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On 2 September 2021, the Minister for Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch, and the Minister of Health, Paulette Lenert, presented the COVID-19 health scheme (Stufeplang) which will apply from the start of the 2021-2022 school year. As in the previous year, the objective of the health system remains “Maximal Chancë fir d'Bildung, minimal Chancë fir de Virus”.

Paul Wurth S.A., a company of SMS group, and the University of Luxembourg have entered into an agreement to create and finance the Paul Wurth Chair in Energy Process Engineering.

The multilingual context of Luxembourg makes the diagnosis of learning disabilities particularly complex and difficult. Having guidelines can therefore considerably simplify the daily life of professionals in the educational and psycho-social field.

The University of Luxembourg and the Ministry of the Economy announce the creation of an academic Chair in Digital Procurement. The Chair will be hosted at the University's Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL) of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and will train Master students in the use of new technologies and computer science in procurement.

Luxembourg just entered a strategic partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a "European Space Resources Innovation Centre", called ESRIC in abbreviated form.

On 4 August 2020, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Ministry of the Economy, as the supervisory body of the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) in view of the creation by the end of 2020, in Luxembourg, of a "European Space Resources Innovation Centre”, called ESRIC in abbreviated form.

The Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot and the Minister for Higher Education and Research Claude Meisch visited Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) on Monday. Their motive was an inspection and demonstration of the “Cross-Functional Dashboard”, in relation to the country’s COVID-19 data.

For the public celebration of the birthday of HRH the Grand Duke, an official ceremony will take place on 23 June at the National monument of Luxembourgish solidarity ("Kanounenhiwwel").

On 16 April 2020, the Minister of Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch, explained the phased resumption of activities in schools and childcare facilities.

On 2 April 2020, the Minister of Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch, announced the ministry's ambitions within the context of the suspension of school and educational activities which has just been extended by the Government until 3 May 2020 inclusive.

Taking into account the evolution of the coronavirus COVID-19 in our neighbouring countries and on the national territory, it is necessary to take additional measures to limit the spread of the virus in the population and to protect those at risk.

On 12 March 2020, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, convened an extraordinary Government Council dedicated to measures to tackle the spread of the Coronavirus.

In the presence of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, Luxinnovation, the national agency for the promotion of innovation, celebrated its 35th anniversary at the Athénée de Luxembourg.

For the public celebration of the birthday of HRH the Grand Duke, members of the Grand Duke's family and the government will attend the festivities organised in Esch-sur-Alzette, Bourscheid and Luxembourg City on 22nd and 23rd June 2019.

Following the death of His Royal Highness Grand Duke Jean, the Government Council met on Tuesday, 23 April 2019, for an extraordinary meeting chaired by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.