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Launch of the call for entries for the second edition of the Luxembourg Tourism Awards
On 21 February 2023, the General Directorate for Tourism officially launched the call for entries for the second edition of the "Luxembourg Tourism Awards", which will reward players in the sector who have been particularly innovative in their projects.
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The Digital Services Act: Entry into force of the obligation for certain online platforms and search engines to publish their average monthly active users
As of 17 February 2024, since the Digital Services Act (DSA) entered into force last November, providers of online platforms and providers of online search engines will be required to publish the average monthly active recipients of the service in the European Union.
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Franz Fayot gave an update on state aid to businesses
The financing of enterprises and the coordination of state aid schemes are part of the specific tasks of the Ministry of the Economy as the body responsible for implementing economic development and diversification policy and economic promotion policy.
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Ministers Lex Delles and Joëlle Welfring awarded the 'EcoLabel' and 'bed+bike' labels
On 9 February 2023, the Minister for Tourism, Lex Delles, and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Joëlle Welfring, awarded the 'EcoLabel Luxembourg' and 'bed+bike' labels.
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Franz Fayot visits automotive supplier Webasto, which is investing in a new sustainable production line for automotive glass
During a visit to the Webasto site in Grevenmacher on 3 February, the Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot confirmed the financial support of the Ministry of the Economy to Webasto Luxembourg SA for the implementation of a new production line for high-tech glass for car roofs and windscreens.
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Franz Fayot gives impulses for sustainable industry at the "Gipfeltreffen der Weltmarktführer"
The Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, attended the Gipfeltreffen der Weltmarktführer (Summit of World Market Leaders) in Schwäbisch Hall, where he gave a speech entitled "How Luxembourg is preparing its economy for tomorrow: resilience through green and digital transformation".
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Xavier Bettel and Franz Fayot inaugurate Artec 3D's new state-of-the-art production facility
Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot visited the premises of Artec 3D in Senningerberg on 31 January 2023 to inaugurate the company's new optoelectronic production site where its award-winning 3D scanners, which have contributed to its worldwide reputation, will be assembled and manufactured.
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Space companies will open their doors to the public in 2023 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Luxembourg Space Agency
As part of its 5th anniversary, the Luxembourg Space Agency, in partnership with some twenty Luxembourg-based space companies and start-ups, is opening its doors to the general public throughout 2023.
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The "Pakt Pro Commerce 2023", a catalyst for local trade
On 25 January 2023, Lex Delles, Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Carlo Thelen, Director General of the Chamber of Commerce, and Carole Muller, President of the Luxembourg Confederation of Commerce, presented the "Pakt Pro Commerce 2023".
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Results of the ECO2050 public campaign conducted by Luxembourg Stratégie on 'Future scenarios and the corresponding strategic vision for the Luxembourg economy up to 2050'
The public campaign conducted by Luxembourg Stratégie, the strategic foresight department of the Ministry of the Economy, as part of the development of possible future scenarios and the design of a strategic vision for the Luxembourg economy up to 2050, ended on Monday 16 January 2023 with a second citizen debate with Franz Fayot, Minister of the Economy.
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High energy prices: measures to help households and the state of play of efforts to reduce energy consumption
On 4 January 2023, the Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, presented the new measures to help households in the context of rising energy prices, and gave an overview of the efforts made to reduce energy consumption in Luxembourg.
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First day of the official visit to Luxembourg of the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Phạm Minh Chính
The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Phạm Minh Chính, and the ministerial delegation consisting of four Vietnamese ministers and a large business delegation concluded the first day of their visit to Luxembourg.
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The Japanese pharmaceutical company JCR will set up its European logistics platform for the distribution of its products in Luxembourg
As part of his working visit to Japan, the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, concluded on 2 December in Tokyo an agreement with JCR Pharmaceuticals to establish the company's European logistics platform in Luxembourg.
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Second day of the working visit to Japan: Franz Fayot met with Japan's State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the heads of JAXA, the Japanese space agency
The second day of the working visit of Economics Minister Franz Fayot to Japan took place in Tokyo to first celebrate the 10th anniversary of Paul Wurth IHI's existence in Japan.
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Second day of the official mission to South Korea: Inauguration of a new manufacturing plant of Rotarex and visit to the War Memorial
The second day of the official economic mission to South Korea, chaired by HRH the Hereditary Grand Duke and led by Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot, was dominated by the official inauguration of Rotarex's new state-of-the-art production site in Asan City and by an official visit to the War Memorial, in honour of Luxembourg volunteers who fell during the Korean War.