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Volunteers received almost 400 phone calls from young people, on the children's and youth hotline, known as the KJT in 2025

The children's and youth hotline, known as the KJT, continues to be a vital lifeline for young people in Luxembourg. Last year, volunteers held almost 400 conversations with young callers, while close to 300 requests were received by email. The demand for anonymous advice and support shows no sign of easing, according to the service's annual report.

The themes young people raise remain broadly consistent from year to year. More than a third of the issues brought to the KJT related to mental health, anxiety, suicide or grief. Family difficulties came next, with adolescents and young adults making up the majority of those seeking help.

Alongside the KJT, the Bee Secure service has expanded its offering, and usage is growing. This year, adults over the age of 25 also turned to the Bee Secure hotline, 8002 1234, with almost half of those cases involving internet crime. The scale of illegal content online is brought into sharp focus by the figures from the Bee Secure Stopline, an anonymous platform where users can report potentially illegal content, primarily videos and images of child sexual abuse. Last year alone, more than 15,000 such items were reported, of which over 4,600 were forwarded to the police and the public prosecutor's office.

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• Israel has deported all 430 foreign activists that were seized by their forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla on Monday.
• The eurozone economy will expand less than expected this year, the EU said Thursday, as the Middle East war and subsequent energy shock take their toll.

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Figure of the day

Luxembourg’s Planning Familial reported 1,254 abortion requests in 2025, a 5% increase from the previous year.

• The Family Planning association, like many others, fought for the right to abortion to be enshrined in the Luxembourg constitution, and is now proud that any woman in Luxembourg may have the opportunity to end an unwanted pregnancy.
• President of the Planning Familial board, Fatima Rougi, declared the association had more work than the previous year, with 82,000 calls or messages recorded in 2025. Speaking at the association's general assembly on Wednesday, Rougie explained the increase of around 6% was a clear sign that their services are both "in demand and useful".

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