2008 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

2008
in
Luxembourg

Decades:
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:Other events of 2008
List of years in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Position Incumbent
Grand Duke Henri
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
Deputy Prime Minister Jean Asselborn
President of the Chamber of Deputies Lucien Weiler
President of the Council of State Alain Meyer
Mayor of Luxembourg City Paul Helminger

Events

January – March

April – June

July – September

  • 29 August – Office rental group Regus announces that it would move its headquarters from the United Kingdom to Luxembourg.
  • 10 September – Luxembourg's national football team defeats Switzerland 2–1 to record their first competitive victory since 1995.
  • 28 September – The governments of Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands agree to part-nationalise Fortis and recapitalise the bank with public money. Luxembourg's government injects €2.5bn, and receives 49% of Fortis's Luxembourg operations in return.
  • 30 September – Dexia is part-nationalised by the governments of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Luxembourg loans Dexia €400m.

October – December

  • 6 October – The new 'Judiciary City' in Luxembourg City is officially inaugurated.
  • 3 November – The National Literature Awards are held, with Carine Krecké winning first prize.
  • 19 November – The national football team draws 1–1 with Belgium, three days before the Luxembourg Football Federation's hundredth anniversary.
  • 2 December – Grand Duke Henri unexpectedly announces that he will not sign the pending euthanasia bill if it is passed by the Chamber of Deputies, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • 9 December – Cyclist Fränk Schleck is cleared of doping charges.
  • 11 December – The Chamber of Deputies votes 56 votes to none, with one abstention, to strip the Grand Duke of his right to withhold assent from legislation.
  • 12 December – A Belgian court rules that the division of Fortis between the three Benelux governments cannot proceed.

Deaths

Footnotes

  1. "Evolution du réseau autoroutier" (in French). Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  2. "Inauguration du terminal d'aviation générale" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 1 February 2008. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  4. "Inauguration du nouveau terminal A de l'aéroport de Luxembourg" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 25 April 2008. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
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