Sports & Wellbeing

Adriana Coppola-Finegan (at the centre in the back row) hopes for a future for the all-girls guides in Luxembourg. Photo: Girlguiding Luxembourg

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Girlguiding Luxembourg fights for survival after UK cuts ties

The Luxembourg branch of Girlguiding is facing closure after the parent group in the UK decided to close down its overseas activities from September this year.

Cordula Schnuer • 18.05.2023

Neuro-agility, emotional mastery and actionable resilience coach Omozua Isiramen says letting go of friendships can free up new opportunities. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Spring cleaning your friends

Cordula Schnuer • 22.04.2023

Rugby Club Luxembourg’s first match was played on a cow field in Moutfort, in 1973. Photo courtesy of Rugby Club Luxembourg

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Rugby Club Luxembourg makes it to 50

Nick Frank, Rugby Club Luxembourg • 08.04.2023

Maria Basevich takes from her experience as a psychologist and volunteer to shape the offer of her newly founded centre for women. Photo: Romain Gamba

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Queen Zone: where women’s confidence is boosted

Tracy Heindrichs • 03.04.2023

Pickleball players at one of Letzpickleball’s sessions in Arlon (at the Garisart tennis club). Valentin Quisquater (front row, middle) manages the courts in Arlon, while his father Benoit Quisquater looks after those in Howald. Photo: Letzpickleball

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Pickleball has come to Luxembourg

Jeff Palms • 25.03.2023

Annemie Maquil, Abby Finkenauer, Annabelle Saffran and Isabelle Schmoetten during a discussion shared their stories with endometriosis and what must be done to raise more awareness about the condition. Photo: Romain Gamba

“The pain is very real”: breaking the silence on endometriosis

Cordula Schnuer • 11.03.2023

Circulatory diseases were responsible for one in four deaths in Luxembourg in 2020, making it one of the leading causes. Photo: Shutterstock

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Circulatory diseases responsible for 1 in 4 deaths in Luxembourg

Tracy Heindrichs • 09.03.2023

Four people living in Luxembourg shared their stories of dating and the setbacks they experience because of their ethnicity and skin colour. Photo: Shutterstock

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Facing racism, stereotypes in Luxembourg dating

Cordula Schnuer • 14.02.2023

Luxembourger Adrian Trömel placed first for Luxembourg during the 27-29 January AIDA Olmeca Open 2023, held in Acapulco, Mexico. Photo: courtesy of Adrian Trömel

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Freediving under the Luxembourg flag

Natalie A. Gerhardstein • 04.02.2023

Sébastien Rinaldetti is a physician-scientist at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg. Photo: Paul Foguenne

SPORTS & WELLBEING

“We are right now doing high-impact research in Luxembourg”

Lydia Linna • 04.02.2023

Simone Niclou is director of the department of cancer research at the Luxembourg Institute of Health. Photo: LIH

Simone Niclou: Luxembourg must integrate research and care

Lydia Linna • 03.02.2023

For some, drinking is synonymous with socialising, presenting a challenge therefore when alcohol is not in the cards. Photo: Shutterstock

SPORTS & WELLBEING

The challenge of keeping away from alcohol

Tracy Heindrichs • 01.02.2023

According to midwife Danielle Federspiel-Haag: “giving birth in a natural way [leads to] healthy, powerful, self-confident children and teenagers.” Photo: Shutterstock

SPORTS & WELLBEING

Luxembourg’s changing birth culture

Sam Hippe • 29.01.2023

Lola Wagner, who has been studying the reefs around the Whitsunday coast in Australia, has been a certified dive master since 2020. Provided by participant

SPORTS & WELLBEING

An “Odyssea” to teach Luxembourg about its impact on oceans

Natalie A. Gerhardstein • 28.01.2023

“The main purpose of this project is to show our pupils the importance of the bees in our environment,” says Jean-Luc Pedro Batista, teacher at Mamer high school. Photo: Lycée Josy Barthel Mamer

Beehives at school enlighten students (and teachers)

Jiayi Ye • 28.01.2023

D'Gesondheetskeess is Luxembourg’s national health fund. Christophe Lemaire/Maison Moderne

Health insurer to reimburse psychotherapy from next month

Cordula Schnuer • 24.01.2023