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Luxembourg's top diplomat hospitalized for days with fever

The social-democrat, 73, is known well outside Luxembourg for his outspoken comments

In this week’s roundup of politics news from Luxembourg, Delano looks at indexation and a promise for tax relief measures by the finance minister, a petition to better protect Luxembourg’s cultural heritage and a new nature protection plan.

Plans to demolish the Buvette du Lac in Weiswampach for a leisure resort

Regardless of whether one has just arrived or been settled for a long time, knowing which organisation can provide what guidance in Luxembourg is somewhat of a Herculean task. In the works since mid-2020, a free website called myrights.lu aims to provide a better oversight.

OECD Information for journalists, Ministers and high-level representatives from the 38 OECD countries, the European Union, as well as some OECD accession candidate countries, have reiterated their shared commitment to the core values of democracy and welcomed a set of actions to strengthen the resilience of democracies and increase their responsiveness to citizens’ growing and changing expectations.

In case you missed them, The Luxembourg Times has selected the best stories of the week for you

The newly instated Lëtzebuerger Musekspräisser on 22 November revealed its first nominees.

OECD Information for journalists, Low voter turnout in some countries, weakened public trust, greater political polarisation and larger groups of citizens dissociating themselves from traditional democratic processes pose significant challenges for policy makers in many OECD countries.

Most hold back due to lack of proof and fear of repercussions, in particular losing their jobs if the discrimination happened at work