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News from Saxony

A Qatar Airways plane stands ready at Leipzig Airport. / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Dobrindt sends first deportation flight to Afghanistan

Germany is deporting Afghan nationals to their country of origin for the second time since the Taliban took power in August 2021. As confirmed by a spokeswoman for Alexander Dobrindt's (CSU) Federal Ministry of the Interior, a plane is taking off from Leipzig airport this morning with 81 people on b ..

Close to nature: boat trips for tourists are now also available again in the Edmundsklamm gorge / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Popular Edmundsklamm gorge reopens

The fascinating Edmundsklamm gorge has been closed for safety reasons since the forest fires in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in summer 2022. Now the first boat trips are set to begin again.