Luxembourg News Archives

Nanjing,China/Dubai - The decision of emirate-owned Dubai World to seek a moratorium on its debt is not expected to hit the eurozone, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said Sunday.

It has been announced that the swine flu vaccination centre in Luxembourg City is to close. After five weeks of swine flu vaccinations across the country, the Department of Health has advised that the Campus Centre Forum Geesseknäppchen in Luxembourg City will close its doors Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 5pm.

Friday saw the Dolce Vita Night organised by Ciceron and supported by Station, at Luxembourg's Sofitel Hotel.

Here is a round-up of events for the coming weekend from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th of November.

TRIER a ' To mark the beginning of the holiday season, Germany's oldest city has inaugurated its Christmas market and the shops will be open this Sunday.

Luxexpo will be busy this weekend, the 6th wine and cremants festival will be held in Luxexpo, right beside the International Bazaar.

On Tuesday evening, the Sportlereierung, Luxembourg city's sports award ceremony, was held at the Grand Theatre.

The International Bazaar takes place this weekend and 60 stands from 51 countries will sell their goods in the name of charity in what always promises to be a fantastic day out.

This man, Albert Kasel, has been missing since Sunday evening and police are looking for any clues or witnesses that could help find him.

Mars di Bartolomeo, Health Minister, once again campaigned for the total smoking ban as exists in other countries is Europe in a meeting concerning drugs in the Grand Duchy. At a press conference concerning drugs, Health Minister Mars di Bartolomeo made his second attempt in his fight to bring the total smoking ban in Luxembourg up to date and emphasised its enormous importance. Bartolomeo wants to ensure that the smoking ban will be extended to restaurants bars, cafes and nightclubs.

An educational and informative internet security kit has been released in Luxembourg aimed at families and children to help them safely surf the web.

In a thicket of Kockelscheuer undergrowth a human corpse was discovered on Tuesday. The police reported today that on Tuesday a human corpse was discovered in the undergrowth by the side of the road in Kockelscheuer on avenue de la Pouderie at about 11:20am.

It's time to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, as the National Literary Competition 2010 is launched.

On Tuesday, the police arrested a drug dealer after a random control in Esch/Alzette.

On Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of December, a medieval Christmas market will be held in and around the Vianden castle.

The commercial association of Esch/Alzette will kick off the holiday season on Friday with Sunday shopping and entertainment in the main commercial areas.

An evening of free food and music at the Sofitel hotel with spectacular views across Luxembourg will take place this Friday, proudly presented by Ciceron and Station.lu.

Luxembourg city will be launching this year's edition of Winter Lights on Friday the 27th of November and many events are planned to celebrate the Christmas season.

Two serious accidents occured in the Grand-Duchy this weekend, the first one, on Saturday evening involved 3 cars and killed one of the drivers and the second one, on Sunday evening killed a cyclist.

Alan Wheatley Beijing - Reuters Published on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 1:18PM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov.

The vice-foreign minister said the RMB rate's flexibility may widen, echoing the nation's central bank a month ago.

Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Jean Asselborn on Monday urged Thailand to materialise the Asean-EU free trade agreement.

Miss & Mister World - Miss and Mister Luxembourg finalists after a fun and also hard week in Djerba, returned to Luxembourg on Saturday, as did Station.lu. Here is the final report Photo gallery updated at bottom of article So this the last report of the Djerba trip for Miss and Mister Luxembourg as the trip drew to a close on Saturday with the return to Luxembourg.

Music: 7th national concert of the Saint Pie X union playing classical music at the Philharmonie, place de l'Europe, Kirchberg on Friday evening at 8pm Shinedown, rock band concert at den Atelier, Hollerich, on Friday at 8pm Scout Niblett, English singer songwriter concert, at Exit07, Hollerich on Friday at 8pm.

Early this morning, the police were called about a fight in an apartment in Hollerich when they arrived the man inside the flat threatened the officers with a knife.

On Thursday, Haus vun der Natur, an institution that promotes nature discovery for schoolchildren, presented their program for the 2009/2010 school year.

On Wednesday, a crowd gathered in Utopolis to watch the first screening of New Moon, the much awaited sequel to Twilight.

Before their concert in den Atelier, last Friday, Editors took time to chat to Station.lu and 352 magazine The Birmingham formed group, Editors, took time to answer a few questions for Station.lu ahead of their sold-out concert last Friday den Atelier.

The decision has finally been taken, Luxembourg's ING marathon will take place in 2010.The starting and finishing lines are at Luxexpo in Kirchberg.

Combination photo shows undated portraits of politicians often named by European media as potential candidates to become European Union President.

France, Germany and bookmakers are backing Belgian prime minister Herman van Rompuy to emerge as the future European Council President, but nothing is decided about the EU's new top jobs as a dinner to decide the question appears likely to stretch far into the night.

