Ex-finance minister Frieden to be named as Luxembourg's new PM - paper

Luxembourg's former finance minister Luc Frieden will be named the country's new prime minister at a press conference on Thursday, newspaper Le Quotidien reported, citing government sources.

Nearly six weeks after an election, Frieden's Christian Social People's Party (CSV), Luxembourg's long-dominant centre-right party, has formed a government along with former prime minister Xavier Bettel's Democratic Party.

Bettel will take on the role of foreign affairs minister, after leading Luxembourg for 10 years. Gilles Roth was named as new finance minister.