Ministry of Home Affairs // The Luxembourg Government

Within the frame of the national platform for disaster risk reduction, led by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the working group on "Vegetation and Forest Fires", composed of experts from the relevant authorities, has prepared advice on how to behave during the vegetation and forest fire season.

On Monday 3 July 2023, the government will continue to implement its strategy for testing the warning and information system for the population by carrying out monthly tests of the siren network and the GouvAlert mobile application.

As part of the reform of the national warning and information system, the government has been carrying out monthly tests of the siren network and the GouvAlert application since May 2022, as well as sending a test SMS alert to the population in a given zone.

As part of the reform of the national warning system, the government has been carrying out regular tests since May 2022, testing the siren network every first Monday of the month and sending a test SMS alert to the population in a given zone, as well as a test message via the GouvAlert mobile application.

Representatives of the press have been invited to the headquarters of The Government IT Centre on 25 May 2023, where the Government Coordinating Office will meet to receive, record and publish the unofficial results of the local elections of 11 June 2023.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, today presented the third pillar of the modernisation of municipal law, which is to anchor various tools of citizen participation in the law in order to promote their use and to harmonise their regime at municipal level.