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Meteolux confirms

July 2026 one of the sunniest Julys on record in Luxembourg

Meteolux warns of Monday evening thunderstorms for whole country

'Exemplary teamwork'

CGDIS shares first images of Luxembourg firefighters deployed in Gironde

Emergency services

Four injured across three crashes and a vegetation fire on Monday

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain shut

International news ticker

Trump tells Iranians to negotiate or surrender

After AI euro banknote row

Ministry of Defence does not promote 'military culture'

Luxembourg's Nina Berton celebrates 25th birthday at the Tour de France Femmes

Emergency services

Two injured after crash on N8, road closed for nearly two hours

Mid-July weekend theft

Police seek owner of stolen gold chain

Eine mutmaßlich unter Drogen stehende, nackte Frau hat in Nürnberg randaliert sowie Menschen angegriffen. Die 39-Jährige beschädigte unter anderem die Windschutzscheibe eines Auto sowie das Handy eines Busfahrers und schlug einem Mann gegen den Kopf.

Naked woman attacks passers-by and officers in Nuremberg

Two motorists come to blows in Esch-sur-Alzette

Aufgrund der Trockenheit hat das Niedrigwasser am Rhein am Wochenende in Bonn und weiteren Orten neue Tiefststände erreicht. Mit nur noch 21 Zentimeter wurde Sonntagmittag in Düsseldorf der bisherige Rekordwert um vier Zentimenter unterschritten.

Due to climate change

Rhine reaches record lows at several German locations

In Nordrhein-Westfalen hat eine Frau versucht, eine lebende Kornnatter in einem Zugmülleimer zu entsorgen. Die 37-Jährige stopfte die ungiftige Schlange in einen Abfallbehälter bei einer Sitzgruppe in einem Regionalzug, wie die Polizei mitteilte.

North Rhine-Westphalia

Woman caught trying to dump live snake in train bin

Robberies in Echternach and Esch-sur-Alzette, break-ins in Luxembourg City and Goesdorf

Prince Louis celebrates turning 40

Update – Search operation concludes

Missing 9-year-old boy found safe and sound, third-party involvement ruled out

Weather

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Eyes on the sky!

Hanna with her daughter

Making Luxembourg Home

From fleeing war to building a community: How one Ukrainian mother found a new home in Luxembourg

Forty-five years to this day

31 July 1981: Belgian fighter jet crashes into RTL antenna in Dudelange

Editor's Pick

The unprecedented scenes in Ceuta triggered sharp tensions among the European Union's 27 member states

'Shared European responsibility'

EU chief urges 'united action' on borders after Ceuta migrant rush

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been humiliated in withdrawing a controversial plan that has weakened his hold over football's governing body

After furious global backlash

Timeline: How FIFA's World Cup private investment plan imploded

Disagreements over the Volyn massacres have long cast a shadow over ties between Warsaw and Kyiv.

Strained relations

Warsaw and Kyiv exhume Volyn victims at centre of diplomatic quarrel

SP95 petrol price drops sharply in Luxembourg on Tuesday

'Relatively small amount of data'

Cyberattack at Chamber of Employees exposes contact and financial data

Symbolbild

Police appeal for witnesses after car windows smashed in Capellen

Two inebriated drivers stopped in Diekirch and Kayl

Early harvest challenges

Private Winemakers president warns of lower yields due to weather

Myanmar's detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the nation's Red Cross representative on Monday, the president's office said, the first publicised meeting between her and a foreign official since she was ousted in a 2021 coup.

First since ousting

Detained Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross delegate in Myanmar

A Palestinian child carries a little girl on his back as he walks past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip

Latest sign of disconnect

Trump board reassures Israel after objections on Gaza pullout

US President Donald Trump said talks with Iran are going on 'right now'

At war since February

Trump says Iran facing 'last chance before decapitation'

A Virgin Mary statue remains untouched in front of a burned out residential home in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on August 2, 2026.

