2003 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 13 February - Albert Rodesch is appointed to the Council of State, replacing John Castegnaro, who resigned in January.^[1]
• 11 March - President of the Council of State Marcel Sauber resigns to take up the vacancy left in the Chamber of Deputies by the death of Willy Bourg on 21 February.^[2]

April – June

• 29 April – Lydie Polfer meets with the foreign ministers of Belgium, France, and Germany, who agree a framework for the introduction of the planned Common Foreign and Security Policy.
• 29 April - Pierre Mores is appointed President of the Council of State, replacing Marcel Sauber.^[1]
• 20 May – Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his ninth State of the Nation address.
• 28 May - Ady Jung is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Marcel Sauber, who resigned in March.^[1]
• 31 May – CS Grevenmacher win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Etzella Ettelbruck 1-0 in the final.
• 1 June – Thomas Voeckler wins the 2003 Tour de Luxembourg, with Quick Step-Davitamon picking up the team title.
• 7 June – SES Americom launches its AMC-9 satellite: its first under SES ownership.

July – September

• 24 July – The eastern half of the A13 motorway (the collectrice du Sud), part of E29, is opened between Hellange and Schengen, including a 600 metre viaduct across the border to meet Germany's A8.^[3]
• 9 August – The 2003-04 season of the National Division kicks off.
• 12 August – The University of Luxembourg is founded.
• 22 August – Plans to extend France's LGV Est to Luxembourg City are formally approved by Luxembourg.
• 29 August – Skype is released.

October – December

• 10 October – The Luxembourgian Film Prizes are launched. The prize for Best Film is shared between J'ai toujours voulu etre une Sainte and L'homme au cigare.
• 13 October – Lydie Polfer, Dominique de Villepin, and Joschka Fischer inaugurate the Pierre Werner Institute in Luxembourg City.
• November – Edward Steichen's The Family of Man exhibition, at Clervaux, is added to UNESCO's 'Memory of the World' register.
• 11 December – Kim Kirchen is named Luxembourg’s Sportsperson of the Year.

Deaths

• 10 January – Paul Cerf, journalist
• 12 February - Ernest Arendt, Councillor of State^[1]
• 21 February – Willy Bourg, politician
• 20 March – Gordian Troeller, journalist
• 1 April – Marcel Ernzer, cyclist
• 4 July – Georges Margue, jurist and politician
• 9 November – Maurice Thoss, politician
• 23 November – Johny Lahure, politician^[1]
• 5 December – Fernand Koenig, singer

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