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The Lord Mayor of Radebeul, Bert Wendsche (non-party), will remain President of the Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities (SSG) for a further four years. He was unanimously elected at a meeting of the state board on Friday, the SSG announced. ..
Dresden lowers temperature in public buildings and switches off decorative lighting
While there is already a thaw in the lower regions of Saxony, the alpine ski season has started on the Fichtelberg. But how long will the white splendor last on Saxony's highest peak?
Christmas is a time for reflection. During this time, the tax authorities should refrain from taking measures that could be perceived as inappropriate.
Christmas market operators should pay more money to be able to play music. They see this as a threat to their markets - and want to draw attention to their demand with silence on Monday.
The mining parades in Saxony are the traditional highlight of Advent and attract thousands of onlookers every year. Around 3800 people are involved in the associations to present mining and metallurgical traditions and bring joy to people's hearts.
Experts from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service are alerted to a suspected bomb in Plauen
At the Lusatia Festival, local identity is supposed to meet internationality. But the concept is becoming a bone of contention between regional artists and the management. A well-known author finds clear words.
Chemnitz will receive a further five million euros this year for the preparation of the Capital of Culture 2025 program. The government reached an agreement on this in Dresden on Tuesday. The Free State is thus increasing its contribution to the Capital of Culture year to a total of 25 million euros ..
The Christmas market season opened in Saxony on Monday. The Free State is particularly known for its unique Christmas craftsmanship, from Erzgebirge arts and crafts to Dresden Christmas stollen and Herrnhut stars, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Monday. Highlights in many cities are ..
The election of the next mayor of Pirna must be decided in a second round. In the first round of voting on Sunday, the candidate put forward by the AfD, Tim Lochner, received the most votes, but clearly missed the required absolute majority with 32.9 percent, as the city announced on its website in ..
Passengers on Dresden's public transport system (DVB) can now see how full their streetcars or buses will be before they set off. A corresponding automatic passenger counting system has been installed in the vehicles, as the DVB announced on Friday. The display in the timetable information on the In ..
The financial resources for structural development in Lusatia are secured, despite the federal budget crisis. Funding remains unaffected and is legally secured by the Coal Phase-out Act.
The municipalities in Lusatia are concerned about the precautionary blocking of financial commitments by the federal government, as this could lead to delays in projects.
The closure of the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) due to the federal budget crisis could have an impact on planned projects in Dresden.
The Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities (Sächsischer Städte- und Gemeindetag - SSG) has lamented the increasing financial deficits of local authorities and called for additional funding for refugee costs, among other things.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warns that the war in Ukraine is losing the focus of public attention and that Putin's aim is for the world to forget about Ukraine. Germany will not get used to Russia's war of aggression.
Kiev's mayor Vitali Klitschko expresses concern about the coming months and describes the current situation in Ukraine as uncertain.
The Regional Monitoring Committee for the Central German Mining District has endorsed six structural change projects in the Leipzig region, for which applications for 36.4 million euros are to be submitted to the federal government.
The tree for this year's Christmas market in Leipzig comes from Torgau. After many trees from the Vogtland region had been used in the past, this year the search for a tree was successful in Leipzig and the surrounding area, the city of Leipzig's market office announced on Monday.According to the in ..
The restoration of the closed Störmthaler Canal in Leipzig's Neuseenland region remains a long way off. First of all, a feasibility study should now be commissioned to clarify whether and how the stability of the lock structure can be restored, the mining reclamation company LMBV announced on Wednes ..
The additional costs for the energy and transport turnaround are pushing the budget in Leipzig and other municipalities to its limits. The mayor is calling for financial support from the federal and state governments.
In the nationwide Stadtradeln competition, Leipzig took third place this year behind Berlin and the Hannover region. The trade fair city has never done so well before, the city administration announced on Friday. The approximately 18,000 participants cycled more than 3.5 million kilometers from Sept ..
