1997 in Luxembourg

Found dp3, Found c, Found d, Found dn3, Found yp2, Found cf, Found ya3, Found yp1, Found dn2, Found ya2, Found dp1, Found dn1, Found ya1, Found dp2, Found cp, Found yp3,

Incumbents

Events

April – June

• 17 April – The weekly newspaper Le Jeudi is launched by Editpress.
• 17 May – The Compagnie Grand-Ducale d'Électricité du Luxembourg is renamed 'Cegedel'.
• 31 May – Jeunesse Esch win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Union Luxembourg 2-0 in the final.
• 15 June – Belgium's Frank Vandenbroucke wins the 1997 Tour de Luxembourg.

July – September

• 1 July – Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.
• 28 September – The first Luxembourg Grand Prix is held: not in Luxembourg, but at the Nürburgring, in the nearby German town of Nürburg. Jacques Villeneuve wins the race.

October – December

• 9 October – Luxair places an order for two Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets following the airline’s decision to create an all-jet fleet.
• 2 December – SES launches its seventh satellite, Astra 1G.

Deaths

• 5 February – Norbert Ketter, photographer
• 14 March – Nicolas Morn, cyclist
• 29 April – Will Reuland, writer
• 8 July – Joseph Probst, artist
• 5 December – Jim Kirchen, cyclist