There were massive disruptions on the ICE route Erfurt – Munich on Saturday morning. According to Deutsche Bahn, an ICE stalled on a valley bridge near Groß Breitenbach in the Ilm district in the morning due to drive damage. According to information from the German Press Agency, it was the Oelzetalbrücke, which spans the valley … Read more
Thuringia wants to spend more money on theaters and orchestras in the future. From 2025 onwards, expenditure should gradually increase – from the current 85 million to 115 million euros in 2032. This emerges from a cabinet decision presented by Minister of Culture Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff (left) on Tuesday in Erfurt. However, 2028 should be renegotiated. … Read more
Erfurt (dpa/th) – New subject, more options, fewer performance checks: Thuringia’s Education Minister Helmut Holter (left) wants to reform school regulations. With the introduction of the subject “media education and computer science” at secondary schools, the timetable changes fundamentally. This is provided for in a draft for new school regulations that Holter presented in Erfurt … Read more
The German Weather Service (DWD) has issued severe weather warnings for heavy thunderstorms in the western region of Thuringia. The warnings come as a result of the current weather conditions and are aimed at keeping the public informed and safe. According to the DWD, the warnings are categorized into different levels, with Level 1 being … Read more
Kind writes on the Instagram channel of the Rhineland-Palatinate police According to MDR THÜRINGEN research, two messages from a child on the Instagram social network last year have sparked an investigation. The child allegedly wrote on the Instagram channel of the Rhineland-Palatinate police that he possessed a gun and even posted a corresponding picture shortly … Read more
Erfurt (dpa/th) – Of the teachers who were hired for an unlimited period in Thuringia in the first half of the school year, about a quarter were lateral entrants. This emerges from figures from the Ministry of Education, which are available to the German Press Agency. According to this, between the beginning of the school … Read more
Graz (AP) – The handball players from Thüringer HC and Borussia Dortmund missed the final in the European League. In front of around 1100 spectators on Saturday afternoon in the Sportpark Graz, THC lost in the first semi-final against Ikast Handbold with 26:31 (10:17). The Thuringian women’s best thrower was Nathalie Hendrikse with ten goals. … Read more
The small town of Nyírmártonfalva, just under 30 kilometers from Debrecen, has a new attraction that is now nationally known: the treetop path without trees. Like the Hungarian investigative portal Transparent reports, the municipality received the equivalent of around 160,000 euros in EU funding for the project, which, in addition to the “treetop path”, also … Read more
Thuringia’s Tonna correctional facility (JVA) is running out of prison officers, said staff councils during a visit by Justice Minister Doreen Denstädt (Greens). Although there are currently candidate courses from which 40 new law enforcement officers will emerge by the end of the year, this is not enough, according to the JVA. Officials should be … Read more
For the first time, IG Metall Suhl-Sonneberg agreed two in-house collective agreements with the employer for the 161 employees of Lenkungstechnik Willi Elbe GmbH & Co. KG in Rippershausen, which will come into effect retrospectively on February 1, 2023. “In a total of 16 rounds of negotiations since November 2021, we agreed with the employer … Read more