Luxembourg News

January 12, 2021

Pompeo and US UN envoy scrap trips to Europe, Taiwan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his final official visit to Europe, while Washington’s UN envoy scrapped a trip to Taiwan, officials said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump faces an impeachment vote in Congress. The two-day stay in Europe…
January 12, 2021

Pompeo scraps Europe visit after Luxembourg FM slams Trump

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ditched a final official visit to Europe, officials said, first cancelling the Luxembourg leg after its foreign minister labelled President Donald Trump a “criminal”. Pompeo has also called off a visit Wednesday to…
January 12, 2021

Pompeo ‘scraps Luxembourg visit’ after FM slams Trump

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ditched a visit to Luxembourg after its foreign minister labelled President Donald Trump a “criminal”, an official in the EU nation said Tuesday. Pompeo is heading to Brussels on Wednesday to meet NATO’s…
December 22, 2020

Ex-Brazil boss Luxemburgo leaves hospital after coronavirus stay

Former Brazil coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo was released from hospital on Tuesday, 11 days after being admitted with Covid-19. “I about to leave here,” the 68-year-old coach said in a video he posted on Twitter. Luxemburgo, who coached Brazil from 1998…
December 21, 2020

Luxembourg to tighten lockdown after Christmas

Luxembourg will join its European neighbours in reinforcing virus lockdown rules after Christmas, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel announced Monday. From December 26 the overnight curfew will begin two hours earlier at 9.00pm and shops deemed non-essential will be told to…
December 17, 2020

Luxembourg PM isolates after EU summit with Macron

Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel went into self-isolation Thursday pending results of a Covid-19 test after attending a summit last week with EU leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron. The French leader has tested positive for the virus and several…
November 23, 2020

UK vaccine news gives hope as US eyes mass rollout

The developers of a coronavirus vaccine in Britain on Monday claimed success after mass testing, as the United States announced it aims to give jabs to 20 million people before the end of the year to combat surging infections. AstraZeneca…
November 23, 2020

Luxembourg closes bars, restaurants to mid-December

Luxembourg, a tiny country at the crossroads of France, Germany and Belgium, is to close bars, cafés, restaurants, cinemas and gyms until December 15 to curb surging Covid-19 infections. Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on Monday announced the restrictions, which would…
August 5, 2020

Luxembourg FM begins annual ‘Tour de France’ ride despite virus

Luxembourg’s foreign minister, 71-year-old cycling enthusiast Jean Asselborn, has pedalled off on his annual tribute to the Tour de France, despite the epidemic that forced the postponement of the professional race. It is Asselborn’s sixth summer ride through the back…

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