Luxembourg news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Luxembourg news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Luxembourg media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Luxembourg's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. Of the 6 titles tracked here, 2 lean left and 4 sit near the centre; Crosswire currently lists no right-leaning outlet in Luxembourg, so for a contrasting perspective it is worth reading one of these beside a title from another country.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 5 daily newspapers (see all daily newspapers worldwide) and 1 public broadcaster (RTL Today). The public-service broadcaster is RTL Today — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
Luxembourg sits in Western Europe, on Crosswire's Europe hub. By outlets tracked it is 5th of the 9 countries in Western Europe and 19th of the 45 across Europe, where the average is 5.9 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Western Europe with hubs of their own are Germany (11), France (11), Belgium (6), Austria (6), Netherlands (5), Switzerland (5), Monaco (3) and Liechtenstein (2).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Luxembourg's main news outlets?
Across Luxembourg's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, Tageblatt and Le Quotidien; near the center, Luxembourg Times, L'essentiel, Luxemburger Wort and RTL Today. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
The Luxembourg Times is an English-language news outlet covering the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It reports on national politics, business, finance and community affairs, serving the country's large international and expatriate population. As one of the main English-language sources in a heavily multilingual media market, it provides a window onto Luxembourg for non-local readers.
L'essentiel is a free daily newspaper and news website in Luxembourg, published primarily in French alongside German-language content. Aimed at a broad commuter and general audience, it covers local news, sport, entertainment and lifestyle. With its free distribution model, it is among the most widely read titles in the Grand Duchy's multilingual media landscape.
Luxemburger Wort is one of Luxembourg's largest and most established daily newspapers, published mainly in German alongside French and other content. A general-interest title with a long history in the Grand Duchy, it covers national politics, society and the economy. It has traditionally been associated with a Christian-democratic, centre-right editorial outlook.
Tageblatt is a German-language daily newspaper published in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, by Editpress. Owned by socialist trade unions, it is generally regarded as left-leaning and is one of the country's main paid dailies, covering national politics, the economy, labour and society.
Le Quotidien is a French-language daily newspaper in Luxembourg, published by the Editpress group. Generally characterised as left-liberal, it covers Luxembourg and the Greater Region's politics, economy, society and culture for French-speaking residents and cross-border workers.
RTL Today is the English-language news service of RTL, Luxembourg's dominant public-service broadcaster. It provides broad, generally centrist coverage of national news, politics, weather and community affairs aimed at the country's large international and expatriate community.
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