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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. ... arrow

	
	
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... arrow

	
	
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... arrow

	
	
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... arrow

	
	
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... arrow

	
	
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 ... arrow

	
	
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... arrow

	
	
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... arrow

	
	
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... arrow

	
	
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... arrow