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A Luxembourg base for medical exoskeletons
22-10-2019
ExoAtlet offers paralysed people the opportunity to walk again. The Russian start-up has chosen Luxembourg as the new location of its headquarters in order to target the European rehabilitation market.
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Luxembourg to set up space resources innovation centre
22-10-2019
Over time, the objective is to expand the centre further in collaboration with the European Space Agency and give it a European and even international scope.
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Cybersecurity in Luxembourg: An expanding sector
15-10-2019
Luxembourg is internationally renowned for its expertise in cybersecurity. A recent mapping of the sector highlights a dynamic sector specialising, in particular, in risk identification and protection.
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Luxembourg has 4th highest education level in the EU
15-10-2019
Well over half of the population aged 30 to 34 years have graduated from tertiary education, a figure that places Luxembourg on the top 5 podium in the European Union.
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Luxembourg 18th most competitive economy in the world
15-10-2019
In particular, Luxembourg stands out for its performance in macro-economic stability, institutions and financial system.
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Changes in financial industry “only going to happen faster than before”
07-10-2019
Daniel Schulman, the CEO of Paypal, was in Luxembourg this Monday to inaugurate the PayPal-FNR PEARL Chair in Digital Financial Services, the first one built on a public-private partnership in this field.
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Record number of start-ups join Fit 4 Start
04-10-2019
Ten ICT start-ups, five companies in the healthtech sector and five in space tech were admitted into Luxembourg’s renowned acceleration programme Fit 4 Start.
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Giant brains celebrate 10 years of biomedical research
04-10-2019
Surprised to see 10 gigantic brains displayed all over the Luxembourg city centre? They are there for a reason: the renowned Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) celebrates its 10th anniversary with the exhibition "Mind the Brain".
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Luxembourg 18th most innovative country in the world
03-10-2019
Luxembourg ranks particularly high for its creative outputs and business sophistication.
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Luxembourg 21st in world digital competitiveness ranking 2019
02-10-2019
The country, which ranks particularly high in the "technology" category, gains three places compared to last year.
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Fudan University publishes the Mandarin version of ‘Negotiate like a local: 7 Mindsets to increase your success rate in International Business co-authored by Luxembourgish entrepreneur Marc Jacobs
30-09-2019
Together with his co-author Jean-Pierre Coene and Tatjana von Bonkewitz, Marc co-founded the Luxembourg-Belgian Chapter of Hofstede Insights, the global leader in organisational culture and intercultu...
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‘Luxembourg in Figures 2019’ is available
30-09-2019
STATEC (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) recently published its 2019 edition of ‘Luxembourg in Figures’. The brochure provides 52 pages of ba...
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New Foreign Trade Counselor in Shanghai
30-09-2019
Richard Hsu was nominated as Foreign Trade Counselor in Shanghai by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. With this nomination, Mr. Hsu is joining a network of well introduced busin...
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Signature of a MoU in the field of radiological image analysis based on artificial intelligence
30-09-2019
As part of the “Bringing innovation to the health tech market” event held on September 19th, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy and Minister of Health,...
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University of Luxembourg most international in the world
30-09-2019
The University of Luxembourg is ranked among the 250 best universities in the world by the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020. The study covers almost 1,400 universities...
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Amazonisation is the future of European financial services
30-09-2019
Three trends will dominate and disrupt European financial services over the next five years, according to a new report by PwC and Luxembourg for Finance, the development agency for the country’s fin...
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Luxembourg in the top 4 EU financial centres
30-09-2019
Published bi-annually by private think tank Z/Yen Group, the Global Financial Centres Index 24 provides evaluations of future competitiveness and rankings for 100 major financial centres around the wo...
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Findel is the fastest airport in the world
30-09-2019
The private drivers society (Blacklane) ranks Luxembourg fastest airport, with a median time of 15.5 minutes between plane landing and passenger exit from the airport. The slowest is Kansai, outside...
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Luxembourg 12th best country for expats
30-09-2019
The Expat Insider 2019 survey is published by InterNations, the worlds largest expat community with 3.6 million members. The survey evaluates expats’ satisfaction with the quality of life, the ease ...
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Luxembourg in top 20 most innovative countries
30-09-2019
The 2019 edition of the Global Innovation Index compiled by World Intellectual Property Organisation, Cornell University and INSEAD has ranked Luxembourg as 18th most innovative country amoung 129 w...
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Luxembourg’s AAA rating confirmed by Moody’s
30-09-2019
On September 2nd, the credit rating agency Moody´s has confirmed Luxembourg’s AAA rating with a stable outlook.
Among the key factors that justify maintaining the highest possible rating, Moody’s...
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Civil maps opens European HQ in Luxembourg
30-09-2019
American 3D mapping technology firm Civil Maps has opened a European headquarters in Luxembourg where it plans to have four staff members before the end of the year, a figure which could double in 202...
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Cargolux flies 43 metric tonnes shaft from Luxembourg to China
30-09-2019
On September 6th, Cargolux Airlines successfully transported a 10-meter long shaft with a total gross weight of 43 metric tonnes from Luxembourg to Zhengzhou. It was the largest piece Cargolux has eve...
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Luxembourg Stock exchange to further facilitate access to China interbank market
30-09-2019
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) joins forces with Shanghai Clearing House and China Construction Bank to facilitate access to financial information on Chinese securities, while simplifying the e...
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Luxembourg Stock Exchange teams up with China International Capital Cooperation
30-09-2019
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China International Capital Cooperation (CICC), China’s first joint-venture investment bank.
The official signing ...
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BIL: First Luxembourg bank opens in China
30-09-2019
Banque Internationale à Luxembourg opened a representative office in Beijing on September 17th, becoming the first Luxembourg bank ever to do so.
Finance minister Pierre Gramegna, who led a Luxembour...
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First Annual Meeting of AIIB outside of Asia
30-09-2019
On July 12 and 13, 2019, Luxembourg hosted the first annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) outside Asia with the participation of governors, directors and delegates from 97...
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Luxembourg Minister of Finance in China: strengthening ties between both countries
30-09-2019
Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance, led a financial mission to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen from September 16 to 20 September. He was accompanied by a delegation composed of a hundred of professio...
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New Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office to open in Casablanca
27-09-2019
The opening of the entity was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Étienne Schneider during the on-going economic mission in Morocco. The office will support companies looking to invest in Luxembourg and national businesses wishing to expand their international activities.
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Hanalytics launches AI-based image analysis in Luxembourg
23-09-2019
Hanalytics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hôpitaux Robert Schuman on implementing its artificial intelligence-based radiology image analysis solution BioMind in this major Luxembourg hospital. The Singapore-based start-up has recently opened its Luxembourg branch to target the European market.
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