People with less money are to be able to buy the Deutschlandticket in Leipzig more cheaply from next year. Instead of 49 euros, they are to pay 29 euros. The difference is to be paid from the city budget, the city administration announced on Friday. The opportunity is to be created for holders of th ..
A total of 145.5 million euros will be used to promote urban development in 112 locations in Saxony. Half of the money comes from the federal government and half from the state budget, as the regional development ministry in Dresden announced on Friday. It is available to the municipalities proporti ..
A total of 145.5 million euros will be used to promote urban development in 112 locations in Saxony. Half of the money comes from the federal government and half from the state budget, as the regional development ministry in Dresden announced on Friday. It is available to the municipalities proporti ..
After the short-term cancellation of the traffic trial on the Blue Wonder in Dresden, the bike path will now be installed next spring. As the city of Dresden announced on Monday, the contracted road construction company can no longer facilitate a date in October. From November to March a marking of ..
Due to bad weather prospects, the city of Dresden has postponed the planned installation of a cycle path on the Blaues Wunder.
The Saxon state capital Dresden has, according to its own information, repelled a cyber attack. During the attack on Thursday morning, access to the city government's website was severely restricted, a spokeswoman said. Dresden.de was eventually disconnected from the Internet as a precaution, she sa ..
Beautifully grown, dense and at least 25 meters high - among other things, with these requirements Kultour Z is now looking for more than ten weeks for a beautiful conifer for the Zwickau Christmas market. In addition to its own search measures, the Kultur, Tourismus und Messebetriebe Zwickau GmbH i ..
From 2024, the permanent exhibitions of Leipzig's municipal museums are to be free of charge. The possibility of increasing prices for special exhibitions remains.
The rising number of asylum seekers is posing considerable problems for local authorities, says Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer.
Three months before the fourth Advent is for the Canalettomarkt in Pirna also this time a Christmas child sought. For the successor of Hannes can apply girls and boys between five and eleven years, as the organizers announced on Wednesday. "The Christmas child should be bright, cheerful and outgoing ..
For decades, households and businesses in Chemnitz have been supplied with heat and electricity from lignite. This will end in 2024. But the energy supply will still not be climate-neutral.
In Nordhausen, Thuringia, a neck-and-neck race between the incumbent and the AfD candidate is emerging in the mayoral election after more than half of the voting districts have been counted. The AfD politician Jörg Prophet was after counting 31 of 42 voting districts on Sunday evening exactly equal ..
The state parliament has cleared the way in favor of the counties and municipalities affected by enormous cost increases. On Wednesday, the majority of the members of parliament decided to amend the laws on municipal financial equalization.
The largest waterworks in Dresden will be renovated in the coming months. The measures start this week and will last until January 2024.
Dresden wants to secure its future water supply and is planning a new water system including a river power plant on the Elbe. The total investment should be more than 320 million euros, the administration announced on Thursday. The state capital is thus responding above all to the huge water require ..
The state of Saxony and the European Union will support 36 municipalities in the Free State in the coming years in urban development with about 186 million euros. With the money, they can further improve housing and living conditions in previously disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, the Ministry of R ..
To save Leipzig's floodplain forest, the city and the Free State of Saxony are tackling a new nature conservation project. By November, a so-called project outline should be submitted to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, said Environment Minister Wolfram Günther on Tuesday. With the suppor ..
Leipzig was literally beside itself on Sunday. Because many people wanted to see the blasting of a huge chimney with their own eyes.
The city of Hoyerswerda receives about 14 million euros for structural change projects from the Free State. The comprehensive renovation and expansion of the Nikolai Ostrowski youth clubhouse into the Neustadtforum will be funded with 8.2 million euros from the Investment Act for Coal Regions, the r ..
Jacket or pajamas, evening dress or nightgown? This is the question facing concertgoers in Chemnitz this weekend. The future garage campus of the European Capital of Culture 2025 is hosting a sleep concert.
