Living with our neighbours "face to face" instead of "back to back". The Euroregion Elbe/Labe brings people along the Saxon-Czech border together. Our goals are to build mutual trust and to promote cross-border cooperation in all fields. More...
Applications for small projects with an unverifiable number of participants
We are pleased to announce that as of today, July 19, 2024, our application system for projects with a non-verifiable number of participants will be activated!
Previously, only small projects with a verifiable number of participants could be funded. Now projects without a verifiable number of participants are also possible, ideal for e.g:
Former Hejtman competes again - 10 years of the National Park Railway celebrated - Sculpture exhibition on July 27 in Řehlovice - Germany not so unpopular with the Czechs
In the Czech districts (meaning "kraj", sometimes also translated as "region"), the regional representatives and thus indirectly also the respective Hejtman, i.e. the highest post, will be newly elected on September 20 and 21. In the Ústí district, there will definitely be a change in the hejtman, as the previous incumbent Jan Schiller from the ANO will not be standing again. He wants to become a senator. Instead, the ANO is sending the primátor (mayor) of Chomutov, Marek Hrabáč, into the race and is likely to have the best chance of winning the election.
There is a surprise on the left: on the one hand, the Communists (KSČM) and Social Democrats (ČSSD) are running together and, on the other, they are fielding a very familiar face in Oldřich Bubeníček (KSČM). He was Hejtman of the Ústí district from 2012 to 2020 and was very popular.
Celebrating 10 years of the national park railroad
On July 5, Dolní Poustevná and Sebnitz celebrated the 10th anniversary of the closing of the gap between the two towns and the National Park Railway, which has been running between Děčín and Rumburk via Bad Schandau ever since. To mark the occasion, the "Lužickohorský rychlík" train, which normally runs from Prague to Mikulášovice at weekends, was extended to Sebnitz. There was a varied program in Dolní Poustevna, including Ivan Mládek, who became famous in the 1970s with funny songs such as "Jožin z bažin" or "Prachovské skály".
This weekend, an international sculpture symposium will begin at the Řehlovice Cultural Center near Ústí nad Labem with the theme "Artificial intelligence - curse or blessing?" This year marks the 25th edition of the symposium. Around two dozen artists from the Czech Republic, Germany and around the world will express in sandstone how they perceive the influence of modern technologies on society.
The results will be presented to the public at the Řehlovice Cultural Center on 27 July. If you don't know the place yet, you should definitely go there(see this map).
The Czech opinion research institute STEM has been regularly investigating the attitudes of the Czech population towards selected countries for years. In this year's survey, Austria emerged as the winner for the first time, just ahead of Slovakia, which usually comes in first place. China, Russia and Palestine were at the bottom of the list by a wide margin.
Germany was rated 1 or 2 by 55% of respondents, placing it in the middle of the field. This is hardly a change compared to recent years, but a clear improvement compared to the 1990s (see chart). The average score of 2.4 is also in the - very broad - midfield.
Czech-speakers can find the results on the STEMwebsite .
On our own behalf: Two-week break
Due to vacation and the usual summer break, the newsletter will now take a two-week break. We will be back in August and wish you a great summer until then!
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Annual pass for Schlösserland Sachsen on offer for just 48 euros
The schlösserlandKARTE for 1 year, which gives you free admission to 40 castles, palaces, gardens, parks, monasteries etc. in Saxony, is currently available for just 48 euros (instead of 60).
The schlösserlandKARTE gives you free entry to 40 palaces, castles, gardens, parks, monasteries etc. in Saxony, including many highlights such as Königstein, Moritzburg and Pillnitz.
The digital annual pass is currently available for just 48 euros (instead of 60). The promotion is valid until August 10, 2024 and is sponsored by Sachsenlotto.
1. The digital ticket requires the "Schlösserland erleben" app, which is available for Android or iOS.
2. You can buy a digital schlösserlandKARTE for 1 year in the app. If you enter the promotional code #Sachsenlotto in the field "Rabattcode eingeben" (enter promotion code) during the purchase process, the annual pass will appear as an additional offer for 48 euros.
3. The duration of the schlösserlandKARTE begins with the first visit. So you can buy it until August 10 and activate it later.
Two children up to and including the age of 16 accompany the cardholder free of charge. Events and guided tours are excluded.
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, the 35th meeting of the General Assembly of the Voluntary Association of Municipalities of the Labe Euroregion took place at the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem.
The Assembly of Members of the Labe Euroregion is the supreme body of the Euroregion. The exclusive responsibilities of the Assembly of Members of the Labe Euroregion include, among others
reviewing and approving the Council's annual report on the activities of the EL, approving the EL budget for the coming year and determining the amount of regular membership fees
(This is an automatic translation by DeepL Translator.)
The production of this newsletter is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.
The schlösserlandKARTE gives you free entry to 40 palaces, castles, gardens, parks, monasteries etc. in Saxony, including many highlights such as Königstein, Moritzburg and Pillnitz.