An unannounced test of the zonal SMS alert took place on Friday 22 March 2024 in the municipalities of Differdange, Pétange, Käerjeng, Sanem, Bourscheid, Tandel, Diekirch, Erpeldange-sur-Sûre, Ettelbruck, Schieren, Colmar-Berg and Bettendorf.
As a reminder: the zonal SMS tests are not be announced in advance, which enables mobile operators to be put in a real-life situation when faced with an event that triggers an immediate and spontaneous alert from the population.
Please note that only those people whose mobile phones were connected to a mobile phone base station in the above-mentioned area at the time the alert is issued have received the following SMS: "LU-ALERT / ALERTE TEST / NO ACTION REQUIRED / AUCUNE ACTION REQUISE / KEINE HANDLUNG ERFORDERLICH".
Further information and FAQs are available on the following website:National warning system: LU-Alert.
Press release by the Ministry of State, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the High Commission for National Protection (HCPN)