Freiberg's mayor Sven Krüger has defended his controversial appearance at a lavish ball in St. Petersburg, Russia. On the one hand, help is needed for war refugees, and on the other hand, dialogue is needed to reach peaceful solutions, the nonpartisan local politician said Thursday at a city council ..
The city harbor in Leipzig is being expanded. For just under 15 million euros, the harbor basin will be built by 2026, as well as a promenade and a pedestrian bridge, as the city announced on Wednesday at the start of the work. In addition, more berths for excursion ships and private boats will be c ..
The mayors of eastern German cities see the Germany ticket from 2024 before the end. The reason is enormous additional costs for public transport in the coming years, for which the federal government has so far refused to provide financial compensation, Leipzig's mayor Burkhard Jung (SPD) said on Tu ..
A buzz of languages and delicacies from all over the world: Thousands of people also turned the seventh Dresden Gastmahl into a colorful society on Monday afternoon. Along a nearly 600-meter-long table across the Elbe on the Augustus Bridge, Dresdeners, newcomers and guests of the city sampled favor ..
In February, Federal Economics Minister Habeck was in Lusatia. He promised further talks. Six months later, municipal representatives are now meeting him in Berlin. And have some demands.
Five years after the racist riots in Chemnitz, several hundred people demonstrated against right-wing violence. Under the motto "No Forgetting, No Forgiving, No Ending", the Chemnitz Nazi Free Alliance had called for a rally on Saturday followed by a procession. The police had prepared for an operat ..
Time and again, the town signs of Bad Düben have been stolen. The spa town is now trying a special solution. Borrowing instead of stealing is now the order of the day.
Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space, came from the Vogtland region. In his homeland, an exhibition on space travel attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. Now the museum is being expanded at a cost of millions.
In the 2023/24 season, the Theaterbetriebe der Stadt Leipzig will offer audiences the opportunity to determine the ticket price themselves for selected events.
Three months after the introduction of the Deutschlandticket, the transport associations in Saxony are drawing a positive conclusion. Passenger numbers increased significantly in many places - especially on the route between Dresden and Leipzig.
After more than two years, an expert opinion was prepared on the cause of the damage to the canal to Lake Störmthal in the Leipzig Neuseenland.
The Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) criticizes the Harley-Davidson meeting in Dresden. The event with high exhaust pollution seems out of time in an overheated city.
Dresden has developed a comprehensive heat manual containing recommendations for institutions and citizens. It is intended to serve as a basis for the development of a heat action plan.
The main project, the European Apple Tree Parade, a planned highlight of Chemnitz as European Capital of Culture 2025, has been put on hold. Stefan Schmidtke, executive director of the program, announced Friday that the project will be redesigned in the area of "Living Neighborhood" by the end of th ..
The Dresden Elbhangfest planned for 2023 was canceled by the organizing association. Despite a rescue operation, the necessary basic funding could not be secured, so that the general meeting on Tuesday voted against holding the 31st Elbhangfest. According to the association, only 8,700 of the requir ..
WITH the end of the energy-saving ordinance, many cities in Saxony are switching the lights back on. Buildings and monuments are thus once again clearly visible at night.
Saxon counties and independent cities are to receive one million euros each on Friday as funding for the energy transition. The so-called "climate millions" are allocations for investments in the areas of climate protection, energy transition and climate adaptation, announced the Saxon Energy Minist ..
The Chemnitz City Council has decided to introduce an accommodation tax for visitors. The tax is to be introduced at the turn of the year, the city announced Wednesday. It is to be levied in hotels, motels, inns, guesthouses, vacation accommodations and campgrounds.Full-year guests are to pay five p ..
The association as organizer of the Dresden Elbhangfest is in a financially critical situation due to the sluggish advance ticket sales for this year's event and warns of the cancellation of the traditional spectacle. Only by selling 12,000 tickets by April 15 can the staging of the festival be secu ..