Lusatian Serb to become first minister of Saxony
The new first minister of the German state of Saxony will be Lusatian Serb Stanislaw Tillich, the country’s first non-German head of a federal state.
Thursday, 29.05.2008.
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The new first minister of the German state of Saxony will be Lusatian Serb Stanislaw Tillich, the country’s first non-German head of a federal state. Last weekend, Tillich (49) was elected head of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) provincial committee, following the resignation of Georg Milbradt who is suspected of abuse of powers. Lusatian Serb to become first minister of Saxony Since 2007, Tillich has been Saxon minister of finance, but despite his lofty position, he continues to live in the small Lusatian village of Neudörfel. The number of Lusatian Serbs living in Saxony, the province with the most vibrant economy among the former GDR states, has fallen to 100,000, the majority of whom live on the Czech-Polish border between the Laba and Niesse rivers. Today, less than 100,000 Serbs live in the Lusatia region of Saxony. Their conflict with the German government over financing their culture and providing education in their mother tongue is about to culminate in the next couple of days, in anticipation of which they are preparing a protest in front of the Bundestag in Berlin.
Lusatian Serb to become first minister of Saxony
Since 2007, Tillich has been Saxon minister of finance, but despite his lofty position, he continues to live in the small Lusatian village of Neudörfel.The number of Lusatian Serbs living in Saxony, the province with the most vibrant economy among the former GDR states, has fallen to 100,000, the majority of whom live on the Czech-Polish border between the Laba and Niesse rivers.
Today, less than 100,000 Serbs live in the Lusatia region of Saxony.
Their conflict with the German government over financing their culture and providing education in their mother tongue is about to culminate in the next couple of days, in anticipation of which they are preparing a protest in front of the Bundestag in Berlin.
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