Reporter, Society & Greater Region
Tom Schmit reports on society and the Greater Region for status.lu, with a focus on cross-border work, education, and the 220,000 frontaliers who commute into the Grand Duchy.
Luxembourg runs on Luxembourgish, French, and German — plus English at work. We explain how the three official languages divide up administration, justice, and the classroom.
Apple has confirmed it will build a native Luxembourgish keyboard into iOS 27, ending years in which iPhone users typing Lëtzebuergesch relied on third-party apps and constant manual correction. The move follows a long campaign for digital support of the language, anchored by the 2018 promotion law and the Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch.
European and national drug monitoring confirm cannabis as the most widely used illicit substance in Luxembourg, with about 14.6% of adults reporting use in the past year. The figures arrive as the country reviews its July 2023 law permitting limited home cultivation and private consumption.
Luxembourg City's UNESCO-listed Bock and Pétrusse casemates open to guided tours and self-paced visits this summer, offering a walk through three centuries of fortress history beneath the capital.
Luxembourg leads the world on GDP per capita and ranks highly on quality-of-life indices, but housing costs, cross-border traffic and healthcare strains expose a widening gap between the statistics and lived experience.
Op der Lay, the independent publishing house founded in 1993 that became a mainstay of Lëtzebuergesch-language literature, is closing on 1 September 2026 after 33 years. Its decision has prompted reflection across Luxembourg's cultural world on the precariousness of publishing in a language with a small readership.
The Stade de Luxembourg gave the national football team a modern home in 2021. We look at the venue and the slow, real rise of the Roud Léiwen.