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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 Benelux Summit was held on 28 November 2022 at Bourglinster Castle as part of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Benelux Union. The Luxembourg Presidency focused on three priorities: emerging stronger from the pandemic, promoting synergies with neighbouring regions and working towards a green, safe and competitive Benelux.

On 22 November 2022, the Prime Minister and Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, travelled to Strasbourg, France, to take part in the solemn ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament.

Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel's state of the Nation Address 2022

Two and a half years after the start of the pandemic crisis, the OECD will present a multidimensional assessment of the management of COVID-19 in Luxembourg. The livestreaming starts around 9am.

After the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel wishes to express, on behalf of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, his sincere condolences to the Royal Family and to the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

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.

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.

On 13th July 2022, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the first meeting of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the college of commissioners held - at the invitation of the Luxembourg Government - its weekly meeting at the Hôtel de Ville in Luxembourg.

On 21 June 2022 and at the invitation of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, went to Kiev in Ukraine.

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 attended the festivities organised in Lellingen (municipality of Kiischpelt), Esch-sur-Alzette and Luxembourg City on 22nd and 23rd June 2022.

On 7 June 2022, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel and the Minister of the Economy, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Franz Fayot pursued their trip to Africa - on this day in Kigali, Rwanda, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagamé.

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, informs that this morning, H.R.H. the Grand Duke has discharged, at her own request, Carole Dieschbourg, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development.

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes and Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot presented the so-called 'Solidaritéitspak' package to the 'Tripartite' Commission of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday 19 April 2022.

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).