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The Consulate General of the Russian Federation. The location was closed at the end of 2023. / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa/Archive

Protest action at the former Russian consulate in Leipzig

Following a protest at the former Russian consulate in Leipzig, police are investigating on suspicion of trespassing. As the Leipzig police department announced on Friday, six people - three women and three men - aged between 29 and 41 had scaled the fence of the site the day before and then unfurle ..

Sören Pellmann / Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa

MP Pellmann reports repeated threats

Leipzig MP Sören Pellmann (Left Party) has been threatened again, according to his own statements. On Monday morning, dog excrement and a flyer smeared with swastikas and threats were found in the letterbox of his constituency office, he announced on Monday. This was the second time in four days. "I ..

Viola Odebrecht, Head of Women's and Girls' Football at RB Leipzig / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

RB Leipzig signs Lina von Schrader

RB Leipzig's personnel concept with young and talented players is now also taking effect in the women's team. The promoted first division team has signed a national goalkeeper for the coming season.

Police officers put on protective helmets at a left-wing demonstration / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

Thousands on the streets on May 1 - calm course

Thousands of people demonstrated in Leipzig on May 1st - mainly peacefully, according to police. At the eight gatherings with more than 5,000 participants, there were only isolated incidents of pyrotechnics being set off and people wearing masks, as well as shouts with anti-Israel and anti-police co ..

A wildcat shows its teeth / Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/Symbolic image

Wildcats native to Saxony

For a long time, the European wildcat was thought to be extinct in Saxony. However, the cats have now reappeared in four regions. This gives hope for a further increase in the population.

Miriam Tscholl, director at the Dresden Staatsschauspiel / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Dresden "Bürgerbühne" co-founder to become artistic director in 2025

Director Miriam Tscholl is to take over as artistic director of Leipzig's Theater der Jungen Welt (TDJW) from August 2025. According to a statement from the city council on Monday, the selection committee has decided in favor of the Freiburg-born director. A total of 31 applications were received. T ..

Sabine Zimmermann, Saxony's co-chairwoman of the Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), on the fringes of the founding party conference of the Saxon BSW state association / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

BSW strives for government participation in Saxony

The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) wants to join the government after the state elections in Saxony. "We are running to change things - and to do that, you have to govern," BSW state chairwoman Sabine Zimmermann told the Leipziger Volkszeitung newspaper (Monday edition). Her party would also not b ..

Participants hold up a poster with the inscription "School social work" / Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Archiv

Alliance calls for expansion of school social work

An alliance of trade unions, parents' and pupils' councils and the secondary school teachers' association has called for the nationwide expansion of school social work in Saxony. "Media consumption, violence, bullying and stress among children and young people have been on the rise for years," said ..

The new "German National Library" (DNB) lettering shines on a 55-meter-high building of the former German Library / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

German National Library becomes free from the age of 16

Young people aged 16 and over can now use the German National Library's reading rooms in Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main free of charge. Lowering the age limit from 18 to 16 is intended to promote freedom of information and freedom of expression, among other things, the library announced on Wednesday. ..

Visitors to the performance in front of a stage in the city center / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Archivbild

Leipzig promotes courage with festival

The people of Leipzig once again want to set an example for democracy, cosmopolitanism, courage and diversity with a musical and political program. On 30 April, numerous musicians will take to the stage at Leipzig's Moritzbastei for "Leipzig Shows Courage", as the organizers, the socio-cultural cent ..

Cattle are led through the agricultural trade fair "agra". / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Agra 2024 opens: Focus on the future of agriculture

The future of agriculture is on the minds of farmers and politicians at the Agra 2024 agricultural exhibition, which kicked off in Leipzig on Thursday. "The focus is very much on agriculture right now. This also has a lot to do with the farmers' protests we have seen in recent months," said Saxony's ..