Recent News Headlines : Luxembourg - Luxembourg

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: HOW EUROPE HAS TURNED PINK


2017 Finland votes to allow same-sex marriages, before Germany becomes the 14th country in Europe to approve same-sex marriage... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 561

EU PUTS UAE BAHRAIN AND TUNISIA ON TAX HAVEN BLACKLIST


The European Union has released a blacklist of 17 countries, including the United Arab Emirates UAE, Bahrain and Tunisia, which it says are tax havens... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 73

APPLE WINS EU TRADEMARK CASE AGAINST XIAOMI


Xiaomi's Mi Pad and Apple's iPad are both tablet computers... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 338

EUROPE'S EMPLOYMENT POLICIES ARE NOT WORKING


By Alois Stoger and Nicolas Schmit Although the European Union is in the midst of an economic recovery, long-term unemployment - joblessness and job-seeking that... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 47

HOW DO DIFFERENT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DEFINE THE AGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT?


14 years old In seven European countries Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Portugal, jurisdiction dictates individuals can consent to sex at 14 years old... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 97

AFTER A TAX CRACKDOWN, APPLE FOUND A PLACE TO STASH ITS PROFITS -- IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL


Appleby clients have transferred trademarks, patent rights and other valuable intangible assets into offshore shell companies, avoiding billions of dollars in taxes... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 69

THE BRIEF FROM BRUSSELS: EU'S JUNCKER ON CATALONIA


The head of the European Commission has dismissed claims from Catalan separtists that they are being oppressed by the Spanish government... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 397

"WHAT COULD HELP ME TO DIE?" DOCTORS CLASH OVER EUTHANASIA


Despite that latitude, Distelmans complained that Thienpont's patients were arriving at his clinic with unrealistic expectations, presuming that their euthanasia request would automatically be approved... READ MORE

27th October, 2017 373

NEVER MIND PRUES GAFFE THIS IS STILL ONE OF TVS TASTIEST TREATS


5x5 bulletin for Tuesday 24 October Listen to today's essential news from the Telegraph... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 2

MOST EU STATES IN FAVOUR OF MACRON'S LABOUR REFORM PLANS


In the latter group, Poland is the biggest exporter of cheap labour force in the EU... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 28

CAN FRANCE'S MACRON REFORM EU RULES ON 'POSTED WORKERS'?


The European Commission has proposed three years, while some of the Eastern European countries want it postponed for five years, according to French daily Le Figaro... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 20

MOST EU STATES PUSH REFORM OF LABOUR RULES SOUGHT BY FRANCE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON


In the latter group, Poland is the biggest exporter of cheap labour force in the EU... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 0

THE KOCH BROTHERS WANT A TAX CUT. PENCE IS READY TO HELP


At least four other Pence staffers went on to work for either Koch Industries or Koch-backed political groups... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 578

EU URGES US CONGRESS TO PRESERVE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL TRUMP THREATENED


At their meeting in Luxembourg, the EU foreign ministers extended sanctions on North Korea, going beyond UN sanctions... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 33

EU DEFENDS IRAN DEAL DESPITE TRUMP APPEALS TO US CONGRESS


But some still hold out hope of repeating the Iran nuclear deal with Pyongyang at some future date... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 411

EUROPEAN UNION MINISTERS CLOSE RANKS TO SUPPORT IRAN DEAL


Today's monthly gathering of the 28 ministers will also approve fresh EU sanctions against Pyongyang over its ballistic and nuclear weapons programmes... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 1

SPAIN'S WARNING ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AS CATALAN CRISIS PERSISTS


Meanwhile Spain's CEOE business lobby group said this week that Catalonia was already seriously affected by the crisis... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 41

EU INTERVENTION IN CATALONIA WOULD CAUSE CHAOS, JUNCKER SAYS


Spanish pm asks catalonia have you declared independence or not?... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 585

'THEY HAVE TO PAY', EU'S JUNCKER SAYS OF BRITAIN


London has been hoping and pressing for this to happen at the summit... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 932

CATALAN LEADER EXPECTED TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN IN CRUCIAL TUESDAY SPEECH


The Catalan leader is expected to declare independence from Spain, but hasn't revealed the precise message he will deliver in the address at 6 p.m... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 0

EU FOREIGN MINISTERS SUPPORT SPAIN OVER CATALONIAN INDEPENDENCE


The spectre of Catalonia's independence has dominated the meeting of EU Finance ministers in Luxembourg. While the issue was not on the official agenda, Spain's Finance... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 199

SPAIN, EU WARN CATALAN LEADER AHEAD OF INDEPENDENCE SHOWDOWN


In Madrid, the Spanish government issued a sharp warning to Puigdemont as it grapples with the nation's worst political crisis in a generation... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 0