US northwest battles wildfires after Spokane neighborhoods scorched

Olga Stefanishyna had held the role of Ukraine's ambassador to the US for a year

Zelensky sacks his ambassador to the US

BGL Ligue: Mondorf vs Differdange (2 Aug 2026)

Vintage cars and bikes in Steinfort (1 Aug 2026)

Police helicopter deployed over Echternach (2 Aug 2026)

Medieval festival in Vianden (2 Aug 26)

Tunnel vision feat. NOSI at 'Kultur Zesummen' in Esch-sur-Sûre (1 Aug 2026)

Luxembourg firefighters deployed to Gironde (30 July 2026)

Schueberfouer preparations underway (29 July 2026)

Max Brimmeyer, Luxembourg's highest-scoring secondary student (28 July 2026)

209th solemn ceremony of the Luxembourg Army (28 July 2026)

Luxembourg City Park in summer (27 July 2026)

ATM blown up in Vianden (28 July 2026)

Kirchberg tram expansion (27 July 2026)

James Morrison at Echterlive (26 July 2026)

24-hour Cycling Event Finish – Wincrange (25.7.26)

24h Cycling Event – Wincrange (24.7.26)

Johannes Oerding at Echterlive (25 July 2026)

Luxembourg Beach Open at Gaalgebierg (25 July 2026)

Rose garden at Munsbach castle (22 July 2026)

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People walk on a dirt track between dry fields, turned brown from the heat of the sun near Guildford, southwest of London

'Sunniest month ever observed'

England, Wales had driest July on record: Met Office

The yen has weakened to more than 162 per dollar for the first time in four decades

Oil slides, stocks rise on hopes of deal to end Mideast war

Greece grapples with a succession of wildfires that have scorched thousands of hectares of forest, scrubland and farmland

Succession of massive wildfires

Greece wildfire expert says season 'one of the worst' in a decade

Blister packs of medications by Sandoz, arranged as a Swiss cross. The Basel-based pharma group has reached two settlements in the United States

Sandoz strikes US settlements to resolve generic drug price dispute

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that the support for Japan would ultimately benefit the US

Following four-decade low

US, Japan join forces to boost yen

RAM (random access memory) chips and NVRAM (non-volatile random access memory) chips are seen for sale in a computer centre in Hong Kong on July 28, 2026

Unwelcome side-effect

AI keeps consumer prices high in 'RAMaggedon' chip crunch

Norwegian rider Sigrid Haugset celebrates her win on stage three of the Tour de France Femmes

Norway's Haugset wins stage 3 to claim Tour de France Femmes lead

Betting revenue for this year's World Cup is likely to be over 50 billion dollars, dwarfing the amount bet when Argentina won in 2022

'Is this money clean?'

Infantino, the FIFA president under pressure after scrapped investor plan

England midfielder Jordan Henderson has joined Chelsea from Brentford

Former Liverpool captain

Chelsea sign England midfielder Jordan Henderson

Edin Dzeko has scored a record 73 goals for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Veteran striker

Dzeko, 40, signs contract extension with Schalke

Mauricio Pochettino led the USA to the 2026 World Cup last 16

'Tremendous potential'

Pochettino to stay as USA coach until 2030 World Cup

Second-biggest ever

'Spider-Man' soars to huge $355 million opening in North America

Ted Lasso makes its way back into the spotlight this August with 4th season

US actor Vincent Pastore, seen in 2019, was best known for his role on 'The Sopranos'

Iconic gangster roles

Vincent Pastore, who played 'Big Pussy' on 'The Sopranos,' dead at 80

Most Read

Update – Search operation concludes

Missing 9-year-old boy found safe and sound, third-party involvement ruled out

Weather & Traffic

Monday 3 August: That Duchy is so hot right now

Meteolux warns of Monday evening thunderstorms for whole country

Meteolux confirms

July 2026 one of the sunniest Julys on record in Luxembourg

Germany launches nationwide Speed Week with increased traffic controls

Lower risk than southern Europe

CGDIS ready to respond to potential forest fires in Luxembourg

Thousands of people evacuated

Wildfires raze neighborhoods in US northwest city of Spokane

Morning Roundup

Heatwave returns, EU emergency talks on Ceuta, and new national football season kicks off

'Exemplary teamwork'

CGDIS shares first images of Luxembourg firefighters deployed in Gironde

Late Harrods owner

Four Al-Fayed survivors told they were trafficking victims

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