Luxembourg News

Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, left, looks at Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, center, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso while they walk away after a group photo was taken during an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

EU leaders want to see energy get cheaper to keep European industries competititve.

Officials and diplomats seemed doubtful that a final breakthrough would be achieved on Wednesday since both countries are giving off mixed messages, confused in the case of Austria by domestic politics.

Europe moved closer to ending banking secrecy on Wednesday after Austria dropped objections to sharing data on foreign depositors and the EU focused on negotiating a similar agreement with Switzerland.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy smiles as he faces the cameras upon arrival at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Global central bank bond-buying efforts were warranted and helped stabilize the financial system, but they may need to be wound down as long as the economy is able to grow moderately, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a "bosom friendship" with her French counterpart, she said on Thursday, but her working relationship with Francois Hollande was strong and crucial for Europe.

European finance ministers on Tuesday bid to unlock a trillion-euro annual crackdown on tax evasion, under pressure from EU leaders looking for new measures to boost job creation and growth at their Brussels summit next week.

Northland Resources S.A. will hold an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company.

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Lakeland College's Scott Niederjohn, the Charlotte and Walter Kohler Associate Professor of Economics and Business, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to teach in Luxembourg in the fall of 2013.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker on Saturday reshuffled his government following the resignation of his justice minister earlier this month.