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Jacques Thill has held the post of government adviser at the Ministry of the Economy since March 2025, where he coordinates policies relating to the digital economy and the space sector. He is chairman of the Luxembourg Space Agency and served as chairman of the board of directors of LuxConnect between 2022 and 2025. (Photo: Raoul Somers )

Jacques Thill appointed chairman of LuxTrust

LuxTrust has announced the appointment of Jacques Thill as chairman of the board of directors of LuxTrust and LuxTrust Development, a decision announced on 4 May 2026. The company has thus entrusted this role to a figure with a background in public policy in order to support the development of its activities in the face of digital challenges.

Rebeca Suay • 04.05.2026

Between late 2022 and late 2025, the number of jobseekers in Luxembourg rose by 42.5%, whilst the resident working-age population grew by just 3.6% between 2023 and early 2025, and then by 1.5% in 2025. (Photo: Guy Wolff/Archives)

The number of unemployed people rises faster than people in work

Ioanna Schimizzi • 04.05.2026

The 100th anniversary of the Luxembourg Association of Professional Journalists (ALJP) was celebrated on Saturday 2 May, attended by officials and journalists from across the country. (Photo: Alix Bellac)

Journalist safety: a key issue for democracy

Alix Bellac • 04.05.2026

Traces of TFA, considered one of the most problematic and concerning PFAS, have been detected in several mineral water sources in Luxembourg. Photo: Shutterstock

Bottled water contaminated with persistent pollutants in Luxembourg

Ioanna Schimizzi • 04.05.2026

If the government were to persist, a general strike would be inevitable. Patrick Dury is calling on the Prime Minister, Luc Frieden, to “defuse this explosive situation”. (Photo: LCGB)

OGBL and LCGB are raising the spectre of a general strike

Marc Fassone • 04.05.2026

Taking an interest in Gen Z means taking an interest in the future, in what matters to them today, and in what they intend to change tomorrow. (Photo: Julian Pierrot/Paperjam)

‘Zoomers’, or the art of making people question their certainties

Maëlle Hamma • 04.05.2026

According to Frédéric Meys, an economist at the Idea Foundation, the government can no longer afford to be as generous as it was in 2022. (Photo: Idea)

Frédéric Meys (Idea): “The measures will need to be targeted”

Marc Fassone • 04.05.2026

MPs will advance proposals to regulate platform-based labour, shaping how digital work is organised in practice. Photo: Shutterstock

Housing reform and platform work lead a dense committee week

Mike Gordon • 04.05.2026

According to Yuriko Backes, Lex Delles and Gilles Roth, the National Defence Fund will make it possible to turn mandatory expenditure into drivers of economic growth. (Photo: SIP)

A further €150m for defence

Marc Fassone • 30.04.2026

Belgium has promised a high-speed rail link between Luxembourg City and Brussels by 2030. However, despite this political objective, no new decisions have been taken on the Luxembourg side, and the project remains entirely dependent on progress in Belgium. (Photo: Paperjam/Archive)

Brussels train: Belgium targets 2030, Luxembourg doubts

Ioanna Schimizzi • 30.04.2026

According to a study by Liser, starting school earlier increases the risk of repeating a year by 10 to 15 per cent, which is almost double. Photo: Shutterstock

Being born in late August doubles the risk of repeating a year in Luxembourg

Ioanna Schimizzi • 30.04.2026

LCGB’s Patrick Dury said the tripartite model is “under stress” and that “no real discussions have taken place, only alibi meetings”. Photo: Romain Gamba / Paperjam

Unions call for €300 more

Mike Gordon • 30.04.2026

Five years after Jean Asselborn sent a letter to the NSO Group and its Luxembourg-based entities, the government still has no idea, it says, of what the company has been doing from Luxembourg. (Photo: Shutterstock).

Pegasus in Luxembourg: what the supervisory authority… doesn’t monitor

Thierry Labro • 30.04.2026

It was a relaxed government that met with the press in an informal setting on 29 April. (Photo: Sophie Margue/SIP)

Mäertchen: Luc Frieden remains calm in the face of crises

Marc Fassone • 29.04.2026

The country’s critical infrastructure will now undergo regular assessments of its resilience. This is particularly important in a world where cyberattacks are on the rise and primarily target (40%) government organisations. Photo: Shutterstock

The resilience of critical entities and the ‘Luxembourg-style’ miracle

Thierry Labro • 29.04.2026

Carlo Blum, currently deputy director of the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL), has been appointed acting director of the CNA for the period from 1 May to 31 October. Photo: BnL/Paperjam with AI

Carlo Blum appointed acting director of the CNA

Ioanna Schimizzi • 29.04.2026

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