Saturday, 18.05.13 · 14:51
Understanding Luxembourg:
current affairs, business,
lifestyle,
culture
current affairs, business,
lifestyle,
culture
Current affairs
Published 21.05.2012
Airlines must pay
Aviation: Air carriers in the EU should continue to pay compensation to travelers whose flights are delayed by three or more hours, a preliminary opinion by a jurist at Europe’s top court has said. ... 
Business
Published 18.05.2012
Frieden nixes tax plan
Finance: Luxembourg and Austria have vetoed proposed changes to EU tax information sharing schemes, to the dismay of Brussels. During this week’s meeting of the council of European finance mini...
Business
Published 16.05.2012
To ban, or not to ban
Regulation: The proposed “MiFID II” regulations--that would revamp the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive--could force major changes in how mutual funds are sold, attendees at a con...
Snapshots
Published 15.05.2012
Avalanche, not tsunami
Regulation: The coming “MiFID II” regulations--that update the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive--will have a wide-ranging impact on both the banking and investment spaces, attende...
Business
Published 15.05.2012
Gaining steam
Networking: The year-old German-Luxembourg Economic Initiative officially gained its 100th member last week. Peter Kleingarn, president of the Deutsch-Luxemburgische Wirtschaftsinitiative (photo, rig...
Business
Published 15.05.2012
Spontaneous candidatures
Job Doctor: Each Tuesday Darren Robinson answers questions about career development and finding a new position. Dear Job Doctor,
What is the value of sending open applications?
Although there are ...
Current affairs
Published 14.05.2012
African agreements
Economic development: One of Mali’s best known economics professors was in the Grand Duchy to speak about EU-African trade policy. Dr. Issa Sacko--professor at the University of Bamako and director...
Business
Published 11.05.2012
Big lab for small stuff
Science and technology: The CRP Gabriel Lippmann officially opened its new €4 million nanomaterials research lab in Belval this week. The unit’s research focuses on extremely small-scale stru...
Snapshots
Published 11.05.2012
Lord Hurd reflects on justice and peace
Politics: The annual tradition of the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Lecture was revived on May 9. T...
Business
Published 11.05.2012
Business bible is out
Media: The 13th edition of one of the Grand Duchy’s largest B2B guidebooks was released on Thursday. Index 2012/2013 - Business Guide Luxembourg includes more than 10,000 detailed entries, either i...
