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ID cards to include fingerprints but not addresses

Luxembourg’s parliament will soon vote on a bill that will amend the biometric data stored in identity cards.

Delano.lu • 05.07.2021

Laura Pregno, pictured, is Differdange alderman for trade and the environment Romain Gamba / Maison Moderne

“We’ve a lot of requests for shop space”

Jess Bauldry • 05.07.2021

Xavier Bettel, seen at a 2 June press conference, is undergoing tests and observation in hospital for 24 hours Romain Gamba

Xavier Bettel in hospital

Delano.lu • 05.07.2021

Kid at departure gate. Photo: Shutterstock

ULAV and Luxair launch joint appeal

Abigail Okorodus • 02.07.2021

While the more contagious Delta variant may cause an increase in the number of cases, it is not more dangerous and is unlikely to cause hospital overcrowding. (Photo: LNS)

Delta variant now dominant in Luxembourg

Pierre Pailler • 02.07.2021

Illustration photo shows a security CCTV camera in a car park Shutterstock

Law clarifies use of video surveillance

Jess Bauldry • 02.07.2021

Interior minister Taina Bofferding confirmed to Syvicol that the local elections will be brought forward by a few weeks, as agreed in 2017. (Photo: Matic Zorman/archives)

Communal elections confirmed for 11 June 2023

Nicolas Léonard • 02.07.2021

Prime minister Xavier Bettel says the covid pandemic that has dominated the first half of his coalition government’s second term in office has come at a cost, but that Luxembourg has “managed to bear that cost” in terms of the economy, at least. Andrès Leona

Xavier Bettel: “I don’t decide on policy to win votes”

Duncan Roberts • 02.07.2021

The minister of justice explained yesterday that she was “tackling the statute of limitations”. Photo: Anthony Dehez / archives

Sexual abuse: longer statute of limitations sought

Julien Carette & Delano staff • 01.07.2021

Xavier Bettel (DP) tested positive for Sars-CoV-2, delaying a planned meeting with the Belgian government Library photo: Maison Moderne

Belgium-Luxembourg summit postponed

Nicolas Léonard & Cordula Schnuer • 01.07.2021

DHL Express will welcome 8 100% electric vans in Luxembourg in September. The ambition is to deliver the capital only with electric vehicles. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The last mile, a headache for transporters

Jeremy Zabatta • 25.06.2021

To avoid social inequalities affecting young people, Claude Meisch is counting on a global response, and not only on this part of the population. (Photo: Paperjam)

Erasing social inequalities

Mathilde Obert • 17.06.2021

French teleworkers will continue to be taxed in Luxembourg even if they work more than the 29-day threshold allowed by the bilateral tax agreement between the two countries. Photo: Shutterstock

Double deal for French teleworkers

Catherine Kurzawa • 15.06.2021

Travel-related PCR tests account for 80% of Bionext Lab's Covid-19 business volume, according to its director and founder. (Photo: Maison Moderne/Romain Gamba)

Are free PCR tests unfair competition?

Catherine Kurzawa • 15.06.2021

Michaël Jacquemin, spokesperson for the non-profit organisation Les Amis du rail (rail friends), does not share the views of the Belgian Federal minister for mobility, Georges Gilkinet (Ecolo). (Photo: Les amis du rail/Maison Moderne)

“Burying the Viville-Arlon P+R is an aberration”

Nicolas Léonard • 07.06.2021

Julien Becker Maison Moderne

In the shadow of Cattenom

Jess Bauldry • 03.06.2021

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