Luxembourg News

March 28, 2020

Europe’s virus toll surges, world plunges into recession

Europe was reeling from a staggering surge in coronavirus deaths Saturday, still days or weeks from what experts desperately hope will be the epidemic’s peak. Grim new tolls from Italy and Spain came as the IMF confirmed the world economy…
March 19, 2020

Luxembourg to close airport in latest virus response

Luxembourg announced Thursday that it plans to close its international airport to passengers before next week, in the latest move to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus around Europe. Many flights have already been halted but there are…
March 16, 2020

Luxembourg wants cross-border medics to stay over

Luxembourg on Monday invited the health workers who live outside the duchy and commute in daily to stay overnight during the coronavirus crisis. Germany has already imposed more strict controls on its border and France and Belgium may yet follow…
March 15, 2020

Luxembourg imposes more virus restrictions

Luxembourg on Sunday followed its neighbours France and Belgium in closing bars and restaurants to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said that, from midnight, bars and restaurants would be closed but grocery…
March 13, 2020

Luxembourg announces first coronavirus death

Luxembourg saw its first death linked to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday, the country’s health minister said. The victim was a 94-year-old man who had been in a critical condition since Thursday, according to health minister Paulette Lenert. The tiny…
March 13, 2020

Luxembourg closes schools and isolates the elderly

Luxembourg has joined its European neighbours in closing schools and limiting visits to the elderly in hospitals and nursing homes, hoping to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “Daily life is going to change and we will have to adapt,”…
March 12, 2020

Belgium closes schools, bars to fight coronavirus outbreak

Belgium will close schools, cancel all cultural events and shutter bars and restaurants to stave off the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, the government said on Thursday. Announced by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes after a meeting of the national security…
March 4, 2020

Former EU head Juncker defends himself in Luxembourg wiretap case

The former EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker told a court on Wednesday that he had not authorised illegal wiretapping that forced him in 2013 to resign from his post as Prime Minister of Luxembourg. The Luxembourg court began hearing the…
February 29, 2020

CORRECTED: Luxembourg reports first coronavirus case, linked to Italy

Luxembourg on Saturday announced its first case of infection by the new coronavirus: a man who recently returned from Italy, Health Minister Paulette Lenert told reporters. The man in his 40s returned to Luxembourg “at the beginning of the week”…

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