The Virgo interferometer is one of the big observatories aimed at detecting gravitational waves. This report will describe the Virgo+ upgrades and the commissioning work performed between the first (VSR1) and the second Virgo Science Run (VSR2). Some first results of VSR2 will be discussed, which was recently started with a good duty cycle and a inspiral range for the detection of binary neutron-star inspirals of 10 Mpc. To conclude, an outlook will be given on some future upgrades of the detector.
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