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The morning will be predominantly overcast. However, in the afternoon the clouds will lighten and the sun will appear. 

The temperature during the day will be up to 21-23°C, at night — up to 16-18°C.

There is variable cloudiness in Luxembourg

Luxembourg's Minister of Energy pointed out the need for consistent measures in achieving the transition. 

Furthermore, he recalled that the Grand Duchy has achieved impressive consumption cuts

. The Pirate Party, however, criticized the sluggish progress in solar energy sector development and urged the state and municipalities to take on the upfront costs.

Claude Turmes underlined the importance of green energy

The coalition, led by Luxembourg and Estonia, will aim to create a secure and sustainable IT infrastructure for the Ministry of Defense in Ukraine. 

The initiative has been supported by 7 countries

. Luxembourg pledged 10 million euros to launch the program.

Luxembourg launches IT coalition to support Ukraine's defense

Statec published a new study that showed the impressive dynamics. In the last year alone, the country gained 15,000 inhabitants. 

Of the total 660 thousand people, some 313 thousand are foreigners

, although 13% of them were born in the Grand Duchy. The largest number of expats in Luxembourg are from France, Portugal and Italy.

The population has grown by 81% since 1981

In Luxembourg, women often possess higher levels of education compared to men, yet face unequal pay and are less likely to hold senior positions. To combat this, back in 2016 

Luxembourg passed a law mandating equal wages for men and women and imposing fines on employers who violate this rule

. That said, Luxembourg remains the only EU country where women in the private sector earn more than men.

Luxembourg is struggling with the gender wage disparity

🇱🇺 Gudde Moien! Bonjour! Guten Morgen! The main news by the morning of September 20

Unicareers Luxembourg's recruitment fair will take place on September 29th

Luxembourg film to represent the country at the Oscars

Luxembourg's national preselection for Eurovision 2024 has started

3 billion euros: that's how much the new high-speed tramway project will cost

Europe's labor market is more agile in the second quarter of 2023

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Every five years, elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies, which is Luxembourg's parliament. This year, they coincided with the re-election of the municipal deputies, the mayors and the aldermen. When this happens, a lesser event is postponed until early summer. That's what happened: the municipal elections were on 11 June.

The parliamentary elections are similar to the municipal elections, but there are some important differences. The first is that only full citizens have the right to be a voter. In the municipal elections, the authorities used to say that "every person living there has to be allowed to vote". But the system at the national level is different when it comes to legislative elections.

In addition, you have to be of full age and have no criminal record in order to be able to vote. It is also important to be allowed to live in Luxembourg. Voters can vote by post if they are not in the country at the time of the election.

Elections to the Chamber of Deputies will be held on October 8. 

This has been confirmed on the official website of the government

Citizens will vote for 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies — National Parliament. It is important to say that legislative elections are compulsory for all citizens.

In the legislative elections, all voters registered on the electoral lists may vote by post. If you are unable to vote, you must explain the reason for your absence to the local public prosecutor's office and provide the necessary documents. You will be fined if you have no reason. Each time you miss an election, the fine increases.

Persons with criminal convictions, persons who have been disenfranchised by a court decision and adults under guardianship or supervision have no voting rights.

To vote, people go to the main polling station in the municipality where they live. Opening hours are usually from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m on election day. To vote, you need an identity card or passport. You can vote for an individual candidate or for the whole list. You have as many votes as there are deputies to be elected in the constituency. You are also allowed to vote for different candidates from different lists, just look carefully at the number of votes you give. You will not have an additional vote.

Luxembourg to hold legislative elections this autumn

Bio, eco, green: more and more often, product packaging and labeling demonstrate a caring attitude toward the planet in an attempt to please the consumer. Little by little, this element has turned into marketing. While the European Commission urges people to become 

personally involved in reducing meat and dairy consumption

, companies are cashing in on unsuspecting customers. More anxious people are now raking products labeled eco (even if they are wrapped in three layers of plastic) off the shelves than ever before.

A 2020 study found that 53% of labels on eco-goods sold in the EU were vague or misleading to customers. 40% were unfounded, hence false. The same applies to companies that "care about nature": out of 344 claims of sustainable company status, one in five did not provide sufficient evidence to judge the statement's accuracy.

The European Union decided to put an end to greenwashing and clear the way for truly sustainable business. From now on, any environmental claims will have to be verified and backed up by independent experts.

As one of the main principles of the Green Deal, the European Commission's recent plan for a green transition to a more sustainable global economy, the goal is to empower consumers to make informed choices in favor of more sustainable solutions. Lack of knowledge is becoming a significant problem: despite the desire to make the right choices, misleading information on labels forces people to choose consumerism, rather than a zero-waste approach. But we can't blame them.

 presented by the European Commission today, on March 22, provides guidelines for ecolabels, complementing the EU Ecolabel regulation, established in 1992. The label will have to contain detailed information about the origin of the product and its carbon footprint.

