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News from Saxony

In its latest annual report, the State Investigation Agency takes stock of safe food from Saxony. (Archive image) / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Authority: Food from Saxony is safe

The state testing institute in Saxony checks around one million samples every year. The majority of these concern milk. The complaint rates are still low.

Saxony has been able to reduce the duration of asylum procedures (archive photo). / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Saxony speeds up asylum procedures

The large number of asylum procedures is also putting a strain on the administrative courts in Saxony. An "asylum summit" was held in March to discuss how to ease the burden on the courts. The first results are now available.

There were particularly many days of absence in social professions. (Symbolic image) / Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

More absences due to flu and colds

A wave of colds caused many days of absence from work in Saxony in the first half of the year. Overall, however, the sickness rate was lower than in the previous year.