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Almost space age, Karbaukis has photographed a number of water towers (Waassertierm) in Luxembourg
Spot

Architectural icons: water towers

You may not be a fan of rain, but have you ever noticed the architectural wonders that are the Waassertierm of Luxembourg?
by Sarita Rao 3 min. today at 08:30
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Exit strategy: marketing your business for sale

In this interview, Christophe Vandendorpe and Pierre Kuntzelmann from EY Luxembourg´s Strategy and Transactions team, discuss prepping your business for a successful sale.
Health Minister Paulette Lenert and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel made the announcement at a press conference on Friday
Pandemic

Luxembourg extends Covid-19 restrictions until Easter

05.03.2021
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak
tax

UK takes step that may impact tax loophole favoured by big tech

06.03.2021
Enjoy films from female directors, find out which streets in Luxembourg are named after women politicians, artists, and scientists, or join a virtual event
Participate

What’s on for International Women’s Day

04.03.2021
EU commissioner Ursula von der Leyen
health

EU turns to US in scramble for Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

06.03.2021
The exhibition takes part in the Cerle Cité
Review

Made in Luxembourg: Ready. Set. Design.

05.03.2021
This medieval town with cobbled streets invites you to admire its architecture, stroll by its lake, or take a walk through the wolf gorge on its borders
Inside Lux:

Echternach – home to rich Romans, a famous abbey, the wolf gorge and extreme biking

06.03.2021
Fuel prices have also increased
STATEC

Annual inflation rate drops to -0.1% from 1.9%

05.03.2021
A production line at ArcelorMittal's Differdange plant
industry

ArcelorMittal outlines plant upgrades as jobs are cut

04.03.2021
Luxembourg
Health Minister Paulette Lenert and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at a press conference last month
Pandemic

Blog: Bettel and Lenert extend restrictions to early April

Briefing comes ahead of the expiration of Luxembourg's current Covid-19 restrictions on March 14
05.03.2021
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#13 - with John Ryan

In the 13th episode of our health Podcast we talked to John Ryan, the Director Public Health at the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Santé). We asked him about European coordination work in the pandemic, DG Santé’s role in it and how it is involved in the vaccination against COVID-19.
Victor Hugo vaccination center in Limpertsberg, Luxembourg
Vaccinations

Vaccinations drop by 15% in a week in Luxembourg

04.03.2021
Flavio Becca at Luxembourg court in February this year
Crime

Real estate mogul Becca gets two year suspended sentence

04.03.2021
Pandemic

Covid cases keep rising, infections up 5% in past week

03.03.2021
Santo Rumbo was acquitted of all charges in a trial targeting the 'Ndrangheta mafia group
Trial

Alleged mafia figure, arrested in Luxembourg, acquitted in trial

03.03.2021
Business & Finance
E&Y headquarters in Luxembourg
News round-up

Five stories you may have missed

In case you missed them, the Luxembourg Times has selected five of the best stories from the past week
2 min. 06.03.2021
Three Luxembourg-based funds were suspended and then terminated.
funds

Luxembourg €8bn funds linked to Greensill to close

Credit Suisse will start making payments to investors from next week
by Julie EDDE 05.03.2021
Beijing's central business district
China

China’s defense budget climbs 6.8% as economy recovers

05.03.2021
The Royal Bank of Canada building in Belval
Employment

More than 20% of employees at RBC could go in fresh round of cuts

04.03.2021
Luxembourg-based JAB Holding invested in a company sells in-home gardening equipment that's taken off during the pandemic
post-pandemic economy

Profiting from the future of growing your own food

04.03.2021
Lufthansa airplanes at the international airport in Munich, southern Germany
Aviation

Lufthansa counting on vaccine rollout after €6.7bn loss

04.03.2021
European Union
Vaccinations

France backs Italy’s decision to block AstraZeneca exports

Australia, which had been due to receive a shipment from Italy which was halted, has asked the European Commission to intervene
3 min. 05.03.2021
Italy government's, led by Mario Draghi, notified the EU of its decision but there were no objections from Brussels
Vaccinations

Italy blocks shipment of AstraZeneca jab to Australia

Intervention is the first of its kind since the EU introduced vaccine export controls on doses going outside the bloc
04.03.2021
A health worker holds a vial of Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Podgorica, Montenegro on February 23
Pandemic

EMA to start review process for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine

04.03.2021
Hungary's leader Viktor Orban has pulled his party out of the EPP grouping in the European Parliament
European Parliament

Orban's Fidesz party leaves EPP group in European parliament

03.03.2021
Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport
Travel

EU vaccine passports for travel still months away, memo shows

03.03.2021
The European Commission building in Brussels
Budget

EU set to extend suspension of budget rules

03.03.2021
World
US President Joe Biden has vowed to treat Russia differently from his predecessor
Russia

US matches EU and UK sanctions on Russia for Navalny attack

President Joe Biden announces first measures targeting prominent figures
3 min. 02.03.2021
Investigators have said it is extremely unlikely that frozen food caused the initial outbreak of Covid-19 in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year
Pandemic

WHO investigators downplay China's Covid-19 origin claims

02.03.2021
Oil and gas operations emitted just over 70 million metric tonnes of methane into the atmosphere in 2020
Environment

After historic fall, carbon emissions are now coming back fast

02.03.2021
Beijing's central business district
China

China ‘worried’ about bubbles in property, foreign markets

02.03.2021
Culture
exhibition

A taste of 17th century Florentine art

How Europe’s richest bankers flaunted their wealth 400 years ago
by YASEMIN ELÇI 2 min. 18.12.2020
Diane Jodes, Apple Dreams Photo: Yasemin Elçi
print makers

Contemporary prints on show in newly opened gallery

11.12.2020
Vanessa Springora, the author of "Le Consentement". Photo: JF Paga
book review

Two separate Vanessas tell a similar tale

04.12.2020
The Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah, which takes part in the Sundance Film Festival, where Kajillionaire premiered this year. Photo: Shutterstock.
film review

Family of grifters deals with emotions in earnest comedy

13.11.2020
LT Expat Hub
Almost space age, Karbaukis has photographed a number of water towers (Waassertierm) in Luxembourg
Spot

Architectural icons: water towers

You may not be a fan of rain, but have you ever noticed the architectural wonders that are the Waassertierm of Luxembourg?
by Sarita Rao 3 min. today at 08:30
Some virtual team building ideas to make the connection amongst colleagues
Office

Team-building in Covid times

04.03.2021
This medieval town with cobbled streets invites you to admire its architecture, stroll by its lake, or take a walk through the wolf gorge on its borders
Inside Lux:

Echternach – home to rich Romans, a famous abbey, the wolf gorge and extreme biking

06.03.2021
Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, food trucks are still out and about serving lunch and dinner
Food

Where to find Luxembourg's best food trucks

06.03.2021