Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Capital: Luxembourg City

Largest city: Stuttgart

Official languages French, Luxembourgish, German

Demonym(s) Luxembourgish, Luxembourger

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Monarch

Henri

• Prime Minister

Xavier Bettel

• Co-Deputy Prime Ministers

Etienne Schneider, Félix Braz

Legislature Chamber of Deputies

Independence

• from the French Empire and elevation to Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

15 March 1815

• Independence in personal Union with the Netherlands (Treaty of London)

19 April 1839

• Reaffirmation of Independence Treaty of London

11 May 1867

• End of personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands

23 November 1890

• from the German Reich

1944 / 1945

• Admitted to the United Nations

24 October 1945

• Founded the EEC

1 January 1958

Population: 22,152,138

Currency Euro (€) (EUR)

Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Driving side right

Calling code +352

ISO 3166 code LU

Internet TLD .lu

Media in Luxembourg:

Newspapers:

Lëtzebuerger Journal (German)

Le Quotidien (French)

Tageblatt (German)

Luxembourger Wort (German)

Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek (Luxembourgish)

Tiroler Tageszeitung (German)

Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung (German)

Vorarlberger Nachrichten (German)

Basel Zeitung (German)

St. Galler Tagblatt (German)

Allgemeine Zeitung (German)

Stuttgarter Nachrichten (German)

Stuttgarter Zeitung (German)

Trierischer Volksfreund (German)

Saarbrücker Zeitung (German)

Südwest-Presse (German)

Südkurier (German)

Wiesbadener Tagblatt (German)

Wiesbadener Kurier (German)

Liechtensteiner Vaterland (German)

Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (German)

Television:

Télé Lëtzebuerg - Luxembourgish public broadcaster, broadcasting from 9am to 12am

News bulletins at:

09:00 (5 minutes)

13:00 (5 minutes)

15:00 (5 minutes)

17:55 (10 minutes)

19:30 (27 minutes)

22:30 (20 minutes)

German

LBF (Luxemburger Fernsehen) - public television channel broadcasting in German. It features general programming, such as news, talk shows, current affairs, drama, national and international movies and TV series. LBF operates eight sub-regional opt-out services, each broadcasting a 20-minute local news programme at 19:10 and 2 shorter 10-minute bulletins at 17:00 at 22:25.

News bulletins at:

12:00-12:20 (20 minutes)

14:00-14:05 (5 minutes)

16:00-16:05 (5 minutes)

18:00-18:15 (15 minutes)

19:30-20:00 (27 minutes)

22:00-22:25 (25 minutes)

Regional news at:

17:00-17:10 (10 minutes)

19:10-19:30 (20 minutes)

22:25-22:35 (10 minutes)

RTL - commercial channel broadcasting a mix of news, drama series, soaps, entertainment, current affairs programmes, sitcoms, feature films, documentaries and phone-in shows.

News times:

Weekdays:

05:30-09:00 (every 30 mins, 4-6 min)

12:30-13:00 (27 min)

15:30-16:00 (27 min)

18:30-19:00 (27 min)

22:00-22:35 (32 min)

00:30-00:55 (20 min)

Weekends:

06:30-09:00 (every 30 mins, 4-6 min)

12:30-13:00 (27 min)

15:30-16:00 (27 min)

18:30-19:00 (27 min)

22:00-22:35 (32 min)

RTL 2 - general entertainment channel with sports coverage.

News times:

20:00 (20 minutes)

00:00 (20 minutes)

VOX - imported movies and programmes from the United States

Artwelt - art-oriented television channel

RTL Kids - a channel aimed at children

n-tv - 24 hour television news channel presenting the latest national and international news stories plus regular business, sport, entertainment and weather summaries.

TVB - general entertainment channel

News bulletins at:

5am (30 min)

5:30am-9am (every 30 mins, 9-11 min)

12pm (30 min)

5:30pm (30 min)

6:30pm (30 min)

10pm (35 min)

12am (30 min)

TVB Be - female-oriented channel with an emphasis on lifestyle programming

TVB MAX - entertainment programs including action and drama series, police documentaries, reality shows, and mixed martial arts.

French:

Télévision Luxembourgeoise - main channel with news and current affairs programmes. Home of TLX's own high-profiled drama productions. TV series, movies and documentaries.

