First Aid Day at Miriam Lundner Elementary School: Children Learn Life-Saving Skills

First Aid Day at Miriam Lundner Elementary School: Children Learn Life-Saving Skills

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

Saxony-Anhalt: State parliament should declare emergency situation due to Corona special funds | MDR.DE

Saxony-Anhalt: State parliament should declare emergency situation due to Corona special funds |  MDR.DE

Only then will it be possible to finance around 60 measures and implement them in the coming years. The catalog of measures includes, among other things, the procurement of technology for the digitalization of all rescue equipment, large equipment for hospitals, digital assistance in schools and the extension of hardship aid. The measures were actually … Read more

Magdeburg City Council Approves Million-Dollar Loan to Cover Personnel Cost Increase

Magdeburg City Council Approves Million-Dollar Loan to Cover Personnel Cost Increase

Magdeburg has to take out another million-dollar loan. The reason is sharply increasing personnel costs, which are not covered by the budget for 2023, according to a resolution submitted to the city council. This involves an amount of around eight million euros, of which 5.4 million is attributable to inflation compensation money alone. This money … Read more

Discover the Best Events and Trips for the Long Weekend in Saxony-Anhalt

Discover the Best Events and Trips for the Long Weekend in Saxony-Anhalt

Many people in Saxony-Anhalt start October with a long weekend: Because Tuesday, October 3rd is German Unity Day, Monday is a popular bridging day. But the weekend also has a lot to offer for everyone who doesn’t have four days off. We’ll show you which events you can attend and where a trip is worth … Read more

The Importance of Cultural Education for Young People and the Threat of Budget Cuts

The Importance of Cultural Education for Young People and the Threat of Budget Cuts

Wiechell says that young people often deal with topics that are important to them. With questions and challenges, such as climate change. And through cultural offerings, find opportunities to deal with these questions artistically and aesthetically. “It’s all about questioning, being critical and also trying to find solutions so that you can get involved.” Ultimately, … Read more

Corona Pandemic Leads to Shortage of Lifeguards, Large Bathrooms Employ Their Own

Fewer lifeguards by Corona The lack of lifeguards in Wittenberg recently meant that the Reinsdorf lido no longer exists. It has been converted into an “open bathing area” with no jetty, slide or bathing island, for which no entrance fee is charged. Because of the corona pandemic, hardly any training had taken place for three … Read more

“The Disappearance of Inga: A Chronicle of the Search and Investigation”

Chronicle Inga Am On May 2nd, 2015, the Gehricke family celebrates a barbecue with friends in Wilhelmshof near Stendal. After 6 p.m. everything should be prepared for the joint barbecue. Inga should also help. Inga’s mother senses that her daughter is no longer there. “It’s as if a rubber band had torn,” she says in … Read more

Director of Magdeburg University Children’s Hospital Steps Down Due to Limitations in Pediatric Medicine Field

The Magdeburg University Children’s Hospital loses its director. As a spokeswoman announced, Denis Schewe will leave the clinic at the end of 2023 in agreement with the board. Due to the “currently difficult nationwide conditions in pediatric and adolescent medicine”, the possibilities for Schewe as a specialist for blood and cancer diseases in children are … Read more

New Teachers and Police Officers to Receive Largest Share of Record Budget Approval | MDR.DE

Die On Wednesday, the opposition criticized what they believed to be the wrong focus. The left spoke out in favor of more money for swimming pools, hospitals, universities and a hardship fund for needy pensioners. Jan Moldenhauer from the AfD criticized spending on “gender nonsense” and refugees and called for more deportations. Green parliamentary group … Read more

The State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt Aims to Assess Political Measures Regarding Corona, Reports MDR.DE.

Linke sees considerable need for clarification Die The then black-red-green state government deliberately left parliament out of the decisions to contain Covid-19, criticizes Eva von Angern, leader of the Left Party in the state parliament. That led to very questionable decisions, with far-reaching consequences for the citizens. For example, according to Eva von Angern, there … Read more