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On 29 November, Prime Minister Luc Frieden travelled to Belgium to meet the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. He was also received by the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, for a working visit.

Prime Minister Luc Frieden travelled to France for his first working visit abroad, which focused on the future of Europe.

This joint call for projects will take place in two phases. The first phase, between 15 November 2023 and 9 February 2024, will allow interested economic players to submit their projects (summary, planned research, timetable, budgets, etc.).

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, has travelled to Granada, Spain, to take part in the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) and the informal meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union on 5 and 6 October 2023.

At the opening of the "Automotive Day" in Esch-Belval on 5 October 2023, Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes, and Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the American company Lyten, which will establish its European headquarters in Luxembourg.

On 27 September 2023, the European Commission released the first report on the State of the Digital Decade. The report analyses the collective progress made by the EU towards achieving Europe's digital transition until 2030.

On Tuesday 26 September, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, presented the national action plan to combat antisemitism (PANAS), which has been adopted by the Government Council.

Voting is an act that allows people with disabilities to exercise their political rights effectively and to influence, even indirectly, decisions that may affect them. In practice, however, there are still obstacles limiting the effective exercise of their rights.

At the invitation of the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, the Minister for Patriots and Veterans of the Republic of Korea, Minshik Park, paid a courtesy visit to Luxembourg on 13 September 2023.

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Luxembourg and Iceland share close bilateral relations based on longstanding ties between the two governments, economies and peoples. Today's bilateral meeting between Prime minister Bettel and Prime minister Jakobsdóttir in Luxembourg allowed them to follow up after an earlier meeting in May this year in Reykjavik at the margins of the Council of Europe Summit.

From 25 to 27 July 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, is paying a visit to the Republic of Korea. The visit marks the 70th anniversary of the signing the Korean War Armistice (1950-1953).

On Monday 3 July 2023, the government will continue to implement its strategy for testing the warning and information system for the population by carrying out monthly tests of the siren network and the GouvAlert mobile application.

As part of the reform of the national warning and information system, the government has been carrying out monthly tests of the siren network and the GouvAlert application since May 2022, as well as sending a test SMS alert to the population in a given zone.

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, informs that today, 15 June 2023, H.R.H. the Grand Duke has honourably discharged, at her own request, Corinne Cahen, Minister for Family Affairs and Integration, Minister for the Greater Region.