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Luxembourg scores 9th worldwide on international property rights index 2018
06-09-2018
The IPRI scores the underlining institutions of a strong property rights regime: the legal and political environment, physical property rights, and intellectual property rights. It is the world’s only index entirely dedicated to the measurement of intellectual and physical property rights.
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New Luxembourg information portal for logistics and international trade
06-09-2018
Discover the Luxembourg Information Portal for Logistics and international Trade. Understand why use Luxembourg as your European logistics hub and get relevant information on how to proceed.
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FNR and Ministry of the Economy to launch a "Space Research Programme"
05-09-2018
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, and Secretary General and Executive Head of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), Marc Schiltz, signed an agreement to develop a programme to support research for the commercial space industry in Luxembourg.
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China Southern Power Grid buys minority share in Luxembourg's Encevo
09-08-2018
Ardian, a private equity firm, announced in a recent communiqué it had sold its 25.48 % stake in the Luxembourg utility company Encevo S.A., to China Southern Power Grid (CSG).
Encevo has two main s...
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Fit 4 Start: “Paying attention to the needs of each start-up”
08-08-2018
Luxinnovation is currently inviting ICT and health tech start-ups to apply to the next edition of the acceleration programme Fit 4 Start that will support 15 promising start-ups with launching their businesses successfully in Luxembourg.
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Discover the Luxembourg start-up ecosystem in 8 videos
23-07-2018
Digital Luxembourg produced a videos series about the Luxembourg start-up ecosystem. You will get to know the start-up community, the main incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces as well as the major players helping you to launch a successful start-up.
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Luxembourg 2018’s economy in good shape
18-07-2018
Luxembourg gross domestic product rose in the 1st quarter of 2018, with activity still characterised by the resilience of non-financial services. With this impetus, the prospect of almost 4% growth th...
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Carpay-diem mobile payment solution spotted by Volkswagen
18-07-2018
Created two years ago, Luxembourg start-up CarPay-Diem offers a mobile payment solution for the (many) motorists who refuel at petrol stations. The company was discovered by the German group Volkswa...
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Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce: “Silk Road in the air” seminar, July 10th, Luxembourg
18-07-2018
On Tuesday July 10th, 2018, a large delegation of about 100 officials and entrepreneurs from the Henan Province, led by HE Mr. Wang Guosheng, Secretary General of the Communist Party (of China) of Hen...
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Luxembourg the second most resilient economy in the world
18-07-2018
Luxembourg ranks second place in a recent study of the world’s most resilient economies. The country scores highly for its economic productivity, political stability, low corruption levels and low...
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EU innovation scoreboard 2018: Luxembourg is innovation leader
18-07-2018
In this year’s edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard Luxembourg is listed among the six “Innovation leaders”. The country’s strongest innovation factors are its attract...
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ILNAS, with the support of the Ministry of the Economy, publishes a new White Paper on blockchains and distributed ledger technologies
18-07-2018
This White Paper, developed as part of Luxembourg’s normative strategy, aims to promote a better understanding of the blockchains and DLT domain, both in terms of technology and in terms of ec...
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NVIDIA and Luxembourg Government announce cooperation on Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing
18-07-2018
NVIDIA and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg have established a cooperation to support scientists and engineers in solving society’s most important challenges using artificial intelligence and high pe...
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Luxembourg and Shanghai exchanges connect issuers and international investors through new green bond channel
18-07-2018
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has launched a Green Bond Channel in partnership with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).
The cooperation between the two exchanges focuses on providing relevant i...
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The world’s first legal framework for green covered bonds
18-07-2018
The law, which entered into force on July 1st, establishes the legal framework for a new type of covered bond to finance the generation of renewable energies. This is the first law globally to establi...
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Lemanik expands to Hong Kong
18-07-2018
Lemanik Asset Management S.A, the Luxembourg based Management Company and AIFM with presence in Dublin and Milan , has announced the appointment of Mr Alessandro Silvestro as Managing Director Asia ...
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Henan Bonded Center launches European pilot project for cross-border e-commerce in Luxembourg
18-07-2018
The Luxembourg Ministry of Economy and the Henan Imported Materials Public Bonded Center (HIMPBC) have signed an MoU to implement a pilot project for cross- border e-commerce trade in Europe.
The si...
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Legend Holding gets regulatory green light for BIL purchase
18-07-2018
The Chinese investment group Legend Holdings has received the green light from regulators for its purchase of Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL).
Both the Luxembourg financial watchdog, the Com...
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Secretary General of the Communist Party of Henan Province, Wang Guosheng, Working visit to Luxembourg
18-07-2018
Mr. Wang Guosheng, Secretary General of the Communist Party (of China) of Henan Province, paid a working visit to Luxembourg from 9 to 11 July 2018.
He was welcomed by the Prime Minister, Minister of ...
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Luxembourg ranked 2nd worldwide in the latest 2018 Innovation efficiency ratio
12-07-2018
The major Global Innovation Index strengths of Luxembourg are the Innovation Efficiency Ratio, where the country ranks 2nd in the world, and the Innovation Output Sub-index, positioning Luxembourg 4th globally.
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ICT and health tech start-ups: Apply now for Fit 4 Start
09-07-2018
Are you launching a start-up and determined to succeed? Luxembourg’s acceleration programme Fit 4 Start offers you intensive coaching, attractive pre-seed funding and access to key networks. The next edition will accept 10 start-ups in the field of ICT and another 5 specialising in health technologies.
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CarPay-Diem mobile payment solution spotted by Volkswagen
06-07-2018
Created two years ago, Luxembourg start-up CarPay-Diem offers a mobile payment solution for the (many) motorists who refuel at petrol stations. The company was discovered by the German group Volkswagen during the last Cebit trade fair in Hanover, and has, as a result, been offered a six-month stay at Die Gläserne Manufaktur, the group’s innovation incubator based in Dresden.
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Luxembourg industry investments create dynamic job market
06-07-2018
Numerous industrial groups in Luxembourg are currently investing in future-oriented technologies and smart factories. As a result, the national job market abounds with interesting opportunities for scientists and engineers as well as for skilled technicians and machine operators.
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Luxembourg offers 5th best purchasing power in the world
26-06-2018
Luxembourg City ranks in 5th place in a recent study of global purchasing power. This is in particular due to high earning levels.
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