Luxembourg has deployed a CGDIS rescue team and its emergency.lu satellite communications system to earthquake-hit Venezuela through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, as the death toll from twin 24 June quakes passes 1,430 with tens of thousands missing. The foreign ministry says 22 nationals registered in the country have not contacted consular services.
Luxembourg lifted its red heat warning on Sunday morning after a punishing week, as an extreme heatwave linked to a stalled high-pressure system toppled records across western and central Europe, killed hundreds and forced authorities to reorganise schools, building sites and emergency services.
More than 900 people have died in twin earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on 24 June 2026, with rescuers still searching collapsed buildings days later. Luxembourg has joined the international response, dispatching a Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps team and its emergency.lu satellite communication system as part of a wider EU mobilisation.
Luxembourg joined the international relief effort for Venezuela on Friday evening, dispatching two Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps humanitarian specialists and its emergency.lu satellite-communications platform aboard a Luxembourg Air Rescue aircraft, within an EU Civil Protection Mechanism response involving eight member states.
A vintage Antonov An-2 biplane made a failed landing at Luxembourg-Findel on 21 June 2026, closing the single-runway airport for hours and disrupting 66 flights and about 5,200 passengers. No one was injured.
A vintage Antonov An-2 biplane came down hard and ground-looped while landing at Luxembourg's only international airport on Sunday 21 June, damaging the runway and forcing it to close. All 12 people aboard escaped unhurt, but the shutdown of Findel's single runway diverted, delayed or cancelled dozens of flights before crews reopened it the same evening.