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In Costa Rica, Franz Fayot laid the foundations for the implementation of the new strategy of the Luxembourg Cooperation in Central America
Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, paid a working visit to Costa Rica from 23 to 27 January 2023.
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Jean Asselborn at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels
The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, attended the meeting of the "Foreign Affairs" Council of the EU, which took place on 23 January 2023 in Brussels.
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François Bausch on a working visit to Cabo Verde
On 18 and 19 January 2023, the Minister of Defence, François Bausch, made a working visit to Cabo Verde.
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Travel Advice - China
As China faces a massive wave of Covid-19 infections and the Chinese health system is under strain, Luxembourg is following the German travel advice and currently advises against non-essential travel to China:
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COVID-19 outbreak in China: Reinforcement of epidemiological surveillance in Luxembourg from 9 January 2023
In view of the rapid progression of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections in China since December 2022, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs wish to inform about the reinforcement of the epidemiological surveillance applicable from January 9, 2023 until February 5, 2023 inclusive, for any travel coming from the People's Republic of China...
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Working visit of H.R.H. the Grand Duke and Franz Fayot to Laos - third and fourth day
H.R.H. the Grand Duke and the Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Franz Fayot, paid a working visit to Laos from 5 to 8 December 2022. The agenda for the last two days included a visit to the projects of the Luxembourg Cooperation in the localities of Phonhong and Vang Vieng, as well as a cultural visit to the city of Luang Prabang.
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Working visit of H.R.H. the Grand Duke and Franz Fayot to Laos - first and second day
H.R.H. the Grand Duke and the Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Franz Fayot, are currently on a working visit to Laos from 5 to 8 December 2022.
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Luxembourg and the United States establish a new era of Space cooperation within NATO
Luxembourg and the United States have established a Global Commercially Contracted Satellite Communications Support Partnership (GCC SATCOM SP), opening a new era of Space cooperation within NATO.
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François Bausch and Virgin Orbit sign agreement to advance Allied responsive space capabilities across Europe
On 17 October 2022, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, François Bausch and Virgin Orbit signed a Letter of Intent that will begin the process towards developing responsive space capabilities inclusive of mobile launch infrastructure that would be based in Luxembourg, but available for NATO partners, and other Allies across the European continent.
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Signing of the Declaration of Intent concerning the location of the Belgian-Luxembourg reconnaissance battalion
On Thursday 13 October, Ludivine Dedonder, Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, and François Bausch, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signed a Declaration of Intent concerning the location of the bi-national reconnaissance battalion.
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François Bausch at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference
On 11 October 2022, at the invitation of Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, participated as a speaker in the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC).
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François Bausch at the Warsaw Security Forum
On 4 October 2022, Minister of Defence, François Bausch, participated in the ninth edition of the Warsaw Security Forum. François Bausch was invited as a speaker at two panel discussions and he had a bilateral meeting with Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia.
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Communication by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs on the abrogation of the temporary travel restrictions
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs wishes to inform that the temporary entry restrictions to the territory of the Grand Duchy of third-country nationals residing outside the European Union or the Schengen area, put in place from the start of the health crisis linked to COVID19, will end on 1 October 2022.
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New school for refugees opens in Kirchberg
On 26 September, Luxembourg's Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes, Minister of Education, Children and Youth Claude Meisch and EIB President Werner Hoyer inaugurated a new school for migrant children in an EIB building in Kirchberg.
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Working visit of Jean Asselborn to Ireland
The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, paid a working visit to Ireland on 13 and 14 September 2022.