Politics & Institutions

Xavier Bettel, aged 50, Luxembourg’s current prime minister and DP lead candidate in the parliamentary elections on 8 October 2023. Library picture: Xavier Bettel is seen speaking during Luxembourg for Finance’s 15th anniversary reception, 20 February 2023. Photo: Matic Zorman
POLITICS

Seven lead candidates hoping to govern

Picking the head of an electoral campaign is a natural process for some parties, and a more complicated decision for others. Only the incumbent prime minister could head the DP list as he seeks a third successive term. The CSV has turned to a former leading light, even though he hasn’t actively been involved in politics for a decade. And the LSAP and Déi Gréng have both plumped for women for the first time.

Duncan Roberts • 03:01
The latest numbers pertaining to the housing crisis are in. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne/Archives
ECONOMY

House prices have fallen 6.4% in one year

Mathilde Obert • 26.09.2023
Delano sat down with Björn ten Seldam from Arendt & Medernach to discuss the new EU regulation aimed at stopping the devastating effects of deforestation. Adopted on 16 May 2023, it came into force on 29 June 2023 and will apply to stakeholders on 30 December 2024. Photo: Romain Gamba
INSTITUTIONS

Few in market looking at critical new environmental rules

Sylvain Barrette • 26.09.2023
Talent, housing, sustainability and digitalisation are among the issues cited most by professional and civil society organisations ahead of the legislative elections. Photos: Guy Wolff and Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne/Archives. Editing: Maison Moderne
POLITICS

Issues breakdown: election priorities for professional and civil organisations

Mathilde Obert • 26.09.2023
Luxembourg’s rates of in-work poverty risk, particularly among women, spotlight a growing issue in the EU, where employment is increasingly failing to serve as a safeguard against financial hardship. Photo: Romain Gamba / Maison Moderne
INSTITUTIONS

13.4% of Luxembourg’s female employees at risk of poverty, highest in EU

Kangkan Halder • 26.09.2023
Nancy Thomas, director of IMS Luxembourg, noted two trends in the entries received for the Diversity Awards: practices that have become “mainstream,” a sign of the success of the awareness-raising measures introduced in recent years. Others are more original. IMS stands for “Inspiring More Sustainability.” Photo: Sebastien Goossens (archives)
INSTITUTIONS

Diversity: from ‘mainstream’ to little-known practices

Mathilde Obert • 26.09.2023
The Startup of the Year award went to i-Virtual for its “Caducy” solution. Photo: i-Virtual/Linkedin
TECHNOLOGY

The winners of the first-ever Healthcare Week Luxembourg

Maëlle Hamma • 25.09.2023
An estimated 600 people--far more than expected--took to the streets in the Gare on Saturday 23 September. Photo: Nader Ghavami
POLITICS

In the Gare, residents protest against feelings of insecurity

Jeremy Zabatta • 25.09.2023
In Vienna, one inhabitant in two lives in affordable housing, the fruit of a very long-term strategy. Photo: Shutterstock
POLITICS

“Red Vienna,” a model for Lenert… and Bettel?

Thierry Labro • 24.09.2023
Hailhao Wang (embassy of the People's Republic of China), Cees Bansema (embassy of the Netherlands) and Yuan Wang (embassy of the People's Republic of China) at the debate amongst the leading political candidates for Luxembourg’s national elections. The debate took place on 19 September 2023 at PwC Luxembourg in Gasperich. Photo: Eva Krins / Maison Moderne
POLITICS

Elections: the great debate between the leading candidates (2/2)

Paperjam + Delano Business Club • 21.09.2023
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“Over half the global population lives in cities, generating 80% of total economic output and accounting for 70% of global CO2 emissions,” the World Bank points out in its press release. Hence, the gap fund, which focuses on cities. Pictured: Porto Alegre (Brazil), one beneficiary of the EIB fund. Photo: Shutterstock
FUNDS

Luxembourg pledges €8m to help cities fight climate change

Jeff Palms • 21.09.2023
A debate between the leading candidates in Luxembourg’s national elections took place on 19 September 2023 at PwC Luxembourg. Photo: Eva Krins / Maison Moderne
POLITICS

Elections: the great debate between the leading candidates (1/2)

Paperjam + Delano Business Club • 21.09.2023
The 2022 annual report from Luxembourg’s financial regulator CSSF disclosed that a total of 380 whistleblowing reports had been received since September 2014. Archive photo: Romain Gamba / Maison Moderne
MARKETS

31% of whistleblowing tips to CSSF involve criminal offences

Kangkan Halder • 21.09.2023
The national jobs agency Adem reported that the number of registered jobseekers stood at 16,056, as of 31 August 2023, a slight decrease from 16,111 in July 2023. Archive photo: Guy Wolff / Maison Moderne
INSTITUTIONS

5.3% unemployment rate masks 13.4% yearly surge in jobseekers

Kangkan Halder • 20.09.2023
Watch the debate between 7 lead candidates in next month’s parliamentary elections, organised by the Paperjam+Delano Business Club and recorded live on 19 September 2023. Click on ‘play’ here. Image: Maison Moderne
POLITICS

Watch replay: 7 lead candidates debate housing, taxes, working time

Delano.lu • 20.09.2023
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