembourg National Archives, has been appointed President of the International Council on Archives (ICA) for the next four years.

The "vigilance phase" for the use of drinking water, which was proclaimed by the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development and the Water management agency on 13 July, is lifted. The "awareness phase" remains in force.

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus that has been circulating in Europe for several months. On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has decreased from 3,577 to 2,000 cases (-44%) for the week of 25 to 31 July 2022.

Swearing-In of Ms Nena Sand at the national Institute for Archaeological Research On July 28, 2022, Minister of Culture Sam Tanson swore in Ms. Nena

At the extraordinary meeting of the Council of the EU Energy Ministers, the Member States reached a political agreement on a reduction - in a first phase on a voluntary basis - of 15% of natural gas demand between 1 August 2022 and 31 March 2023.

Today, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, has decided that the request for the organisation of a referendum on the proposed revision of Chapters IV and Vbis of the Constitution, submitted by an initiative committee and received on 27 July 2022, is declared admissible.

The relevant authorities of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland have adopted on the 26th of July the evolutions of the Nutri-Score algorithm for foods, drawn up by the scientific committee.

As part of the reform of the national warning system, the government will continue to implement its national warning system testing strategy on Monday 1. August 2022 by carrying out the monthly test of the siren network and sending a test message on the GouvAlert application and an alert SMS warning message, which will be tested within a specific area.

The Minister for Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region, Corinne Cahen, took part in the conference of integration ministers in Vienna on 28 July 2022.

During a check carried out among the new businesses that opened this year in Luxembourg City and its surroundings, it was found that the vast majority of these young businesses know and comply with Luxembourg regulations in terms of price indication.

Today, a request for a referendum under Article 114 of the Constitution has been submitted to the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, by an initiative committee in the context of the revision of Chapters IV and Vbis of the Constitution.