News bulletins at:

12:45-13:25 (40 minutes)

19:00-19:40 (40 minutes)

23:30-23:55 (25 minutes)

RTL LX - broadcasts variety of programming, such as entertainment, dramas, documentaries, news, films

News bulletins at:

7am-9am (every 30 mins, 8-11 min)

1:00pm (35 min)

7:00pm (40 min)

11:00pm (30 min)

Plug RTL - general entertainment channel with sports coverage

RTL Arts - art-oriented television channel

RTL Kids - a channel aimed at children

RTL Info - 24 hour television news channel presenting the latest national and international news stories plus regular business, sport,

entertainment and weather summaries.

Total - general entertainment channel showing comedies, dramas, news, current affairs programs, game shows and entertainment shows

News bulletins at:

6:30am-9am (every 30 mins, 5-7 min)

12:50pm (40 min)

7:30pm (30 min)

10:30pm (32 min)

Total 2 - entertainment channel, primarily dedicated to daytime series, family movies, talk shows, soap operas and news programs

Total Cinema - movie channel

TotalE - entertainment channel with target age range of 16-34

Radio stations:

Radio Lëtzebuerg - public-service radio station focusing on culture and information, although entertainment – in the form of a relatively wide spectrum of music, with the accent on classical – also features prominently. 5-minute news bulletins every hour from 6am to 7pm and half-hourly from 6am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm, extended 10 minute news bulletins at 7am, 12pm, 6pm and 10pm

RTL Letzebuerg - luxembourgish radio station, broadcasting news and entertainment programming. 3-minute News every 30 minutes from 5am to 11pm, extended 10-minute news at 7:30am, 12:30pm and 6:30pm.

Eldoradio - pop & rock music station. 3-minute news every hour from 5:50am to 10:50pm and half-hourly from 5:50am to 8:50am and 3:50pm-6:50pm

L'Essentiel Radio - french-language radio station. 4-minute news bulletins every half-hour from 6am to 8pm

LBF Nationalwelle - public radio station playing international pop and rock music from 1960–1990, European pop music, German pop and a limited number of contemporary hits. 5-minute news bulletins every hour and at 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am. Extended 15-minute bulletins at 7am, 1pm, 5pm and 10pm

LBF Kulturwelle - speech-based radio, including features, radio plays, and readings, plus classical music and jazz. 5-minute news bulletins at 5am, 6am, 8am, 10am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 10pm, 12am, 2am and 4am, extended 15-minute bulletin at 7am

LBF Popwelle - pop and contemporary music station, 5-minute news bulletins every hour and at 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am

LBF Ding - youth radio station playing traditional mix of mainstream music and niche talk shows. 3-minute news bulletins every hour from 6am to 7pm and at 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am

LBF News - 24-hour rolling news radio

LBF News hourly clock:

:00 News

:06 Features and interviews

:15 News

:17 Traffic, Weather

:18 Features and interviews

:25 Sport

:28 Traffic, Weather

:30 News

:36 Features and interviews

:45 News

:47 Traffic, Weather

:48 Features and interviews

:53 Business

:58 Traffic, Weather

RPR1 - adult contemporary music station. 3-minute news every hour and at 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm

Big FM - Rhythmic CHR radio station, specialising in pop, rock, dance, hip-hop and rap. 3-minute bulletins every hour from 5:45am to 6:45pm

Radio 7 - regional adult contemporary music station. 4-minute news every hour and at 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm

Radio Regenbogen - regional adult contemporary music station. 4-minute news every hour and at 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm

Antenne 1 - regional adult contemporary music station. 4-minute news every hour at 55 past and at 6:25am, 7:25am, 8:25am, 3:25pm, 4:25pm, 5:25pm and 6:25pm

Radio Salu - Hot adult contemporary local music station for Saarbrucken. 4-minute news every hour at 55 past and at 6:25am, 7:25am, 8:25am, 3:25pm, 4:25pm, 5:25pm and 6:25pm

Sunshine Live - EDM music station. 3-minute news bulletins (Newsscan) every hour from 4:57am to 6:57pm.

Radio Basilisk - local music station for Basel. 4-minute news every hour at 55 past and at 6:25am, 7:25am, 8:25am, 3:25pm, 4:25pm, 5:25pm and 6:25pm

Energy Basel - local radio station in Basel broadcasting current chart hits throughout the day and electronic dance music throughout some weekend late night hours. 2-minute news bulletins every hour from 6am to 7pm (also broadcasting in Tyrol)

Welle 1 - Hot AC/CHR radio station for Tyrol. 3-minute news bulletins every hour from 5:55am to 6:55pm

Antenne Tirol - regional radio station for Tyrol. 3-minute news every hour at 10 to the hour and at 6:20am, 7:20am, 8:20am, with traffic and weather every 30 minutes