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Saxony
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SPD Faction Demands Consequences Over AfD Extremist Classification in Lower Saxony
The deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Sonja Eichwede, is demanding consequences following the…
Greens Lawmaker Calls for Joint Review of AfD Ban After Lower Saxony Designates Party as Extremist
Following the elevation of the AfD in Lower Saxony by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution…
Saxony Premier Urges Increased Use of Local Brown Coal Power Amid Empty Gas Stores and Rising LNG Imports
In light of dwindling gas‑storage levels and rising imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas, State Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has urged…
Unemployment climbs in Lower Saxony and Bremen as seasonality kicks in
In January the number of people out of work rose in both Lower Saxony and Bremen compared with the…
Lower Saxony Proposes Linking Pensions to Work Years
The debate surrounding Germany’s impending pension reform is intensifying, with Lower Saxony’s Minister President Olaf Lies advocating for…
Saxony Leader Dismisses AfD Dialogue
The discourse surrounding potential cooperation between Saxony’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the far-right Alternative for Germany…
Lower Saxony Backs VW CEO Amid Crisis
Lower Saxony reaffirms its commitment to Oliver Blume as Volkswagen CEO amidst ongoing crisis, despite mounting pressure and…
Saxony Chief Warns Against Weak Federal Coalition
The possibility of a minority government at the federal level is raising serious concerns within the Christian Democratic…
Saxony Eyes Tougher Sick Leave Rules
Saxony’s Leader Proposes Sweeping Reforms to Boost German Competitiveness, Sparking Debate Saxony’s Minister-President Michael Kretschmer is pushing for…
Mobile Brothels See Slight Rise in Germany’s Lower Saxony
The number of mobile brothels operating on roads within the German state of Lower Saxony has seen a…
Helicopter Crash Shocks Saxony
Reports are emerging of a helicopter crash near Grimma, in the Leipzig district, with debris located in the…
Saxony Urges East Germany Focus in Military Buys
Following a recent decision by the German Federal Cabinet to expedite procurement processes for the Bundeswehr (German Armed…
SPD’s Olaf Lies Wins the Top Job in Lower Saxony in a Landslide!
New Minister-President Elected in Lower Saxony, Germany Hannover, Germany – Olaf Lies, a member of the Social Democratic…
Lower Saxony Doubts Legality of Border Returns Amid Reduced Migration
Niedersachsen’s Minister of Interior, Daniela Behrens, expresses skepticism about the legality of new border refusals for asylum seekers.…
Schuster Defends AfD Members from Unwarranted Scrutiny in Saxony.
Saxon Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) announces that despite the nationwide assessment of the AfD as a “confirmed…
CDU Lower Saxony Urges Merz to Boost Ties with Federal States
Niedersachsens CDU-Landesvorsitzender Sebastian Lechner has recommended that the newly designated Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) intensively engage with…
Lawmaker’s ‘Frontal Attack’ Claim Against Police Rocks Saxony
A Saxony state parliament member, Nam Duy Nguyen, has announced that he will file a criminal complaint against…
MAGDEBURG’S DEADLY SECRET Escaped in Saxony?
The Magdeburg attacker has apparently been moved to a correctional facility in Saxony on Monday. The Ministry of…
Mario Voigt, the Unlikely Saviour of Saxony?
Mario Voigt has been elected as the new Minister-President of Thuringia. The CDU politician received 51 of 88…