CATALONIA'S LEADER UNDER PRESSURE TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN


Should the region attempt to secede from Spain, he said, Madrid is ready to suspend Catalonia's regional government and to demand a new round of elections... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 2015

D-DAY FOR CATALONIA: EUROPE BRACES FOR CATALAN LEADER'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE


Mr Puigdemont, a 54-year-old former journalist and life-long independence advocate, will address Catalan lawmakers on Tuesday in an extraordinary parliamentary session beginning at 6pm local time... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 63

CATALONIA'S LEADER EXPECTED TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN


Spanish police officers stand guard at the entrance to the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 552

FRENCH FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BEST IF DIJSSELBLOEM STAYS ON AS EUROGROUP HEAD UNTIL JANUARY


If he wants to stay in office until the beginning of next year, I would think that is the best option for all the members of the Eurogroup," he said... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 9

AMAZON PUSHES FORWARD WITH PLANS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD


But if Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fulfills his ambition, the world and not just nearly every American industry will come to fear Amazon... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 12

STATES HAND OUT CORPORATE SUBSIDIES AS THEIR PENSIONS SUFFER


A study released Wednesday by the advocacy group Good Jobs First and the National Public Pension Coalition spotlighted the connection between those two fiscal issues... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 342

LUXEMBOURG ASKS AMAZON TO SET ASIDE EU-IMPOSED TAX REPAYMENT


The money will be kept in a separate account until the outcome of the procedure, a spokesman for the Luxembourg Finance Ministry said... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 71

EU ORDERS AMAZON TO PAY BACK TAXES, TAKES IRELAND TO COURT OVER FAILURE TO COLLECT FROM APPLE


Vestager said that U.S. online retailer Amazon had unfairly profited from special low tax conditions since 2003 in tiny Luxembourg, where its European headquarters are based... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 30

Trending News Headlines : Luxembourg

E.U. LAWMAKERS CALL FOR END TO VISA-FREE TRAVEL FOR AMERICANS


The Trump administration, finding itself in a tit-for-tat battle over access, would then almost certainly do the same for travelers from the European Union... READ MORE

4th March, 2017 35922

NORWAY PLEDGES $10 MILLION TO COUNTER TRUMP'S GLOBAL ANTI-ABORTION MOVE


The government is increasing its support for family planning and safe abortion by 85 million Norwegian crowns 10 million compared with 2016, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said... READ MORE

20th February, 2017 31869

DENMARK GETS ITS FIRST WILD WOLF PACK IN 200 YEARS


Wolves can walk 50km in 24 hours and have been recorded making journeys of more than 1,000km across Europe from Germany, where they re-established themselves in 1998... READ MORE

5th May, 2017 19442

TIME ASKS TRUMP TO TAKE DOWN FAKE MAGAZINE COVERS


Among the latest Time magazine has asked The Trump Organization to take down fake magazine covers featuring a pre-presidential Donald Trump... READ MORE

28th June, 2017 17315

EU CITIZENSHIP PROPOSAL COULD GUARANTEE RIGHTS IN EUROPE AFTER BREXIT


Plan would ensure freedom to live, travel and work for nationals of countries that have left the union - including Britons... READ MORE

26th November, 2016 13949

ANGELA MERKEL SAYS BRITAIN UNDER 'ILLUSION' IT CAN KEEP EU BENEFITS AFTER BREXIT


Angela Merkel says Britain under 'illusion' it can keep EU benefits after Brexit... READ MORE

28th April, 2017 6777

WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?


Globally, the mortality rate for young people decreased 21 percent between 2000 and 2015, with HIV-related deaths in particular falling significantly... READ MORE

21st August, 2017 5630

BARCLAYS PICKS DUBLIN AS POST-BREXIT EU HEADQUARTERS


Brexit Means Barclays Will Set Up Its EU Hub in Dublin... READ MORE

27th January, 2017 5612

GERMANY RETALIATES AFTER DONALD TRUMP LABELS NATO 'OBSOLETE' AND THREATENS CAR MAKERS WITH 35PC TARIFFS


Europeans all sound the same to Donald Trump, it appears, after it emerged that the president-elect can't tell one Eurocrat from another... READ MORE

16th January, 2017 4912

THESE ARE THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST PLACES TO BUY DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES


Bloomberg mined its own research, the annual World Drug Report published by the United Nations along with data from the World Health Organization... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 4527

