Migration centre ex-president embezzled €120,000

Between 2010 and 2023, around €120,000 was embezzled from the Documentation Centre for Human Migrations (CDMH) in Dudelange, with investigators concluding that the main suspect is the institution’s former president.

Sex for a place to sleep: the bitter reality of female homelessness

Across Europe women account for a large part the homeless population, but in Luxembourg the official share is much smaller. That is not because there are fewer but because more and more are falling through the cracks of the country’s homelessness census.

In Germany and France up to 40% of homeless people are women. In Luxembourg that figure stands at just 22% according to the most recent census of homeless people. When asked by the Luxemburger Wort, the ministry for family, which is responsible for the country’s homeless population, stated that it had no scientific explanation as to why the rate was higher abroad.

Germany says border controls have cost €80m

Germany has been enforcing controls at its land borders for roughly the past 11 months. Figures released Wednesday indicate the scheme – which is protested by Luxembourg as being against the spirit of the Schengen Agreement – has cost over €80 million to date, nationwide.

Primark opening near Luxembourg border delayed to autumn

The much-anticipated Primark store in Mont-Saint-Martin, just across the border from Luxembourg, will not open this summer, but is now expected for autumn or even early 2026, Mayor Serge De Carli has said.

The arrival of Primark at the Aushopping Pôle Europe centre has been confirmed for over a year, with final approval from the National Commission for Commercial Development (CNAC) granted on 27 June 2024. The fast-fashion retailer has stores in Metz, Saarbrücken and Liège, currently the nearest locations to Luxembourg.

Nation’s treasure chest has almost no gold

The Luxembourg state transferred its gold reserves to the Central Bank of Luxembourg (BCL) in 1998 and has not re-established a reserve since, Finance Minister Gilles Roth confirmed in answer to a parliamentary question on Wednesday.

The national gold depository instead consists of 1,800 Louis d’Or coins, valued at around €990,000, which the state has stored at BCL.