Luxembourg has retained first place for the second year in a row in the global quality of life ranking compiled by the Deutsche Bank Research Institute.
Copenhagen took second place, and Amsterdam came in third. Vienna and Munich tied for fourth place, followed by Frankfurt, Helsinki, Geneva, Zurich, and Edinburgh.
The ranking takes into account purchasing power, safety, healthcare, cost of living, housing affordability, commute time, environmental pollution, and climate.
Cities in Western and Northern Europe dominate the top ten. At the same time, the world’s largest financial centers ranked significantly lower: Paris came in 43rd, New York 46th, London 47th, and Hong Kong 55th.
Their rankings are dragged down by expensive real estate, high living costs, long commutes, and environmental issues. Thus, high salaries alone do not guarantee a city’s leadership in quality of life.
Consulting firm Deloitte has published the 14th edition of its Property Index 2025 report on European housing markets. The study covers 28 countries. Deloitte
The most expensive country to buy a new apartment in 2025 is Luxembourg (€8,760/m² on average); Tel Aviv leads among cities at €13,970/m². Prices rose fastest over the year in Krakow (+28.1%), Jerusalem (+25.2%), as well as Tirana and Vlora (both +25.0%).
Ukraine was not included in this study.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal is on a working visit to Luxembourg.
“We start our visit to Luxembourg with a meeting with Prime Minister Luc Frieden. We will discuss the continuation of support for our state and focus on the issue of confiscation of Russian assets,” Shmygal wrote in his Telegram channel.
Agrarian Ministers of Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Germany Mykola Solskyy and Cem Ozdemir discussed the operation of the sea corridor from the ports of Odessa region within the framework of the meeting of the EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (AgriFish), which is held in Luxembourg on October 23-24, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported.
According to the report, the parties also discussed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to Europe, including the transit of grain to European ports.
Solskyy said that Ukraine within the framework of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Grain from Ukraine initiative plans to send ships with humanitarian grain to African countries. In particular, 25,000 tons to Nigeria, 32,000 tons to Sudan and 12,500 tons to Somalia.
Ozdemir expressed his solidarity, noting that his country will continue to support Ukrainian farmers.
“Germany will continue to support Ukraine and stands in solidarity with it,” the press service of the German Ministry of Agriculture quoted Ozdemir as saying on Twitter during talks on the sidelines of the AgriFish meeting with Ukraine’s agro-politics minister Solskiy.
The German side also said that the agrarian ministers of the two countries discussed the prospects for expanding solidarity corridors, the efficiency of export routes and the strengthening of the Ukrainian agribusiness sector.
14 armored ambulances manufactured by the British company Venari have been sent to Ukraine from Luxembourg, the Ukrainian embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg said.
“Already in the near future the vehicles will be sent to the front line, where they will carry out their main mission – to save the lives of our defenders defending our state, as well as civilians who constantly become victims of barbaric Russian shelling,” the message says.
It specifies that the action was realized within the initiative “Ukraine is calling”, organized by the Community of Ukrainians in Luxembourg LUkraine asbl, and supported by the embassy of Ukraine in Belgium and Luxembourg.
The aim of this initiative was to raise 10 million euros for the purchase of 112 ambulances and fire-fighting vehicles.
“We express our great gratitude to the Luxembourg Ministry of Defense, in particular to Mr. François Bausch, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Defense of Luxembourg, Steve Tull, Chief of the General Staff and Oliver North, Deputy Chairman of the Venari Group. Special thanks to the President of LUkraine Mr. Mykola Zharov, Vice-President of LUkraine Inna Yaremenko and also to the entire LUkraine team”, the diplomatic mission summed up.
Luxembourg opens an entrance for Ukrainians in accordance with the recommendations of the EU Council, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
“Luxembourg is opening for all types of travel of Ukrainians in accordance with the recommendations of the EU Council. One more EU country, with which we are restoring full validity of visa-free travel,” Kuleba said on his Twitter microblog on Tuesday evening.
Kuleba said that before buying tickets, it is necessary to check all the conditions for entering the countries according to the interactive map of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
