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Off to Bulgaria

Burgas to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2027

Emergency services

Two people scale RTL antennas in Junglinster during solar eclipse

Forests under stress

Luxembourg’s forests show early signs of distress amid prolonged drought

Smoke visible from Luxembourg

Firefighters tackle forest blaze in Habay-la-Neuve, Belgium

Amid rising temperatures

Experts warn of gardening mistakes putting Luxembourg's insects at risk

Le Grund photographié depuis la Cité Judiciaire à Luxembourg le 27 avril 2021

Platform aims to help expats find rooms in Luxembourg

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Additional facility in the north

New vehicle inspection centre opens in Wiltz

Morning Roundup

Solar eclipse dazzles millions, Luxembourg rugby player and brother arrested in Italy, and an orange heat alert in place

International news ticker

Japan 'strongly protests' Putin visit to disputed islands: foreign minister

Celestial event

Luxembourg witnesses its most spectacular solar eclipse in 27 years

Meteolux raises heat warning to orange for south, yellow persists in north

Estimated cost of €390 million

Environmental organisation raises legal concerns over Alzingen bypass project

Last year's contest was hosted by the Austrian capital, Vienna

Eurovision to bar countries at war from hosting

Athletics European Championships

Querinjean set for 3,000m steeplechase as Luxembourg athletes compete in Birmingham

Calabrian nightclub death

Luxembourg rugby player and brother arrested after fatal altercation in Italy

No Luxembourg swimmers advance at the European Championships

Hesperange and Kirchberg

Two arrested after break-in, man in custody for sexual assault suspicion

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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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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

Thursday 13 August: Where's an eclipse when you need it

Emergency services

One injured in crash between Dreiborn and Flaxweiler

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

Rescuers are counting down the final hours in the 72-hour period critical for post-earthquake rescue efforts

More than 200 dead

Colombia enters 'final phase' of quake search as toll hits 265

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with officers onboard the Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of a Pacific Fleet's naval drills on far eastern Sakhalin Island on August 13, 2026.

Amid 'strong' protest

Japan protests Putin's first visit to disputed islands

People take shelter in an underground subway station during a simulation attack in Taipei

Millions forced indoors

Taiwan chokes mobile internet speeds in drill for Chinese attack

The slowdown in US inflation has eased concerns about an imminent Federal Reserve interest rate hike

After summer rout

Tech stocks enjoy rebound after US inflation on mixed day for markets

Overseas hackers used AI agents to help carry out a wave of cyberattacks targeting Taiwanese government agencies in July, the island's digital affairs ministry said

Overseas hackers

Taiwan says AI agents used in cyberattacks targeting island

The eclipse as seen from Weiswampach (12.8.26)

People gathered in Ettelbruck to witness this rare natural phenomenon

The 2026 solar eclipse across Luxembourg

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

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

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Worries about inflation are persisting despite slightly better US consumer price figures in July

US stocks mostly up after data shows slightly lower inflation in July

Russian air defences shot down around 180 drones on approach to Moscow

Consumer demand

Russian economy rebounds in second quarter despite Ukrainian strikes

Delivering droplets onto parched crops requires meticulous preparation to identify suitable clouds

Scorched earth below

Parched and desperate for rain, Kazakhstan turns to cloud-seeding

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

Bangladesh bowler Hasan Mahmud celebrates dismissing Pat Cummins

Hasan takes 6-55 as Bangladesh claim opening day of Australia Test

Australia's Carter Gordon (C) retuns at fly-half among eight changes for their Test against Japan

Kiss wants fit-again Wallabies playmaker Gordon to 'open up' Japan

Iga Swiatek celebrates match point against Elina Svitolina

Hard court warm-up

Swiatek sinks Svitolina to set up Rybakina title clash in Toronto

Australian Lani Pallister celebrates her win in the 200m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships ahead of Summer McIntosh and Erika Fairweather

Women's 200m freestyle

Australia's Pallister shines, mixed relay record falls as Pan Pacs open

New Zealand fly-half Richie Mo’unga (R) has been called up fr their South AFrica tour

'We really feel for Billy'

All Blacks' Proctor out of South Africa series, Mo'unga called up

US actor Matthew McConaughey ended a yearslong break from acting with 'The Rivals of Amziah King,' which premiered at the 2025 SXSW film festival

'The Rivals of Amziah King'

Matthew McConaughey on his sweet return to the big screen

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

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Hesperange and Kirchberg

Two arrested after break-in, man in custody for sexual assault suspicion

Food safety warning

Possible glass contamination in Oberweis 'Filet américain' sandwich

Estimated cost of €390 million

Environmental organisation raises legal concerns over Alzingen bypass project

Daytime darkness

Spain darkens as solar eclipse races south from Arctic

Wanted under European warrant

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

Morning Roundup

Solar eclipse dazzles millions, Luxembourg rugby player and brother arrested in Italy, and an orange heat alert in place

Weather & Traffic

Thursday 13 August: Where's an eclipse when you need it

Eurovision to bar countries at war from hosting

More than 200 dead

Colombia enters 'final phase' of quake search as toll hits 265

Minister for Home Affairs responds

Luxembourg recorded over 500 vegetation and forest fires since 2022

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