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‘Cash is yucky and covered with germs,’ so don’t withdraw it, banks warn 

March 16, 2023

Saying that they would hate to see their customers do something that might pose a risk to their health, a consortium of European banks has advised account holders to avoid withdrawing cash, which they say is covered in germs.  “We did a study, and it turns out that the average banknote has something like 34 […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Finance and Banking

New €2.50 surcharge for blowing up cash machines

April 27, 2022

Surcharge for blowing up cash machines

The agency that regulates Luxembourg’s banking sector has authorized a new surcharge to discourage people from igniting explosives inside the country’s thousands of cash machines. Starting next week, banks will be permitted to charge anyone who blows up a cash machine €2.50, in addition to other fees they might incur during the forcible removal of […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Finance and Banking

Grrr: senior citizen at cash machine takes ages to find slot for bomb

October 17, 2019

Cash machine explosion old man Luxembourg bomb

ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE — A line of criminals waiting to blow up a cash machine early Thursday morning had to wait 15 minutes while an elderly thief in front of them struggled to find the right place to insert his explosive device.  “Hey, grandpa, we don’t have all day,” angrily whispered Hubert Beenhouwer, who was already late […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Finance and Banking, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Hundreds of sheep in Kirchberg hired

May 4, 2019

Kirchberg Luxembourg sheep

KIRCHBERG – A flock of sheep passing through Luxembourg’s financial district in recent days has led to an impromptu job fair, with companies rushing outside to set up recruitment stands, and some claiming they made dozens of new hires. Ewelyn, a five-year-old female sheep who took a break from her career after giving birth to […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Finance and Banking, Luxembourg City

Lunchtime horror: pack of feral bankers go on rampage through Auchan

November 5, 2018

KIRCHBERG — Hundreds of savage bank employees swarmed into the Auchan commercial centre around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, fanning out in every direction and cleaning out all of the estimated 1500 freshly made sandwiches in just over four minutes. Katrin Mikko, out shopping with her newborn son, was queuing at one of the downstairs bakeries […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Finance and Banking, Luxembourg City, RTL Today, Shopping

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