Erfurt (dpa/th) – Thuringia’s development bank should be given more financial leeway to expand its loan programs. The state should now work to ensure that more low-interest loans are available for municipal investments, restructuring the economy and families building and purchasing their own homes, explained the parliamentary managing director of the CDU parliamentary group, Andreas … Read more
Erfurt (dpa/th) – Governing without a majority and a tolerating partner – this is not an ideal solution for Thuringia’s Education Minister Helmut Holter. “One can only hope for Thuringia that there will be a stable majority in 2024 that will also enable good governance,” said the left-wing politician to the German Press Agency in … Read more
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
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
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
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
Erfurt (dpa/th) – Significantly more than two thirds of deaf or hard-of-hearing students in Thuringia learned in shared lessons and not at special schools last school year. Of the 409 students with special educational needs in the area of hearing, 90 were taught at support centers and 319 were taught in inclusive lessons at other … Read more
Weimar (dpa/th) – The course has been set for a larger annual budget for the Weimar Art Festival. According to a resolution by the Weimar City Council, the festival for contemporary art could receive a total of 200,000 euros more from the state and the city of Weimar as the main sponsor from 2025, said … Read more
Red White Erfurt loses his best six this winter! Samuel Biek (26) is moving to second division team Miami FC in the US state of Florida, returning to America, where he studied. IMAGE: Why Miami? Biek: I wanted to go back to the USA. My wife is American, her sister is pregnant. We just wanted … Read more
Erfurt (dpa) – In view of the poor results of German students in the PISA study, Thuringia’s Education Minister Helmut Holter has called for more federal involvement in educational issues. “The federal government must also be financially committed to educational issues on a long-term basis,” said the left-wing politician to the German Press Agency in … Read more