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Calabrian nightclub death

Luxembourg rugby player and brother arrested after fatal altercation in Italy

Minister for Home Affairs responds

Luxembourg recorded over 500 vegetation and forest fires since 2022

Wanted under European warrant

Luxembourg police hand over 57-year-old man to German authorities in Trier

Food safety warning

Possible glass contamination in Oberweis 'Filet américain' sandwich

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Emergency exercise

Rescue drill in German train tunnel exposes critical response failures

Ahead of October return

Josée Lorsché says focus remains on substantive work, not media appearances

Discord insisted the age verification measures will come with robust privacy protections

International news ticker

Brazil orders suspension of Discord livestreams after teen suicide

Meteolux raises heat alert to orange for Friday

Partial Solar Eclipse over Eislek

Solar Eclipse Day 2026

Get ready to watch it safely

Health system at a crossroads

Unions and opposition warn of weakened healthcare after AMMD rejects new CNS agreement

Starting on 15 August

RTL online comments to be centralised on social media

Expert weighs in

Are bronze statues stolen from Luxembourg cemeteries to create art forgeries?

Mediation not over

Health Minister Deprez responds to AMMD's refusal to sign CNS agreement

Firefighters and rescue teams carry survivor Daniela Largo from the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia

Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 200

Third spaces are making a slow comeback in Luxembourg

Air Force One prior to Donald Trump's departure from Ankara on July 8 -- though he may have swapped planes via a catering truck due to security threats

'I guess there was a threat'

Trump's secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion

The passenger ferry had been sailing from Bali to the nextdoor island of Lombok when it caught fire in the early morning hours

One dead, 172 rescued as second ferry in days catches fire in Indonesia

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Luxembourg Life →

From 'Summerfest um Séi' to e-lake

Beloved Echternach lakeside festival returns

TravelMatKanner

Exploring Trifels and Hauenstein in Germany

Luxembourg across the Atlantic

Wisconsin village celebrates roots at annual 'Luxembourg Fest'

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RTL Today Radio says thank you

47,800 of you listen to us every week!

Hiroshi Okuda took the reins of Toyota in 1995 and is credited with introducing the Prius hybrid vehicle

Toyota ex-chief Okuda, pioneer of the Prius, dead at 93

Partial Solar Eclipse over Eislek

Solar Eclipse Day 2026

Get ready to watch it safely

Weather & Traffic

Wednesday 12 August: One word: Sunshine

Significant increase in petrol, diesel, and heating oil prices

Emergency services

CGDIS responds to multiple accidents and fires on Tuesday

Swimming prohibited at Burfelt and Rommwiss beaches due to toxic algae

Multiple thefts and burglaries reported in Luxembourg City, Senningerberg, and Bettembourg

The James Webb Space Telescope, which spotted the new astronomical object called a "black hole star"

Mystery solved?

New space object 'black hole star' discovered by astronomers

A rescuer sits on the rubble of a collapsed building in Cali, Colombia, which was hit by the strongest quake this century

More than 200 dead

Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims

Rescued kidnap victims are being treated at the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital in Ilorin

Recently rescued

Nigeria kidnap victims escape 'hellfire' captivity beaten, malnourished

US gasoline prices are still about 35 percent higher than before the US-Iran war, but increases have slowed in recent weeks as talks to resolve the conflict continue

In line with expectations

US inflation slows slightly in July despite elevated fuel prices

Google will introduce the Pixel Tag, a rival to the AirTag

New Pixel products

Google unveils finder tag, new AI smartphone features

Day three of e-Lake festival (9 Aug 2026)

Oldtimer Grand Prix at Nürburgring (8 and 9 Aug 2026)

Bartrenger Duerffest (8 Aug 2026)

e-Lake festival day two (8 Aug 2026)

e-Lake festival day 1 (7 Aug 2026)

Laurent Unchained at Clervaux Castle Summer Music Festival (8 Aug 2026)

MAYA at Clervaux Castle Summer Music Festival (7 Aug 26)

Picadilly festival in Stadtbredimus (7 Aug 2026)

At the beginning of August, 67 graves were vandalised in Bettembourg and several items were stolen.

Damaged graves in Bettembourg (6 Aug 2026)

Storks pause in Bettel on their migration route (4 Aug 2026)

Blëtz tëscht Helleng a Fréiseng

Your best images

Thunder and lightning across Luxembourg on Monday evening (3 Aug 2026)

Betzfield Open Air Festival (1–2 Aug 2026)

RTL Sunset Movie Quiz at Sunset Cinema Lux-City (1 Aug 26)

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)

Explore

South Korean stocks enjoyed a healthy rally thanks to gains in market heavyweights SK hynix and Samsung

US equities gain as inflation report eases fear of rate rise

A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units

Extreme weather, jellyfish knock one-fifth of France's nuclear capacity offline

Shenzhen-based Tencent is the developer and operator of China's multifunctional app WeChat

WeChat operator

China tech giant Tencent's Q2 profit down as AI push builds

Foxconn headquarters in New Taipei City in May 2025

Taiwanese tech titan

Foxconn posts quarterly profit surge on AI server demand

Oil prices plunged on hopes for a US-Iran deal to avert a conflict

Weaponising the barrel

Oil prices higher, stocks mixed ahead of inflation report

The aftermath of a forest fire in southwest France in August. Wildfires are 'the fastest-growing weather peril globally', Swiss Re says

Severe storms, deadly quakes

Economic losses from natural disasters fall to $100 bn in first half of 2026: Swiss Re

Lionel Messi reached his third World Cup final but collected his second runner-up medal

After father's death

Grieving Argentine icon Messi unsure about playing on 'much longer'

Joe Root has been appointed for a second stint as England Test captain

'I don't think they work'

England captain Root tells players to be 'adults' as he ditches curfew

Norway athletics great Karsten Warholm (2R) is on course to add 400m hurdles gold to the mixed relay title he won earlier this week

European Athletics Championships

Warholm on track in bid for fourth Euro hurdles gold

Marseille's Argentinian goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli has agreed a two-year deal with Manchester City

Man City sign Argentina goalkeeper Rulli from Marseille

Australian captain Pat Cummins (L) and Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (R) pose ahead of the first Test in Darwin

Hazlewood gets Australia nod ahead of Boland for Bangladesh Test

A merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery would reshape the US entertainment and media industry

Amid mega-merger talks

California calls Paramount's threat to leave state 'blackmail'

Tenor and teacher

Luxembourgish singer Venant Arend dies aged 91

Musical discovery

How Radio Luxembourg helped launch David Bowie's career

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Significant increase in petrol, diesel, and heating oil prices

Calabrian nightclub death

Luxembourg rugby player and brother arrested after fatal altercation in Italy

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UK to introduce pay-per-mile tax for electric cars from 2028

Third spaces are making a slow comeback in Luxembourg

Morning Roundup

Assad sentenced to death in absentia, solar eclipse happening today, and Ronaldo ties the knot

Large-scale operation

Police fatally shoots armed man in Bielefeld

Torment of Afghan fathers as daughters deprived of education

Ending speculation

Cristiano Ronaldo marries long-term partner Georgina Rodriguez

Britain's Glave upstages Jacobs to win European 100m gold

Expert weighs in

Are bronze statues stolen from Luxembourg cemeteries to create art forgeries?

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