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2000 in Luxembourg

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Luxembourg.

Contents

January

  • 1 January – The Grand Ducal Police is formed from a merger of the Gendarmerie
  • 1 January – Clearstream is established in Luxembourg City.

    • March

  • March – The Parliament of France reports on money laundering in Europe, dedicated much of its space to Luxembourg and the Clearstream Affair.

    • May

  • 10 May – Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his sixth State of the Nation address.
  • 26 May – Jeunesse Esch win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Mondercange 4-1 in the final.
  • 31 May – A Tunisian gunman takes 49 children and five adults hostage at a nursery school in Wasserbillig. The following day, the gunman is shot and critically wounded by police. There are no other casualties.

    • June

  • 11 June – Alberto Elli wins the 2000 Tour de Luxembourg, with Team Telekom picking up the team title.

    • September

  • 12 September – Luxembourg signs an agreement with the European Space Agency allowing it to participate in the ARTES programme.
  • 14 September – SES launches its Astra 2B satellite.

    • October

  • 5 October – Luxembourg accedes to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
  • 7 October – Grand Duke Jean's abdication is effected. His eldest son, Hereditary Grand Duke Henri, succeeds him.

    • December

  • 19 December – SES launches its Astra 2D satellite.

    • Births

  • 2 May – Prince Léopold of Nassau
  • 2 May – Princess Charlotte of Nassau

    • Deaths

  • 28 March – Pir Kremer, writer
  • 5 July – Joseph Wohlfart, politician
  • 17 July – Claude Fontaine, artist
  • 22 November – Fernand Hoffmann, writer, linguist, and literature critic

    • References

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