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As part of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Minister of Equality between Women and Men, Taina Bofferding spoke at the debate on "Women, Peace and Security" ahead of the 25th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325.

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 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.

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.

On 9 February 2023, Georges Engel, Minister of Sport, and Taina Bofferding, Minister for Home Affairs, presented the "Lëtzebuerg lieft Sport - Mindmap", a catalogue of 50 examples of good practice designed to encourage municipal officials to promote sport and physical activity at local level.

On the eve of the entry into force of the new precepts of administrative supervision over municipalities and related entities, the Minister of Home Affairs and the President of the Syvicol highlighted, during a press conference, the key elements that will institute, for the benefit of the municipalities and the Ministry of Home Affairs, a more modern, transparent and digital administrative process

On 25 January, the Minister for Equality between Women and Men, Taina Bofferding, and the Secretary General of the National Research Fund (FNR) and official representative of Research Luxembourg, Marc Schiltz, signed an agreement for the second edition of the awareness-raising campaign "Women and Girls in Research".

215 housing units, including 37 affordable units (divided into 3 single-family homes and 34 apartments), will be built as part of the Mäertert Bergfeld Special Development Plan (plan d'aménagement particulier - PAP).

On 11 June 2023, voters will renew all communal councils in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The main dates for this election and the major changes compared to the last communal elections were the focus of a press conference held today at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Since 2021, the government, under the coordination of the Minister of Home Affairs, has been working on the overhaul of the national alert system.

The Minister of Equality between Women and Men, Taina Bofferding, launched the new information and awareness campaign called "Sexismus: Erkenn et. Schwätz et un. Stopp et!" on 23 November 2022, in attendance of Caterina Bolognese, Head of the Gender Equality Division of the Directorate General of Democracy at the Council of Europe.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg-Kirchberg today hosted the first European conference on community disaster preparedness.

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.

On 8 September 2022, the Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, the Minister for Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, and the Minister for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Lex Delles, together with the representatives of Syvicol, Serge Hoffmann, the Chamber of Commerce, Fernand Ernster, and the Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts, Alexander Kieffer, presented the national campaign for energy savings.

On September 6, 2022, Taina Bofferding received representatives of the Association of Veteran Firefighters.