Category: Luxembourg

CDC Moves More European Countries to Highest Level of COVID-19 Risk for Travel

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week added two European countries to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations, as the United States on Monday moved to reopen its borders to vaccinated international travelers. The Netherlands and Luxembourg were among the northwestern European countries to be added to the list, while…


Luxembourg’s Surprising Wines

Wine in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is hardly new. In fact, viticulture dates back more than 2,000 years to the Romans, who planted the first vines on the steep slopes of the Moselle River that today forms the country’s border with Germany. The tradition and sense of place one finds here are equal with…


Luxembourg PM Leaves Hospital After Treatment for COVID-19

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has left hospital after receiving treatment for COVID-19, the Luxembourg government said on Thursday. The government added Bettel would resume official duties from July 9. Bettel, 48, tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after a two-day European Union summit in Brussels at the end of June, where participants included French President…


Luxembourg Prime Minister Leaves Hospital After Treatment for COVID-19

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has left hospital after receiving treatment for COVID-19, the Luxembourg government said on Thursday. The government added Bettel would resume official duties from July 9. Bettel, 48, tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after a two-day European Union summit in Brussels at the end of June, where participants included French President…


Luxembourg’s Bettel to Remain in Hospital Until at Least Thursday

Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is getting better after contracting COVID-19 but will stay at the hospital under medical observation until at least Thursday, an official said on Wednesday. Bettel, 48, tested positive shortly after a two-day EU summit in Brussels at the end of June, where participants included French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor…


Luxembourg PM in ‘Serious,’ Stable Condition With COVID-19

BRUSSELS—Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is in a “serious, but stable” condition and will remain in the hospital for up to four more days after he was unable to shake a bout of COVID-19 that developed over a week ago, the government said. In a statement, it added that the running of state affairs will…


Amazon Wins $303 Million Court Fight in Blow to EU Tax Crusade

BRUSSELS—Amazon won its fight against an EU order to pay about 250 million euros ($303 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg in another blow to competition chief Margrethe Vestager’s crusade against preferential deals. The bloc failed to show that Luxembourg had given the U.S. online retailer special treatment in violation of state-aid rules, the EU’s…


Luxembourg Fund Industry Is a $5.4 Trillion ‘Black Box,’ Investigation Says

LONDON—Luxembourg’s investment fund industry is a financial “black box” that helps people launder illicit money and avoid tax, according to an investigation published on Monday whose findings were rejected by the EU nation. The OpenLux investigation by journalists from a group of media organizations, including Le Monde, Le Soir, the Miami Herald, and Sueddeutsche Zeitung,…