Luxembourg

The little princess: Israelis still don’t know the perfect Christmas destination

Luxembourg shows you don’t need Vienna or Munich for Christmas. Enjoy authentic markets, local food, a walkable city, free public transport, and a peaceful, affordable winter escape.

Christmas Market in Luxembourg.
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden addresses delegates during a high-level meeting of heads of state on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025.

‘The beginning of a process’: Western countries recognize Palestinian state at UNGA

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden poses for a photo with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025.

Luxembourg will recognize a Palestinian state with France, UK at UNGA

 The money found in the Gaza Strip

Israel moves EU approval for diaspora bond to Luxembourg from Ireland amid Gaza protests


Luxembourg to pay one million Euros in reparations for Holocaust survivors

Each eligible recipient will be granted an initial EUR 5,000 payment by the end of November and a second payment in March 2022.

Gideon Taylor, Chair of Operations, World Jewish Restitution Organization

How Luxembourg is addressing its Holocaust history

The European nation's prime minister explains how Luxembourg is taking responsibility for what happened there in World War II.

LUXEMBOURG PRIME MINISTER Xavier Bettel: ‘I am the one who needs to take responsibility today.’

Luxembourg minister tells her Jewish family's refugee story to students

"Some of [the refugees] had normal lives: a job, a family. They didn't want to run. They had to. It is not because you ran away that you are a poor person."

Iraqi Jewish refugees stand in a refugee absorption camp. established in Israel in 1950.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Luxembourg signs major restitution pledge

The agreement includes the donation of 1 million euros as a symbolic acknowledgement and the purchase of the Cinqfontaines Abbey, which was a Nazi internment camp, converting it into a memorial.

The Cinqfontaines Abbey in Luxembourg was converted by the Nazis into an internment camp for Jews before they were sent to concentration camps.

Luxembourg becomes first country to make public transport free

"The main reason is to have a better quality of mobility, and then the side reason is clearly also environmental issues."

Luxembourg becomes the first country in the world to offer free public transport

Luxembourg urges EU to recognize Palestinian state

Israel is reportedly concerned about the initiative, but Israeli and European officials noted that the issue will likely not be discussed during the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday.

Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn arrives for a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministers at the State Department in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2019