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  Launch of the first high-performance microsatellite of its kind produced and assembled in Luxembourg

  • 03.09.2020

  The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide – developed under ESA's Partnership Projects programme – has been launched last night aboard an Arianespace Vega from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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  The Luxembourg Space Agency and LIST join forces to create a "European Space Resources Innovation Centre" in Luxembourg

  • 04.08.2020

  On 4 August 2020, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Ministry of the Economy, as the supervisory body of the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) in view of the creation by the end of 2020, in Luxembourg, of a "European Space Resources Innovation Centre”, called ESRIC in abbreviated form.

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  LIST demonstrates collaborative COVID-19 'Cross-Functional Dashboard' to ministers

  • 03.08.2020

  The Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot and the Minister for Higher Education and Research Claude Meisch visited Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) on Monday. Their motive was an inspection and demonstration of the “Cross-Functional Dashboard”, in relation to the country’s COVID-19 data.

• Franz Fayot welcomes the parliamentary adoption of the new aid scheme to stimulate business investment in the COVID-19 era

  • 22.07.2020

  On 22 July 2020, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the bill implementing a new aid instrument aimed at companies that have suffered the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. ​

• Call for projects "StartupsVSCovid19" by the Ministry of the Economy: 15 innovative projects selected to combat COVID1-9

  • 15.05.2020

  Following the "StartupsVsCovid19" call for projects launched in April, 15 innovative solutions proposed by startups to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis have been selected.

• New non-repayable allowance for the self-employed

  • 06.05.2020

  The Luxembourg government has decided to strengthen the support mechanism for the self-employed affected by the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• National call for COVID-19 research projects open to public and private partnerships

  • 28.04.2020

  The call for research projects addressing current and future challenges of COVID-19 launched by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) is now open to public-private partnerships involving companies and research institutions.

• New emergency allowances for micro and small businesses

  • 22.04.2020

  On 22 April 2020, on the proposal of the Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Lex Delles, the Government Council approved two draft Grand Ducal Regulations aimed at putting in place new financial support measures for micro and small commercial and craft enterprises.