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The Poverty Line at 2'500 Euros

In one of the world's richest countries, the poverty threshold is 2'502 EUR per month. One in seven people lives below it.

No Shipyards, Just Startups: Luxembourg's 150 Million Euro Defence Bet

Luxembourg is putting 150 million euros into a national defence fund. Not for tanks or jets, but for cybersecurity, space, and smart materials. A small country's approach to NATO's 5% spending target.

The Language With 120 Words

What happens when you strip a language down to its barest essentials? Toki Pona has roughly 120 words and one rule: simplicity is good. Learning it changes how you see everything.

The Gold Signature

The US State Department is putting Trump's face in American passports. Gold signature and all. The 250th anniversary of independence, celebrated with a portrait of the current president staring out from your travel documents.

93.3 FM

RTL Today Radio, Luxembourg's English-language station, launches on FM from May 5. In a country with 180 nationalities, a radio frequency is also a signal.

The Windmill Moves

A 200-year-old protected windmill at Luxembourg's main hospital is being dismantled stone by stone to make way for a bigger emergency department. It will be rebuilt a few metres away.

The Checkpoint That Wasn't

A Koblenz court rules Germany's border checks with Luxembourg illegal under Schengen. What it means for 200,000 cross-border commuters.

Reverse Engineering a Mesh Radio

Loading a 2.3 MB ESP32-S3 firmware binary into Ghidra on a Raspberry Pi, building the decompiler from source, and extracting 50+ terminal commands from MeshOS.