2001 in Luxembourg

yearbox
in? = in Luxembourg
cp = 20th Century
c = 21st century
cf = 22nd century
yp1 = 1998
yp2 = 1999
yp3 = 2000
year = 2001
ya1 = 2002
ya2 = 2003
ya3 = 2004
dp3 = 1970s
dp2 = 1980s
dp1 = 1990s
d = 2000s
da = 0
dn1 = 2010s
dn2 = 2020s
dn3 = 2030s

Incumbents

Events

January - March

* 19 February – Agreement of merger between Arbed, Usinor, and Aceralia to form Arcelor.
* 23 February – Grand Duke Henri amends the grand ducal coat of arms.
* 26 February – The district tribunal of Luxembourg City opens an investigation into the Clearstream Affair.
* 28 March – SES Astra announces that the company will be reconstituted as SES Global (now just SES), and that the new group will buy GE Americom from GE Capital for $2.4bn of cash and $3.5bn of shares.

April - June

* 15 May – André Lussi is suspended as CEO of Clearstream.
* 24 May – FC Etzella Ettelbruck win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Wiltz 71 5-3 in the final.
* 16 June – SES Astra launches its Astra 2C satellite.
* 17 June – Jorgen Bo Petersen wins the 2001 Tour de Luxembourg, with Fassa Bortolo picking up the team title.

July - September

* 17 July – The commune of Bettborn is renamed 'Préizerdaul'.

October - December

* 1 November – Allan Simonsen replaces Paul Philipp as coach of the Luxembourg national football team.
* 9 November – SES Global (now SES) is established, with SES Astra as its subsidiary.
* 12 November – SES Global completes its acquisition of GE Americom.
* 16 November – The construction of the A13 road, between Bettembourg and Schengen, is authorised.
* 29 November – Luxembourg ratifies the Kyoto Protocol, 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 release the book "Révélation$", describing the Clearstream Affair as the 'greatest financial scandal in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg'.

Deaths

* 24 November – Mett Clemens, cyclist