Luxembourg News

May 25, 2020

Luxembourg to reopen, cafes, restaurants on Wednesday

Luxembourg will ease its coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, reopening cafes and restaurants and allowing civil and religious ceremonies under strict conditions, the government announced. The tiny country has so far registered only 3,993 COVID-19 cases, of which 110 have been…
May 25, 2020

Luxembourg to reopen, cafes, resturants on Wednesday

Luxembourg will ease its coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, reopening cafes and restaurants and allowing civil and religious ceremonies under strict conditions, the government announced. The tiny country has so far registered only 3,993 COVID-19 cases, of which 110 have been…
May 16, 2020

EU to try to head off Israel annexations: Luxembourg minister

EU countries are planning to issue Israel with a warning not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, to try to head off a diplomatic clash. The bloc is alarmed by the incoming Israeli unity government’s plans to annex…
May 10, 2020

First child for heir of Luxembourg’s Grand Duke

The Luxembourg royal family on Sunday announced the birth of the first child of heir to the throne Prince Guillaume and his wife Stephanie. The baby boy, the fifth grandchild of head of state Grand Duke Henri, was born at…
May 5, 2020

Luxembourg urges Germany to reopen border closed by virus

Luxembourg urged Germany Tuesday to end reinforced anti-virus measures on its border as EU partners struggle to coordinate their response to the pandemic. Several European Union members have begun a phased return to normal after national lockdowns with signs that…
April 28, 2020

Luxembourg plans to test entire population for virus

Luxembourg plans to test its entire population for the coronavirus before the end of next month, at a rate of 20,000 per day, its government said Tuesday. The Grand Duchy of 600,000 people is compact, landlocked and relatively wealthy but…
April 13, 2020

Luxembourg blocks transfer of Iranian assets to US

A Luxembourg court has blocked a long-running US request to transfer $1.6 billion of dollars in Iranian assets to victims of the September 11 attacks, an official statement said on Monday. The decision confirmed a claim by Iran’s President Hassan…
April 12, 2020

CORRECTED: Iran says $1.6 bn claimed by US released in Luxembourg

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday the country had won a legal “victory” over $1.6 billion of its assets that had long been frozen on a US request in Luxembourg. Tehran and Washington have long been arch enemies and tensions…
April 12, 2020

Iran says $1.6 bn claimed by US released in Luxembourg

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday the country had won a legal “victory” over $1.6 billion of its assets that had long been frozen on a US request in Luxembourg. Tehran and Washington have long been arch enemies and tensions…

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