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The story of the Castle de Colnet as a castle of childless family becoming orphanage after the WWII.

Weekly column on contemporary history ("L'histoire du temps présent") in Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt, here on the Affaire Springut, a jewish merchant arbitrarily emprisoned after Liberation of Luxembourg, on initiative of an antisemitic member of Luxembourg secret policy

Orient und Okzident bilden im Werk der Komponistin Sofia Gubaidulina genauso eine unverfälschte Mischung, wie sie selbst: Enkelin eines tatarischen Geistlichen und Gelehrten, aber russisch-orthodox getauft, ist sie Halbrussin und Halbtatarin. In Luxemburg wird ihr „Offertorium“ von Vadim Repin und dem OPL zusammen mit Dmitrij Schostakowitschs „Symphonie Nr. 11“ („Das Jahr 1905“) aufgeführt.

Weekly column on contemporary history ("L'histoire du temps présent") in Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt, here on the end of international sanctions against Iran

Weekly column on contemporary history ("L'histoire du temps présent") in Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt, here on Ed Maroldts book on development of Esch-sur-Alzette during the last 20 years

The training workshop at the ‘Institut de formation de l'Éducation nationale’, entitled ‘Teaching about Europe: digital resources and tools’, was aimed at teachers in Luxembourg. The workshop particularly focused on the potential of the ‘MyPublications’ tool, available in the Digital Toolbox on cvce.eu. This tool enables teachers to reuse, customise and share the wide range of archive resources and explanatory articles available in the various collections on cvce.eu so that they can use them in a classroom setting by creating their own sequences of documents.

The article treats the current development of the Russian community in Luxembourg and its three main bases: religion, language and traditions.

Weekly column on contemporary history ("L'histoire du temps présent") in Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt, here on President Hollandes plan to take away French citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorism

In a speech delivered on the occasion of the signing of an association agreement between Greece and the EEC in July 1961, the Vice President of the European Commission, Jean Rey, asked “What country more than Greece, which people more than the Greek people were worthy of becoming the Community’s first associate?” This article offers an overview of Greece’s participation in the European construction process.