Saxon Economy Stagnation: Current IHK Survey Reveals Deteriorating Business Situation

Saxon Economy Stagnation: Current IHK Survey Reveals Deteriorating Business Situation

The Saxon economy is in stagnation. As the current IHK survey on the economy showed, the overall business situation has deteriorated. The The reasons for this lie in the falling demand and the persistently high costs, it was said. The chambers had based the survey presented on Tuesday under the motto “Stagnation instead of upswing”. … Read more

Thousands in Leipzig protest against AfD and for democracy

Thousands in Leipzig protest against AfD and for democracy

Leipzig (dpa/sn) – Many thousands of people demonstrated against the AfD and for democracy in Leipzig on Sunday. A police spokeswoman spoke of a large crowd and did not rule out a five-digit number of participants. According to a dpa reporter, the market square was overcrowded and people were also crowding into the side streets. … Read more

Farming Representatives Invited to Saxony Cabinet Meeting: Prime Minister Calls for Federal Government Action

Farming Representatives Invited to Saxony Cabinet Meeting: Prime Minister Calls for Federal Government Action

Dresden (dpa/sn) – Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has invited farmers’ representatives to the cabinet meeting next Tuesday. The state government is talking to farmers – the federal government must do the same, he said in a statement on Thursday. “A policy of listening and mutual understanding is needed.” Kretschmer called on the federal government … Read more

Dresden March Against Right-Wing Extremism and for Democracy Draws Hundreds

Dresden March Against Right-Wing Extremism and for Democracy Draws Hundreds

In Dresden on Sunday, hundreds took to the streets against right-wing extremism and for democracy. In the afternoon they marched through the old town with posters and banners such as “Colorful against Brown”, “Vote out nationalism” and “Nazis out of parliaments”. According to the police, around 950 people took part in the demonstration. There were … Read more

Saxony Schools Remain Open Amid Farmers’ Protests and Road Traffic Restrictions

Saxony Schools Remain Open Amid Farmers’ Protests and Road Traffic Restrictions

Dresden (dpa / sn) – Saxony’s schools are to remain open on Monday despite the announced restrictions on road traffic due to the farmers’ protests. “The schools will have to decide, depending on the regional restrictions, to what extent learning time must be arranged at home,” the ministry said on Friday in response to a … Read more

The Euro’s Advantages for Medium-Sized Companies Unveiled by German Association Chairman

The Euro’s Advantages for Medium-Sized Companies Unveiled by German Association Chairman

Medium-sized companies also welcome the advantages of the European common currency. For the chairman of the Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Saxony-Anhalt, Oliver Brunn, the euro is a success story because “it has brought stability to the economies in the euro area, price stability in the broadest sense and cooperation between the … Read more

Windehausen Situation Continues to Normalize Amidst Cleanup Efforts and Flood Concerns

Windehausen Situation Continues to Normalize Amidst Cleanup Efforts and Flood Concerns

8:06 p.m. | The situation in Windehausen continues to normalize In the Heringer district of Windehausen in the Nordhausen district, the situation continued to normalize before the turn of the year. The mayor of Heringen, Matthias Marquardt, said on Friday that the groundwater was continuing to decline. The cleanup work and damage assessment are underway, … Read more

Uncovering SED Assets: The Impact on Eastern Germany and Beyond

Uncovering SED Assets: The Impact on Eastern Germany and Beyond

Comrades make use of SED assets The comrades began to hide these party assets quite early after the fall of the Berlin Wall in order to protect them from state access. Around 490 million East Marks will be distributed as loans to deserving party cadres and officials, a total of 160 borrowers. “The comrades actually … Read more

Whistleblower Protection Act Faces Criticism and Challenges in Business Community

Whistleblower Protection Act Faces Criticism and Challenges in Business Community

Whistleblowers should be better protected from harassment Whistleblowers are informants who uncover abuses or crimes within companies or authorities. On the one hand, the Whistleblower Protection Act is intended to enable the identity of a whistleblower to be protected, but at the same time it prohibits retaliation by employers, such as the termination of whistleblowers … Read more