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16 January 2020

Stephen Lowe Is Luxembourg's crime and safety bubble about to burst
An air of unease pervades the general public, and while this sample remains small and certainly not a complete representation of all the everyday folk of Luxembourg, Stephen Lowe argues that this shift is merely the start.
16/01/2020

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Is Luxembourg's crime and safety bubble about to burst

7 January 2020

Martin Jonsson Washing machines in Luxembourg's apartment blocks - an odd phenomenon
I get that dryers aren't strictly necessary, nor particularly environmentally friendly compared to just letting things dry on their own, but surely it makes no sense for tenants to buy washing machines?
07/01/2020

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Washing machines in Luxembourg's apartment blocks - an odd phenomenon

27 December 2019

Isabella Eastwood Familiar unfamiliar - what does your future home feel like?
In the run up to the next decade, we can take a moment to consider to what we want the future to look like.
27/12/2019

Familiar unfamiliar - what does your future home feel like?

24 December 2019

Stephen Lowe The age of innocence
Stephen Lowe has a lot to learn, especially when it comes to balancing childhood and adulthood.
24/12/2019

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The age of innocence

18 December 2019

Stephen Lowe Social Standing, Social Credit and Social Cleansing
Set to be rolled out nationwide in 2020, a social credit system has been described as China’s “most ambitious project in social engineering since the Cultural Revolution”.
18/12/2019

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Social Standing, Social Credit and Social Cleansing

13 December 2019

Thomas Tutton Surprised by the election result? Just look at Britain’s media
It’s finally over. Gone are the hopes of millions of Britons who rejected Brexit, who feel European and who refused to believe that this tragedy would actually come to pass.
13/12/2019

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Surprised by the election result? Just look at Britain’s media

10 December 2019

Josh Oudendijk Why have concert tickets gotten so expensive?
In the age of microscopic music streaming profits, artists and labels are pulling out all the stops to find other ways of making big bucks in the entertainment biz. A majority of wealth comes from music tours, with tickets frequently selling at exorbitant prices. Meanwhile fans continue to buy them. How far will this go?
10/12/2019

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Why have concert tickets gotten so expensive?

7 December 2019

Nathalie Lodhi Politicising tragedies is inevitable yet despicable behaviour
It's true that working in the news industry, you tend to get a bit immune to the terrible things that occur in life. The cynic in me sometimes looks at a headline and thinks 'wow that will make a great headline!' and then comes down to earth. But some topics and their politicisation remain a no-go in my opinion.
07/12/2019

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Politicising tragedies is inevitable yet despicable behaviour

3 December 2019

Gerry Erang PISA tests are a bad joke - but one we should still laugh at
So Luxembourg performed poorly at the PISA tests? Here's why we shouldn't care - the results do not reflect the quality of an educational system.
03/12/2019

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PISA tests are a bad joke - but one we should still laugh at

26 November 2019

Gerry Erang Luxembourg needs tougher sentences for child sex offenders
A number of recent court cases in Luxembourg revolved around child pornography, abuse, and other child sex offenses. Some of our readers reacted with outrage to the lenience of several sentences - and with good reason: Luxembourg needs tougher sentences for criminals convicted of child sexual abuse.
26/11/2019

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Luxembourg needs tougher sentences for child sex offenders

24 November 2019

RTL Today team When is it appropriate to listen to Christmas music?
As we make our way towards December, it's time to debate an ever-recurring and frivolous topic, one that exposes cracks in even the closest of families: when exactly is it permitted to play Christmas music?
24/11/2019

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When is it appropriate to listen to Christmas music?

20 November 2019

Stephen Lowe Speeding! Fine?
A vast number of commenters below the line on RTL Today's socials suggest popular consenus around Luxembourg speed traps centres on them being mere money making mechanisms...Stephen Lowe considers the dangers of such stunted thinking.
20/11/2019

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Speeding! Fine?

