READ MONOGRAPH The transaction was led by Ricardo Reigada Pereira co-head partner of the real estate and tourism practice coordinating associate in the same area (both pictured from left to right) Deloitte Legal and KPMG Abogados advise on the… Globalaw appoints Ángela López Molina as Executive Director It represents the main source of information in the legal business sector in Spain and Portugal The digital magazine – and its portal – address to the protagonists of law firms and in-house lawyers The magazine is available for free on the website and on Google Play and App Store information about deals and their advisors For further information, please visit the Group’s website www.lcpublishinggroup.com The whistle of the Historical Christmas Steam Train hearalds a journey that dives into the Christmas spirit nostalgia and fun come together to create magical moments for the whole family there will be four daily outings: two from Porto to Ermesinde and two from Ermesinde back to Porto The iconic CP 0186 steam locomotive and the five historic carriages that usually make up the Douro Historic Train but now decorated with Christmas lights and ornaments promise to provide an immersive journey back in time that brings back the charm and nostalgia of the first decades of railway transport There will be entertainment from a theatre group making the journey even more special and tasty passengers can visit the Christmas Village and the ‘biggest Christmas Tree in the country’ in the Ermesinde Urban Park The Historical Christmas Steam Train tickets also provide unlimited travel on Porto urban trains the same day if they show the steam train ticket These Historical Christmas Steam Train journeys are organised in partnership with Valongo City Council Link to photos:https://we.tl/t-Bfs0QCii59 Historical Christmas Steam Train at a glance Next dates: Saturdays - 21 and 28 December (2024) and 4 January (2025); Sundays - 22 and 29 December (2024) and 5 January (2025) Timetable: Departures in Porto - São Bento at 15.03 and 19.37; Departures in Ermesinde at 16.40 and 21.25 Prices: €11 per adult and €5.5 per child (4 to 12 years old) Those wishing to travel on the historic train in both directions will need to purchase tickets for both journeys Tickets for the Historical Christmas Steam Train allow you to travel On sale from: Ticket offices or online at www.cp.pt Composition: CP 0186 steam locomotive and five historic carriages usually used by the Douro Historical Train illuminated with Christmas lights and decorations a violent car accident occurred at the intersection of Avenue Victor Hugo and Rue Ermesinde in Limpertsberg and the Avenue Victor Hugo is currently closed to traffic One car was left overturned due to the crash Emergency services have confirmed 6 injured persons but no details on the severity of the injuries have been disclosed The consumption of social media starts at an early age even the youngest pupils are already equipped with smartphones and tablets The right alternative could make the forgoing an easy task A year ago Lycée Ermesinde in Mersch decided to prohibit phones during school hours pupils are obligated to put their phones into a box in the classroom The elder pupils are allowed to have their phones on them The different school model seems to make that possible  most pupils don’t even reach for their phones anyway she thinks it’s easier to distract herself with real people around her The right diversion renders the phone uninteresting anyways the head of the Maison Relais in Bettembourg Kids can participate in enough fun activities in the free time they spend in Maison Relais since kids are introduced to technology earlier than before The acceptance of rules like the above poses no issues “We have had one or two cases where we noticed that a child had a phone on them Then we simply asked them to put the phone into their locker Similar statements have been made by the deputy director of Lycée Ermesinde  Not everyone gives their phones away as they should “The gesture is made anyways: give your phone away And if they keep them and don’t look at them The parents’ feedback - whether in Maison Relais or secondary school in Mersch - is overwhelmingly positive A lot of parents are relieved to know their children are not on their phones for the whole day” In secondary school as well as in Maison Relais with the youngest children the carers try to show the children a responsible and correct way to use smart gadgets “The goal is to show kids how to use them right and most importantly for good purposes” Handy-Verbuet an der Schoul Mersch residents won't have to travel to see a film at the cinema Thursday night saw the opening of Ciné Ermesinde in the same location as a local school of the same name03/10/2014Share1) Am Eingang zum Lyzeum weist ein Schild auf das neue Kino hin 2) Das Programm der ersten Woche bietet bereits einige Publikumsmagnete an 3) Bequeme Sessel erwarten die Zuschauer im neuen Kino Foto: Frank WEYRICH For the first time in 50 years Thursday