Credit: Ali Sahib, Chronicle.lu

The Grand Ducal Police have reported that over the evening of Wednesday 31 December 2025 through to the early hours of Thursday 1 January 2026, they were called out to around 70 various noise disturbances and disputes across the country.

In particular, reports concerned excessively loud music, noisy individuals in public spaces or in homes, neighbourhood disputes, several noise disturbances caused by fireworks, as well as violations of the fireworks ban.

The police said that in most cases, the situation had already calmed down by the time the officers arrived, or no further noise disturbance could be detected. In some cases, the situation was resolved on site. However, in several instances people could not be calmed at the scene and were taken into custody to sober up.

In one case, at around 20:50 on Wednesday, the police received a report of a person in a restaurant in Luxembourg City who was refusing to pay for consumed food and drinks. Police officers encountered a visibly intoxicated individual who was shouting loudly. When asked to settle the bill, the person reacted extremely aggressively towards the staff, to the extent that officers had to restrain and immobilise the individual on the ground. Due to causing a public nuisance, disturbing public order and the individual’s intoxicated state, it was decided to place the person in custody following a medical check.

Then at around 01:40, police officers were called to a dispute in an apartment in Kehlen. A heavily intoxicated person was reported to be behaving aggressively inside the apartment building. The individual did not comply with officers’ requests to calm down and became increasingly aggressive. As the person posed a danger to themselves or others in their condition, it was decided to place them in custody following a medical examination.

Lastly, at around 04:45, the police were notified of an aggressive person on Rue de Bouillon in Luxembourg-Hollerich. The intoxicated individual refused to leave the entrance area of a bar and repeatedly verbally abused the security staff. As the person’s intoxicated state posed a danger to themselves as well as to others, it was decided to place them in custody following a medical examination.