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Following the first Joint Call for HealthTech projects launched on 1 April 2021 to companies and research and healthcare organisations, four projects have been selected among the eight submitted. The selection process, which took place in two phases, covered 17 expressions of interest.

As the total number of valid registrations is less than 25,000 signatures, the request of 2 February 2022 to hold a referendum on the proposal to revise Chapters I, II, III, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII of the Constitution was not successful.

The University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), in collaboration with the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy (SMC) of the Ministry of State, today announces the development of the Luxembourg Quantum Communication Infrastructure Laboratory (LUQCIA).

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has decreased from 9,550 to 8,110 cases (-15%) for the week of 28 March to 3 April 2022.

Partly as a sign of its change of name, the Service des sites et monuments nationaux, now the Institut national pour le patrimoine architectural – INPA or National Institute for Architectural Heritage, has just published a book documenting 20 restoration projects on buildings belonging to the rural and urban architectural heritage.

On April 5th 2022, Minister for Culture Sam Tanson received Bettina Steinbrügge as she takes the office as director of the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean.

At the invitation of minister for Culture Sam Tanson, a number of delegations present in Luxembourg for the meeting of the Council of the European Union of ministers for Culture took the opportunity to visit Esch-Belval in the context of the European Capital of Culture, Esch2022.

With the Council exceptionally held in Luxembourg, the EU ministers of Culture resumed the discussions begun in early March on the measures adopted and to be adopted in support of Ukrainian artists and creative professionals - both refugees and non-refugees - and the cultural world.

Consumer Dialogue 2022: Develop with us The Ministry of Consumer Protection is organising, in collaboration with the European Commission, a Consumer

In order to cope with the cold snap and the sub-zero temperatures, which are expected for the next three days, the Minister of Family Affairs and Integration, Corinne Cahen, has announced the extension of the Winter Action (Wanteraktioun - WAK) until Tuesday 5 April 2022.

Every first Monday of the month, the emergency services test the siren network installed throughout the country.

In order to alleviate the pressure of rising prices on the purchasing power of the most vulnerable households, the agreement signed between the government, the Union des entreprises luxembourgeoises (UEL) and the trade unions CGFP and LCGB provides for three measures supporting both tenants and owners.

A control of payment service providers, organized by the Ministry for Consumer Protection, showed that the branches established in Luxembourg operate in compliance with the Consumption Code. However, the Ministry draws the attention of consumers that significant costs are linked to these operations.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has increased from 7,791 to 9,550 cases (+23%) for the week of 21 to 27 March 2022.

Claude Haagen, Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development, welcomed the new Ambassador of the United States of America, H.E. Thomas M. Barrett, on Tuesday, 29 March 2022, as part of his inauguration.