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IsDB announces plans to launch first green bond
The Islamic Development Bank has today announced it has created an innovative Sustainable Finance Framework to utilise funds exclusively for green projects in IsDB Member Countries through and catalyse the role of the Bank’s preferred financing tool – the Sukuk bond.
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Minister Gramegna and Ambassador Evans bring U.S.-Luxembourg Taxation Protocol into Force
On 9 September 2019, Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance of Luxembourg, and J. Randolph Evans, U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, announced that the respective ratification procedures of the Protocol amending the Double Taxation Convention have been completed, thus bringing the Protocol into force.
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Luxembourg signing will help bolster financial inclusion across the African continent
On 6 September 2019 the Ministry of Finance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg signed a letter of understanding (LOU) with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) to launch a new multi-donor collaboration framework that will help bolster financial inclusion across the African continent.
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Opening Ceremony of the 2019 AIIB Annual Meeting: Around eight per cent GDP infrastructure investment key to Asia's socio-economic growth and connecting Asia to the World: AIIB President Jin Liqun
Opening the 2019 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Annual Meeting in Luxembourg in the presence of HRH Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Fernand Etgen, Xavier Bettel and Pierre Gramegna, AIIB President Jin Liqun set out the Bank's commitment to drive the green economy through sustainable, adaptable and innovative infrastructure investment.
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National Day 2019
For the public celebration of the birthday of HRH the Grand Duke, members of the Grand Duke's family and the government will attend the festivities organised in Esch-sur-Alzette, Bourscheid and Luxembourg City on 22nd and 23rd June 2019.
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Luxembourg comments on the Commission's decision in the HUHTAMAKI case
Luxembourg has taken note of the decision of the European Commission in the HUHTAMAKI case.
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Focus on Cooperation and Connectivity at AIIB Annuel Meeting in Luxembourg
Luxembourg will host the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) first Annual Meeting outside of Asia on July 12-13, 2019
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Signing of a letter of intent concerning research and training in the field of sustainable finance
The Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Luxembourg, Yves Elsen, and the Rector of the University of Luxembourg, Stéphane Pallage, signed on 11 October 2018, a letter of intent to promote research and training in the field of sustainable finance.
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Pierre Gramegna and Carole Dieschbourg present the new "Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Roadmap"
On Thursday, October 4, 2018, the Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna, the Minister for the Environment Carole Dieschbourg and the Head of the Finance Initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) Eric Usher presented the new "Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Roadmap" (LSFR) and its recommendations.
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"Luxembourg has innovation in its DNA"
Interview with Pierre Gramegna in Beast Magazine
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Luxembourg comments on the Commission's decision in the McDonald's case
Luxembourg has taken note of the Commission's decision in the McDonald’s case, which confirms the absence of a selective treatment and state aid incompatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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Luxembourg appeals the Commission’s decision in the Engie case
The Luxembourg Government has decided to appeal the decision of the European Commission in the Engie case. In accordance with the Commission’s decision, Luxembourg will recover the alleged aid, pending the outcome of the legal proceedings.
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National Day 2018
For the public celebration of the birthday of H.R.H. the Grand Duke, members of the Grand Duke's family and the government will attend the festivities organised in Esch-sur-Alzette, Larochette and Luxembourg City on 22 and 23 June 2018.
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Luxembourg comments on the Commission’s decision in the ENGIE case
Luxembourg has taken note of the decision by the European Commission in the ENGIE case, announced on June 20, 2018.
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Luxembourg provides €1 million to IFC program to support new markets for climate finance
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Luxembourg signed an agreement Tuesday that will support the creation of new markets for climate finance in emerging economies—by developing green-bond policies, training bankers and executives, and helping countries adopt the Green Bond Principles and other best practices.