More than 10,000 people have now signed the petition, launched on 1 September, entitled ‘The City of the Peaceful Revolution must not become a city of weapons!’. The petition has now been submitted to Leipzig City Council and the Saxon State Parliament, according to the peace initiative “Leipzig bleibt friedlich!”, which organised the petition. It […]
Travnik, a town in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is twinned with Leipzig. This text was written following the local elections, but moves from local observations to a reflection on democracy, political power and social developments in today’s world. The elections are over. Here in Travnik, too. And now we’re back to square one. […]
On Saturday 24 October, under the slogan ‘Together against the deportation frenzy’, initiatives across the country staged protests at the airports in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne, Leipzig and Munich. At the same time, demonstrations took place in other cities, including Bielefeld and Hanover. In total, several thousand people took part in the protests. The protests […]
It wasn’t, after all, a milestone anniversary of the 1989 Monday demonstrations. That’s why the event was on a slightly smaller scale, without the walk around the Ring, featuring light installations in Leipzig city centre. But the 2026 Festival of Light once again drew thousands to the city centre on Friday, 9 October. Along the […]
Starting today, Thursday 8 October, human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists will be meeting in Leipzig for three days. The International Round Table of Revolutionaries runs from 8 to 10 October. According to the organisers, over 70 representatives will be taking part. Only the opening event on 8 October at 7.00 pm and […]
To date, the Free State of Saxony has enjoyed an active landscape of remembrance and memorial sites, supported by public and civil society institutions and stakeholders: the persecution of people during the Nazi era and under the communist dictatorship after 1945 is commemorated in various ways, and academic research into these events is being carried […]
It’s a quick story. The City of Leipzig wanted to sell 5.7 hectares of land close to the city centre to RB Leipzig so that the club could expand its training centre there. RB’s needs were well known, but the solution was, to say the least, surprising. When RB set up in Leipzig, there were […]
It has actually been closed since 26 March. However, the Leipzig Environmental Library is now reopening for a further three months before closing its doors for good at the end of the year. Residents of Leipzig can make use of this free service until the end of the year, Tuesdays to Thursdays from 12:00 to […]
Klett Kinderbuch Verlag is giving away class sets of the award-winning book *Manchmal male ich ein Haus für uns* by Alea Horst and Mehrdad Zaeri. Through this initiative, the Leipzig-based publisher aims to support teachers in engaging children in discussions about the experience of fleeing one’s home – and thereby countering prejudice and stereotyping. The […]
To mark the international Bat Night weekend on 29 and 30 August, NABU Saxony is once again organising a series of events this year. Late summer is a particularly good time to spot bats. At dusk, they go hunting for insects and the young are already able to fly. During evening excursions and hands-on activities, […]
Two people, 695 kilometres and a political question: what happens when people who feel powerless on their own realise that, together, there are quite a lot of them? Since 28 July, Oliver Möller and Simon Kieke have been walking from Trier to Berlin with the citizens’ movement Unfuck Germany. They have been travelling on foot […]
The municipal housing association LWB is planning around 10,900 rent increases for 2026 – an all-time high. This will affect more than a quarter of all LWB tenant households. In 2025, there were 5,362 rent adjustments, and in 2024 the figure had already risen to 9,523. Tenant communities in the south of Leipzig, where there […]
A roof truss fire in Connewitz kept the fire brigade busy for many hours on Tuesday; fighting the blaze proved to be a tough and difficult task. Considering what could have happened, the outcome was relatively mild: one woman required outpatient treatment for smoke inhalation. However, many residents have lost their homes – and two […]
In August 2026, an Asian hornet was spotted in Leipzig-Grünau. This confirms that this invasive insect species has now reached Saxony. The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) was first recorded in Germany in 2014. It is thought that the species arrived in France from overseas as early as 2004 via transport routes and spread rapidly across […]
The Merz government at federal level has proved a major disappointment, particularly for young voters. Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche, in particular, is systematically working to undermine the laws on the energy transition and to slow down the urgently needed restructuring of Germany’s energy supply. However, this summer’s extreme heatwaves are showing all citizens […]
“Our position is clear: we will not simply accept the further expansion of the cargo airport and the associated additional burden on people and the environment. The legal action makes it possible to have the planned expansion plans reviewed by the courts. To ensure that this case does not fail due to the plaintiffs’ lack […]
A special milestone for the Leipzig Volunteer Pass: in June 2026, the 6,000th Leipzig Volunteer Pass was awarded. The anniversary pass was presented to Luise Popp, who has been volunteering as a coach at Roter Stern Leipzig for many years. The award recognises her long-standing commitment to girls’ football and voluntary work in Leipzig. The […]
Leipzig’s street trees, particularly those planted in recent years, are suffering from the drought; the heatwave of the last few weeks in particular has taken its toll on them once again. The ‘Leipzig gießt’ initiative has been running since 2020, with the aim of saving the street trees. The “Leipzig gießt” app has been available […]
If you’re from Leipzig and visit the Kolumba Museum in Cologne, you might well find a book by the Buchkinder Leipzig on display alongside a Warhol in one of the exhibitions. Yes, Kolumba collects the works of the Buchkinder and lists the association, under ‘Artists’, as ‘monographic focal points that particularly define Kolumba’. The works […]
Perhaps this is the worst possible time. But it comes as no surprise: Germany has been in an economic slump for six years. Money is running short everywhere. Local authorities are now groaning under the weight of massive financial strain. But the downturn is not leaving associations and clubs unscathed either. Leipzig’s environmental organisations are […]
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