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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.