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Friday, 31 July 2026: Fridays for Future criticises ‘completely misplaced outrage’, tennis gets underway at the Leipzig Open, flat burglaries

The climate activists from Fridays for Future wanted to counter this feeling of powerlessness. That is why they had spontaneously called for a demonstration today. The Leipzig Open, on the other hand, had been planned for some time. The biggest women’s tennis tournament in eastern Germany has also risen even further in prestige. It kicked […]

Klimaprotest vor der Thomaskirche Leipzig, 14.11.2025. Foto: Jan Kaefer
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Criticism of the fossil-fuel-dependent federal government: Fridays for Future Leipzig is organising a demonstration on the Sachsenbrücke on 31 July

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 […]

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Former Environment Minister Wolfram Günther speaks out in support of ‘Capi’: ‘It must be a taboo!’

On Thursday, over 2,000 people demonstrated in support of preserving the Capa-Wäldchen – known as the ‘Capi’. Among them was the former Saxon Minister for the Environment and Deputy Minister-President, Wolfram Günther (Greens). A native of Leipzig, he has been concerned about the fate of the floodplain forest for decades. “It’s like my living room,” […]

Demo-Zug vom Kleinmessegelände zum Lindenauer Markt am 25. Juni. Foto: Thomas Puschmann
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Capa Grove under threat: Over 2,000 people demonstrated on Thursday evening against its sale to RB Leipzig

Leipzig’s environmental policy has always been rather weak in recent years. People were happy to rest on the back of the fine-sounding word ‘compensation’, even though this ‘replacement’ usually took place somewhere else – often even outside the city limits – and therefore did absolutely nothing to benefit biodiversity or climate protection within the city […]

Das Projekt „LZ TV“ (LZ Television) der LZ Medien GmbH wird gefördert durch die Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien. Diese Maßnahme wird mitfinanziert durch Steuermittel auf Grundlage des vom Sächsischen Landtag beschlossenen Haushaltes.

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