Luxembourg

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2024-03-04
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2025-12-19
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52 Moments
2025
2024
2023
2020
National Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
2019
Luxembourg Launches Free Public Transport
2018
Key Takeaways from the 2018 General Elections
2017
Historic Prime Minister Same-Sex Marriage
2015
Same-sex marriage now legal in Luxembourg
2014
LuxLeaks scandal offshore tax avoidance schemes
2013
Government Formation: Bettel-Schneider Partnership
2002
2000
Grand Duke Jean abdicates in favor of son Henri.
1999
Luxembourg Adopts Euro Currency
1992
Maastricht Treaty: Establishing the European Union
1964
Grand Duchess Charlotte's succession to Grand Duke Jean
1957
Luxembourg's founding membership in EEC
Establishment of EEC through Treaty of Rome.
1951
Formation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951
1950
1948
Establishment of Western European Union with Luxembourg as member: Treaty of Brussels signing.
1945
Luxembourg Joins United Nations
1944
Allied forces liberate Luxembourg in WWII.
Signing of the Benelux Customs Union between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
1867
Crisis escalation in Small European Country
Treaty confirms Independence and Neutrality
1829
The Belgian Revolution: Southern Provinces' Separation from Netherlands
1815
Luxembourg becomes a Grand Duchy under the rule of Napoleon's French Empire