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1 December 2009

Luxembourg News: 27 November 2009

Filed under: luxembourg,news — Anita @ 12:23

Local news for the week ending 27 November 2009:

SMOKING BAN TO BE EXTENDED
Health minister Mars di Bartolomeo says he’s considering extending the national smoking ban from restaurants to include bars and discos also. He said the government wanted to afford better protection to non-smokers who worked there. Mr Bartolomeo said the legislation would be brought into force next year and that objections would be ignored. He added that since a smoking ban in restaurants and workplaces was introduced in 2004, the number of smokers in the country had declined.

THIEF LOCKS HIMSELF UP
A young thief managed to lock himself in the supermarket he was robbing on Monday evening. (more…)

29 November 2009

Christmas Markets are go!

Filed under: consumer,culture,luxembourg,video — Will @ 18:02

WeihnachtsMarktPosterFullWe searched for a Christmas Market all last weekend, without any luck. On Tuesday, we took a short drive to Germany to see Trier, purportedly Germany’s oldest city. We were delighted to find their Christmas Market underway! (more…)

18 November 2009

Ready for the Holidays!

Filed under: culture,luxembourg — Will @ 20:19

The town of Hobscheid is ready for the Christmas season! I took this photo yesterday and I am compelled to share it with everybody today.
Christmas Decorations, Hobscheid (by wfbakker2)

Click on the photo to see its true glory, full-size at Flickr. I’ll have to return at night soon.

15 November 2009

Luxembourg News: 15 November 2009

Filed under: luxembourg,news — Will @ 12:21

Headlines from the past week: Complicated Scam with Imported Carpets; Car Party for One; Luxembourgers Subject to Belgian Speed Laws; “Unashamed Policy of Class War”; Greenpeace vs Coal-fired Power; and Germans Now Threatened by Panther. (more…)

4 November 2009

How It’s Renovated: The Rough Cuts

Filed under: entertainment,luxembourg,video — Will @ 10:17

Everybody loves time-lapse movies!

Time Lapse Day 2

A townhome across from Bugle HQ has been under renovation since we moved here. In fact, every third residence in Luxembourg-Ville seems to be under renovation. When we looked for apartments this spring, our expectations changed radically from our time in Dublin. By the second day of touring residences, a five-year-old apartment looked dilapidated.

Some renovations completely change the exterior of the building. Our own building might have a core structure that’s 100 years old, but it appears to be about ten years old from the exterior (and interior) style.

Back to the building across the street: the exterior renovations began recently, so the Bugle staff deployed some new toys to document the progress. And you, dear readers, get a special preview of the results. (more…)

30 October 2009

Lux News ALERT: black panther sightings

Filed under: culture,entertainment,luxembourg,news — Will @ 15:16

The big news from Luxembourg this week is the rash of black panther sightings.

First, from the initial reports by Ara City Radio:

The whole country has gone Panther crazy following a sighting of one of the big cats in Bascharage on Sunday. There have been further reports of the beast from all over the south-west of the country, with even some claiming to have encountered it in Merl and Belair in the capital. Amnéville zoo denied reports in the Luxembourg media that the panther was one of theirs. The zoo’s director said they only have 3 panthers and they’re all still in their cage.

This morning, Ara City Radio distributed the latest information regarding this feline menace: (more…)

25 October 2009

Luxembourg News: 25 Oct ’09

Filed under: luxembourg — Will @ 19:18

Headlines for this week: Mad Trucker; Active Weasel; Demo Fallout; Cashier drives off Robber; Fuel Tax Dodging; Pensioner forgets Wad. (more…)

23 October 2009

New Coat Sunday!

Filed under: consumer,culture,luxembourg — Will @ 14:48

From the title above, one might think that this will be an action-packed story about Anita or Will going to a Luxembourgish mall to purchase a coat (on a Sunday).

But it is so much more than that: We’re talking about an officially celebrated holiday in Luxembourg: Mantelsonndeg — roughly translated, “Coat Sunday”. (more…)

22 October 2009

Interiors in violet

Filed under: luxembourg,mental state — Anita @ 9:48

Both Will and I have always loved houseplants. One of the hardest parts about moving to Europe was finding homes for the 50+ plants we had in the US. Thanks to friends and family, all our plants eventually found loving homes and most are doing well in their adopted environments. In Ireland, we had few indoor plants due to the lighting situation of the apartment. Still, we left behind a couple of children for our friends there.

Our apartment in Luxembourg, on the other hand, is a houseplant’s dream: lots of sun, space to grow and fresh breezes off the balcony. (more…)

16 October 2009

Luxembourg News: 16 Oct ’09

Filed under: ireland,luxembourg — Anita @ 15:57

SWISS HOOLIGANS

Two Swiss football fans were arrested for rowdy behavior following their teams 3-0 win over the Grand Duchy on Saturday night. Police came across them staggering around the Rives de Clausen area yelling and threatening various doormen at the bars and clubs. Both refused to calm down and leave the area, so police had no option but to take them to the station and lock them up for the night. Other than this, police say the night passed off quietly.

TRAFFIC CHAOS

An accident involving a lorry caused chaos during yesterday evening’s rush hour. The truck tipped over in the Howald tunnel at half past four, resulting in a 6 kilometer traffic jam on the A1 in the direction of the capital from the east. (more…)

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