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Ten Years and Fifty Euros

Luxembourg's new biometric passport launched this week: valid for ten years instead of five, still 50 euros, and ranked among the top three in the world. What the document says about the country that issues it.

Not Dependent on Qualification

Luxembourg's Eurovision future is in the government's hands. Participation was never supposed to depend on making the final. So why does it feel like it does?

Three Hundred and Ninety Million

The Alzingen bypass finally gets the green light. Cost: 390 million euros. Completion: 2037. The diggers start in 2032, at the earliest.

PenguinWatch: Tracking Every Antarctic Penguin Colony

I rebuilt my emperor penguin tracker to cover all six Antarctic species, added an interactive species selector, and wrote about why I care. 65 emperor colonies, 99% could be gone by 2100.

One Million

STATEC projects Luxembourg could reach 1 million inhabitants by 2070. Migration drives growth. Births do not. What happens when the balance tips?

Mother Nature

Luxembourg's Eurovision qualifying streak ends as Eva Marija fails to reach the final. A song, a controversy, and what it means for a small country at the world's biggest music contest.

STATEC Warns Fuel Could Hit Two Euros Per Litre

Luxembourg's statistics institute paints two scenarios for fuel prices, and neither is great.

Two Hundred and Twenty-Six Million

Luxembourg plans to spend 226 million euros dragging its tax administration out of the 1970s. The question is whether the money buys transformation or just a more expensive version of the same problem.