The Luxembourg customs car has intercepted a car with 159 kilos of hash. The director, whose nationality has not been announced, has been arrested. He was on his way from the Netherlands to France.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the controversial ex-leader of the French right-wing populist Front National, has to repay 320,026.23 euro to the European Parliament. That has been determined by the European Court of Justice.
Italy and the city of Milan are officially challenging the decision of the EU Heads of Government to establish the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam at the European Court of Justice. The court in Luxembourg said that the Italians want the decision to be canceled.
A launch of the usually reliable Ariane 5 rocket encountered problems on the night from Thursday to Friday. All contacts with the rocket are broken. This happened a few minutes after the launch from the launch site in Kourou in French Guiana.
Jean-Claude Juncker canceled his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos due to stomach flu. The President of the European Commission would give a speech on Thursday at international conference for political leaders, entrepreneurs and organizations, but stays home sick, let his spokesman know.
In large parts of the Belgian Ardennes it snows so hard that the motorways are virtually impassable in some places. According to the ANWB it is on the E411 that leads from Namur to Luxembourg. Especially around the Duchy, traffic is stuck in many places.
At least 25 passengers of a cruise ship were wounded on Christmas Day when the ship landed against a pier of a car bridge. The accident happened in the evening on the Rhine near Duisburg. The ship was on its way to the Netherlands and a part of the passengers is Dutch.
If Poland does not immediately stop cutting trees in the Bialowieza primeval forest, the European Court of Justice will impose a fine of at least 100,000 euros per day. Cutting is only permitted if the safety of the public is at stake, according to the court in Luxembourg.
The Belgian and Luxembourg premiers call Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy into a 'political dialogue' with Catalonia. That they said on arrival for the EU summit in Brussels. Premier Mark Rutte did not join both liberal colleagues. 'This is a matter between the Spanish government and a Spanish region.'
The rule that Greek police officers must be at least 1.70 long is indirectly discriminatory because there are many more women than men being disadvantaged. The European Court of Justice has ruled that.
Negotiations on trade relations between the EU and the UK after the brexit can begin at the earliest end of this year. The conclusion of EU negotiator Michel Barnier that insufficient progress has been made in the negotiations on the conditions of separation has been unanimously taken over by EU ministers of European Affairs on Tuesday in Luxembourg.
The EU Foreign Ministers agree on the Iranian nuclear program, appeared on Monday before consultation in Luxembourg. Several ministers called on the US Congress to maintain the 2015 deal between Iran and six world powers.
Six European countries want another half-year passport and other controls at their internal borders. Germany, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Norway and France have informed the European Commission, said Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos (Migration and Home Affairs) in Luxembourg.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem can last until January 13th as euro group chairman.
A huge iceberg broke down from the South Pole and on its way to the open sea. This is evident from satellite imagery of the European Space Agency ESA.
Hungary and Slovakia are required to take asylum seekers from Italy and Greece. Their objections to the EU agreement in 2015 to spread thousands of migrants across the Member States for two years are unfounded, judges the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
The Belgian police are doing everything to find the man who tried to kidnap a 17-year-old in the southern city of Bouillon, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg on 7 August.
The objections of Hungary and Slovakia against the obligation to take asylum seekers from Italy and Greece are unfounded. The spread of asylum seekers across the EU is a proportional tool for helping the two Mediterranean countries to process the migrant crisis of 2015. That will be the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice on Wednesday.
A giant iceberg, twice the size of Luxembourg, has been broken down from the ice sheet in Antarctica, shown by satellite imagery. The iceberg now drives north, reported the German Alfred Wegener Institute for Pool and Sea Research Wednesday.
The Netherlands expects this year 1.17 percent of gross domestic product (more than 8.68 billion euros) in defense. Last year it was 1.15 percent, or 8.23 billion. This is evidenced by figures released by NATO on Thursday over the 28 Member States. In order to reach the 2 per cent where the military allies strive in 2024 is a long way to go.
The EU summit held in Brussels on Thursday and Friday has been filled to the ridge. Central is the protection of Europeans: against terrorist threats, illegal immigration and uncontrolled globalization.
Behind the scenes, 27 EU member states are fighting a robbery about the housing of two European agencies. They are still in London but have to leave the Brexit.
Violent attacks on computer networks in the European Union must be tackled hard. The EU countries want economic sanctions if necessary.
Despite good hopes in advance, today there is no agreement on reducing the VAT rate for digital books, newspapers and magazines. The Czech Republic is crossing.
Countries that do not accept asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, such as Hungary and Slovakia, get a legal procedure on their trousers if it lies with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. 'I am for it', says the Luxemburger against the German weekly Der Spiegel. The day-to-day EU administration will take a decision next week.
The number of people affected by road accidents in the European Union must be halved by 2030 compared with 2020. This target posed the 28 EU transport ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday. There are now around 135,000 annually. More attention should be given to cyclists and pedestrians.
The Netherlands, Luxembourg and other EU countries where a 'tax haven' hangs are not part of the European blacklist of tax havens that need to be seen this year.
A truck was dumped on Friday morning due to unknown cause of a bridge near Libramont in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The vehicle ended up on the track, which means that no train traffic is possible between Libramont and Bertrix.
