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Paulina Ließner is in her second year of training as a painter and varnisher at a company in Dresden / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

"Everyone needs craftsmen"

Paulina Ließner prefers a paintbrush to a laptop. Across Saxony, interest in apprenticeships in the skilled trades is on the rise - despite digitalization and AI. Or is that precisely why?

Saxony's AfD party and parliamentary group leader Jörg Urban accuses the government of cutting staff in the state at a snail's pace (archive photo). / Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

AfD considers timetable for staff cuts inadequate

The AfD accuses the Saxon government of moving at a snail's pace with the planned staff cuts. According to the AfD, everything needs to happen much faster without weakening schools, courts and the police, for example.

Saxony wants to continue training fruit tree keepers in order to preserve orchards throughout the state. (Archive image) / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Saxony trains fruit tree keepers

Orchard meadows are also a refuge for protected animal species. But without care, the old fruit trees collapse. A training course teaches how to do it properly.

The number of people in need of care in Saxony is growing rapidly, but the number of trainees for specialist nursing professions has also risen significantly this year. (Symbolic image) / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Nursing training figures on the rise

In view of the growing number of people in need of care, Saxony urgently needs skilled workers to care for those affected. They are also being sought abroad. The training market is optimistic.

An oversized candle arch at the 591st Dresden Striezelmarkt is brightly lit for the opening / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Dresden Striezelmarkt opens for the 591st time

Shortly before the first Advent, the oldest Christmas market in Germany reopens in the heart of Dresden. Tens of thousands will flock there every day in the coming weeks - with consequences for traffic.

In Dresden, 325 new master craftsmen received their master craftsman's certificates (archive photo). / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Saxony has 325 new master craftsmen

An emotional moment after a tough apprenticeship: In Saxony, a new generation of tradespeople is ready and waiting. There are urgent appeals to politicians to fulfill their hopes.

Conductor Sir Donald Runnicles has his official inaugural concert as chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday. (Archive photo) / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Sir Donald Runnicles' inaugural concert in Dresden

The Scot Sir Donald Runnicles has been chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra since the beginning of the season. His official inauguration now takes place - naturally with works by two of his compatriots.