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Five and Six

Luxembourg's grid held up during the heatwave with only a 5-6% load increase, thanks to 36,200 solar installations and N-1 redundancy.

Gated Intelligence

OpenAI released GPT-5.6 to government-approved customers only. Anthropic got partial clearance for Mythos 5. Frontier AI is now gated infrastructure, and that changes everything for builders.

Ten Percent Empty

Déi Lénk protests vacant housing in Esch-sur-Alzette, where nearly 10% of properties sit empty while people struggle to find homes.

One Hundred and Twenty

Heatwave crowds push Upper Sure lake to breaking point, with vandalism and cars doing 120km/h in 70 zones.

Five Billion Euros

China raises a record €5 billion in euro-denominated sovereign bonds on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, drawing nearly five times oversubscription from global investors.

Cristal

Luxembourg co-production A Long Goodbye wins the Cristal for Best Immersive Work at Annecy, exploring dementia through virtual reality.

1,300 and Counting

Europe's record-breaking June heatwave has been linked to 1,300 excess deaths. Luxembourg's hospitals are holding, but experts say this is the new normal.

Government-Gated AI: OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Arrives Under State Control

OpenAI's newest model family is here, but the US government decides who gets access. Sol, Terra, and Luna mark a shift in how frontier AI reaches the public.