On Wednesday, the whole of the Czech Republic, with the exception of the Ústí and Moravian-Silesian regions, was placed on the RKI's list of risk areas.  These exceptions had caused some surprise, as they could not be justified by the development of infection rates alone. This is also shown by the current "traffic light" map of the Czech government (see map).

Now it is over: As Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček announced on Twitter, Germany will declare the entire Czech Republic a risk area today. This would have been decided at an extraordinary meeting of several federal ministries.

source: novinky.cz (in Czech)

More about the Corona rules in the Czech Republic and Saxony.

The Saxonian office for early neighbour-language education (LaNa) based in Görlitz has provided the offices of the Euroregions Egrensis, Erzgebirge / Krušnohoří, Elbe/Labe and Neisse-Nisa-Nysa with a neighbouring language kit for free lending. In the suit-case itself are among other things folders " pedagogical tools " in addition many suggestions, in order to discover the neighboring country with the children.  With a variety of impulses, the pedagogical work in the day-care centers in the area of early neighborhood education in the border region can be improved.

If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Richter, telephone 0351 - 48 28 78 15 or by e-mail richter@elbelabe.eu.

Information on these play and learning materials can be found in the materials library at https://www.nachbarsprachen-sachsen.eu/de/materialpool.

 

Due to the sharp rise in the number of infections and the resulting increasing difficulties in tracing infection chains, the Czech government also set all four districts in the Elbe/Labe Euroregion (Ústí, Děčín, Teplice and Litoměřice) to the second highest corona warning level on September 18th. According to the traffic light symbolism applied there, they therefore appear yellow.

The number of new infections in the last 7 days, which is important for German decision makers, is also very high. In the district of Ústí it was 137 - calculated per 100,000 inhabitants. In Germany, the first measures are taken from 35 onwards, from 50 it's getting serious.

Due to these developments, it is expected that the whole of the Czech Republic will soon be declared a risk area by the Robert Koch Institute. Travellers from the Czech Republic would then have to be quarantined in Germany, including return travellers who have only been in the Czech Republic for a short time.

source: website of Czech Ministry of Health

More about the current corona rules in Saxony and the Czech Republic can be found here.

Trotz der Einschränkungen aufgrund der COVID-19-Situation trafen sich am Freitag 150 sächsische und tschechische junge Sportler und ihre Trainer in Bílina, um ihre sportliche Stärke zu testen.

Aufgrund der in der Tschechischen Republik geltenden Beschränkungen fanden die Spiele diesmal nur in drei Grundsportarten statt: Fußball - Jungen, Volleyball - Mädchen, und Leichtathletik für gemischte Mannschaften. In jeder Sportart gab es vier Teams in traditionellen Farben, das LABE-Team in Blau, das ELBE-Team in Grün, das KRUŠNOHOŘÍ in Rot und das Team ERZGEBIRGE in Gelb.

Die Sportler wurden durch den Hauptmann des Bezirkes Ústí Oldřich Bubeníček und die Bürgermeisterin von Bílina, Frau Zuzana Schwarz Bařtipánová, sowie Herrn Lipský, Geschäftsführer Euroregion Labe, begrüßt.

Beim idealen Wetter begannen die Einzelwettbewerbe um 11 Uhr in den Stadien FK Bílina, AK Bílina und in der Grünen Halle in der Tyršová-Straße.

Die Leichtathletik beendete ihre Wettkämpfe (60 m, Distanz, Ball, 4x60 Staffel, 800 m und 4x800 m Staffel) als erste. Anschließend endete das Fußballturnier. Erfahrungsgemäß am längsten dauerten die Wettkämpfe beim Volleyball.

Ergebnisse:

Fußball

1. Erzgebirge
2. Labe
3. Krušnohoří
4. Elbe

Leichtathletik

1. Erzgebirge
2. Krušnohoří
3. Labe
4. Elbe

Volleyball

1. Krušnohoří
2. Labe
3. Elbe
4. Erzgebirge

Den Gesamtsieg hat die Euroregion Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří gewonnen.

Am 11.09.2020 hat der binational besetzte Lokale Lenkungsausschuss der Euroregion Elbe/Labe in der Außenstelle des Umweltzentrums Dresden e.V. grünes Licht für deutsch-tschechische Projekte im Grenzgebiet gegeben. Mit einer EU-Förderung von rund 35.600 EUR werden vier Vorhaben finanziell unterstützt.

Genauere Informationen zu den bewilligten Projekten finden Sie hier.