1997 in Luxembourg
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Events
January – March
April – June
- 17 April – The weekly newspaper Le Jeudi is launched by Editpress.
- 17 May – The Compagnie Grand-Ducale d'Électricité du Luxembourg is renamed 'Cegedel'.
- 31 May – Jeunesse Esch win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Union Luxembourg 2–0 in the final.
- 15 June – Belgium's Frank Vandenbroucke wins the 1997 Tour de Luxembourg.
July – September
- 1 July – Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.
- 28 September – The first Luxembourg Grand Prix is held: not in Luxembourg, but at the Nürburgring, in the nearby German town of Nürburg. Jacques Villeneuve wins the race.
October – December
- 9 October – Luxair places an order for two Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets following the airline's decision to create an all-jet fleet.
- 2 December – SES launches its seventh satellite, Astra 1G.