night saw the opening of Ciné Ermesinde in the same location as a school of the same name that opened two years ago the new 150-seat Mersch venue joins the list of others in Esch-sur-Alzette (Ariston and Kinosch) Rumelange (Kursaal) and Mondorf-les-Bains (Cine Wasserhaus) Mersch Mayor Albert Henkels stated that for the first year of activity the town has awarded a grant of 34,000 euros to the new cinema before pointing out that "the last cinema in town was at Café Lacaf The Director of Ermesinde school Jeannot Medinger explained that the cinema will also be used for school activities by students from the school next door and other schools in the area too “Of course the general public are also welcome to the new venue” he added Caramba President Raymond Massard promised a programme designed for families The first screening at the cinema only went to prove this with the recently successful Hollywood film “And So It Goes” starring Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton It will be a gradual start for Ciné Ermesinde with three screenings a week on Thursday afternoons at 4.30pm with films aimed at young children Thursday evenings at 7.30pm with films for the general public Do not miss the news - sign up to receive the wort.lu newsletter in English delivered to your inbox six days a week. 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Lycée Ermesinde used to be known as the Neie Lycée (New Secondary School) and also used to be based in containers in Hollerich the school moved to Mersch in 2010 and was bequeathed its new name in 2012 The school works a bit differently to the other lycées and originally started as a pilot phase this is perhaps our oldest namesake in the entire list Ermesinde (1186 - 1247) was Countess of Luxembourg and was her father Count Henri IV's heir presumptive as his only child a raging succession battle took place due to her cousin having previously been named heir Ermesinde did get to rule Luxembourg though after her husband Theobald I of Bar's negotiations she ruled Luxembourg alone as Countess for two decades and improved the prosperity of the country during her rule The Lycée Hubert Clément in Esch-sur-Alzette was founded as a girls' school in 1955 to parallel the boys' school which continues to be named Lycée de Garçons Esch-sur-Alzette The school did hold the name Lycée de Jeunes Filles à Esch-sur-Alzette to start with but was renamed after becoming coeducational in 1970 Hubert Clément (1889 - 1953) was actually born in Paris Clément was also a journalist and the director of the Tageblatt newspaper for some time The Lycée Technique Mathias Adam in Pétange was founded as a Collège d'enseignement moyen in 1966 but was classified as a technical lycée in (which decade the school was also given its namesake: pædagog Mathias Adam (1850 - 1936) Mathias Adam was an active teacher in several towns of Luxembourg he was also renowned for lobbying the government to enshrine the rights to education in legislation school became mandatory for children from the ages of six to twelve Adam also set up a newspaper for teachers and was the first Luxembourger to advocate for free education for children older than twelve The culture of free education in Luxembourg ultimately spread from Adam's ideals Lycée Nic Biever in Dudelange was founded in 1968 although it was not immediately known as a lycée At the occasion of the inauguration of the main building in 1973 the school was renamed in the honour of Nic Biever Nicolas Biever (1893 - 1965) was a Luxembourgish politician and trade unionist Biever's trade union roots lie in the fact that he worked for Arbed Dudelange where he was also the secretary for the local version of the Luxemburger Berg- und Metallindustriearbeiter-Verband (LBMV becoming one of the two main secretaries in 1920 and president in 1938 with the exception of his tenure as minister and during the Second World War The French Lycée Vauban was founded by French expatriates in 1985 and consequently teaches classes in French The private secondary school was based in the Limpertsberg neighbourhood up until 2018 the school has been based in Gasperich and has an increasingly cosmopolitan studentship the school fused with the École française du Luxembourg The school is named after the French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633 - 1707) who participated in each of France's wars fought during the reign of Louis XIV Vauban's connection to Luxembourg is that he updated the fortifications of Luxembourg City during the time in which the city was occupied by France's forces An honourable mention also goes to the Maacher Lycée in Grevenmacher which was called Lycée Technique Joseph Bech up until 2014/2015 but was rechristened along with its growing campus Bech was a twice-serving prime minister of Luxembourg who held the position in the interwar years (1926 - 1937) and after WWII (1953 - 1958) Luxembourg Insider: Part Fifteen - Luxembourg's school system Luxembourg Insider: Part Sixteen - private schools in Luxembourg