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Yuriko Backes at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group
On 20 May 2024, Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes took part in the virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), at the invitation of US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.
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Xavier Bettel and Yuriko Backes at the Foreign Affairs Council of the Council of the EU
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister of Defence, Yuriko Backes, took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the Council of the EU, which was held on 22 April 2024 in Luxembourg.
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Yuriko Backes took part in the virtual meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council
On 19 April 2024, Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes took part in a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, held via videoconference at the level of defence ministers, to discuss the operational and strategic situation on the ground and the support provided by the Allies to Ukraine in exercising its right to self-defence.
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State visit of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess to the Kingdom of Belgium – Third day
At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.
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State visit of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess to the Kingdom of Belgium – Second day
At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.
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State visit of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess to the Kingdom of Belgium - First day
At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.
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Second meeting of the IT Coalition Steering Group: identified next steps and priority procurements
On 3 April 2024, the second meeting of the IT Coalition Steering Group took place in Luxembourg, gathering representatives from ten participating nations, seven observer nations, the EU and NATO.
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Yuriko Backes at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of two administrative buildings for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
On 26 March 2024, Minister of Defence, Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Yuriko Backes, together with NSPA General Manager, Stacy Cummings, led the groundbreaking ceremony to inaugurate the construction of two administrative buildings for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) headquarters in Capellen.
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Disruptions to several government websites (2)
Following a DDoS (distributed denial of service) cyber attack aimed at preventing access to several Luxembourg websites, a crisis unit was convened in the afternoon, chaired by the Minister for Digitalisation, Stéphanie Obertin.
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Disruption to several government websites (1)
Since the morning of 21 March 2024, several government websites have been the target of a cyber DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. A DDOS attack consists of saturating the computer resources of targets.
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Yuriko Backes at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Ramstein
On 19 March, the Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes attended the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) in Ramstein, Germany.
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Yuriko Backes, Lex Delles and Stéphanie Obertin launched a call for joint R&D projects in the field of defence
On 18 March 2024, Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence, Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, and Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Research and Higher Education, launched a joint call for research and development (R&D) projects in the field of defence.
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Handing over of the "75 years of NATO" stamp
On 15 March 2024, the souvenir frame of the stamp commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was handed over by Claude Strasser, Managing Director of POST Luxembourg, to Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence.
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Yuriko Backes attended the joint "Foreign Affairs - Defence" ministerial meeting
On 7 March 2024, Defence Minister Yuriko Backes participated in a joint meeting of Foreign and Defence Ministers, held via videoconference at the initiative of the French Government, to discuss and coordinate support for Ukraine in exercising its right to self-defence.
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Yuriko Backes at the informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Brussels
On 30 and 31 January 2024, the Minister of Defence, Yuriko Backes, took part in the informal meeting of European Union defence ministers, under the Belgian Presidency, in Brussels.