Education – Around 6,000 young Ukrainians at Brandenburg’s schools – Education

Education – Around 6,000 young Ukrainians at Brandenburg’s schools – Education

Pupils who have fled Ukraine are counted as minors with Ukrainian citizenship and non-German country of birth who have been admitted to Brandenburg since March 1, 2022, after the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine. 460 young people from Ukraine at a high school in Brandenburg In mid-June this year, almost 3,000 pupils attended … Read more

Coal phase-out: How Lusatia benefits from EU billions

Coal phase-out: How Lusatia benefits from EU billions

Status: 16.08.2024 15:29 For a year now, companies in Lusatia have been able to apply for direct funding from the EU’s “Just Transition Fund”. This is intended to help cushion the negative effects of the coal phase-out. How well is it working? Enrico Frühling, managing director of Stylework, is happy with the new CO2 laser … Read more

GDR Cinema: Defa Foundation: The Cross in the Right Place

GDR Cinema: Defa Foundation: The Cross in the Right Place

Love instead of hate: Actor Jaecki Schwarz filming a crime thriller Photo: dpa/Hendrik Schmidt “You don’t hear much good about this person,” says actress Jenny Gröllmann in her role as Margot Kunze. Jaecki Schwarz, who played her husband Dieter at the time, reacts in the DEFA feature film “Isabel on the Stairs” with the words: … Read more

Political education: AfD member triggers debate with statements to students

Political education: AfD member triggers debate with statements to students

Pupils explore the state parliament and also speak to members of parliament – such political education formats are considered to be tried and tested. For Brandenburg AfD MP Dennis Hohloch – himself a teacher – a discussion with primary school children has a sequel. He spoke to 9- to 12-year-olds about gang rape and migration. … Read more

Broadband growth: From Schwerin to New York

Broadband growth: From Schwerin to New York

In November 2017, WEMACOM Broadband GmbH signed its first grant settlement for funded broadband growth. The primary three challenge areas have now reached 38 – within the areas of Ludwigslust-Parchim, North-West Mecklenburg, Rostock and Prignitz. A big a part of this huge infrastructure challenge has already been accomplished when it comes to civil engineering and … Read more

Local weather activists accused of forming a legal group

Local weather activists accused of forming a legal group

Assaults towards the PCK oil refinery, the airport and the Monet portray: The general public prosecutor’s workplace prosecutes members of the Final Era and sees a legal group at work. The Public Prosecutor’s Workplace in Munich has additionally been investigating 5 local weather safety activists from the group Final Era for greater than a 12 … Read more

2023: Mibrag Coal Production Drops by 30% – Transition Towards Sustainability

2023: Mibrag Coal Production Drops by 30% – Transition Towards Sustainability

2023: Mibrag produces 30 percent less coal than in the previous year Zimmer climbs the drop down a metal staircase. The wind blows in his face. The conveyor belts whir constantly. But the impression of uniformity is deceptive. In 2022, during the energy crisis, Mibrag produced around 17 million tons of coal. Last year it … Read more

Demystifying Bedřich Smetana’s Legacy: A Look Beyond the Pedestal

Demystifying Bedřich Smetana’s Legacy: A Look Beyond the Pedestal

No great historical figure escapes it. The public places it on a pedestal and it becomes a monument to inertial worship. Saturday’s 200th anniversary of Bedřich Smetana’s birth is an opportunity to demystify his legacy and remember what he actually means to Czech culture. “For people, it is a myth that we either condemn or … Read more

Berlin Volleys Face Uphill Battle in Volleyball Champions League Quarter-Final Second Leg Against Itas Trentino

Berlin Volleys Face Uphill Battle in Volleyball Champions League Quarter-Final Second Leg Against Itas Trentino

Berlin (dpa) – Without too many illusions, the Berlin Volleys will play in the quarter-final second leg of the Volleyball Champions League at Itas Trentino on Thursday (8.30 p.m.). The burden of the 3-0 home defeat against the Italian champions in the first encounter is too heavy to seriously believe in reaching the semi-finals. “We … Read more

Brandenburg in Bohemia. Ostrava presents the opera that Smetana wrote after returning from abroad

Brandenburg in Bohemia.  Ostrava presents the opera that Smetana wrote after returning from abroad

A year after the death of King Přemysl Otakar II. takes place in Brandenburg in Bohemia, the revival of which was presented by the Moravian-Silesian National Theater this Thursday. Bedřich Smetana’s first opera brings the audience closer to the atmosphere of the 13th century, when Brandenburg Margrave Ota Brandenburg invaded Bohemia, completely devastated it and … Read more