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On the occasion of the public celebration of the birthday of HRH the Grand Duke, members of the Grand Duke's family and the government attend the festivities organised in Grevenmacher, Esch-sur-Alzette and Luxembourg City on 22nd and 23rd June 2023.

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, informs that today, 15 June 2023, H.R.H. the Grand Duke has honourably discharged, at her own request, Corinne Cahen, Minister for Family Affairs and Integration, Minister for the Greater Region.

At the invitation of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, the President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, José Maria Neves, and his wife, Débora Katisa Carvalho, paid a state visit to Luxembourg from 23 to 25 May.

At the invitation of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, the President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, José Maria Neves, and his wife, Débora Katisa Carvalho, paid a state visit to Luxembourg from 23 to 25 May.

At the invitation of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, the President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, José Maria Neves, and his wife, Débora Katisa Carvalho, paid a state visit to Luxembourg from 23 to 25 May.

At the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Phạm Minh Chính, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, paid an official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 3 to 5 May 2023. He was accompanied by the Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Minister for Tourism, Lex Delles.

On April 17 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Joëlle Welfring, the Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, and the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, presented the first draft for the update of the "Energie- a Klimaplang fir Lëtzebuerg".

Prime Minister, Minister of State Xavier Bettel travelled to the West Coast of the United States from 13 to 16 March as part of an economic mission.

As part of the economic mission of the Prime Minister, Minister of State Xavier Bettel, to the West Coast of the United States, the Belgian-Luxembourg partnership between the Proximus Group and LuxConnect in the field of cloud was presented, during a visit to Google in Mountainview. ​

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, made an official visit to Ljubljana in Slovenia on 22 February 2023. In this context, he met the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Robert Golob.

On 10 February 2023, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland, Sanna Marin, paid a working visit to Luxembourg.

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.

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot visited the premises of Artec 3D in Senningerberg on 31 January 2023 to inaugurate the company's new optoelectronic production site where its award-winning 3D scanners, which have contributed to its worldwide reputation, will be assembled and manufactured.

At the request of the agricultural sector, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Minister of State, Claude Haagen, Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development and Joëlle Welfring, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development invited representatives of the agricultural, viticultural and horticultural professions to the "Agrarsommet" on 26 January 2023 at the Château de Senningen.

For the eighth time, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, attended the World Economic Forum (#WEF23) in Davos, Switzerland. During his trip, the Prime Minister was accompanied by the Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes and H.R.H. the Hereditary Grand Duke.