12 November 2019

Martin Jonsson If you want people to drive less, sort out the traffic mess
The current situation in Luxembourg is untenable, not least if you rely on public transport to get anywhere.
12/11/2019

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If you want people to drive less, sort out the traffic mess

6 November 2019

Stephen Lowe How to commute the commute
As well as some feasible road congestion reduction options here are some off-the-cuff ways to reduce the perennial bottlenecks.
06/11/2019

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How to commute the commute

30 October 2019

Thomas Tutton Everyone needs to chill out about Luxembourg
Our intern shares his perspective on the Grand Duchy's obsession with its reputation.
30/10/2019

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Everyone needs to chill out about Luxembourg

23 October 2019

Stephen Lowe Speak. Easy
Do you know what a Finsta is? Or what yeet means? Keeping up with today's slang is hard AF, thus some profanity is (un)avoidable.
23/10/2019

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Speak. Easy

16 October 2019

Nathalie Lodhi Free public transport isn't enough to encourage people to go car-free
A much-discussed topic recently has been the overhaul of Luxembourg's public transport system in preparation of making public transport free of charge. But is the move enough, or even the right move?
16/10/2019

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Free public transport isn't enough to encourage people to go car-free

14 October 2019

Martin Jonsson Two changes needed to re-balance renting in Luxembourg
Luxembourg's rental market favours landlords over tenants. Two changes to agency fees and security deposits could help re-balance this, at least a bit.
14/10/2019

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Two changes needed to re-balance renting in Luxembourg

9 October 2019

Maura Lehmann Dr Google? – More and more people are self-diagnosing on the internet
I’ll admit: I, too, have already googled ‘flu remedies’ or ‘acid reflux’ when I really did not want to call my doctor – but here’s why self-diagnosing on search engines is not exactly the most beneficial solution.
09/10/2019

Dr Google? – More and more people are self-diagnosing on the internet

2 October 2019

Isabella Eastwood Grand Duchy – a happy country, but at what cost?
The 2019 World Happiness Index ranks Luxembourg at number 14. 14 out of 156: a pretty good ranking, and not unsurprising, considering the general level of economic, social and political stability. On the flipside however, the Grand Duchy is second to last – followed only by Chad – on the Happy Planet Index’s 2016 report.
02/10/2019

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Grand Duchy – a happy country, but at what cost?

25 September 2019

Noah Gudgeon ‘I’ll be back’ – Why Hollywood is obsessed with remakes
The other day a new trailer for the latest film in the ongoing Terminator franchise popped up on Youtube's trending section. Terminator: Dark Fate. Yes, that's right, a new Terminator film, even though the last three sequels got terrible reviews and were generally frowned upon by most fans.
25/09/2019

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‘I’ll be back’ – Why Hollywood is obsessed with remakes

24 September 2019

Dani Lodhi-Dunne In defence of influencers
Ah, Instagram. Plenty of today's ills can be blamed on its effects: superficiality, entitlement, corruption, multi-level marketing, mental health.
24/09/2019

In defence of influencers

23 September 2019

George Hatzidakis Retractable leashes and the art of pet maintenance
Canine garrottes must be banned now, before it’s too late. Or just maybe, pet owners can start being responsible.
23/09/2019

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Retractable leashes and the art of pet maintenance

18 September 2019

Josh Oudendijk Sitting culture is breaking our backs. Here's what you can do.
You've probably heard this one before: "Sitting is the new smoking", "sitting is the new cancer".
18/09/2019

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Sitting culture is breaking our backs. Here's what you can do.

16 September 2019

Gerry Erang Boris Goneson in Luxembourg: the day the Uncredible Hulk took to his heels
What shaped up to be a historic day in Luxembourg ended with a whimper rather than a bang.
16/09/2019

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Boris Goneson in Luxembourg: the day the Uncredible Hulk took to his heels

12 September 2019

Stephen Lowe Is it safe to say that the Schueberfouer sucks...
The Schueberfouer is a rite of passage, is it not? But is it an unwritten law that to hate it is somehow unpatriotic? Stephen Lowe ponders this whilst getting himself out of a ruckus too.
12/09/2019

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Is it safe to say that the Schueberfouer sucks...

11 September 2019

Martin Jonsson Smoking in public - what's so difficult about showing a bit of respect?

11/09/2019

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Smoking in public - what's so difficult about showing a bit of respect?

6 September 2019

Nathalie Lodhi The elephant in Robert Mugabe's obituaries - Gukurahundi
Today, many an obituary has been written about Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the former Zimbabwean president who died aged 95. Until November 2017, myself and many other individuals thought that Mugabe would die in office, refusing to relinquish his grasp on the presidency of the southern African country.
06/09/2019

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The elephant in Robert Mugabe's obituaries - Gukurahundi

3 September 2019

Gerry Erang Voluntourism: think twice before you pay to volunteer with children abroad
NGOs are collectively ringing the alarm bells. Well-meaning but unqualified young westerners may do more harm than good when volunteering with vulnerable children in developing countries.
03/09/2019

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Voluntourism: think twice before you pay to volunteer with children abroad

28 August 2019

RachelKathryn Lloyd The urban battlefield

28/08/2019

The urban battlefield