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Grand-Duché de Luxembourg: pays ouvert, dynamique et fiable

Ouvert et dynamique, le Luxembourg a toujours su se positionner à l’international comme un partenaire fiable et innovant, offrant aux entreprises et aux investisseurs un environnement propice à leur développement.

Le Luxembourg est certes un pays de taille réduite (2.586 km2) mais riche d’une économie dynamique et d’une qualité de vie reconnue.

C’est aussi l’un des pays du monde où le sentiment de sécurité est le plus élevé.

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Unesco adds Sonian Forest to list of World Heritage

The Sonian Forest on the outskirts of Brussels has been added to Unesco’s World Heritage List. The decision was made last week at a Unesco conference in Krakow, Poland.

“The World Heritage Committee recognised the forest because it represents an example of the extraordinary evolution of the beech ecosystem since the last Ice Age,” minister-president Geert Bourgeois and environment minister Joke Schauvliege said in a joint statement.

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Lisbon, Porto and Cascais top national City Brand Ranking

The metropolitan cities of Lisbon and Porto and the upmarket town of Cascais have topped an annual, national economic performance ranking by consultancy firm Bloom Consulting, which analyses business, tourism and living conditions in Portugal’s 308 municipalities.

Lisbon once again reigns supreme on this fourth, annual list, in all three categories – ‘Business’, ‘Visiting’ and ‘Living’ – followed by Porto in second, and Cascais, in third.
Rounding off the top ten are Braga, Coimbra, Sintra, Funchal, Oeiras, Faro and Setúbal.

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