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1 April 2020

Stephen Lowe Acceptable death rates - I am not a number
In an unprecedented time of a global pandemic, many world leaders are earmarking 'tolerable death' statistics.
01/04/2020

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Acceptable death rates - I am not a number

19 March 2020

Stephen Lowe At arm's length - germs don't care about social distancing
Keeping 1m away from a person was never really going to stop infection spread was it?
19/03/2020

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At arm's length - germs don't care about social distancing

18 March 2020

Martin Jonsson Police checks, stricter recommendations, push for teleworking - isn't it all rather toothless?
These are trying times for everyone, and I certainly don't envy those who have to make tough decisions that place restrictions on all of our lives in an attempt to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.
18/03/2020

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Police checks, stricter recommendations, push for teleworking - isn't it all rather toothless?

16 March 2020

Josh Oudendijk Some people are out of toilet paper. Freelancers are out of a job.
Coronavirus is taking a hefty toll on the gig-economy.
16/03/2020

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Some people are out of toilet paper. Freelancers are out of a job.

13 March 2020

Stephen Lowe “How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss
If Iran can verify 82 million, why can't Luxembourg manage 625K
13/03/2020

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“How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss

4 March 2020

Maura Lehmann How Central Eastern Europe is still fighting for democracy
Thirty years ago, Eastern Europe witnessed the liberation from the Soviet-imposed communist rule that had instigated decades of authoritarianism and inequality.
04/03/2020

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How Central Eastern Europe is still fighting for democracy

19 February 2020

Isabella Eastwood Are we ever going to reform education in the way that matters?
Of course it's important to be employable. But how is it that we are still excluding actual life skills from the school curriculum, skills that enable future generations to meet the challenges ahead?
19/02/2020

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Are we ever going to reform education in the way that matters?

12 February 2020

Stephen Lowe Storm in a Taass Téi
The excitement of the weekend, for want of a better word, fizzled out as storm what's her name* passed through the Grand Duchy and Stephen Lowe was a little disappointed.
12/02/2020

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Storm in a Taass Téi

29 January 2020

Nathalie Lodhi Let go of constantly comparing yourself to your peers
Navigating your way through your mid-twenties isn't that much different to your late teens and early twenties - you usually tend to have the same concerns, manifesting in different ways, but without the familiar framework of school.
29/01/2020

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Let go of constantly comparing yourself to your peers

22 January 2020

Dani Lodhi-Dunne Is there a place for the monarchy in the modern world?
Sick of reading about Megxit? Me too. Excuse me while I rant.
22/01/2020

Is there a place for the monarchy in the modern world?

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?