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On 19 March 2024, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, paid a working visit to Luxembourg. He was accompanied by the Ukrainian Minister of Finance, Sergii Marchenko, the Minister of Justice, Denys Maliuska, and the Deputy Minister of Economy, Taras Kachka.

The live stream is scheduled to start at around 13:30.

On 5 March 2024, the Minister of Justice, Elisabeth Margue, took part in the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) of the European Union in Brussels, under the Belgian Presidency.

On 22 January 2024, Elisabeth Margue, Minister of Justice, met Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, to discuss a number of issues, including the Rule of Law Report 2023.

At the invitation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice, Dominic Raab, and the Dutch Minister of Justice and Security, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, Minister of Justice Sam Tanson participated in the conference "Supporting the ICC and its investigation into the situation in Ukraine".

Ministers and high-level representatives from the 38 OECD member and candidate countries met in Luxembourg in November 2022 to reaffirm their shared commitment to defending and strengthening the democratic values that unite them at the Ministerial Meeting on Public Governance, which focused on "Building Trust and Reinforcing Democracy".

On 25 January, the Minister of Justice presented a bill to adapt the national legal framework on the retention of personal data in the electronic communications sector to the requirements of the recent rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union in this area.

In 2022, a total of 10,499 persons obtained Luxemburgish nationality by naturalisation, option and reclamation procedures.

A ministerial declaration and other key outcomes are presented at the end of the meeting during a press conference with Sam Tanson, Minister of Justice, and Kerri-Ann Jones, OECD Deputy Secretary General. The livestreaming starts at 2:15pm.

The Minister for Family Affairs and Integration, Corinne Cahen, the Minister for Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, and the Minister of Justice, Sam Tanson, are pleased with yesterday's vote in the Chamber of Deputies on the law amending the amended electoral law of 18 February 2003.

Luxembourg has just finalised its first vertical risk assessment on terrorist financing. This vertical risk assessment was carried out under the guidance of the Ministry of Justice and the results were adopted on 17 May 2022 by the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Committee (BC/TF Prevention Committee).

Today, the Minister for Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, and the Minister of Justice, Sam Tanson, presented the details of the modernisation of the celebration of civil marriage and partnership (PACS).

On March 28, 2022 Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne, hosted a meeting of the "Vendôme Group", in which the French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Luxembourg Ministers of Justice participated.

Following the war in Ukraine, many people continue to flee their country to other European countries, including Luxembourg. Most of them are women, children and elderly people, often lacking financial and material resources.

On 21 February 2022, the Minister of Justice, Sam Tanson, presented the reform of the Luxembourg Business Registers (LBR)*.