At the 14th Luxembourg Peace Prize in Kirchberg, the Schengen Peace Foundation honoured five international peacebuilders against a backdrop of the highest number of active conflicts since 1945.
The European Commission hosted a Taliban delegation in Brussels on 23 June 2026 to discuss returning rejected Afghan asylum seekers, the first time the EU has met the unrecognised government since 2021. Around 20 member states back the push; Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch warn it breaches the EU's non-refoulement obligations. As an EU member, Luxembourg is bound by the bloc's new common returns policy.