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Étienne Schneider – one of Politico Europe 28 people shaping, shaking and stirring Europe
07-12-2017
Politico* Europe is a very well respected Brussels-based European affairs weekly newspaper. This is the third instalment of their guide to the people to watch in the year ahead: 18 men and 10 women fr...
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New brochure: Ten good reasons to choose Luxembourg
05-12-2017
Luxembourg is an excellent location for any company looking to launch or scale up its business. Luxinnovation’s new brochure “Ten good reasons to choose Luxembourg” highlights some of the main advanta...
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State visit to Japan: several agreements have been signed
01-12-2017
Late November, HRH the Grand Duke and the Princess Alexandra accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Etienne Schneider, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn...
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Guala closures
01-12-2017
Guala Closures is a success story for Luxembourg. Its new technological research centre opened recently, coupled with the company’s open innovation attitude, could prove quite significant for Luxembou...
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Sompo becomes third japanese insurer to set up EU base in Luxembourg
30-11-2017
Japanese insurer, Sompo International, has today become the latest leading Japanese financial institution to announce plans to establish its new European insurance headquarters in Luxembourg following...
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Luxembourg and Japan agree to cooperate on exploration and commercial utilization of space resources
29-11-2017
Luxembourg, November 29, 2017 - The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, and the Cabinet Office of Japan, represented by Masaji Matsuyama, Minister of State for Space Policy, signed today in Tokyo a memorandum of cooperation on exploration and commercial utilization of space resources.
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Luxembourg and Japan Agree to Cooperate on Exploration and Commercial Utilization of Space Resources
29-11-2017
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, and Masaji Matsuyama, Minister of State for Space Policy of Japan, signed a memorandum of cooperation on exploration and commercial utilization of space resources.
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Luxembourg ranks 10th in attracting and keeping talent
27-11-2017
Each year, the World Talent Report, produced by the Institute for Management Development (IMD) with the help of the Chamber of Commerce in Luxemburg case, estimates countries’ capacity to attract and ...
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ICT development index in 2017: Luxembourg comes 9th in the world ranking
23-11-2017
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialised United Nations institution which has just published the 9th edition of the annual report‘Measuring the Information Society‘...
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Luxaviation Group enters US FBO market by joining forces with The Paragon Network
22-11-2017
Luxaviation Group, the world’s second largest private aviation company, is today announcing a strategic collaboration with Paragon Aviation GroupTM, the US facilitator of The Paragon NetworkTM, creating a new network of 52 Fixed Based Operators (FBOs) around the world, of which 25 are in the US.
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New brochure featuring Luxembourg as a logistics hub
22-11-2017
Over the past decade, Luxembourg has continuously improved its positioning as an intercontinental and multimodal logistics hub in Europe for value-added logistics activities. The efforts of the countr...
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Japanese Insurer Sompo sets up new EU HQ in Luxembourg
21-11-2017
Sompo International will further enrich Luxembourg's financial services ecosystem already composed of six leading Japanese banks and now the three Japanese Mega-Insurers.
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The Fintech Hotline, a simple solution to a common problem
16-11-2017
The LHoFT Foundation is launching the “Fintech Hotline” to meet the needs of the Fintech startups: "One question - One answer - One immediate solution". The first Hotline session will take place on November 23 and will focus on how to set up a company in Luxembourg.
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Luxembourg Government and Spire Global signed cooperation agreement to open a European HQ in the Grand Duchy
16-11-2017
Spire Global announced today that it is continuing its global expansion with the opening of the new Luxembourg office and a closing of its Series C. The Luxembourg Future Fund (LFF) has committed toda...
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Luxembourg Government and Spire Global signed cooperation agreement to open a European HQ in the Grand Duchy
15-11-2017
The Luxembourg Government and Spire Global signed a cooperation agreement to develop, through the opening of a European HQ, several key activities in the Grand Duchy focused on space platform engineering, data analytics, infrastructure engineering and business development.
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Former Director of Partnerships at NASA Ames Joins the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy
14-11-2017
The Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy today announced that Mr. Gary Martin, former Director of Partnerships at NASA Ames, recently joined its Space Affairs Department. As an independent advisor, Gary Martin assists the Directorate-General for Research, Intellectual Property and New Technologies, in charge of Space Affairs.
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Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider talked about the space industry at the New Worlds conference in Austin, Texas
14-11-2017
Luxembourg now generates nearly 2 percent of its annual gross domestic product from the space industry, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Etienne Schneider told an audience Saturday, in a speech at the New Worlds conference in Austin, Texas.
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Innovative materials for tomorrow’s economy
13-11-2017
For two days, Luxembourg hosted the sixth edition of the world Summit for Materials. Organised by The Economist magazine, with the support of Luxinnovation, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technol...
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The space industry is now 2% of Luxembourg’s GDP
13-11-2017
Luxembourg now generates nearly 2 percent of its annual gross domestic product from the space industry, according to Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider.
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BS Innoclean: Revolutionary cleaning
10-11-2017
BS Innoclean, a specialist in the cleaning and treatment of industrial surfaces, is a start-up very much in keeping with the times. Established at the end of 2014, and installed at Technoport incubato...
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Doctena pursues its international expansion
10-11-2017
Doctena, the Luxembourg-based online platform for booking medical appointments, announced in early November, 2017 its acquisition of the Austrian leader in the field, Mednanny.com. This represents a n...
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Renewable energies: historic European agreement for Luxembourg
09-11-2017
Luxembourg has just signed an historic agreement, with Lithuania: for the first time ever, EU Member States have initialled a bilateral agreement on statistical transfers of energy produced from renew...
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LuxTrust, European pioneer
09-11-2017
25 October 2017 will remain a historic date for the European Parliament. For the first time, a European Union legislative act (in this case a revision of legislation on security of gas supply) was sig...
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Nation Branding awarded !
09-11-2017
One year after its implementation, the visual identity of Luxembourg is experiencing a good level of success. On November 9, the campaign won the City Nation Place Award 2017 in the “Best Expression o...
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HAPPEN MAGAZINE HAS ARRIVED
09-11-2017
Luxembourg November 8, 2017: Luxinnovation is proud to announce the release of Happen. Happen is a brand new annual business magazine that unveils the technological excellence and innovative spirit of...
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Luxembourg eyes Earth-observation satellite for military and government
08-11-2017
Luxembourg is considering building an Earth-observation satellite for governmental and military purposes that would add a new capability to its expanding space assets.
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Luxembourg has sixth fastest 4G speed in the world
06-11-2017
When we think of mobile phone 4G networks, we generally think of fast internet connections, but actual speeds can vary widely from country to country. Did you know that Luxembourg has the sixth fastes...
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Expat Insider 2017: Luxembourg is still the most politically stable country in the world
25-10-2017
The expat network Internations has just published its figures in its ‘Expat Insider 2017’ report, based on responses from 12,500 persons polled in 65 countries. Luxembourg is in 14th place...
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Fitch confirmes Luxembourg's AAA rating
25-10-2017
On 13 October 2016, rating agency Fitch Ratings confirmed the ‘AAA’ rating for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with a ‘stable’ outlook. The favourable situation of LuxembourgR...
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LUXEMBOURG IS SECOND MOST GENEROUS AID DONOR
25-10-2017
Already one of the most generous providers of aid, Luxembourg has strengthened its development profile in recent years. It could build on this by setting out a clear vision for the future that factors...
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