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This year, the Grand Duchy has returned to the world’s top 15, climbing to 14th place in the report published on Thursday 18 June. (Photo: Shutterstock)
ECONOMY

Luxembourg returns to the IMD’s global top 15

After several years of decline, the Grand Duchy has climbed back up to 14th place in the IMD’s 2026 World Competitiveness Ranking. This improvement was driven by a jump of 33 places in the economic performance pillar.

Ioanna Schimizzi • 09:10
In the information and communications technology sector, 78% of job vacancies advertised in 2023 required at least one skill related to AI, data or predictive analytics. In the finance sector, this figure stood at 62%. Photo: Shutterstock
ECONOMY

What Liser’s analysis of 75 million job vacancies reveals

Thierry Labro • 16.06.2026
The World Cup that Donald Trump wanted, and which is being organised by Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino, is the most expensive in history. It is also the most expensive to watch. Hence the rise of VPNs and pirates, which threaten the millions earned by football’s stars. (Photo: Shutterstock)
ECONOMY

$5.3bn in TV rights, €3.97 to watch it all: a huge discrepancy

Thierry Labro • 12.06.2026
Subsidies to combat rising energy costs will cost the public purse €60m in 2026. (Photo: Shutterstock)
ECONOMY

Resilienzpak: a scheme that is too poorly targeted, according to Idea

Marc Fassone • 12.06.2026
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly prevalent in newsrooms, but from Ukraine to Sweden, the publishers gathered at Nexus Luxembourg on Thursday 11 June believe that trust, sourcing and fact-checking remain tasks that are exclusively human. Photo: Ioanna Schimizzi/Paperjam
ECONOMY

“AI’s short-term solutions are not enough”

Ioanna Schimizzi • 11.06.2026
CSSF Director General Claude Marx (on the left) said at Nexus Luxembourg that regulation reflected societal choices and could therefore differ from one part of the world to another. (Photo: Virginie Willemet)
ECONOMY

Regulators contrast rules and self-discipline in digital finance

Mike Gordon • 10.06.2026
“At the first quarter of 2026, GDP volume growth was 0.0% compared with the previous quarter and +1.6% compared with the first quarter of 2025,” Statec stated, announcing Luxembourg’s first estimate of quarterly national accounts for the opening quarter, on 5 June 2026. Livbrary photo: Romain Gamba
ECONOMY

Luxembourg GDP stalls despite investment rebound: Statec

Kangkan Halder • 05.06.2026
Representatives from Adem visited La Provençale on Thursday 4 June to celebrate the training programme’s tenth anniversary with the staff. (Photo: Adem)
ECONOMY

Targeted and practical training: the case of Adem and La Provençale

Maëlle Hamma • 05.06.2026
“Annual inflation has slowed, falling from 3.1% in April to 2.3% in May,” Statec said on 3 June 2026. Library photo: Matic Zorman
ECONOMY

Luxembourg inflation falls to 2.3% as energy prices ease

Kangkan Halder • 03.06.2026
Luxair’s CEO, Gilles Feith, warns that regulations making regional routes less viable would ultimately penalise passengers themselves as well as the regions they serve. (Photo: Luxair)
ECONOMY

Luxair fears more expensive and fewer flights

Ioanna Schimizzi • 03.06.2026
In the hushed atmosphere of the Philharmonie, Arunma Oteh reminded the leaders of their responsibilities in the ultimate development of the financial markets. In simple terms. Photo: Paperjam
ECONOMY

Arunma Oteh’s valuable reminders

Thierry Labro • 03.06.2026
Statistics agency Statec director Tom Haas said a six-month closure of the Strait of Hormuz would not simply have twice the economic effect of a shorter disruption. Photo: Statec
ECONOMY

Luxembourg risks recession if Hormuz shock persists, Statec says

Mike Gordon • 02.06.2026
Luxembourg households are set to receive a 2.5% index-linked increase in wages and pensions in June 2026, after higher energy prices pushed inflation towards the next automatic adjustment. Photo: Shutterstock
ECONOMY

Luxembourg wage indexation confirmed for June

Kangkan Halder • 29.05.2026
“According to the first estimates of quarterly national accounts, the public balance moved from a surplus of €776m in 2024 to a deficit of €1.756bn in 2025,” Statec noted in its Conjoncture Flash. Library photo: Romain Gamba
ECONOMY

Luxembourg swings from €0.8bn surplus to €1.8bn deficit

Kangkan Halder • 28.05.2026
A key strength that is widely highlighted: public transport. Luxembourg retains its position as the world leader in this category thanks to its free public transport network. The country ranks ahead of Azerbaijan, Cuba, Chile and China. (Photo: Shutterstock)
ECONOMY

Luxembourg, the world’s third-best country for expats

Ioanna Schimizzi • 26.05.2026
According to Gilles Feith and 34 CEOs of so-called ‘regional’ airlines, the new air passenger rights could threaten the economic survival of their companies. (Photo: Patricia Pitsch/Paperjam/Archives)
ECONOMY

Struggling to survive, Luxair and 34 other airlines are taking action

Thierry Labro • 20.05.2026
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