The panda that was born in the San Diego zoo has finally been named. Over 17,000 animal lovers have voted for the name on the Internet and the choice is a Yun ZI - Son of Clouds. The Internet website had offered the visitors 5 names and the winning one was Yun Zi which means son of the clouds in Chinese.

Miss World - The more time I spend on this trip, the more my misconceptions of a "Miss" or "Mister" competition fade away. To put it mildly, my expected preconception originally was that of a “bimbo world” for both girls and boys who cared only about their looks and not much concern about anyone or anything else. I guess that’s the stereotype trap that is easy to fall in.

The Baltic News Service reported that Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told a news conference in Tallinn: 'I put forward... the name of Toomas Hendrik Ilves as a candidate fit for the position of both president and high representative for foreign policy.

Europe's top political leaders, shrugging off reports that the continent is being viewed by an impatient President Barack Obama as incoherent and ineffectual, are set to choose next week from a deliberately uninspiring list of candidates to lead the 27-nation European Union.

AFP/File The speaker of the German parliament, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, backs Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Fri Nov 13, 1:59 pm ET BERLIN The speaker of the German parliament, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, backs Luxembourg 's Jean-Claude Juncker for European Union president , a press report cited him as saying on Friday.

China's central bank Wednesday hinted a policy change on exchange rates was possible as pressure builds for allowing the renminbi to appreciate.

WIN TICKETS! Twilight night arrives on 18th November in Luxembourg! Station and Utopolis will bring you a thrilling night showing the first Twilight film followed by the premiere of the sequel, New Moon.

Just before their concert in Luxembourg, the popular UK band White Lies took the time to answer a few questions for station.lu and 352 magazine. White Lies are the latest hot young band from London, they are are in their early twenties, have already sold out major UK venues and toured the world with such heavyweights as Coldplay and Kings Of Leon.

On Friday evening, shops will be open late in Luxembourg-city. On Friday 13th of November, the shops of the Grand-Rue will be open to shoppers until 9pm. The event is organised by the businesses of the Grand-Rue so the late night opening only concerns the shop on the main street but it will be a great opportunity for all shoppers to take advantage of the evening and shop for the weekend.

The World Diabetes Day is an official world day since 2007 that was declared by the United Unions and it is celebrated on the 14th of November.

Luxembourg Crown Prince, Guillaume celebrated his 28th birthday yesterday. Ok it was yesterday so we're one day late but on the 11th of November 2009, Prince Guillaume celebrated his 28th birthday. The Prince who is the official heir to the Grand-Duke’s throne has been attending more and more official events recently.

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, speaks during a news conference at the European Parliament building in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on Nov.

Allan Saunderson is managing editor of Property Finance Europe and a contributor to GlobeSt.com. LUXEMBOURG-Luxembourg's office market will offer buying opportunities in 2010 as funds reassess their position, according to realtors.

A major fire completely destroyed a house in Bilsdorf, Luxembourg near the Belgian border. A mother and children escaped the blaze and now have now been offered temporary accommodation.

The Belval-Université, Luxembourg train station is now open, making it easy to get to the Rockhal, surrounding area and the new future university complex area. Have you been one of those people who've gone to a concert at the Rockhal and had to trapse through mud, over bridges, around rusty industrial ruins, up steps, down steps in the pouring rain just to get to the concert hall?

On Tuesday, an addendum of non-double taxation agreement between Spain and Luxembourg was signed by the finance ministers of both countries. During the The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting in Brussels, Luc Frieden Luxembourg’s finance minister and his Spanish counterpart Elena Salgado Mendez, who will assume the Presidency of the Ecofin from 1 January 2010, signed an amendment on the convention of double taxation to allow the exchange of information in specific cases as requested by the OECD.

Today is exactly 40 years since the creation of Sesame Street, the educational children's puppet programme.

A raging fire broke out in an apartment block in Bonnevoie, Luxemboourg at about 11:20pm yesterday evening. A fire broke out on Monday evening in an apartment block in Bonnevoie destroying the entire building. The fire spread so rapidly that it threatened adjacent neighbours' houses. The residents of these neighbouring homes were evacuated as a security measure.

Twilight night arrives on 18th November in Luxembourg! Station and Utopolis will bring you a thrilling night showing the first Twilight film followed by the premiere of the sequel, New Moon - Details on how to win tickets coming soon! A thrilling movie night experience with the screening of the first Twilight film followed by the premiere of the next movie in the series, New Moon.

A polystyrene wall, a replica of the Berlin wall, was decorated and painted by children at the Abbye de NeumA1 4nster before being torn down, 20 years after the real wall fell.

