Controversy over Allotment Gardens on Petersberg: City Council Faces Backlash

Controversy over Allotment Gardens on Petersberg: City Council Faces Backlash

Fewer allotment gardens on Petersberg? But another idea from the framework plan is currently causing a lot of excitement. Accordingly, a dozen allotment gardens in the Petersberg complex are to be “polished”. “Not with us,” many a city councilor posted last week. Green City Councilor David Maicher is still holding back: “We are having a … Read more

Motive for Attack in Gera Still Unclear: Recent Updates and Appeals Process

Motive for Attack in Gera Still Unclear: Recent Updates and Appeals Process

The motive for the attack is still unclear The Gera public prosecutor’s office, “Organized Crime” department, brought charges at the beginning of 2018, and the proceedings lasted several months. In May 2019, six men were sentenced to prison and suspended sentences for breach of the peace. The verdict states that the motive for the attack … Read more

Call for Commitment to Grundgesetz and Development Plan Stirs Controversy

Call for Commitment to Grundgesetz and Development Plan Stirs Controversy

In addition to the AfD, the CDU parliamentary group is also calling for a development plan because it is a construction project with particular exposure. Building politician Veit Böhm wants at least more participation from residents: “This should be done as much as possible by consensus when it comes to building law matters.” So that … Read more

Breaking Barriers: Female Entrepreneurs Making Waves in Male-Dominated Industries

Breaking Barriers: Female Entrepreneurs Making Waves in Male-Dominated Industries

Jacqueline Hausotte has carved itself into a male domain. Eight years ago, the Leipzig native founded a stonemasonry business. Now she stands between gravestones and granite blocks, the company dog ​​strolls across the yard. Proportion of women in the start-up sector is 20 percent Hausotte’s stonemasonry business is now the largest in Leipzig. But the … Read more

Foreclosure Rates Remain Low in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt: Experts Not Concerned

Foreclosure Rates Remain Low in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt: Experts Not Concerned

Number the number of foreclosures is still comparatively low A foreclosure usually occurs when owners can no longer pay their loan. Last year, 1,197 applications for compulsory auctions were submitted to the district courts in Saxony, and 847 in Saxony-Anhalt. No figures are yet available from Thuringia. Compared to the previous year, the increase is … Read more

2023: Mibrag Coal Production Drops by 30% – Transition Towards Sustainability

2023: Mibrag Coal Production Drops by 30% – Transition Towards Sustainability

2023: Mibrag produces 30 percent less coal than in the previous year Zimmer climbs the drop down a metal staircase. The wind blows in his face. The conveyor belts whir constantly. But the impression of uniformity is deceptive. In 2022, during the energy crisis, Mibrag produced around 17 million tons of coal. Last year it … Read more

First Aid Day at Miriam Lundner Elementary School: Children Learn Life-Saving Skills

First Aid Day at Miriam Lundner Elementary School: Children Learn Life-Saving Skills

Thursdays It’s first aid day in the after-school care center at the Miriam Lundner Elementary School in Halberstadt. Aliya, Mia and numerous of their classmates sit in a circle around a large red blanket on the first floor with teacher Torsten Volkmann. Mia is now lying in the middle on the blanket. She remains motionless. … Read more

Remembering Ira von Fürstenberg: From Child Bride to Jet-Set Icon

Remembering Ira von Fürstenberg: From Child Bride to Jet-Set Icon

Love made her famous: Ira von Fürstenberg became known as a 15-year-old child bride, made a name for herself as an actress, model, society lady and is said to have conquered the heart of Prince Rainier of Monaco in later years. Now the princess has died in her native Rome at the age of 83, … Read more

Funding Programs Vital for Construction Industry, Says Federal Construction Minister

Funding Programs Vital for Construction Industry, Says Federal Construction Minister

At Federal Construction Minister Klara Geywitz said on Monday that three construction funding programs are important for the severely weakening construction industry: “Every funding euro triggers orders in the tradesmen’s books and stimulates domestic demand. It is precisely these impulses that we need now.” Managing Director of the Main Association of the German Construction Industry, … Read more

Domestic Violence – How to Help and Who to Contact: Resources and Support for Victims and Their Families

Domestic Violence – How to Help and Who to Contact: Resources and Support for Victims and Their Families

Domestic violence – what to do, how to help? Affected women usually talk to people they trust in their social environment about their experiences. It is all the more important that the environment reacts in a supportive manner. React sensitively and in solidarity Take a stand, condemn the violence and show your solidarity with the … Read more