This makes Luxembourg the EU member state with the lowest rate of female managers, followed by Croatia (23.8%) and Czechia (27.4%). Sweden (43.7%), Latvia (42.9%) and Poland (42.3%) had the smallest gap between genders, while Cyprus (+10.5 percentage points), Malta (+8.3 pp) and Sweden (+6.5 pp) witnessed the biggest improvement over the decade.

The EU’s top court has fined Luxembourg €375,000 for failing to implement a directive on whistleblowers into national law on time. The European Court of Justice issued a ruling against five countries on Thursday, imposing fines ranging from €375,000 on Luxembourg to €34 million on Germany.

A new law (New Law) implementing the EU Directive on cross border conversions, mergers and demergers (Mobility Directive) entered into force on

More European defence is needed and EU countries should go ahead even if some of them don't agree, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden told reporters on Thursday ahead of meeting other EU leaders in Brussels.

Zalando, Europe's biggest online fashion retailer, on Thursday criticised EU tech regulators for lumping it in the same group as Amazon and AliExpress, saying it should not be subject to as stringent provisions of the bloc's tech rules as the other two companies.

The EU Court of Justice on Thursday fined five countries for failing to adopt rules to boost protection for whistleblowers who expose fraud, tax evasion, data breaches and other misdeeds.

Germany receives largest fine at $36.7M, followed by Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Estonia - Anadolu Ajansı

The European Union's highest court, the European Court of Justice, ruled that Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia and Luxembourg were too slow to incorporate new EU rules to protect insiders who expose fraud and abuse.

Causing surprise across the bloc, Luxembourg has blocked the adoption of sanctions against Kigali. European ministers have suspended EU defence consultations with Rwanda. View on euronews

EU foreign ministers agreed to impose political sanctions against Rwanda and M23 rebels in DR Congo, though Luxembourg opposes sanctions against Kigali until Friday.View on euronews