The Minister for Equal Opportunity, Francoise Hetto-Gaasch lauched a new electronic tool, that ressembles an Excel sheet, to enable companies to check their pay policy.

On Saturday around 6:30pm, an armed man robbed a supermarket in Wiltz. On Saturday evening, an armed man entered a supermarket in Wiltz from the side door and held the staff at gunpoint before robbing the contents of the safe.

A drunk driver managed to crash his car twice before rolling it causing serious injury to all the occupants of the vehicle.

A forklift driver in a warehouse in Moscow brought a new meaning to the phrase “drink-driving” when he managed to smash into a pallet rack holding stocks of thousands of bottles vodka and cognac bringing the whole lot crashing down causing a domino effect across the warehouse. You could say the driver was well and truly under the influence of alcohol!.

Luxembourg won 9-3 in a gritty, error strewn match. Alexander Goodhew kicked three penalties that were enough to see of an aggressive Finnish side. Centre, Alan Dunn came close in a furious opening exchange. The Finns to their credit dominated at the scrum and in the loose. However when Luxembourg lost their stand-out player of the first half, Will Bond, coach, Marty Davis, was forced to make changes.

The synthetic drug named "Spice" according to reports, causes more than 80 deaths per million inhabitants in Luxembourg, and its use continues to spread. The European Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction presented its annual report recently which contains some disturbing findings for Europe as a whole and Luxembourg in particular.

Station.lu is proud to be media partner for Luxembourg's first Ten-Minute Play Festival by NWTC, taking place from 11th to 14 November in the Bonnevoie Cultural Centre. Station.lu and 352 magazine are proud to be part of Luxembourg’s first ever Ten-Minute Play Festival that takes place from 11th to 14th November, presented by NWTC (New World Theatre Club).

Saturday will see the crucial rugby match between Luxembourg and Finland at the Josy Bartel stadium as the second round of the European Nations Cup.

Luxembourg Round-up of events from the 6th of November to the 8th of November.

A body of a man was found in his apartment in Luxembourg City this morning. Police believe that there are no suspicious circumstances concerning his death.

The roadworks that were planned on Saturday at the Place de la Gare in Luxembourg were postponed to Sunday for weather reasons Published on 06/11/2009 Read 99 times.

The vaccination period for the first phase of the swine flu influenza A H1N1 virus has been extended once again to 13th November included.

It was announced today that on Wednesday evening a Luxembourg soldier was killed while stationed in Kosovo.

On Tuesday, the criminal resarch and investigation service of the Luxembourgish police arrested a man that was suspected of dealing drugs in the Diekirch area.

On Wednesday evening, 3 pedestrians were seriously injured after being hit by cars, 2 of the accidents occured in Luxembourg-city and 1 in Esch/Alzette. The first accident occured around 7 :30pm on the Bonnevoie Rocade near the pedestrian bridge that links the station to Bonnevoie.

According to recent reports the panther is alive and real and has now crossed over the Belgium border. The black panther story is not yet ready to leave the news just yet as it has now been reported that couple had spotted the mysterious animal while out on a walk in Malmedy in Belgium.

The Grand Duchy now has the biggest fleet of ships for a landlocked country in the world as 7 more vessels now fly the Luxembourg flag.

Tyres are of course, a driver's connection with the road but they can become a liability on wet roads if they are not checked regularly.

Wiltz train station was closed yesterday afternoon for a short period after police were alerted to a bomb threat that turned out to be false.

Traditional European tax havens are so cute and so small you have to park your Mercedes in the next country + Enlarge This image Formal gardens line the edge of a promontory in Luxembourg.

A Serbian family was deported back to Kosovo during the weekend from Luxembourg driven to the airport by authorities.

An amusing group entitled "You know you're from Luxembourg when..." has been set up Facebook.

The economic and financial crisis hit the airline business hard and Luxair was definitely not spared.

A company in the UK waiting for plastic packaging from Romania, is going to have to wait a little longer as the truck transporting it, had a little accident.

Station snapped a few photos around Luxembourg on Halloween, maybe you're in a few! :-)

A new guide and timetable for Lux Airport has recently been released. So you don't miss your flights, at Station we thought it would be a good idea to provide you the details! We thought it would be worth a mention that the new timetable and updated information for Luxembourg airport for winter season 2009-2010 is now out.

This weekend saw two fatal road accidents in Luxembourg. One near the Belgian border in Ell, the other a head-on crash on the road between Bascharage and Petange.

The Dutch are marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands.

According to a recent Statec report, the number of French cross-border workers in Luxembourg has declined while German workers have increased.

Marc Fischbach, Luxembourg Ombudsman, presented his yearly report to parliment where 906 out of 2300 cases have been treated, 82% of which were won by the claimant.