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Rammstein singer Till Lindemann is expected to be the guest of honor at the Leipzig Opera Ball. The 62-year-old is on the VIP list along with around 40 other people from society, politics and business, the organizers announced. Violinist David Garret ..
There is a shortage of foster families in Saxony. "Many places are desperately looking for them," said Nora Köhler, spokesperson for Diakonie Sachsen. The current situation is critical and there is an "acute shortage". Especially in the three major c ..
The number of officially registered prostitutes has risen in Saxony in recent years. At the end of 2024, 988 prostitutes were registered with the authorities, according to an answer from the Ministry of Social Affairs to a question from Green Party m ..
Hundreds of people celebrated the 4th Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Görlitz - accompanied by a demonstration by right-wing extremists. Under the motto "Acceptance, Love, Equality!", the CSD participants marched through the border town and also to t ..
Up to 720 people celebrated Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Döbeln. At the same time, a counter-event by right-wing groups with around 90 people took place in the town in central Saxony, according to the police. Although the gatherings were largely p ..
35 years after German reunification, East Germans are comparatively rare in executive positions: Their share of management positions grew from 10.9 to 12.1 percent between 2018 and 2024, according to Elisabeth Kaiser (SPD), the Commissioner for Easte ..
Saxony's food banks can now submit applications for the 400,000 euros in funding. The funds can be used for investments, for example in logistics or occupational health and safety, the Ministry of Social Affairs announced. "I am delighted that we wil ..
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 ..