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Céline Carzo
Luxembourg has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 39 times since its debut at the first contest in . The Luxembourgish national broadcaster, (RTL), participates in the contest representing the country. The nation participated in all but one event between 1956 and , only missing the . After finishing among the bottom seven countries in 1993, Luxembourg was relegated and prevented from competing in . The nation declined to return to the contest in , and would make no further appearances over the next three decades. The country returned to the event for the first time in 31 years in . With five wins, Luxembourg is one of the contest's most successful nations, and between 1983 and 1994 the nation jointly held the record for most contest wins by a single country. Luxembourg won the Eurovision Song Contest in , with the song "" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in , with the song "" performed by France Gall, recorded back-to-back wins in and , when represented by "" by V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTL Lëtzebuerg
RTL Lëtzebuerg is the main television channel in Luxembourg, broadcasting in Luxembourgish language, Luxembourgish. It is part of RTL Group. History The small television market in Luxembourg led to a unique system in Europe: Luxembourg was the only country in the world in which television stations were operated in both the PAL and SECAM formats. Originally, both channels carried the same signal, Tele Luxembourg. Later, the signals were split in the two independent stations RTL-TVI (PAL, system G, on channel 27, the "i" stand for independent), targeting the French-speaking part of Belgium, and RTL9#RTL_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision, RTL Télévision (SECAM, system L, on channel 21), targeting France. Both stations initially continued to carry a lot of the same programming, with regards to foreign series and movies, but produced news and game shows for their target audience. As restrictions on operating commercial television stations in Europe were relaxed in the mid-1980s, RTL-TVI moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg Wort
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of Institutional seats of the European Union, the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several European Union, EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU. As part of the Low Countries, Luxembourg has Benelux, close historic, political, and cultural ties to Belgium and the Netherlands. Culture of Luxembourg, Luxembourg's culture, people, and Languages of Luxembourg, languages are greatly influenced by France and Germany: Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, is the only recognized national language of the Luxembourgers, Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; French is the sole language for legislation; and both languages al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettel II Government
The Bettel II government (also known as Bettel-Lenert-Bausch Government) was the government of Luxembourg from 2018 to 2023. It was led by List of prime ministers of Luxembourg, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and co-List of deputy prime ministers of Luxembourg, Deputy Prime Ministers Paulette Lenert and François Bausch. It was formed on 5 December 2018, after the 2018 Luxembourg general election, 2018 election which saw all 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies renewed. Reuters, 5 December 2018. The government was a continuation of the Traffic light coalition#Belgium, traffic light coalition (or so-called Gambia coalition, in reference to the colours of the Gambia's flag) betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Prime Ministers Of Luxembourg
The prime minister of Luxembourg (; ; ) is the head of government of Luxembourg. The prime minister leads the executive branch, chairs the Cabinet and appoints its ministers. Since 1989, the title of ''Prime minister, Prime Minister'' has been an official one, although the head of the government had been unofficially known by that name for some time. Between 1857 and 1989, the prime minister was styled the ''President of the Government'', with the exception of the 25-day premiership of Mathias Mongenast.Thewes (2003), p. 65 Before 1857, the prime minister was the ''President of the Council of Ministers, President of the Council''. In addition to these titles, the prime minister uses the title ''Minister of State'', although this is usually relegated to a secondary title. This is a list of prime ministers and governments since the post was founded, in 1848. In larger font are the dates of the prime ministers entering and leaving office. The smaller dates, during the respective pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Bettel
Xavier Bettel (; born 3 March 1973) is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician who serves as the List of deputy prime ministers of Luxembourg, deputy prime minister of Luxembourg and as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luxembourg), minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as the prime minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to 2023. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg), Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and List of mayors of Luxembourg City, mayor of Luxembourg City from 2011 to 2013. Bettel is a member of the Democratic Party (Luxembourg), Democratic Party (DP). Following the 2013 Luxembourg general election, 2013 general election, he took office as prime minister and succeeded Jean-Claude Juncker of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). Bettel was the youngest ever prime minister, taking office at the age of 40. He also became the first List of openly LGBT heads of government, openly gay prime minister in the world to serve a second term in 2018 Lux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marino RTV
Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino, commonly known as San Marino RTV (abbreviated SMRTV), is the public service broadcaster of San Marino. On 13 June 2011, San Marino RTV changed its name to SMtv San Marino. In November 2013, the name was changed back to San Marino RTV. The broadcaster currently operates two television channels ( San Marino RTV and San Marino RTV Sport) and two radio stations (Radio San Marino and Radio San Marino Classic). History San Marino RTV was founded in August 1991 thanks to a share capital of Ente per la Radiodiffusione Sammarinese (ERAS, San Marino Broadcasting Company) and the Italian public service broadcaster, RAI. Both participated with 50% of the capital. The agreement between both parties is subject to periodic reviews to guarantee and update the public service broadcasting objectives. San Marino RTV broadcasts in Italian, the official language of San Marino. Experimental radio broadcasts began on 27 December 1992. On 28 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxemburger Wort
''Luxemburger Wort'' (; ) is a German-language Luxembourgish daily newspaper. There is an English edition named the ''Luxembourg Times''. It is owned by Mediahuis Luxembourg. History and profile ''Luxemburger Wort'' has been published since 1848. The paper was founded just three days after press censorship was abolished. The newspaper is mainly written in German, but includes small sections in both Luxembourgish and French. For many years from its founding until recently, the paper was part of the Saint-Paul Luxembourg S.A. which was owned by the Archdiocese. The paper has a strong Catholic leaning. It is not known exactly how the Apostolic Vicar Jean-Théodore Laurent, who had been accused by the government of provoking the 1848 Revolution and had to leave the country six weeks later, brought about the creation of the newspaper. Nevertheless, Laurent wrote to his brother that they were making use of freedom of the press. In 1948, the bishop Joseph Laurent Philippe described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issuu
Issuu, Inc. (pronounced "issue") is a Danish-founded American electronic publishing platform based in Palo Alto, California, United States. The company's software converts PDFs into customizable digital publications that can be shared via links or embedded into websites. Founded in 2006, the company moved its headquarters from Denmark to the United States in 2013. History Issuu was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2006 by Michael and Rubyn Bjerg Hansen, Mikkel Jensen, and Martin Ferro-Thomsen. In 2009, Apple rejected Issuu's app three times, because it was seen as too similar to Apple's planned Newsstand service. In August 2009, the company's website was named one of ''Time (magazine), Times 50 Best Websites. By 2011, Issuu software was used by several online publications. In early 2013, the company opened an office in Palo Alto, California and appointed CEO Joe Hyrkin, formerly of Reverb, Trinity Ventures, and Yahoo!, to helm its Silicon Valley operations. The company soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnevoie
Bonnevoie (, ; ) is an area of south-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is divided between the Quarters of Luxembourg City, quarters of North Bonnevoie-Verlorenkost and South Bonnevoie. It is the largest neighbourhood in the city, with more than 15,000 inhabitants. Famous people born in, or residents of Bonnevoie include: * John E. Dolibois, United States ambassador to Luxembourg * Hugo Gernsback, editor and science fiction author * François Hentges, gymnast * Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (1908) * Corinne Cahen, Luxembourg Minister of Family and Integration and the Greater Region in the Bettel–Schneider ministry History In the early 1990s, the City of Luxembourg decided to radically regenerate the centre of Bonnevoie. The basic idea of the urbanistic concept consisted of redeveloping the city areas which were at this time dominated by car traffic: the three-lane Rue de Bonnevoie and the roundabout on the Place Léon XIII. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Deputies (Luxembourg)
The Chamber of Deputies ( or simply ''D'Chamber'', , ), abbreviated to the Chamber, is the Unicameralism, unicameral national legislature of Luxembourg. The metonym ''Krautmaart'' (French: ''Marché aux herbes'', English: "Herb Market") is sometimes used for the Chamber, after the Krautmaart, square on which the Hôtel de la Chambre is located. The Chamber is made up of 60 seats. Deputies are elected to serve five-year terms by proportional representation in Legislative circonscriptions (Luxembourg), four multi-seat constituencies. Voters may vote for as many candidates as the constituency elects deputies. History 1800s The constitution of 1841 created the Assembly of Estates (''Assemblée des États''), consisting of 34 members. Under the absolute monarchy of William II of the Netherlands, William II, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the legislature's powers were very restricted: it could not take decisions and had a purely advisory role with respect to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of International organization, international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. In the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
