Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is one of the four official capitals of the European Union and the seat of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU. Its culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its neighbors, making it a mixture of French and German cultures. Luxembourgish is the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, as defined by law. In addition to Luxembourgish, French and German are used in administrative and judicial matters; the three languages are jointly considered administrative languages of Luxembourg.
Luxembourgish is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 600,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.
Le Figaro is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is the oldest national daily in France and one of the three French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde and Libération.
Luxemburger Wort is a German-language Luxembourgish daily newspaper. There is an English edition named the Luxembourg Times.
Tageblatt is a German language Luxembourgish daily newspaper published in Esch-sur-Alzette by Editpress.
La Bougie du Sapeur is a French satirical newspaper launched in 1980 that is published only on Leap Day, making it the world's least frequently published newspaper.
POST Luxembourg, formerly known as Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications, is a mail and telecommunications company based in Luxembourg. The company is a government-owned corporation that was corporatised in 1992. It also sells financial services and holds a monopoly on issuing postage stamps in the Grand Duchy.
The Lëtzebuerger Journal is an online magazine in Luxembourg. It was formerly a daily newspaper published six times a week until 1 January 2021. The online magazine is currently managed by Daniel Nepgen, Lynn Warken and Melody Hansen (editor-in-chief).
Jérôme Lulling is a linguist from Luxembourg who has been a leading figure in preservation and educational efforts relating to the Luxembourgish language, a Germanic language that became one of Luxembourg’s three official languages in 1984 and is spoken by approximately 600,000 people worldwide.
RTL9 is a French-language Luxembourgish television channel shown in Luxembourg, France, Monaco, Africa and the French-speaking regions of Switzerland.
INBORN! is an electro-rock band issued from Luxembourg. Since their creation in 2002, the band has been composed of Arthur Glass, Ben Thommes (Guitars), Jeff Braun (Bass), Max Thommes, Jan Kerscher and Claude Meisch . The band has so far released two albums as well as two EP's.
Marc Hostert is an official of the Government of Luxembourg who is working at the European Court of Auditors. Active in television and radio media in Luxembourg, he is one of the judges of the RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg television show Success Story. He also appears on the RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg show Kapital and the RTL Radio show Carte Blanche.
Lux-Development S.A., better known as LuxDev, is the aid and development agency of the government of Luxembourg.
The Luxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange is a carrier and neutral internet exchange point (IX) located in Luxembourg.
Presse quotidienne nationale française is a group of eighteen paid-for French daily newspapers, of which six have circulations in excess of 100,000, and four free newspapers, which have a much larger circulation: not only is the paid-for press more expensive, but there are fewer outlets from which to buy newspapers. In recent years many newsstands and newsagents in Paris that sold newspapers have closed, and customers would need to travel far to get some titles.
L'Avenir, formerly Vers l'Avenir, is a Belgian newspaper franchise based in Namur. It is one of the largest media groups in Belgium. The group publishes nine regional newspapers in French, grouped since June 2010 under the brand name L'Avenir.
NZZ Mediengruppe is a media company which deals with the activities related to newspaper, magazine, book publishing and television broadcasting in Zurich, Switzerland. The company has products for the German-speaking regions of the country.
The Allianz vun Humanisten, Atheisten an Agnostiker is a Luxembourgish association that serves the interests of atheists, humanists, skeptics and agnostics in the Grand-Duchy. It also explicitly supports secularist positions. Its official abbreviation is A.H.A. Lëtzebuerg; usually this is shortened to AHA, sometimes with an extra exclamation mark. The AHA was founded on 13 May 2010 as an association without lucrative purpose (asbl). AHA is a member of the European Humanist Federation and the International Humanist and Ethical Union. From 2010 up to 10th May 2019, the association was chaired by biologist Dr. Laurent Schley. The current chair is psychologist Dr. Robert A.P. (Bob) Reuter.
Melissa Khalaj is a German television host and singer.
Samantha Tanson is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician. She has been the Minister of Culture since December 2018 and the Minister of Justice since September 2019. She was also the Minister of Housing between December 2018 and October 2019.
