Jacqueline Hausotte has carved itself into a male domain. Eight years ago, the Leipzig native founded a stonemasonry business. Now she stands between gravestones and granite blocks, the company dog strolls across the yard. Proportion of women in the start-up sector is 20 percent Hausotte’s stonemasonry business is now the largest in Leipzig. But the … Read more
Number the number of foreclosures is still comparatively low A foreclosure usually occurs when owners can no longer pay their loan. Last year, 1,197 applications for compulsory auctions were submitted to the district courts in Saxony, and 847 in Saxony-Anhalt. No figures are yet available from Thuringia. Compared to the previous year, the increase is … Read more
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
Thursdays It’s first aid day in the after-school care center at the Miriam Lundner Elementary School in Halberstadt. Aliya, Mia and numerous of their classmates sit in a circle around a large red blanket on the first floor with teacher Torsten Volkmann. Mia is now lying in the middle on the blanket. She remains motionless. … Read more
Love made her famous: Ira von Fürstenberg became known as a 15-year-old child bride, made a name for herself as an actress, model, society lady and is said to have conquered the heart of Prince Rainier of Monaco in later years. Now the princess has died in her native Rome at the age of 83, … Read more
At Federal Construction Minister Klara Geywitz said on Monday that three construction funding programs are important for the severely weakening construction industry: “Every funding euro triggers orders in the tradesmen’s books and stimulates domestic demand. It is precisely these impulses that we need now.” Managing Director of the Main Association of the German Construction Industry, … Read more
Domestic violence – what to do, how to help? Affected women usually talk to people they trust in their social environment about their experiences. It is all the more important that the environment reacts in a supportive manner. React sensitively and in solidarity Take a stand, condemn the violence and show your solidarity with the … Read more
The Saxon economy is in stagnation. As the current IHK survey on the economy showed, the overall business situation has deteriorated. The The reasons for this lie in the falling demand and the persistently high costs, it was said. The chambers had based the survey presented on Tuesday under the motto “Stagnation instead of upswing”. … Read more
The Leipzig team started extremely strong, put pressure on them right from the start and used their third good chance to take an early lead: Benjamin Sesko broke through on the left and passed to Xaver Schlager, whose cross pass landed at Xavi, who received the ball with outstanding technical skills and turned in Box … Read more
In Dresden on Sunday, hundreds took to the streets against right-wing extremism and for democracy. In the afternoon they marched through the old town with posters and banners such as “Colorful against Brown”, “Vote out nationalism” and “Nazis out of parliaments”. According to the police, around 950 people took part in the demonstration. There were … Read more