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On the weekend of 1st and 2 October 2022, from 10am to 4pm, the Directorate of Defence invites anyone interested to discover Luxembourg's air component during the Luxembourg Defence Open Air Days at Luxembourg-Findel Airport.

The "extreme weather" Crisis Cell met again at 12:30pm, under the chairmanship of the Minister for Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, to assess the situation.

In view of the current weather forecast, it is possible that a change to the red alert level will be necessary during the day. For this reason, a "extreme weather" Crisis Cell met this morning at 9am under the chairmanship of the Minister of Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding

Employees who have their first vaccine dose can be tested free of charge from 14 January 2022, while waiting for their second dose. As of Thursday, 16 December 2021, they are provided a set of 20 codes when they receive their first dose of vaccine.

Luxembourg took part in the largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defence exercise for the first time at the end of April 2021. Locked Shields is an annual exercise organised by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).

On the proposal of the Prime Minister, the Grand Duke reorganised the ministerial portfolios. ​

At Luxembourg's request to set up a patient reception structure next to the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), the Capellen-based NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) was able to respond quickly and adequately by deploying staff and equipment on site.

In order to fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a patient reception structure next to the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg will be installed during the next few days, with the support of the NSPA (NATO Support and Procurement Agency) which has provided us with the equipment.

On 28 January 2020, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, paid a working visit to the Military Centre in Diekirch.

On Saturday, January 12, 2019, the police and the rescue services will participate in a national anti-terrorist exercise on the site Belval and more specifically in and around the Rockhal and Esch / Belval and at the Emile Mayrisch Hospital Center (CHEM).

The National Day of Remembrance is dedicated to the memory of the efforts made by the people of Luxembourg during the Occupation from 1940 to 1945. Several ceremonies were held in Luxembourg on October 7, 2018 to mark the occasion.