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US secretary of treasury Scott Bessent called for the 15% global minimum tax to be withdrawn and asked US president Donald Trump to withdraw his plan to tax investments in the US, something particularly feared by the fund industry. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

The global minimum tax is already in trouble

The G7 member countries want to exempt US multinationals from the global minimum tax, on the grounds that they are already taxed in the US, they announced on Saturday.

Paperjam.lu • 30.06.2025
“Israel cannot attack the entire civilian population or extend its sovereignty over this territory of Gaza and it is absolutely essential that humanitarian aid can be delivered to people who have been in extreme suffering for months,” said prime minister Luc Frieden (CSV). Archive photo: Guy Wolff
WORLD

Indignation mounts (at last) in Europe over Israel

Thierry Labro • 22.05.2025
Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected to be the next pope by his fellow cardinals on 8 May 2025. Pictured is Prevost in front of St Peter’s Basilica, 3 March 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Cardinals elect American Robert Prevost to be next pope

Lydia Linna • 08.05.2025
US president Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” included a 20% tariff on goods imported from the European Union. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Luxembourg reacts to US tariffs: “We must not panic”

Sylvain Barrette, Marc Fassone, Kangkan Halder, Lydia Linna, Pierre Théobald • 03.04.2025
As he had announced, US president Donald Trump made his tariffs official on what he called “liberation day.” Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Donald Trump unleashes tariffs

Paperjam.lu • 03.04.2025
In 2024, growth in renewable energy was largely driven by solar photovoltaics. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Renewable energy production capacity up 15.1% in 2024: report

Émilio Naud • 26.03.2025
Grégory Monaco, philanthropy relations at Handicap International Luxembourg. Photo: Handicap International
WORLD

Philanthropy, an act of resistance

Grégory Monaco – Handicap International Luxembourg • 18.03.2025
Safe-haven demand has propelled gold to new record highs, as trade tensions and central bank purchases continue to boost the precious metal. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Gold breaches $3,000 mark as US-EU trade tensions rise

Kangkan Halder • 14.03.2025
“The European Union must act to protect consumers and business. The countermeasures we take today are strong but proportionate,” said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, on Tuesday 12 March 2025, as she announced the countermeasures in response to US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium imports. Photo: European Union / Christophe Licoppe
WORLD

EU hits back at US with €26bn import tariffs

Kangkan Halder • 12.03.2025
Ukraine’s deputy finance minister Olga Zykova, speaking at the third edition of the Ukraine Resilience Business Forum, which took place at the Chamber of Commerce in Kirchberg, 5 March 2025. Photo: Kateryna Mostova
WORLD

Ukraine: “A resilient force in the defence of democratic values”

Lydia Linna • 06.03.2025
“The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States. That’s the purpose of it, and they’ve done a good job of it. But now I’m president,” stated US president Donald Trump, 26 February 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
ECONOMY

Threat of 25% tariffs looms for the EU

Paperjam.lu • 27.02.2025
In early December, US president Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky were received at the Élysée Palace by French president Emmanuel Macron. Today, Europe is no longer at the negotiating table. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Three years on, it’s still worth supporting Ukraine

Thierry Labro • 24.02.2025
“We have to redefine the role of the European Union. Otherwise we will face the threat of the EU disappearing as a global player,” says Nicolas Zharov, president of Lukraine ASBL. The association provides humanitarian aid, runs cultural and educational programmes, and carries out advocacy. Archive photo: Matic Zorman
WORLD

“Europe is not being invited to the table of negotiations”

Lydia Linna • 19.02.2025
As major world powers intensify efforts to enhance military capabilities in space-based communication, surveillance and navigation, the need for stronger monitoring, defensive infrastructure and deterrence strategies to prevent conflicts in orbit is becoming increasingly urgent. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

Space militarisation accelerates as global tensions rise

Kangkan Halder • 19.02.2025
US-Russia talks in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, ended without progress as Russia refused territorial concessions and blocked Ukraine’s Nato membership. Photo: Shutterstock
WORLD

US-Russia talks on Ukraine yield no progress

Kangkan Halder • 18.02.2025
“With this event, we want to honour the memory of Alexei Navalny and show that people--Russians and citizens of other countries--remember him and his ideas,” says Evgenii Pereverzev, speaking about a memorial event organised by Russia of the Future at Hamilius on 16 February. “This is especially important right now.” Photo: Russia of the Future
WORLD

“We want to honour the memory of Alexei Navalny”

Lydia Linna • 14.02.2025
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