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‘Hubs offer summer support for working parents’
Westmeath Examiner
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Previous Next Published: Mon 4 Aug 2025, 3:00 PM Submitted by the Irish Hub Network We’re well into the summer season now, and while the long break is brilliant for kids, it’s not always so easy for working parents trying to juggle deadlines while...
Stop Live Export South Africa and Compassion in World Farming Urges Public Response on Government’s draft Regulations to Continue Exporting Live Animals by Sea
South Africa Today
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July 30, 2025
Cape Town, South Africa — Stop Live Export South Africa (SLESA) and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) are calling on the South African public to urgently respond to the newly proposed live animal export regulations announced by the Department of...
World : President Abbas Praises New York Declaration, Calls It A 'Historic Step Towards Achieving Peace'
Bernama
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July 30, 2025
RAMALLAH, July 30 (Bernama-WAFA) -- President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his high appreciation and welcome for the New York Declaration issued by the Foreign Ministers of 15 countries, Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. The declaration...
Business Moves: Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations; Optio Completes Purchase of UK MGA Custodian Management
Insurance Journal
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August 4, 2025
Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based global insurance intermediary, announced it has completed the acquisition of German broker Ecclesia’s businesses in the...
Centre for Equal Treatment: Susanna van Tonder steps down as president
RTL Today
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July 30, 2025
Citing both personal health and institutional challenges, Susanna van Tonder stepped down from her leadership role at Luxembourg’s equality watchdog, the Centre for Equal Treatment. Susanna van Tonder has resigned as president of the Centre for...
Growing Wave of International Recognition for Palestine Ahead of UN General Assembly
The Maldives Journal
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Momentum is building globally as an increasing number of countries formally recognize. Palestine as an independent state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly scheduled for September 2025. Currently, 147 of the 193 UN member states, nearly...
'New York Call': Luxembourg, 14 other nations urge recognition of Palestinian state
RTL Today
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July 30, 2025
Luxembourg and 14 other Western nations called on countries worldwide to move to recognise a Palestinian state. The foreign ministers of 15 countries late Tuesday issued a joint statement following a conference in New York, co-chaired by France...
Education, industry, technology: Luxembourg leads Europe in research funding per capita: Eurostat
RTL Today
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July 30, 2025
Luxembourg spent more on research and development per person than any other EU country in 2024, allocating €759.2 per inhabitant, new Eurostat data shows. Luxembourg recorded the highest per capita government spending on research and development...
Using Legal Identity Options to Circumvent Travel and Residency Restrictions
Justice News Flash
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July 30, 2025
How Strategic Legal Identity Changes and Second Citizenship Open Global Doors Without Breaking the Law VANCOUVER, BC – As geopolitical instability, stringent visa requirements, and digital surveillance increase globally, the ability to move freely...
'Mistakes were made': CSV's Maurice Bauer acknowledges social dialogue failures while defending government approach
RTL Today
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July 30, 2025
As Maurice Bauer concedes "mistakes" in social dialogue while defending coalition policies, the CSV politician simultaneously tackles Luxembourg City's commercial vacancies and prepares a budget report aiming to highlight unclaimed social...
10 biggest horse breeds in the world
PetsRadar
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August 4, 2025
Have you ever encountered one of the biggest horse breeds? Many of these tall, broad equines are draft horses. Due to their history, which is mostly rooted in working the land, you don’t see as many of them as you would have 100 or more years ago....
Summer Greetings from America
finews.com
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August 4, 2025
In finews.ch's series, selected fund managers report from their hometown in the summer. This time, the journey takes us to California. Written by Roger Bayston, Head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton I live in the East Bay, just across from...
Based on ECJ ruling: More than 10,000 hotels take Booking.com to court over price restrictions
RTL Today
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August 4, 2025
More than 10,000 hotels have filed a collective lawsuit against the travel platform Booking.com, alleging years of unfair pricing practices. According to HOTREC, the European umbrella organisation representing the hospitality sector (HORECA), the...
A first-time guide to Luxembourg
Lonely Planet
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Squeezed in between France, Belgium and Germany, tiny Luxembourg (pop. 655,000) is something of an oddity, yet is arguably also the most European of the continent’s many nations. A multilingual global hub of business and commerce, Luxembourg is...
Salary expectations: Breaking down the real cost of buying property in Luxembourg
RTL Today
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July 30, 2025
In Luxembourg's high-priced housing market, single buyers face steep financial hurdles – often requiring over €5,000–7,000 in net monthly income to purchase a modest 50m² flat – while couples or those considering affordable leasehold housing may...
Morning Roundup: Pacific nations face Tsunami alert, Luxembourg eyes Gaza aid drops, and Findel controllers oppose virtual tower
RTL Today
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July 30, 2025
The Today Radio news team brings you the latest headlines for Wednesday, 30 July. Luxembourg GAZA AID – The Belgian and Luxembourg armed forces are exploring potential participation in an international humanitarian mission to airdrop aid over...
International Athletics Meeting in Schifflange: Victoria Rausch sets new national record in 100-metre hurdles
RTL Today
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July 27, 2025
Luxembourg's Victoria Rausch set a new national record in the 100-metre hurdles on Saturday evening during the B-final at the International Meeting in Schifflange. She clocked a time of 13.09 seconds, finishing third behind Poland's Klaudia...
Israel / Palestinian Territories : Joint statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs – New York Call
The National Tribune
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July 29, 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade We, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Andorra, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia and Spain, Condemn the heinous and...
Star pedigrees in Book One catalogue
Sporting Life
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The catalogue for the Tattersalls Book One Sale in October has been published and features own or half-brothers and sisters to a remarkable 50 Classic and Group One winners and 264 Group/Listed winners. The 30 yearlings catalogued by dual Champion...
Satellite firm SES wins $90 million contract to support U.S. Army
Yahoo Finance
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(Reuters) -SES has won an $89.6 million contract to provide its commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) services to the U.S. army, the European satellite company said on Monday. Its SES Space & Defense subsidiary has been awarded the...