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Green fields
sustainability

Crucial week for EU to show true colours on green ambitions

The US is set to unveil its targets for reducing carbon emissions at the virtual summit
by Beatriz Ríos 3 min. 19.04.2021
Sponsored content

Private equity structuring trends

Private Equity continues to fly high despite a slight pause caused by the pandemic.
The tram at the Place d'Etoile
Infrastructure

Tram line extension to Bonnevoie to open next year

19.04.2021
investigation

After EIB career, top executives land softly

15.04.2021
money laundering

Danske Bank CEO quits amid Dutch probe of laundering allegations

19.04.2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shown in June 2019 at a court hearing in Moscow.
Russia

Russia moving Navalny to prison hospital amid fears for life

19.04.2021
People make their way along a street in the old quarters of New Delhi on April 19, 2021, as India's capital will impose a week-long lockdown
industry

EU official looks to align with India on 5G to protect democracy

19.04.2021
European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany
monetary policy

ECB debates how to get back to the future after virus

19.04.2021
beer blaze

Prominent building at Diekirch brewery burns

18.04.2021
Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi gives a press conference on Friday in Rome.
stimulus

Draghi is betting the house with Europe’s biggest stimulus plan

17.04.2021
Luxembourg
Prime Minister Xavier Bettel speaking at a press briefing on Friday
Pandemic

Waitlist for AstraZeneca jab opens to volunteers

Bettel mulls lifting some social distancing, curfew rules by mid-May
4 min. 16.04.2021
Female designer standing in front of a wooden table. Happy and confident, smiling and looking at camera.
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Three ways for business owners to make their company more sustainable (and profitable)

What does sustainability mean to you and your business? In Luxembourg, the scrutiny of businesses' environmental, social, and corporate governance programs looks set to further intensify. But does this shift spell more opportunity or an increase in risk? UBS presents three simple steps for any business to become more sustainable, purposeful… and potentially more profitable.
Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
pandemic

Government meets to decide about restrictions expiring next week

15.04.2021
Data leak

Facebook data leak affects 188,000 in Luxembourg, PM says

14.04.2021
The church in the Hollerich area of Luxembourg City
Religion

Court blesses transfer of church money to fund

13.04.2021
Luxembourg has already received 2,400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine
pandemic

Luxembourg aims to double vaccination rate by end-June

13.04.2021
Business & Finance
British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta
liberty steel

As Sanjeev Gupta rose from trader to tycoon, several banks backed away

Banks dumped the owner of Liberty Steel plant in Dudelange, forcing turn to now-collapsed lender
8 min. 17.04.2021
Staff holding up signs as EIB President Werner Hoyer speaks in December 2019. The signs read: "your staff is frustrated! What will you do please?"
TOP STORIES

Top five stories you may have missed

In case you missed them the Luxembourg Times has selected the best stories of the week for you
4 min. 17.04.2021
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
recovery

EU stimulus plan hits snag over Polish coalition discord

16.04.2021
Car industry

Europe car sales surge 63% in March, erasing early-year decline

16.04.2021
Companies have moved operations and staff out of London following the UK's departure from the EU
Brexit

Brexit led over 440 finance firms to shift some business to EU

16.04.2021
European Commission building in Brussels
taxonomy

Europe set to delay verdict on green investment label for gas

15.04.2021
European Union
Angela Merkel's successor as chancellor will be elected in September
politics

Merkel successors headed for showdown in caucus on Tuesday

Bavaria’s Soeder determined to win candidacy after failed talk
4 min. 19.04.2021
French President Emmanuel Macron (l) welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Paris on Friday.
opinion

The Macron Factor

French president offers something Merkel did not -- a realistic assessment of the world and the challenges facing the West
4 min. 18.04.2021
President Werner Hoyer, 70 this year, in a photo in 2019
exclusive

EIB to gauge staff mental health after media coverage

16.04.2021
Pfizer vaccines
pandemic

EU likely to drop AstraZeneca, J&J as future vaccine options

16.04.2021
Rental costs have more than doubled in many Berlin neighbourhoods in the last decade
German election

Berlin’s rent freeze failure puts housing on election agenda

15.04.2021
Pandemic

Luxembourg continues J&J rollout despite EU watchdog review

15.04.2021
World
US President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin
restrictions

Biden imposes sanctions on Russia, restricts buying new debt

Ban for US financial institutions to participate in primary market for new Russian debt
5 min. 15.04.2021
An Egyptian navy craft patrols as ships resume navigation in the Suez Canal on March 30, 2021
Trade

Suez canal authorities say backlog of ships is now cleared

04.04.2021
Dry corn field
Values

The new measure of corporate success

03.04.2021
The American flag flies at half staff over the US Capitol in honour of the Capitol Police officer that was killed in the line of duty earlier today on April 02, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Politics

Capitol police officer killed after man rammed car at checkpoint

03.04.2021
Culture
Fran Lebowitz may not be young but her biting wit shows a next generation how to think about news
media

How do young people consume news?

Pretentiousness of traditional media is why Gen Z says it prefers YouTube
by Natalia DEMBOWSKA 3 min. 16.04.2021
Customers having a drink on the first day terraces reopened in Luxembourg
being young in the pandemic

Terraces are open, baby

15.04.2021
You'd be forgiven for thinking this novel was your old class mate's doctoral thesis
book review

When to judge a book by its cover

09.04.2021
Has to be seen to be fully appreciated: the spectacular life-sized 15-minute video “More Sweetly Play the Dance”
mudam

Thinking in monochrome

02.04.2021
LT Expat Hub
Several Clausen terraces are open, including this sunny one at Ikki. We just need the sun to stay shining
Eat out

Terraces to try out

If you long for a long lunch with a view, by a lake or river, or even on a sand-filled beach, here are a few suggestions for terraces to try out
by Sarita RAO 8 min. 17.04.2021
The promenade at Remich
Inside Lux:

Remich – ancient alleyways, vineyards and boat trips

18.04.2021
Very few 11-year-olds know what to put in a CV
The L Word

Changing schools

17.04.2021
Inside the Luxembourg Science Center's interactive playground
Visit

Science – where to explore it

1 19.04.2021