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Several hundred people celebrated Christopher Street Day (CSD) on the streets and squares of Zwickau. The organizers estimated the crowd at up to 800 people. According to the police, everything remained peaceful until the afternoon. There were no reg ..
Parents in Saxony have to wait an average of almost two months for their application for parental allowance to be processed. In the first half of 2025, the average processing time was 56 days - in 2020 it was 43 days. This was the result of a survey ..
Sometimes a family festival, sometimes an excursion, sometimes a joint waste collection campaign - the Initiative Buntes Waltershausen organizes all of these in the "Spatz" cultural pub. The project from the small town in Thuringia has now won first ..
In the opinion of Dietrich Bauer, the head of Saxony's Diakonie, the state should see independent welfare organizations more as partners in shaping the welfare state. "We have a nose for where things are most urgent," said the 65-year-old senior chur ..
Diaconia Saxony is calling for more effective measures to combat homelessness. Last year, 3,439 people in the Free State sought support from Diakonie services, a figure that has remained at a high level for years, according to Diakonie. Around half o ..
Leipzig's population has risen more sharply in the past two years than recently forecast. This is according to the latest evaluation of the population forecast, as announced by the city. At the end of 2024, 632,562 people were living in the trade fai ..
The Saxony specialist service center wants to use a poster campaign to draw attention to the challenges faced by family caregivers and the support services available. The occasion is the Day of Caring Relatives on September 8, as announced by the Sax ..
The head of Diakonie in Saxony, Dietrich Bauer, bemoans a brutalization of social debate. "There is a certain mercilessness in society," he told the German Press Agency. Verbal attacks on politicians are increasing, especially on social media. They a ..
Despite headwinds from the CDU and CSU, the Social Democrats want to stick to the Self-Determination Act, which only came into force last year. "I clearly reject blanket tightening or a reversal of the law," said Falko Droßmann, queer policy spokespe ..
Proschwitz Castle near Meissen is defending itself against abuse and appropriation by the AfD. During the current election campaign for the chief seat in Meissen town hall, the AfD took photos and filmed footage for their election commercials on the ..
Long-term unemployed people are usually dependent on individual care and special support when looking for a job. This is one of the findings of a study conducted in collaboration with the Diakonischer Landesverband. "The central question was: Why do ..