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Three Hundred and Ninety Million

The Alzingen bypass finally gets the green light. Cost: 390 million euros. Completion: 2037. The diggers start in 2032, at the earliest.

Mother Nature

Luxembourg's Eurovision qualifying streak ends as Eva Marija fails to reach the final. A song, a controversy, and what it means for a small country at the world's biggest music contest.

One Million

STATEC projects Luxembourg could reach 1 million inhabitants by 2070. Migration drives growth. Births do not. What happens when the balance tips?

PenguinWatch: Tracking Every Antarctic Penguin Colony

I rebuilt my emperor penguin tracker to cover all six Antarctic species, added an interactive species selector, and wrote about why I care. 65 emperor colonies, 99% could be gone by 2100.

STATEC Warns Fuel Could Hit Two Euros Per Litre

Luxembourg's statistics institute paints two scenarios for fuel prices, and neither is great.

Two Hundred and Twenty-Six Million

Luxembourg plans to spend 226 million euros dragging its tax administration out of the 1970s. The question is whether the money buys transformation or just a more expensive version of the same problem.

Seventy-Five Years of Rubber

Goodyear marks 75 years in Luxembourg. 3,400 workers, 5,500 tyres a day, and a factory that turns rice husk ash into silica. Industry that stays is industry that adapts.

Three Indexations

The IMF says Luxembourg's economy has lost momentum. Unions say people are the priority. The government says wage indexation is set in stone. And the Iran war could trigger three automatic wage adjustments by next September.