1995 in Luxembourg

none 1995 The following lists events that happened during 1995 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Incumbents Grand Duke – JeanEast Roger Thomas Richard J. Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders 3 June 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-63939-8 359 https://books.google.com/books?id=gJG3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT359 en Prime Minister – Jacques Santer (to 20 January) Jean-Claude Juncker Deputy Prime Minister – Jacques Poos President of the Chamber of Deputies – Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Jean Spautz President of the Council of State – Paul Beghin Mayor of Luxembourg City – Lydie Polfer Events January – March 1 January – Luxembourg City becomes European City of Culture for 1995. 20 January – Jacques Santer resigns his position as Prime Minister. He take up his new post as President of the European Commission three days later. Jean-Claude Juncker takes Santer's place. 26 January – Jean-Claude Juncker forms a new government, with Jacques Poos as his deputy. 22 February – At football, Luxembourg beats Malta 1–0, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1980. 26 March – The Schengen Agreement comes into force. April – June 25 May – CS Grevenmacher and Jeunesse Esch draw in the final of the Luxembourg Cup, 1-1 after extra time, forcing the game to go to a replay. 7 June – The national football team shocks the Czech Republic by winning 1–0 in the qualifying round of the 1996 European Championship: a competition in which the Czechs would reach the final. 11 June – CS Grevenmacher win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Jeunesse Esch 3–2 in the replay. 11 June – Switzerland's Rolf Järmann wins the 1995 Tour de Luxembourg. 21 June - The A3 motorway extension from Croix de Gasperich to Bonnevoie, in Luxembourg City, opens.http://www.pch.public.lu/reseau_routier/autoroutes/evolution/index.html Evolution du réseau autoroutier 29 December 2008 Administration des Ponts et Chaussées 24 January 2008 fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090303095145/http://www.pch.public.lu/reseau_routier/autoroutes/evolution/index.html 3 March 2009 July – The A13 motorway extension from Biff to Rodange, bypassing Pétange, opens. July – September 31 July – A law is passed giving the go-ahead to the construction of the Liaison avec le Sarre, extending the A13 to the German border. 6 September – The national football team again beats Malta 1–0. This would be the last Luxembourgian international victory until 2007. 11 September - Raid on warehouse results in the largest bust of an illegal LSD producing factory in Europe to date. October – December 13 October – The National Literature Centre opens in Mersch. 19 October – SES launches its fifth satellite, Astra 1E. Deaths 18 January – Roger Gilson, cyclist 2 May – Albert Bousser, politician Footnotes 1995 Category:Years of the 20th century in Luxembourg Luxembourg