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Letterboxes are not yet doomed
The Danish postal service caused a stir when it withdrew from mail delivery on 31 December last year. It will not be followed by Post Luxembourg, which claims to be strategically adapting to the decl…
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Editorial - Dwellings at the expense of the mother tongue
Speaking is probably one of the most fundamentally human abilities. It is difficult to imagine a force that suppresses the primal instinct to teach one's own child a mother tongue. But social media a…
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Why Luxemburg wants to write the freedom to have an abortion into the constitution
A broad majority in Parliament is emerging in favour of enshrining the freedom to have an abortion in the constitution. Why is the legislator going down this path? What is the exact proposal? What ar…
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Opgepikt - Ein Hauch von Nichts
Das Valentinsding ist längst passé, und trotzdem sind wir immer noch im Liebestaumel. Vielleicht spüren wir auch einfach nur den Frühling. Der satirische Wochenrückblick von und mit Pascal Steinwachs…
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Histoires d'avocats – Toujours pas de loi sur la PMA
Chaque année, plus de 700 couples ont recours à la procréation médicalement assistée (PMA) pour avoir un enfant au Luxembourg. Pourtant la PMA se pratique dans un vide juridique total puisqu'aucune l…
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We need to talk - when the first language falls short
The language challenges for children in Luxembourg begin long before literacy or even kindergarten. From the second month of life, the course is set for language acquisition. Parents are the key to h…
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New Work #24 - Méi Wiederbildung, méi Aarbechtsqualitéit
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The gig economy - a regulatory challenge
Insecure income, lack of social insurance, algorithmic control, dispute over employment status... As the Luxembourg government negotiates with the social partners on the implementation of the EU dire…
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Stalled: The never-ending story of the "Mierscherdall" industrial zone
The joint industrial estate for Mersch, Lorentzweiler and Lintgen has been under discussion for a good ten years. However, construction work has still not begun. Mayor Michel Malherbe complains about…
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"Then I guess I'm a cunt"
Shania Kraemer alias Shani Baby raps in Luxembourgish and is currently stirring up quite a storm. She often sparks outrage. With her explicit lyrics, she raps against double standards, shame and entr…
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The baby formula crisis: A warning system put to the test
The crisis surrounding contaminated infant formula caused great uncertainty among consumers at the beginning of the year. How this came about, what lessons can be learnt from this affair and why the …
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Back when the blast furnaces were still burning: A smelter worker remembers
Gaston Simon had originally wanted to study medicine. Instead, in the 1950s he became a smelter in Belval, one of the most modern steelworks of its time. Today, the 87-year-old talks about hard work,…
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The unions' other battleground: professional redeployment
Another urgent matter has been added to the Minister of Labour's already busy social agenda, as the Constitutional Court has ruled on an inconsistency in the legislation on professional redeployment…
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Money laundering via Snapchat - The dark economy of money mules
Who would think of simply handing over their credit card to a stranger? Apparently a surprising number of people. Because the number of so-called money mules - people who knowingly or not help with m…
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"Politics is something noble"
Marc Hansen is back. The new-old MP and former DP minister reveals to us why he prefers to convince with arguments rather than headlines, and why patience, objectivity, and a willingness to compromis…
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Wat mengs du? - The foundations of a healthy life
Despite the many advances in medicine and psychiatry, one fundamental question often remains unanswered: how does health actually come about? In his day-to-day work as a psychiatrist, Dr Liron Pepshi…