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The Luxembourg Future Fund 2 (LFF2) and Lyten announce that LFF2 has made an equity investment into Silicon Valley based Lyten, the supermaterial applications company and global leader in Lithium-Sulfur battery technology.

On the sidelines of the presentation of Luxinnovation's 2023 annual report at Fours Hein, Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, and Sasha Baillie, CEO of Luxinnovation, announced the standardisation of the "Fit 4" programmes and the launch of a new programme: Fit 4 Digital – AI, dedicated to artificial intelligence.

On 19 and 20 June 2024, the Haut-Commissariat à la protection nationale (HCPN), including its Cybersecurity and GOVCERT departments, the Directorate-General for Energy of the Ministry of the Economy, as well as the Institut luxembourgeois de Régulation (ILR), the LHC/CIRCL, the CTIE and the company Creos took part in the 7th edition of "Cyber Europe".

The last day of the official economic mission to Japan, presided over by HRH the Hereditary Grand Duke and led by the Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy, and Tourism, Lex Delles, was mainly marked by the Luxembourg-Japan Business Forum and the signing of several cooperation agreements related to the space sector.

The third day of the mission was mainly marked by an event dedicated to the start-up ecosystem, at which the Japanese start-up "Thermalytica", a spin-off from the Tsukuba-based National Institute for Materials Science, active in space technologies, officially announced the opening of an office in Luxembourg. The event was held in Tsukuba.

On May 20, 2024, Expon Capital officially announced the final closing of the second generation of the Digital Tech Fund at 19.4 million euros, in which the Luxembourg Government and the Société nationale de crédit et d'investissements (SNCI) participate alongside with BIL, POST Capital, Proximus, SES, Chamber of Commerce, Cargolux as well as a group of private investors.

From June 10 to 13, 2024, HRH the Hereditary Grand Duke will chair an economic mission to Japan led jointly by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, accompanied by the General Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Carlo Thelen.

As part of World Bicycle Day on 3 June 2024, Yuriko Backes, Minister for Mobility and Public Works, and Lex Delles, Minister for the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, presented three themes relating to cycling in Luxembourg.

Today, ESA and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg signed an extension of their memorandum of cooperation concerning the field of space resources for another five years, underscoring both parties' commitment to advancing sustainable and peaceful exploration beyond Earth.

Interview with Lex Delles in the Luxembourg Times

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

The sixth edition of Space Resources Week is taking place between 25 and 27 March 2024 as a 3-day hybrid event, hosted at the European Convention Center Luxembourg, as well as available online.

On 18 March 2024, Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence, Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, and Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education, launched a joint call for research and development (R&D) projects in the field of defence.