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A plate of millet soup stands on a table / Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Archiv

Saxony wants to promote healthier out-of-home catering

Canteens in Saxony are to offer people healthier, more regional and organic food in future. "In canteens and school catering with their tight budgets, it is still a great challenge to cook regionally and bioregionally," said Saxony's Minister of Agriculture Wolfram Günther (Greens) on Wednesday at t ..

A pupil speaks up while the teacher writes on the blackboard. / Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa/Symbolic image

Recording the workload of teachers

The GEW is also calling for teachers to record their working hours. A study commissioned by the union proved that they are burdened by non-work activities - the Ministry of Education now wants to know exactly.

Maximilian Krah, top candidate of the AfD for the European elections, speaks at an election event. / Photo: Stefan Puchner/dpa

Krah confirms searches of ex-employees

The AfD's lead candidate in the European elections, Maximilian Krah, has confirmed that the recent searches in Brussels and Strasbourg were directed against a former employee - who, however, no longer works for him. "Because it is misunderstood: There was no search today in an office that belongs to ..

View of the solar modules at the Zeithain solar park / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

95-hectare solar park inaugurated in the district of Meißen

It covers an area equivalent to around 133 soccer pitches and can supply around 25,000 households with green electricity every year: the Zeithain solar park was opened in the district of Meißen on Wednesday. "The new photovoltaic plant in Zeithain is an important component of our energy transition," ..

An open pack of cigarettes lies on a table. In Saxony, the proportion of smokers is slowly but steadily declining / Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

Smoking rate in Saxony continues to fall

The number of smokers in Saxony is slowly but steadily decreasing. Young people in particular smoke significantly less often than they did 20 years ago. Smoking rate among men and women declining. Health effects and financial consequences.

Volleyball, Women: Bundesliga, Dresdner SC - SSC Palmberg Schwerin, main round, matchday 10, in the Margon Arena / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Symbolic image

Lorena Fijok strengthens Dresden volleyball players

The Dresdner SC volleyball players have announced another new signing. As the six-time German champions announced on Tuesday, Slovenian international Lorena Lorber Fijok has joined the team. The 21-year-old moves to the Elbe from Greek first division club AO Thiras and signs a one-year contract."Lor ..

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, speaks at the European Youth Festival "Fête de l'Europe" on the Neumarkt in front of the Frauenkirche / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Macron speech in Dresden: "We must defend Europe"

Macron regularly makes pleas for a strong and sovereign Europe. He rarely receives as much cheering as he did in front of thousands of young people in Dresden. And he has an important message ahead of the European elections.

An ambulance on the road. / Photo: Lino Mirgeler/dpa/Symbolic image

Two women slightly injured in rear-end collision in Plauen

Two women were slightly injured in a rear-end collision in Plauen. On Monday afternoon, a 35-year-old female driver rear-ended the car of a 20-year-old woman in front of her, probably due to carelessness, police reported on Tuesday morning. According to the information, both suffered minor injuries ..