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The Kirchberg district in Luxembourg
mancos

Luxembourg management companies holding more assets

Last year saw 12 new entrants, but mergers mean number of providers stable
by Zuzanna REDA-JAKIMA 22.04.2021
Sponsored content

Private equity structuring trends

Private Equity continues to fly high despite a slight pause caused by the pandemic.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde shown in January 2020
money

Lagarde says ECB isn’t discussing phase-out of stimulus

22.04.2021
Composing during the pandemic - Luxembourgish singer C'est Karma at work without an audience
unplugged

“I can’t wait for it to be noisy again”

22.04.2021
The Kennedy-South area in Kircherberg near the Coque
Real estate

Home prices outside capital outpaced Luxembourg’s centre for first time

22.04.2021
Pandemic

18,000 already signed up to AstraZeneca vaccine waiting list

22.04.2021
Scenes after last year's general election that ousted the sitting government
Geopolitics

EU aspirant Montenegro looks to Europe to escape China’s embrace

22.04.2021
Doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine
Vaccine

EU readies legal action against AstraZeneca over missing doses

22.04.2021
Tax

Dublin to push for ‘healthy and fair’ competition in corporate tax

22.04.2021
The headquarters of Paul Wurth in Luxembourg City
public ownership

Paul Wurth sale prompted by pressure to make steel green

21.04.2021
Luxembourg
Lenert, appearing in public for the first time after an illness, and Bettel just before addressing the press
pandemic

Waiting list for early Astra Zeneca vaccination opens

Signs point to improving conditions ahead of extension of anti-virus restrictions
4 min. 21.04.2021
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.
teleworking

Can I come back to the office?

20.04.2021
Claudia Monti, Luxembourg's ombudsman
justice

Public bodies act arbitrarily too often, says ombudsman

20.04.2021
jobs

Jobs picture improves along with fight against virus

20.04.2021
Transparency

Luxembourg drops more in freedom of press ranking

20.04.2021
Business & Finance
Residency

Billionaire James Dyson switches back to UK from Singapore

Dyson, a prominent Brexit supporter, faced criticism from UK lawmakers for relocating his company
by Bloomberg 2 min. 21.04.2021
Luxembourg Stock Exchange's outgoing CEO Robert Scharfe (left) new CEO Julie Becker (centre) and LSE board chairman Frank Wagener shown on Wednesday.
stock exchange

Stock exchange profits fell in 2020 as activity increased

Financial institution sees Julie Becker take over as CEO in previously announced move
by Emery P. DALESIO 21.04.2021
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann
money

ECB hawks push to scale back bond buying

21.04.2021
The sudden resignation of Toshiba chairman and CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani (shown in 2018) may have sidelined a buyout offer from Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC
private equity

Luxembourg-based buyout group sidelines Toshiba plans

20.04.2021
Raiffeisen CEO Yves Biewer
banking

Raiffeisen boosts profit to €19 million

20.04.2021
The OECD is organising the talks.
tax

Global tax gains momentum with Dutch minister seeing summer deal

20.04.2021
European Union
COVID-19 patient Carolina Gallardo attends a physiotherapy session at the Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid on Monday. The hospital's rehabilitation centre helps patients suffering from long-term effects of the disease.
reopening

Europe has finally turned a corner on its Covid-19 vaccinations

Delivering protective doses could allow European Commission to deliver brighter economic forecasts early next month
3 min. 21.04.2021
Yves Bissouma, who plays for Brighton and Hove Albion in England's Premier League, jogs before a game Tuesday night at Chelsea FC.
sports business

Europe’s rebel soccer league edges toward collapse after outcry

JPMorgan Chase holds crisis talks to salvage product it backed with €4 billion pledge
4 min. 21.04.2021
North Rhine-Westphalia's Premier and head of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Armin Laschet gives a press conference on Tuesday.
german elections

Laschet wins race to lead Merkel’s conservatives in election

20.04.2021
Green fields
sustainability

Crucial week for EU to show true colours on green ambitions

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

Merkel successors headed for showdown in caucus on Tuesday

19.04.2021
World
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is helped out of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft just minutes after she, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Ryzhikov landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on April 17, 2021.This followed a half-year mission on the International Space Station.
space

Russia to pull out of International Space Station in 2025

Withdrawal comes as Moscow seeks to build its own space station and turns to China for co-operation
2 min. 21.04.2021
US President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin
restrictions

Biden imposes sanctions on Russia, restricts buying new debt

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
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

21.04.2021
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