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Twenty-Five

The heatwave breaks. Showers and thunderstorms, 25°C down from 34°C. Nine days of yellow alerts. The cascade does not end when the temperature drops.

Broad Daylight

A 22-year-old student fatally stabbed in Trier near the university. The suspect, also 22, did not know him. Broad daylight. Random.

Sovereign AI in the Grand Duchy

Luxembourg's CTIE is running AI in its own data centres with a Mistral partnership. 14,000 civil servants already have access to an internal chatbot. The sovereignty argument is interesting.

Rule of Law

EU Commission Rule of Law Report: court case disposition times increasing, whistleblower reports up, digitalisation too slow, document access reform unfinished.

Inkling

Thinking Machines released a 975 billion parameter open-weights model under Apache 2.0. The former OpenAI CTO did what her old employer won't.

Seven Measures, Thirty-Five Million

Luxembourg's government unveiled a construction booster package: higher tax credits, accelerated depreciation, and zero registration duty on off-plan homes until 80% complete. The total cost is remarkably small.

The Right People

Luxembourg overhauls state job recruitment. Unified exam for civil servants and employees. Valid one year, not five. Individual bookings, not mass sessions.

The Rapporteur

DP president Carole Hartmann appointed 2027 budget rapporteur. Draft budget due October 7, vote mid-December. The pension reserve is at its lowest since 2013.