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Raising awareness of the risk of vegetation and forest fires
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.
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Test of the national warning system: sirens and message on the GouvAlert application
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.
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Review of the national warning system: unannounced zonal SMS alerts
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.
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Test of the national warning system: sirens, test message on the GouvAlert-app and unannounced zonal alert SMS message
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.
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Municipal elections: Operation of the Government Coordinating Office and presentation of candidate statistics
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.
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"matenee fir eng modern Gemeng": anchoring citizen participation in municipal practice
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.
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Facilitating the integration of Tiny Houses in the municipal landscape: presentation of regulatory guidelines
In recent years, the search for sustainable lifestyles has led to the emergence of a type of housing hitherto unknown in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: Tiny Houses.
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Test of the national warning system: zonal alert SMS, sirens and test message on the GouvAlert-app
As part of the reform of the national warning system, the government will continue to implement its national warning system testing strategy on Monday 1. May 2023 by carrying out the monthly test of the siren network and sending an alert SMS to the population in a specific area, as well as a test message on the GouvAlert application.
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Communal elections: 3,847 candidates running for 1,121 mandates
According to official records compiled by the Ministry of Home Affairs, 1,483 women (38.55%) and 2,364 men (61.45%) are running in the 11 June elections.
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Municipal elections of 11 June 2023 - Notification of the presentation of electoral lists for public inspection
On the occasion of the municipal elections of 11 June 2023, the electoral lists provisionally drawn up by the college of the mayor and aldermen are available for public inspection from 18 to 25 April 2023 inclusive. The attached lists contain the persons who will reach the age of eighteen between 17 April 2023 and 11 June 2023 inclusive.
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LU-Alert: continued testing of the alert system, accompanied by a public opinion survey
On Monday 3 April 2023, the government will continue to implement its strategy to test the warning and information system for the population by carrying out a second national test using the following communication channels: sirens, SMS, GouvAlert (mobile app).
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"Seveso": What is it about? What is the role of "Seveso" establishments and of the authorities? How to react in case of an emergency?
The term "Seveso" refers to a town in northern Italy, in Lombardy, which suffered the consequences of an industrial accident that took place in 1976 at the Icmesa chemical plant in the municipality of Meda.
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Test of the national warning system: zonal alert SMS, sirens and test message on the GouvAlert-app
As part of the reform of the national warning system, the government will continue to implement its national warning system testing strategy on Monday 6. March 2023 by carrying out the monthly test of the siren network and sending an alert SMS to the population in a specific area, as well as a test message on the GouvAlert application.
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Luxembourg reinforces its humanitarian support to Turkey: Deployment of emergency equipment to the disaster area
In response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, and at the request of the Turkish government, Luxembourg is stepping up its humanitarian support to the affected populations by offering in-kind donations to Turkey.
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Luxembourg expert deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) in Turkey
Following Turkey's request for assistance from the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), Minister for Home Affairs Taina Bofferding confirms that a logistics expert has been selected to support European relief efforts in Turkey following the earthquake.