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An asylum seeker centre in Luxembourg where 2,269 people requested asylum last year in addition to refugees from Ukraine. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Luxembourg top third EU country to host asylum seekers

More than 880,000 first-time asylum applicants sought refuge in EU countries last year, an increase of 64% compared to 2021, with Luxembourg one of the top countries per capita to host arrivals.

Cordula Schnuer • 06:00

The European Commission wants to dissuade businesses claiming their products are environmentally conscious when they aren’t. Photo: Shutterstock

EU Commission proposes directive on green claims

Tracy Heindrichs • 22.03.2023

Revisions to EU laws to improve the well-being and increase the growth of natural CO2 sinks like forests and marshes, as well as higher GHG emission reduction targets, were adopted in the EU parliament. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne

MEPs revise laws to improve forest carbon sinks and CO2-reducing targets

Tracy Heindrichs • 15.03.2023

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

Laurent Babikian (left) and Mirjam Wolfrum of the CDP talk about the importance to set high standards for company disclosure to successfully mitigate climate change. Photo: CDP

EU companies “need to harmonise towards highest ambition”

Tracy Heindrichs • 28.02.2023

One year on, Russian residents of Luxembourg continue to show support for the Ukrainian community and call for the end of the war. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne / Archives

Russian community: “Ukrainians help us too”

Tracy Heindrichs • 25.02.2023

Poland’s ambassador to Luxembourg, Piotr Wojtczak, the chargée d’affaires of Ukraine’s embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg, Natalia Anoshya, the European Commission’s representative in Luxembourg, Anne Calteux, and Inna Yaremenko, vice-president of LUkraine (from l.t.r.). Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Stakes “enormous” as Russia wages war on Ukraine

Cordula Schnuer • 24.02.2023

For Nataliia Anoshyna, Russia should be excluded from both the Olympics and the UN. Photo: Embassy of Ukraine to Belgium and Luxembourg

“Russia must be isolated from the civilised world,” says Nataliia Anoshyna

Mathilde Obert • 24.02.2023

Michael Feit (Caritas) was in Ukraine this week. He was there to take stock of the unfinished reconstruction project and to assess the needs of the population in order to plan further support and assistance programmes. Photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne

“In Kyiv, there is a sense of normalcy in the disaster”

Maëlle Hamma • 23.02.2023

Foreign minister Jean Asselborn, pictured in December 2021, says more countries won’t be safe if Russia succeeds in its war against Ukraine. Library photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne

“Russia wants to kill Ukraine”: Jean Asselborn on one year of war

Cordula Schnuer • 23.02.2023

Nearly a year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine and millions fled the country. Three people who made their way to Luxembourg spoke to Delano about how they are doing now. Library photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

“Time has stopped”: building a life one year into Ukraine war

Cordula Schnuer • 21.02.2023

Delano’s Lydia Linna talked about some of the support that Luxembourg has provided to Ukraine during the Top of the Week slot on Ara City Radio on 20 February 2023. Photo: Ara City Radio

Delano’s Top of the Week: One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Delano.lu • 20.02.2023

Luxembourg has reportedly spent €2.4bn on helping with its consumers’ energy bills, or 3.3% of its GDP. In a Europewide context, this puts it in the middle of the pack. Photo: Shutterstock

Luxembourg outspends rest of Europe in energy aid per capita

Jeremy Zabatta • 14.02.2023

Luxembourg finance minister Yuriko Backes (DP) stressed the importance of the EU sanctions undertaken against Russia, but called for stronger collaboration on an international level when it comes to the clean energy transition. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne Archives

Luxembourg has “responsibility as international financial centre”: Backes

Tracy Heindrichs • 10.02.2023

When it came to alcohol, Luxembourg was one of the bigger spenders of the EU in 2021--spending, like in 2020, 2.7% of its expenditure on the product. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Luxembourg households spend 9% of budget on food and non-alcoholic drinks

Tracy Heindrichs • 08.02.2023

EIB financing reached €72.5bn in 2022, €17bn for green energy

Tracy Heindrichs • 02.02.2023

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Banks
Collective agreement to protect Credit Suisse employees for 2 years
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Funds
“Asset managers must embrace innovation”
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Institutions
Three-quarters in Luxembourg would pay more for climate-friendly food
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Institutions
Involving people in politics, but how?
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Markets
“If China doesn’t work this year, it’s never going to work,” says portfolio manager