International gateway

City Magazine | 31 October 2012

It is a symbol of modernity, welcomes thousands daily and is visible from miles around, but the capital’s main train station still guards an intriguing secret. Read article »

Best ads call

Delano.lu | 30 October 2012
Media: Nominations have opened for the Grand Duchy’s premiere advertising awards, but marketers have less than two weeks to throw their hats in the ring. Read article »

Airline competition heats up

Delano.lu | 29 October 2012
Travel: easyJet is set to become the first low cost carrier to serve Luxembourg, with flights to London-Gatwick four times a week to begin Monday afternoon. Read article »

Mersch rejected

Delano.lu | 26 October 2012
EU: Citing the lack of female candidates for the post, the European Parliament has voted against Luxembourg’s central bank chief taking a seat on the European Central Bank’s executive council. Read article »

Brussels tells Luxembourg to raise VAT

Delano.lu | 25 October 2012
E-commerce: The European Commission has told the Grand Duchy and France to “amend” their value added tax rates on electronic books. Read article »

Three hour rule stands

Delano.lu | 25 October 2012
Aviation: Air carriers in the EU still have to pay compensation to travellers whose flights are delayed by three or more hours, “unless the delay is caused by extraordinary circumstances,” Europe’s top court has ruled. Read article »

Lloyds layoffs

Delano.lu | 25 October 2012
Banking: Private bank Lloyds TSB Bank Luxembourg will shutter its doors, making at least half of its staff redundant, according to trade unions representing the firm’s employees. Read article »

Luxembourg tops aid list

Delano.lu | 24 October 2012
International relations: The Grand Duchy has scored highly in an American think tank’s new comparison of rich country support for the developing world. Read article »

Luxembourg lowest

Delano.lu | 23 October 2012
Economy: The Grand Duchy has the smallest ratio of government deficit to GDP and the third lowest ratio of government debt to GDP in the EU, and reduced both numbers last year, a new report reveals. Read article »

Luxembourg edges out Finland in New York bid

Delano.lu | 19 October 2012
International affairs: The Grand Duchy has garnered a rotating seat on the UN Security Council. Read article »

Schleck makes his case; Guercilena gets top job

Delano.lu | 19 October 2012
Sport: RadioShack Nissan Trek has named a new team manager, while one of its biggest stars has refuted anti-doping allegations at his official hearing. Read article »

OK to ban presidents, ECJ says

Delano.lu | 18 October 2012
Legal: EU countries have the right to refuse entry to European heads of state, the EU’s top court has ruled. Read article »

Newly independent bank gets boost

Delano.lu | 17 October 2012
Finance: Two of the main global credit agencies have affirmed Banque Internationale à Luxembourg’s post-Dexia ratings. Read article »

“The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg”

Delano.lu | 16 October 2012
Media: A London-based sociologist and writer has published the premiere instalment of a crowd-funded book on niche high performers. Read article »

Bruyneel leaves Luxembourg team

Delano.lu | 15 October 2012
Sport: The general manager of the Schleck brothers’ cycling team has parted ways with the group after being implicated in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Read article »

Uni app to beat traffic

Delano.lu | 12 October 2012
Technology: A University of Luxembourg computer lab has launched a mobile app to help drivers more efficiently navigate the Grand Duchy’s roads. Read article »

Mersch to get hearing

Delano.lu | 11 October 2012
EU: The European Parliament will hold hearings on the nomination of Yves Mersch to the European Central Bank’s executive board on October 22. Read article »

Questions remain after summit

Delano.lu | 10 October 2012
Economy: Debate continued during a Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg this week over a tax on financial transactions and EU-wide banking regulation. Read article »

Euro fund launches

Delano.lu | 10 October 2012
Economy: Europe’s permanent bailout fund officially got off the ground during a summit in Luxembourg this week. Read article »

Embracing a mixed workforce

Delano.lu | 8 October 2012
Demographic challenge: Forty Luxembourg employers have signed the brand new “Diversity Charter” which aims to promote inclusiveness in the workplace. Read article »

Tempest in a bottle

Delano.lu | 5 October 2012
Finance: The managers of the “Nobles Crus” wine investment fund have firmly rejected Belgian and British press reports that they have over-valued the bottles in their portfolio. Read article »

Summer community

Delano | 4 October 2012

Since our last edition, Luxembourg’s international community took advantage of the warmer weather to celebrate milestones and to raise money for worthy causes. Read article »

Variety is the spice of life

Delano | 4 October 2012

Several Luxembourg firms have vowed to be more inclusive. Is it the key to Europe’s demographic challenges? Read article »

“It’s not ‘against’ anybody else”

Delano | 4 October 2012

Luxembourg’s foreign minister talks to Delano about the Grand Duchy’s UN Security Council candidacy. Read article »

The UCITS brand

Delano | 4 October 2012

European Commission has issued a draft directive for the fifth iteration of UCITS, the cross-border mutual fund rules that forms the heart of Luxembourg’s financial centre. Read article »

Summer networking

Delano | 4 October 2012

Since our last edition, the Grand Duchy’s business community profited from the warm weather. Read article »

Flight connections

Delano | 4 October 2012

Airline competition is heating up. But do you know the best way to get on board? Read article »

Luxembourg entrepreneurs in 3D: ten start-ups to watch

Delano | 4 October 2012

Company founders need depth and breadth to get their initiatives off the ground. So what better way for Delano to present its “Ten start-ups to watch” list than to take a three-dimensional look at the young firms who themselves work in three dimensions? Read article »

“The big enemy of a newcomer is isolation”

Delano | 4 October 2012

Four year resident in Luxembourg Patrik Bitomský gives his insight into living and working in the Grand Duchy. Read article »

Stalking copycats

Delano | 4 October 2012

“He is masked to unmask copycats,” journalist France Clarinval explains in the preface to his book. Read article »

No appeal against warrants, ECJ official says

Delano.lu | 3 October 2012
Legal: Defendants detained under European arrest warrants do not have the right to automatically appeal against “in abstentia” convictions, in the opinion of a jurist at the EU’s top court in Kirchberg. Read article »

Golf traditions

Delano.lu | 1 October 2012
Community: The sun held for the British Chamber of Commerce’s annual charity golf tournament, held Friday at the Golf Club de Luxembourg in Junglinster. Read article »