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Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel has condemned as inhumane and unacceptable video of Israel’s Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir taunting bound flotilla detainees and has confirmed two residents expelled from Israel are en route to Istanbul, flotilla organisers say, while Bettel has urged strong condemnation of the treatment and highlighted the distressing images. The Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces and its activists have been deported, and Luxembourg officials continue to follow the situation and support those affected.
France has proposed a Franco‑Luxembourg employment agency as EU reforms on cross‑border unemployment have advanced, French Minister Jean‑Pierre Farandou declared. He offered France Travail’s support to help build shared digital systems and a joint service to follow frontier workers, and has urged cooperation with Forem and Germany’s Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Luxembourg will face significant additional costs and must reinforce National Employment Agency ADEM, Farandou noted. France has also raised the reimbursement of public training costs when graduates move to Luxembourg, and the proposal is likely to be discussed at the next Franco‑Luxembourg intergovernmental commission.
Luxembourg has agreed to launch a joint MBA with the Swiss University of St. Gallen, after Finance Minister Gilles Roth signed a letter of intent with University president Manuel Ammann during a finance mission; the “one MBA, two locations” programme will run in Luxembourg and St. Gallen, focus on the Luxembourg financial ecosystem, and aim to train professionals amid digitalisation and AI shifts, while strengthening ties between academia and the business community.