A BATTERED WORLD WAR II HERO OF BASTOGNE GETS A NEW HOME, AND MUSEUM BUILT AROUND IT


Charles Boggess was in command of Cobra King, and driving with Gen... READ MORE

4th August, 2017 3133

EUROPEAN LEADERS WON'T ADMIT TO MAFIA


These days, more than ever, all the attention is focused on terrorism so Mafia money and money laundering are absolutely free to flow where they want... READ MORE

8th April, 2017 2909

GREECE BLOCKS EU'S CRITICISM AT UN OF CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD


The statement was due to be submitted to the UN's human rights council in Geneva last Thursday... READ MORE

19th June, 2017 2712

A TIMELINE OF HOW LOVE AND LAW HAVE CHANGED IN 130 YEARS


'Marriage bar' abolished November 18, 1966 The bar on employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is abolished... READ MORE

9th May, 2017 2698

EU COURT SAYS EASTERN STATES CANNOT REFUSE TO TAKE REFUGEES


The eastern EU states say they can send equipment and border guards to the bloc's external frontiers in solidarity... READ MORE

6th September, 2017 2564

TRUMPLOMACY: THE BEST OF DONALD'S WORST MOMENTS IN EUROPE


Luxembourg prime minister Xavier Bettel turned away to seemingly show his displeasure to his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel and French president Macron... READ MORE

26th May, 2017 2470

'GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OUT OF HERE,' VENEZUELA'S MADURO TELLS TRUMP


Luxembourg prime minister Xavier Bettel turned away to seemingly show his displeasure to his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel and French president Macron... READ MORE

26th May, 2017 2466

ANGELA MERKEL AND EUROPEAN LEADERS RESIST DONALD TRUMP ULTIMATUM TO INCREASE DEFENCE SPENDING OR RISK LOSING US COMMITMENT TO NATO


European leaders have pushed back at Donald Trump's ultimatum that they increase defence spending or risk America scaling back its commitment to Transatlantic protection... READ MORE

18th February, 2017 1790

GREEKS TURN TO THE BLACK MARKET AS ANOTHER BAILOUT SHOWDOWN LOOMS


Unemployment remains about 23 percent, and for some people the shadow economy is a lifeline... READ MORE

20th February, 2017 1741

DONALD TRUMP'S LIKELY EU AMBASSADOR TED MALLOCH WANTS TO TAME THE BLOC 'LIKE HE BROUGHT DOWN SOVIET UNION'


Donald Trump's likely pick for ambassador to the European Union has suggested he wants to bring down the bloc... READ MORE

28th January, 2017 1732

URBAN BEASTS: HOW WILD ANIMALS HAVE MOVED INTO CITIES


Wildlife in cities may be good for us, but it isn't always good for the wildlife... READ MORE

21st May, 2017 1605

8 COUNTRIES JOIN FIGHT TO COUNTER TRUMP'S ANTI-ABORTION MOVE


Trump has banned funding for groups that provide information about abortion... READ MORE

9th February, 2017 1587

SNAPCHAT BECOMES LATEST TECH FIRM TO PICK LONDON DESPITE BREXIT


Facebook is expanding its presence by 50 percent, saying its engineers wanted to be in London, a city with an amazing ecosystem of technology and creative companies... READ MORE

11th January, 2017 1586

EU LAWMAKERS CALL FOR 'FEDERAL UNION' OF EUROPEAN STATES


Now is the moment to move towards closer political integration -- the Federal Union of States with broad powers... READ MORE

27th February, 2017 1359

CROSS-PARTY GROUP OF MPS CALL ON GOVE TO ADOPT CLEAN AIR BILL


The government's plans to tackle air pollution have been found by judges to be so poor that they are unlawful... READ MORE

21st July, 2017 1226

TRUMP SAYS U.S., ONE OF THE WORST CARBON POLLUTERS, IS THE 'CLEANEST' COUNTRY ON EARTH


2 in per person carbon dioxide pollution, behind Luxembourg, among 35 developed nations plus China, India and Brazil, Energy Department data show... READ MORE

4th June, 2017 1218

EX-GERMAN CHANCELLOR HELMUT KOHL DIES AGED 87


Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of Germany's reunification, died on Friday aged 87, his party said... READ MORE

17th June, 2017 1163

FINANCE TITANS FACE OFF OVER $5 TRILLION LONDON GOLD MARKET


Some of the biggest names in finance are fighting for control of the London gold market... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 1148

"WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION"


Friedrich Jeschke We think the European idea should be more appreciated and made more understandable for the public... READ MORE

28th March, 2017 1042

EU 'RISKS DYING IF IT LOSES DIRECTION'


Pope Francis EU 'risks dying if it loses direction'... READ MORE

25th March, 2017 1041


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