The problematic private labeling scheme is currently available to manufacturers on very relaxed terms. If the directive comes into force, the requirements for private labeling will become stricter: now, it will be up to scientific evidence to prove that a product is in fact eco. In this way, the EU wants to restore confidence in the familiar green label on store shelves.

But the question is whether the rules if they are introduced will be respected at all levels: in simple terms, will the authorities arrange demonstrative penalties only for small companies, turning a blind eye to the giants? In addition, in the pursuit of changing labels, we should not forget that this will require changes in product packaging, which will once again create a ton of irrelevant plastic labeled "environmentally friendly".

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Adjustment of the tax scale is a hot topic for trade unions, which they have been urging to discuss for a long time, particularly in view of the current inflation rate. However, not every political party perceives this suggestion equally. Opinion has been split into those who support the idea, those, who oppose it, and the neutrals.

While the LSAP fully supports the adjustments, Dei Greng believes that only highly paid professionals would benefit from them, yet does not protest it. The DP has clearly expressed its disapproval of such transformations.

According to the Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes

, such modifications are unacceptable now, because they would hit the budget. On the other hand, the CSV, which normally insists on maintaining budget discipline, has adopted the opposite approach this time.

According to the CSV representatives, taxpayers have already "funded" such measures, because there have been no adjustments for a long time, and six indexations have already taken place, excluding the upcoming one in April.

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Trilateral meeting will address the tax scale adaptation

Luxembourg became one of Security Council’s ten non-permanent members in 2013 and 2014. The five permanent members are France, USA, UK, China and Russia.

Luxembourg is now in the running to become a member of the Security Council again

. This was stated by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in his recent speech on the war in Ukraine, global hunger and climate change.

Bettel proposes to reform the UN Security Council as a response to the war in Ukraine. As Prime Minister reminds in his speech, Russia, a permanent member of the Council, has paralyzed its work in recent months with vetoes. Luxembourg wants to devise a more efficient Council structure.

During his speech, Bettel also spoke out for peace and security in Ukraine, Mali and the Middle East. The Prime Minister continues to champion human rights and support humanitarian action in the Sahel, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan.

Luxembourg runs for UN Security Council

Azerbaijani forces began shelling Armenian regions today

, September 13, early in the morning. Azerbaijan attacked the southern Armenian cities of Goris, Kapan and Jermuk. Armenia also reports that the enemy used unmanned aerial vehicles. The number of victims is as of yet unspecified.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denied the attack. It claims that there was no invasion of Armenian territory. According to Azerbaijan, the troops are carrying out «local countermeasures in retaliation for a large-scale Armenian provocation.»

The fighting is the latest outbreak of conflict between the Caucasian states since the end of the 44-day war. Then thousands of people died during the battle for the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The war was stopped in November 2020 with the help of Russian peacekeepers and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Why is Russia involved in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed the situation with Putin, Antony Blinken and Emmanuel Macron. Russia, the United States and France are members of the Minsk group. For decade it has been trying to resolve the Karabakh conflict. The conflict itself began during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Pashinyan held a meeting of the Armenian Security Council. The Council decided to ask Russia for help. This is in accordance with the 1997 Mutual Defense Treaty. There was no immediate official response from Moscow.

In August, the Azerbaijani army regained the city of Lachin for the first time in 30 years. It is located near the road connecting Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The city came under the control of Azerbaijan as part of the ceasefire agreement. In general, Azerbaijan took control of part of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. Those have been previously occupied by Armenian troops since the 1990s.

Earlier, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to cease fire. However, they still have not reached a peace agreement. Periodically, hostilities continue despite negotiations over a common border and transport routes.

Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on August 31 in Brussels to discuss a peace deal. Judging by current events, no consensus was reached.

Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling border regions

finds evidence that unknown cybercriminals have hacked phones used by high-ranking officials from European Commission

Pegasus is a product of the Israeli company NSO. The firm has several back offices in Luxembourg. The NSO spokesman promised to cooperate with the investigation.

This is not the first time that NSO’s program has been used to hack public figures’ devices. Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Pagni is one of the earlier victims of the Pegasus hack. In

 last year, he stated that countries like Luxembourg are complicit in cybercrimes.

“These countries allow such companies to operate and pay taxes on their territory. It turns out that the countries themselves benefit from the profits made by spying on journalists, political opponents and human rights activists,” Pagni said.

The European Data Protection Supervisory Authority has already proposed to ban Pegasus. NSO employees, in response to the accusations, assure that they sell o only to verified customers. Initially, the program was created to fight terrorism and crime.