Luxembourg Times

A further 250 people received fines in Luxembourg last week for failing to comply with Covid-19 regulations

Health

250 people fined for Covid-19 breaches

by Kathryn OGLESBY today at 11:11

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

4 min. today at 11:32

The ECJ issued a ruling on Tuesday on Poland's new rules for appointments to the country's Supreme Court

European Court of Justice

Poland suffers new blow at top EU court over judicial reforms

today at 12:18

German unemployment unexpectedly rises as lockdown persists

Number out of work increases for the first time in eight months

today at 11:01

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.

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

today at 09:40

China

China ‘worried’ about bubbles in property, foreign markets

today at 07:13

The UK formally left the European Union on December 31

Brexit

€5 billion Brexit support fund contains design risks, ECA warns

01.03.2021

Irregularities with vaccinations have now happened in two hospitals, including at the Centre hospitalier du Nord in Ettelbrück (here pictured)

favouritism

Hospital asks prosecutor to probe how it handled vaccinations

01.03.2021

OLAF, the EU's anti-fraud office in Brussels, is investigating scam offers of vaccines made to governments across the continent

Vaccine fraud

EU probes attempted vaccine scams of almost €13 billion

01.03.2021

Nicolas Sarkozy, who was French President from 2007 to 2012, offered to help land a magistrate a job in return for a favour

Corruption

Ex-French President Sarkozy found guilty of corruption

01.03.2021

Luxembourg's economy suffered less of a shock last year than had been previously feared, Statec said

GDP

Luxembourg's economic outlook stronger than previously predicted

01.03.2021

Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit

The Eurocrat

Commission to unveil future for a more social Europe

01.03.2021

Luxembourg

Economy

Public jobs scheme may stay longer, labour minister says

Luxembourg should also expect to see more bankruptcies, Dan Kersch said on Monday

by Kathryn OGLESBY 01.03.2021

#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.