The following lists events that happened during 2001 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Events

January – March

* 19 February – Agreement of merger between Arbed,

Usinor Usinor was a French steel making group formed in 1948. The group was merged with Sacilor in 1986, becoming Usinor-Sacilor and was privatised in 1995, and renamed Usinor in 1997. In 2001 it merged with Arbed (Luxembourg) and Aceralia (Spain) to for ...

, and Aceralia to form Arcelor. * 23 February –

Grand Duke Henri Henri (french: Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume, ; born 16 April 1955) is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He has reigned since 7 October 2000. Henri, the eldest son of Grand Duke Jean and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, is a f ...

amends the grand ducal coat of arms. * 26 February – The district tribunal of

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

opens an investigation into the Clearstream Affair. * 28 March – SES Astra announces that the company will be reconstituted as

SES Global SES, S.E.S., Ses and similar variants can refere to: Business and economics * Socioeconomic status * Scottish Economic Society, a learned society in Scotland * SES, callsign of the TV station SES/RTS (Mount Gambier, South Australia) * SES S.A. ...

(now just SES), and that the new group will buy

GE Americom SES Americom was a major commercial satellite operator of North American geosynchronous satellites based in the United States. The company started as RCA Americom in 1975 before being bought by General Electric in 1986 and then later acquired by ...

from GE Capital for $2.4bn of cash and $3.5bn of shares.

April – June

* 3 May – Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his seventh State of the Nation address. * 15 May –

André Lussi Clearstream is a financial services company that specializes in the settlement of securities transactions and is owned by Deutsche Börse AG. It provides settlement and custody as well as other related services for securities across all asse ...

is suspended as

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of Clearstream. * 24 May –

FC Etzella Ettelbruck Foussballclub Etzella Ettelbréck, abbreviated to either FC Etzella or Etzella Ettelbruck, is a football club, based in Ettelbruck, in north-eastern Luxembourg. History In the 2005–06 season, Etzella finished third in the National Division, ...

win the

Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War. W ...

, beating

FC Wiltz 71 FC Wiltz 71 is a football club, based in Wiltz, in north-western Luxembourg. The club is currently playing in the highest football league in Luxembourg. History It was formed in 1971 as an amalgam of Union Sportive Niederwiltz and Gold a Ro'd ...

5–3 in the final. * 16 June – SES Astra launches its

Astra 2C Astra 2C is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by Société Eurpéenne des Satellites. Designed to join Astra 2A and Astra 2B at the Astra 28.2°E orbital position providing digital television and radio broadcast ser ...

satellite. * 17 June –

Jorgen Bo Petersen Jorgen may refer to: *Jørgen, a Scandinavian masculine given name *Jörgen Jörgen is a village in the municipality of Tieschen in the ''District (Austria), Bezirk'' of Südoststeiermark District, Südoststeiermark in the Styria, Federal State ...

wins the 2001

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

, with

Fassa Bortolo Fassa Bortolo (2000–2005) was a professional road bicycle racing team founded in 2000 and led by Giancarlo Ferretti. Dubbed the 'Silver Team', it managed to be one of the most successful teams of the era, not in the least due to top sprinter ...

picking up the team title.

July – September

* 17 July – The commune of

Bettborn Bettborn ( lb, Biebereg) is a village in the commune of Préizerdaul, in western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: l ...

is renamed ' Préizerdaul'.

October – December

* 2 October – '' La Voix du Luxembourg'' is launched as a separate newspaper, having previously been a

French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

supplement of the ''

Luxemburger Wort ''Luxemburger Wort'' is a German-language Luxembourgish daily newspaper. There is an English edition named the ''Luxembourg Times''. History and profile ''Luxemburger Wort'' has been published since 1848. The paper was founded just three days a ...

''. * 1 November – Allan Simonsen replaces

Paul Philipp Paul Philipp (born 21 October 1950) is a former Luxembourgian football player and manager. He is the president of the Luxembourg Football Federation. Club career As a player, Philipp started his career at local club Avenir Beggen before movin ...

as coach of the Luxembourg national football team. * 9 November –

is established, with SES Astra as its subsidiary. * 12 November – SES Global completes its acquisition of GE Americom. * 16 November – The section of the A7 motorway between

Schoenfels Schoenfels () is a village in the commune of Mersch, in central Luxembourg. , the village has a population of 208. It is the location of Junction 3 of the A7 motorway, which goes from Luxembourg City to Clervaux. History The hamlet of Schoenf ...

and Schieren opens. * 16 November – The construction of the A13 road, between

Bettembourg Bettembourg ( lb, Beetebuerg , german: Bettemburg) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, which is part of the district of Luxembourg. , the town of Bettembourg, which lies in the east of the c ...

and

Schengen The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...

, is authorised. * 29 November – Luxembourg ratifies the

Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...

, although does not deposit it until all other EU member are ready to do so. * 31 December – André Lussi is dismissed as CEO of Clearstream.

Unknown date

* Unknown – Denis Robert and

Ernest Backes Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

release the book ''Révélation$'', describing the Clearstream Affair as the 'greatest financial scandal in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg'.

Deaths

* 24 November –

Mett Clemens Mathias Clemens (Redange, August 8, 1915 — Huncherange, November 26, 2001) was a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer. Mathias Clemens was the brother of cyclist Pierre Clemens. Major results ;1935 :Tour de Luxembourg ::Overall clas ...

, cyclist

References

{{Year in Europe, 2001 Years of the 21st century in Luxembourg

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2000s in Luxembourg