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No Jokes

At the CSV summerfest, PM Frieden avoided the jokes that got him in trouble last year, while his party colleagues grilled the opposition instead.

No Irregularities

Luxembourg police and customs carry out joint drug checks at Mertert port as part of the European Ports Alliance against organised crime.

From the 1970s to 2028

Luxembourg unanimously votes to modernise its tax administration IT, which dates back to the 1970s. The price tag: EUR 226 million.

Swiss Cheese and Visas

A fraud scandal across three Luxembourg ministries reveals how fake diplomas, fictitious contracts, and aligned gaps in oversight let hundreds of illegal visas slip through. ASTI wants the full audit made public.

Net Catch

China's Long March-10B completed its maiden flight and caught its first stage on a seaborne net platform. The reusable rocket race just got more crowded.

Agent Wars Week

OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Work, Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1, and the AI agent race went from vaporware to products in 48 hours.

Twenty-Five to Two Hundred and Fifty

Several Luxembourg municipalities ban non-essential water use as drinking water reserves decline, with fines from €25 to €250.

Permacrisis

Thirty Luxembourg NGOs declare housing a human right as the crisis deepens beyond low-income households into the middle class.