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Luxembourg goes to the polls to elect the Chamber of Deputies.
2023-10-8

Georgia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Serbia, and Chile report their first confirmed cases of monkeypox.
2022-06-17

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is discharged from hospital after being in a serious but stable condition due to COVID-19 for several days. Bettel thanks the medical services and announces that he will resume activities through telework until the end of his isolation period.
2021-07-8

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel tests positive for COVID-19.
2021-06-27

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly pulls out of a press conference in Luxembourg to avoid an anti-Brexit protest organised and attended by British citizens living in Luxembourg. Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel attends the press conference, where, during a short speech followed by questions from journalists, he contradicts Johnson's prior public statements and exposes that the UK government has not submitted any concrete proposals for amendments to the UK's Withdrawal Agreement from the European Union, or delivered any alternative to the "Irish backstop" which Johnson wishes to replace. Bettel warns that Johnson "holds the future of all UK citizens in his hands" and that he shouldn't "hold the future hostage for party political gain".
2019-09-16

The Luxembourg Green Party politician and government secretary Camille Gira dies after he collapsed while delivering a speech to parliament.
2018-05-16

Luxembourg's foreign minister Jean Asselborn calls for Hungary to be expelled from the European Union for its treatment of migrants.
2016-09-13

European Union foreign ministers, gathered in Luxembourg to discuss the situation in Syria, release a statement urging Russia to stop its attacks in Syria and direct efforts towards a political solution.
2015-10-12

Partial replacement of members of the European Court of Justice takes place in Luxembourg.
2012-10-8

The European Union presses Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza, as EU members meet in Luxembourg to discuss ways that Europe could renew its role in helping supervise Gaza's border crossings.
2010-06-14