2008 in Luxembourg
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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
| Position | Incumbent |
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| 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
- 24 January – The section of the A7 motorway between Lorentzweiler and Schoenfels opens.[1]
- 1 April – A new terminal, the General Aviation Terminal, is opened at Luxembourg – Findel Airport by Lucien Lux.[2]
- 15 February – Roger Molitor is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Pierre Mores, who resigned the previous September.[3]
- 20 February – The Chamber of Deputies votes 30-26 in favour of the first reading of a bill legalising voluntary euthanasia in certain circumstances.
April – June
- 25 April – A new terminal, Terminal A, is opened at Luxembourg – Findel Airport by Grand Duke Henri.[4]
- 20 May – The 2007-08 season of the National Division finishes, with F91 Dudelange winning the title for a fourth successive season.
- 22 May – Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his fourteenth State of the Nation address.
- 24 May – CS Grevenmacher win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Victoria Rosport 4-1 in the final, having relegated Rosport from the National Division the previous week.
- 8 June – The Netherlands' Joost Posthuma wins the 2008 Tour de Luxembourg.
- 17 June – Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands sign a new Benelux treaty.
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
- 29 January – Marcelle Lentz-Cornette, politician
- 27 June – Alex Bonn, jurist
Footnotes
- ↑ "Evolution du réseau autoroutier" (in French). Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ↑ "Inauguration du terminal d'aviation générale" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ↑ "Inauguration du nouveau terminal A de l'aéroport de Luxembourg" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
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