1995 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
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Years:	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

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Incumbents

Grand Duke – Henri
Prime Minister – Jacques Santer (to 20 January) Jean-Claude Juncker
Deputy Prime Minister – Jacques Poos
President of the Chamber of Deputies – Erna Hennicot-Schoepges
Jean Spautz
President of the Council of State – Paul Beghin
Mayor of Luxembourg City – Lydie Polfer

Events

January – March

1 January – Luxembourg City becomes European City of Culture for 1995.
20 January – Jacques Santer resigns his position as Prime Minister. He take up his new post as President of the European Commission three days later. Jean-Claude Juncker takes Santer's place.
26 January – Jean-Claude Juncker forms a new government, with Jacques Poos as his deputy.
22 February – At football, Luxembourg beats Malta 1-0, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1980.
26 March – The Schengen Agreement comes into force.

April – June

25 May – CS Grevenmacher and Jeunesse Esch draw in the final of the Luxembourg Cup, 1-1 after extra time, forcing the game to go to a replay.
7 June – The national football team shocks the Czech Republic by winning 1-0 in the qualifying round of the 1996 European Championship: a competition in which the Czechs would reach the final.
11 June – CS Grevenmacher win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Jeunesse Esch 3-2 in the replay.
11 June – Switzerland's Rolf Järmann wins the 1995 Tour de Luxembourg.
21 June - The A3 motorway extension from Croix de Gasperich to Bonnevoie, in Luxembourg City, opens.^[1]
July – The A13 motorway extension from Biff to Rodange, bypassing Pétange, opens.^[1]

July – September

31 July – A law is passed giving the go-ahead to the construction of the Liaison avec le Sarre, extending the A13 to the German border.
6 September – The national football team again beats Malta 1-0. This would be the last Luxembourgian international victory until 2007.
11 September - Raid on warehouse results in the largest bust of an illegal LSD producing factory in Europe to date.

October – December

13 October – The National Literature Centre opens in Mersch.
19 October – SES launches its fifth satellite, Astra 1E.

Deaths

18 January – Roger Gilson, cyclist
2 May – Albert Bousser, politician

Footnotes

1 2 "Evolution du réseau autoroutier" (in French). Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

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