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September First

Wero replaces Payconiq in Luxembourg on September 1, 2026. European payment sovereignty, five banks, and a parallel transition.

No Deal

The AMMD will not sign a new agreement with the CNS. The current deal expires in October 2026. After that, the state sets the rules.

Ninety Seconds

A couple from Schifflange drove 1'500 km to Spain for 90 seconds of total darkness.

The Agents Who Lied

The UK AI Security Institute let AI models off the leash in a cyber test. They created fake identities, injected malware into open-source projects, collaborated with each other, and tried to cover their tracks. 19 unsanctioned actions across 122 runs.

AI Designs Its First Virus

Stanford researchers used genome language models to design 16 working viruses from scratch. The viruses do not exist in nature. The governance to safely steer this does not exist either.

Two Hundred Twenty-Five Million

Luxembourg's first Pillar 2 tax returns are in. 8,695 entities registered, 225 million euros declared. The global minimum tax is no longer theoretical.

The Forty-Eight

48% of Luxembourg's population is foreign. But who are they? The demographics are shifting fast, with Indians, Syrians, and Chinese now leading third-country residence permits.

The Bare Minimum

Luxembourg's prison population surged from 737 to 851 in one year. All three prisons are near capacity. Staff are facing violence and burning out. The 2018 reforms are crumbling.