How Luxembourg lives — health, education, migration, language, culture and the everyday life of a country built from many nationalities.
Luxembourg cargo airline Cargolux flew two abused brown bears, Benji and Balu, pro-bono from Baku to the UK, where they now roam a woodland enclosure on the Isle of Wight.
Luxembourg runs on Luxembourgish, French, and German — plus English at work. We explain how the three official languages divide up administration, justice, and the classroom.
Apple has confirmed it will build a native Luxembourgish keyboard into iOS 27, ending years in which iPhone users typing Lëtzebuergesch relied on third-party apps and constant manual correction. The move follows a long campaign for digital support of the language, anchored by the 2018 promotion law and the Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch.
European and national drug monitoring confirm cannabis as the most widely used illicit substance in Luxembourg, with about 14.6% of adults reporting use in the past year. The figures arrive as the country reviews its July 2023 law permitting limited home cultivation and private consumption.
Health Minister Martine Deprez's Bill 8760 would let medical associations open standalone ambulatory-care structures for dialysis, oncology and minor surgery. The AMMD welcomes more out-of-hospital practice but objects to the governance, while hospital doctors warn of cherry-picking and a weakened public sector.
Luxembourg leads the world on GDP per capita and ranks highly on quality-of-life indices, but housing costs, cross-border traffic and healthcare strains expose a widening gap between the statistics and lived experience.
A law passed in July 2023 raises Luxembourg's compulsory-schooling age from 16 to 18, taking effect in September 2026. It is aimed at the country's school-leavers and NEETs, and can be fulfilled through schooling, an apprenticeship or other qualifying pathways rather than classroom attendance alone.