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2003 in Luxembourg
Years in Luxembourg
:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Centuries
:
20th Century
·
21st century
·
22nd century
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:
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Years
:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
2.1
January - March
2.2
April - June
2.3
July - September
2.4
October - December
3
Deaths
Incumbents
Position
Incumbent
Grand Duke
Henri
Prime Minister
Jean-Claude Juncker
Deputy Prime Minister
Lydie Polfer
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Jean Spautz
President of the Council of State
Marcel Sauber
(until
11 March
)
Pierre Mores
(from
29 April
)
Mayor of Luxembourg City
Paul Helminger
Events
January - March
April - June
29 April
–
Lydie Polfer
meets with the foreign ministers of
Belgium
,
France
, and
Germany
, who agree a framework for the introduction of the planned
Common Foreign and Security Policy
.
31 May
–
CS Grevenmacher
win the
Luxembourg Cup
, beating
FC Etzella Ettelbruck
1-0 in the final.
1 June
–
Thomas Voeckler
wins the 2003
Tour de Luxembourg
, with
Quick Step-Davitamon
picking up the team title.
7 June
–
SES Americom
launches its AMC-9 satellite: its first under
SES
ownership.
July - September
24 July
– The
A13
road, part of
E29
, is opened between
Bettembourg
and
Schengen
, including a 600 metre viaduct across the border to meet
Germany
's
A8
.
9 August
– The
2003-04 season
of the
National Division
kicks off.
12 August
– The
University of Luxembourg
is founded.
22 August
– Plans to extend
France
's
LGV Est
to
Luxembourg City
are formally approved by Luxembourg.
29 August
–
Skype
is released.
October - December
10 October
– The Luxembourgian Film Prizes are launched. The prize for Best Film is shared between
J'ai toujours voulu etre une Sainte
and
L'homme au cigare
.
13 October
–
Lydie Polfer
,
Dominique de Villepin
, and
Joschka Fischer
inaugurate the
Pierre Werner Institute
in
Luxembourg City
.
November –
Edward Steichen
's
The Family of Man
exhibition, at
Clervaux
, is added to
UNESCO
's '
Memory of the World
' register.
11 December
–
Kim Kirchen
is named Luxembourg’s Sportsperson of the Year.
Deaths
10 January
–
Paul Cerf
, journalist
21 February
–
Willy Bourg
, politician
20 March
–
Gordian Troeller
, journalist
1 April
–
Marcel Ernzer
, cyclist
4 July
–
Georges Margue
, jurist and politician
9 November
–
Maurice Thoss
, politician
23 November
–
Johny Lahure
, politician
5 December
–
Fernand Koenig
, singer
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