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Across Luxembourg: Weekend traffic stops reveal drugs, lapsed insurance, and drink-driving
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (282+ words) Luxembourg police reported multiple traffic incidents involving drugs and alcohol between Friday and Saturday. The first incident occurred in Sanem at around 3pm on Friday. A motorcyclist fell in a roundabout and was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The…...
Defence policy shift: Luxembourg army chief says Europe must end reliance on US
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (538+ words) In a Saturday interview with our colleagues from RTL Radio, Luxembourg Army Chief of Staff General Steve Thull discussed a range of defence policy issues. Thull underscored the enduring need for armed forces, stating, "One must always be prepared, so…...
Violent election: Uganda's Museveni wins seventh term as observers denounce intimidation
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (630+ words) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term in office on Saturday after an election marred by violence and an internet shutdown, with African observers saying arrests and abductions had "instilled fear. Museveni, 81, won 71.65 percent of the vote in Thursday's…...
Special guest: Laura Thorn to perform at Luxembourg Song Contest 2026
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (165+ words) Special guest: Laura Thorn to perform at Luxembourg Song Contest 2026RTL Today Following the announcement that Eurovision 2025 winner JJ from Austria is set to perform at the upcoming Luxembourg Song Contest, last year's winner Laura Thorn has been confirmed as the…...
Presidential election: Portuguese citizens in Luxembourg head to the polls on Saturday
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (291+ words) Presidential election: Portuguese citizens in Luxembourg head to the polls on Saturday'RTL Today Voting for the Portuguese presidential elections opened in Luxembourg on Saturday, ahead of Sunday's polling day in Portugal, where a new head of state will be elected....
Seats at the table contested: Labour Minister calls for calm in union dispute over civil service pay talks
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (268+ words) Labour Minister Marc Spautz has called for calm amid growing tensions between trade unions over representation in civil service pay talks, warning that no one benefits from a war between unions. The dispute centres on demands by the private-sector unions…...
Letters: Greenland: The iceberg that could sink the EU
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (397+ words) Luxembourg, like Denmark, relies on a specific contract: sovereignty is absolute, regardless of size. If the United States demonstrates that it can carve up the territory of a founding NATO member for strategic convenience, that contract is void. Any attempt,…...
Forty-eight cameras installed: Differdange rolls out new video surveillance system
15+ hour, 28+ min ago (131+ words) 48 Visupol surveillance cameras are now operational in Differdange, making the city the latest municipality after Luxembourg City to introduce the police video monitoring system. The cameras were officially inaugurated on Friday at Parc Gerlache, with Home Affairs Minister L'on Gloden…...
Over 800 scheduled executions: Trump says 'thank you' to Iran for not hanging protesters
23+ hour, 45+ min ago (183+ words) US President Donald Trump thanked Iran's leadership on Friday after saying Tehran had called off the executions of hundreds of protesters arrested in a brutal crackdown. "I greatly respect the fact that all scheduled hangings, which were to take place…...
Amid supplies criticism: Zelensky hopes for security guarantees plan in looming US talks
23+ hour, 49+ min ago (721+ words) President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he hopes Ukraine will sign agreements with the United States next week on a plan to end Russia's invasion but lashed out at slow ammunition deliveries from abroad. US President Donald Trump has been…...