On Monday 18 November 2024, an international jury revealed the names of the seven finalists who will compete to represent the Grand Duchy at the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday 17 May 2025. The seven finalists were chosen from 77 auditioned songs and will take to the stage at the Rockhal in Esch-Belval on Saturday 25 January 2025, each hoping to secure the ...

Nov 30, 2024 · Carlo Thelen, Director General of the Chamber of Commerce; Credit: Chamber of Commerce/Emmanuel Claude The Chamber of Commerce recently published its opinion on bills No. 8444, covering the 2025 State budget, and No. 8445, regarding multi-year financial planning for 2024-2028. While global growth shows some improvement with easing monetary policies, it remains uneven. Emerging economies are ...

On Saturday 25 January 2025, Tornado Luxembourg played its fourteenth match in Group A Division 2 of the French Ice Hockey Championship (FFHG), securing another victory. A packed Kockelscheuer ice rink welcomed Lions Wasquehal, sitting in eighth place with four consecutive losses. Meanwhile ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Luxembourg’s Statistics Portal has published the country’s demographic figures for 2024; as of 1 January 2024, Luxembourg had a population of 672,050, an increase of 11,241 compared to 2023 (+1.7%). This population increase is less than that of 2022 (increase of 2.4%), a year marked by the arrival of many of Ukrainian war refugees. At 1.7%, is one of the lowest population increases in the ...

Summary of macroeconomic projections for Luxembourg; Credit: STATEC On Thursday 19 September 2024, STATEC published its updated forecasts for 2024 and 2025, as well as its medium-term projections. As reported by STATEC, Luxembourg is currently emerging from the recession it experienced in 2023, with real GDP growth still expected at +1.5% in 2024. From 2025 to 2028, growth is expected to ...

Oct 21, 2024 · UBS in Luxembourg; Credit: UBS Europe SE, Luxembourg Branch On Monday 21 October 2024, UBS Europe SE, Luxembourg Branch announced that it has completed the integration of Credit Suisse (Luxembourg) SA into UBS Europe SE. The firm noted that the completion of the integration was achieved within the expected timeline announced earlier this year. On a global level, the integration brings together ...

May 6, 2024 · Recent exhibition at Belle Etoile; Credit: COSL The Paris Summer Olympics are taking place in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with the participation of two Luxembourg athletes confirmed to date. More than 10,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOC) are expected to compete this summer, with qualifying still ongoing. The NOC for Luxembourg is the Comité Olympique et ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Another busy year has passed in Luxembourg (a bit more on this later) and the time has come to look at what 2025 has in store. Political System A historic moment for Luxembourg - as a parliamentary democracy in the form of a constitutional monarchy - was the swearing-in of the Hereditary Grand Duke, Prince Guillaume, as Lieutenant-Representative of his father, Grand Duke Henri, on 8 October ...

Trump Readies Order for Steep Tariffs on Goods from Mexico, Canada, China (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an order on Saturday 1 February 2025 imposing hefty new...

Jan 9, 2025 · Luxembourg statistical institute, STATEC, has reported that the Luxembourg economy returned to growth in 2024. In its report published on Monday 6 January 2025, STATEC also noted that average wage costs slowed down significantly, whilst employment growth declined. The Luxembourg economy returned to ...