2001 in Luxembourg

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

Events

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, and that the new group will buy GE Americom from GE Capital for $2.4bn of cash and $3.5bn of shares.

2 October – La Voix du Luxembourg is launched as a separate newspaper, having previously been a French-language supplement of the Luxemburger Wort.
1 November – Allan Simonsen replaces Paul Philipp as coach of the Luxembourg national football team.
9 November – SES Global 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 and Schieren opens.
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 – Denis Robert and Ernest Backes release the book Révélation$, describing the Clearstream Affair as the 'greatest financial scandal in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg'.