Archive
Every section, ordered by publication date. 36 stories in the archive.
The Archives nationales de Luxembourg open their new reading room at Esch-Belval on 24 June 2026, ending decades in cramped barracks on the Plateau du Saint-Esprit. The 105-kilometre repository sits beside the university on the former ARBED steelworks.
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 City hosted the inaugural International Climate Finance Days from 3 to 5 June, using its standing as Europe's largest sustainable-fund domicile and home of the world's first green-bond exchange to position itself as a broker between public and private climate capital.
Luxembourg City packs a remarkable density of museums into a short walk. We map the museum mile, from contemporary art at Mudam to national history in the Fishmarket quarter.
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.
A law passed in July 2023 raises Luxembourg's compulsory-schooling age from 16 to 18, taking effect in September 2026. It is aimed at the country's school-leavers and NEETs, and can be fulfilled through schooling, an apprenticeship or other qualifying pathways rather than classroom attendance alone.
Esch-sur-Alzette and the former steel region of the Minett spent 2022 as a European Capital of Culture. We look at what endured once the festival year ended.
Peter Magyar's April 2026 election win has begun to unwind a decade of confrontation between Budapest and Brussels over EU funds, Article 7 and the veto. For Luxembourg, a consistent advocate of the rule of law and of curbing unanimity, the episode is both vindication and unfinished business.
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.
Patrizia van der Weken, Luxembourg's record-breaking sprinter, has turned a country with almost no track pedigree into a regular presence in elite finals. Her 2026 outdoor season opened with a podium in Stockholm and a sixth place in Oslo.
Luxembourg has produced Tour de France winners across three eras. We trace the line from Charly Gaul to the Schleck brothers and today's national team.
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.