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Maria José Costeira was elected vice-president of the General Court of the European Union following a vote by her peers on 23 September 2026. She has been a judge at the General Court since 2016. (Photo: General Court of the European Union)

Maria José Costeira elected vice-president of the EU General Court

On 23 September, the judges of the General Court of the European Union elected Maria José Costeira as their vice-president, following Savvas Papasavvas’s appointment as president. The Portuguese judge will hold this post until 31 August 2028.

Rebeca Suay • 23.09.2026

Two restaurants were inspected in Luxembourg on Friday 18 September as part of an international investigation into an alleged human trafficking network. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two restaurants inspected in Luxembourg in conjunction with Europol

Ioanna Schimizzi • 21.09.2026

Six suitcases containing 122,418 cigarettes were seized at Findel airport. The consignment, which had been routed via Warsaw to conceal its origin, was presumably destined for Bordeaux. (Photo: Administration des douanes et accises)

122,418 contraband cigarettes seized at Findel

Ioanna Schimizzi • 17.09.2026

63 posts will remain unfilled at the start of the new judicial year. (Photo: Matic Zorman/Paperjam/archives)

Justice: 38 new recruits, but still 63 vacancies

Thierry Labro • 07.09.2026

“An employer may not, through a contractual clause, impose a financial burden that has the effect of disproportionately restricting an employee’s freedom to resign,” said Johana Soares Lapeira, senior adviser at the Chamber of Employees (Chambre des salariés). Photo: Shutterstock

Courts draw limits on the price of quitting

Mike Gordon • 25.08.2026

The ‘Ecofin Action Days’ operations carried out in the two judicial districts have now concluded. The inspections resulted in fines being issued to 73 organisations, with 100 offences recorded. (Photo: Police grand-ducale)

73 organisations fined for a lack of transparency

Ioanna Schimizzi • 18.08.2026

An employee was excluded from his company’s collective agreement because he was regarded as a senior manager. The Court of Appeal rejected this classification, ruling in particular that his salary was not high enough. As a result, his employer must pay him €58,067. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Senior management status can be costly for employers

Ioanna Schimizzi • 12.08.2026

A new development in the dispute between the director Grégory Clerc and two of the heirs to the Castel empire: in Singapore, the courts have upheld the injunctions temporarily barring him from managing IBBM, the holding company. (Photos et photomontage: Paperjam)

Castel: Gregory Clerc is still barred from taking his seat

Thierry Labro • 30.07.2026

Staying in touch with your child or teenager through communication is, for the time being, the only way to ensure they are not exposed to algorithms that suggest increasingly violent content. Photo: Shutterstock

Europol targets ‘The Com’, a violent network preying on teenagers

Thierry Labro • 24.07.2026

The Court of Justice of the European Union has brought an end to an eight-year legal battle. It has upheld the €4.125 billion fine imposed on Google for abusing its dominant position with Android. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Google has been definitively ordered to pay €4.1bn by the CJEU

Ioanna Schimizzi • 02.07.2026

The funds raised through private bonds have never been invested in solar panel installations. The Swiss scandal has taken on a Luxembourg dimension following the hearing on 9 June in Switzerland of the three individuals who are in prison but presumed innocent. (Photo: Shutterstock)

PrimeEnergy: the Swiss scandal with repercussions in Luxembourg

Thierry Labro • 18.06.2026

The government wishes to step up the crackdown on illegal gaming machines, which are regarded as a potential conduit for money laundering and organised crime. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Illegal gambling: the Council of State puts the brakes on the reform

Marc Fassone • 18.06.2026

The government remains extremely cautious on the issue of recovered assets. No figures have been disclosed. (Photo: Paperjam/archives)

Caritas: two years on, the hunt for the €61m continues

Ioanna Schimizzi • 17.06.2026

According to Italian investigators, 40-year-old Clarissa La Porta is alleged to have played an active role in a transnational criminal organisation involved in fraud and money-laundering operations. (Photo: Facebook)

Key figure in Caritas case arrested in Rome

Thierry Labro • 08.06.2026

Sophie Schram and Enrico Lunghi, during the interview at Mudam. Photo: Screenshot RTL/archives

The Lunghi case ends with an acquittal

Thierry Labro • 03.06.2026

According to the prosecutor, the ministry’s reports were based on two medical expert reports that the prosecutor described as independent. Photo: Paperjam

Prosecutor opens inquiry into Wilmes surgery case

Mike Gordon • 28.05.2026

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