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Young Socialists: young, critical and uncompromising
They are new to office and have big plans: Mélissa Antunes de Magalhães and Olivier Cano want to shake up the JSL, challenge their parent party, the LSAP, from time to time, but above all tackle the …
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AI and healthcare: a new Master's degree in Luxembourg
Sponsored contentOrganised by the Luxembourg Lifelong Learning Centre (LLLC) of the Chamber of Employees, the Belfort Montbéliard University of Technology (UTBM) and the DeWidong Centre for Continuing Professional De…
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From dropout to bar manager: Yann's way back
At the end of 2022, Yann was a lost young man, with no idea what he was going to do and, above all, what he was capable of. Three years on, he has regained his confidence and is forging his own path …
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Editorial – Pisa and the uncomfortable questions
The Pisa results have shown that there's quite some things wrong in te education system. Minister of Education Claude Meisch downplays the results and places the responsibility onto parents. The real…
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Déi Gutt Mod #45 E Virstellungsgespréich beim Grand-Duc feat. Isabelle Faber
D'Isabelle Faber ass Directrice fir Ressources humaines, Kommunikatioun an Nohaltegkeet bei der Post a jongléiert mat iwwer 50 Dossieren gläichzäiteg. Hat erzielt vu sengem ongewéinleche Parcours, en…
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"Why bother saving if you can't get on the property ladder?"
In Luxembourg, money matters are rarely really discussed at home, at school, and between friends. Meanwhile, the old reasons to save, such as buying a home, are slipping out of reach for many young a…
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"Meanwhile, I am 110 per cent Minister for Culture"
When Eric Thill became a minister at the end of 2023, the former mayor of Schieren, at first, came as a surprise to many. He speaks to us with obvious enthusiasm about cultural diversity and why you …
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Brexit, ten years on: how the financial sector grew despite all odds
The UK's departure from the European Union has given rise to wild predictions, holding out the prospect of a windfall for the continent's financial centres. Whilst the financial centre of London know…
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flux #11 - Den Eurominister
Vum Frang op den Euro - wéi hu Lëtzebuerger Banken, Politik, Commerce a Bevëlkerung dee Wandel erlieft? Et war eng Saach, um 1. Januar 2002 déi éischt nei Schäiner am Grapp ze halen. Eng aner war déi…
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"[As a teacher] I can no longer give every child the attention they deserve"
Very little knowledge of Luxembourgish, delays in motor development, children with special educational needs: Isabelle Calmes has to cope with all of this at once – on her own. Whilst at Précoce teac…
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"The Mudam is no scandal-ridden place"
20 years of Mudam: What once began as a politically controversial prestige project has long since become an internationally respected museum for contemporary art. Director Bettina Steinbrügge talks a…
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The Chamber is undermining democracy - in order to protect it
Could Luxembourg withstand an authoritarian regime? Democratic rights are being curtailed in an increasing number of countries. For the first time in 20 years, there are once again more autocracies i…
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Everyone in Luxembourg knew Arbed. Who still knows ArcelorMittal?
During Arbed's heyday, it was common and something to be proud of for people in Luxembourg to apply for a job there. Today, the much more globalised steel industry – under the name of ArcelorMittal –…
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Luxembourg's rivers are drying up, but there are things we can do at home to help
It has been raining. Nevertheless, water levels in Luxembourg's rivers remain at historically low levels. Some streams have dried up completely. We examine what this means for Luxembourg, and why, of…
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Nursing professionals in Luxembourg: "We constantly operate outside the law"
Nursing professionals in Luxembourg regularly make decisions in their day-to-day work that violate applicable law. Doctors are not only aware of this; they actually rely on it. A new law was supposed…
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"We have already tried the same one-size-fits-all approach. It did not work"
Anne Heniqui has been President of the National Observatory on Childhood, Youth and Educational Quality (OEJQS) for the past nine months. A conversation about wasted potential in schools, Project Alp…