(RTL) At the State Court on Monday morning, the judges handed down a life sentence to Steve Duarte, Portuguese national and former Luxembourg resident, in absentia. Prosecutors had requested the maximum punishment, and the court agreed. Duarte, who lived in Luxembourg until 2014, […]
(RTL) Friday marked the second day of the trial against the IS fighter, who stands accused of terrorism and murder, among other charges. The Portuguese national, who lived in Luxembourg until 2014, was not present at the court in Luxembourg City — […]
(RTL) A case against four individuals accused of participating in terrorist activity began on Thursday, although with one unusual detail — all four were absent, with three presumed dead. All four defendants are accused of having links to terrorist organisation IS, particularly […]
(RTL) With defendants missing and evidence scattered across war zones, Luxembourg prosecutors will present their terrorism case Thursday against four presumed ISIS affiliates. The Luxembourg City Court will convene a terrorism trial on Thursday against four men accused of supporting ISIS operations […]
(RTL) A year after his interview with RTL, a return to Luxembourg still looks highly unlikely for Steve Duarte. Duarte is still being held in a Kurdish prison in Al-Hasakah, a city located in northeastern Syria. His wife Fatoumata Diallo and their two children, a […]
(RTL) RAID and police units have been deployed in Épinal since Thursday morning, due to the suspected presence of explosive devices. A large-scale operation was carried out on rue Victor Hugo in Épinal this Thursday morning. Territorial intelligence had raised the alarm as to […]
(RTL) Whilst Muslim residents of the Grand Duchy broadly feel well-integrated in Luxembourg, 60% of respondents to an inquiry maintain that Islamophobia exists in Luxembourg. The results of an inquiry held by the Islamophobia Observatory, a non-profit founded in 2016 to promote […]
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