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Financial and media professionals will soon be able to access the Register of Beneficial Owners (RBE) again, but in a regulated manner. (Photo: EU)

Access to RBO to resume for some professionals

On Tuesday, 6 December, the justice ministry announced that financial and media professionals will soon be able to access the Register of Beneficial Owners (RBO).

Catherine Kurzawa • 06.12.2022

The newly launched myrights.lu website is a collaboration between the Ronnen Dësch collective, the Oppent Haus NGO, the government and the Chamber of employees. Its aim is to improve residents’ awareness of and access to their rights. Photo: Ronnen Dësch

New platform offers easier access to residents’ rights

Tracy Heindrichs • 05.12.2022

ADR deputy Roy Reding (centre) will remain an MP for the ADR, despite his suspended prison sentence. Library photo: Maison Moderne

Roy Reding to remain in parliament despite sentence

Tracy Heindrichs • 30.11.2022

Automated cameras in Hollerich, which detect speeding drivers and motorists running red lights, will now also lead to fines. Photo: Christophe Lemaire/Maison Moderne

Hollerich red light radars to enter next phase

Tracy Heindrichs • 30.11.2022

Roy Reding (ADR) is alleged to have knowingly sold a flat for more than €1.6m, even though it did not meet the criteria required by Luxembourg law. (Photo: Maison Moderne/Archives)

Roy Reding sentenced to one year in prison, €50,000 fine

Pierre Pailler • 24.11.2022

Virginia Gamba is Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. Maison Moderne

Protecting children: changing behaviour by changing mindsets

Lydia Linna • 23.11.2022

The CJEU has delivered its judgment in the EBP case. Access to information on company beneficiaries to the general public is considered invalid. (Photo: Matic Zorman/archives)

EU Court of Justice questions unlimited access to RBO

Mathilde Obert • 22.11.2022

Flowers and children's toys in memory of the victims at the crash site of Boeing-777 Malaysia airlines flight MH17 near Hrabovo, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in July 2014. Alexander Chizhenok/Shutterstock

Justice for Roeser family as Dutch court hands down flight MH17 sentences

Duncan Roberts • 18.11.2022

England captain Harry Kane (pictured at the 2018 World Cup) and the 25 other players in the squad, as well as manager Gareth Southgate, have been sent a letter by Alison Patterson asking them think of her daughter “and the many other victims who have been murdered in Qatar before you play for your country.” Marco Iacobucci Epp/Shutterstock

England team urged to honour former St. George’s teacher

Duncan Roberts • 15.11.2022

The campaign has been prepared in several languages. Photo: MMTP

“Campaigns and sanctions should happen simultaneously”

Tracy Heindrichs • 14.11.2022

The European Court of Justice said that “only the national law applicable in the member state concerned must be taken into account in order to identify the reference system for direct taxation” Patricia Pitsch - Maison Moderne

Fiat wins back taxes appeal against Commission

Duncan Roberts • 08.11.2022

Whirlpool’s Riverview Campus headquarters at Benton Harbor, Michigan. The company argues that it should not pay tax in the US on some $45mn made by Whirlpool Luxembourg. Roberto Galan/Shutterstock.

Whirlpool argues to Supreme Court over tax ruling on Luxembourg subsidiary

Duncan Roberts • 04.11.2022

Roy Reding (centre), pictured here in 2017, is being prosecuted for alleged real estate fraud. His lawyer said the charges are politically motivated. Library photo: Maison Moderne

ADR MP Roy Reding prosecuted for fraud

Tracy Heindrichs • 28.10.2022

Interpol’s metaverse will be used to train police officers from its 195 member countries. Experts say it will replicate the threats of the physical world tomorrow. (Photo: Interpol)

Launch of first metaverse for police use

Thierry Labro • 26.10.2022

Albert Moro (vice-president), Pit Reckinger (president of the bar) and Valérie Dupong (outgoing president of the bar) presented the results of their work and their perspectives, particularly in the area of mental health among lawyers. (Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne)

A social bar association for the well-being of lawyers

Aurélie Boob • 19.10.2022

On Monday 17 October 2022, a public debate will take place in the Chamber following the success of petition 2193, which calls for the abandonment of the text providing for compulsory vaccination of people over 50. (Photo: chd.lu)

Compulsory vaccination not an issue at the moment

Pierre Pailler • 16.10.2022