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Due to a registered bicycle demonstration, traffic restrictions will occur in the Jena city center on Tuesday evening. Motorists should expect short-term closures and delays along the planned route.
A new citizen’s petition in Jena-Winzerla aims to bolster support for the planned construction of a community center. Initiated by former district mayor Friedrich-Wilhelm Gebhardt, the petition has successfully gathered signatures to demonstrate local approval.
Jena, 02.03.2026 – The Jenaer Schulstreikbündnis is mobilizing for a city-wide protest next Thursday. The demonstration focuses on the current political debate regarding a possible reintroduction of compulsory military service.
The Oberlandesgericht Jena has ordered the US corporation Meta to pay 3,000 euros in damages for the secret and groundless tracking of internet users’ browsing behavior, which included the collection of sensitive health data.
Jena, March 02, 2026. The GalaxSea leisure pool will close its doors for an expected period of one and a half years starting June 2, 2026. The facility will undergo comprehensive renovation and modernization costing 24.4 million euros, with a future focus increasingly oriented toward the needs of families.
Jena, 02.03.2026. A large-scale rear-end collision involving six vehicles caused significant traffic disruptions in the south of Jena on Monday morning. Police have closed the busy Stadtrodaer Straße outbound and are redirecting traffic.
The Jena Criminal Police are turning to the public with a renewed appeal for witnesses following a violent robbery in Paradiespark last November, during which a garment with a suspected political message was stolen.
A conflict between a water sports enthusiast and an angler escalated on the Saale in the southern city area on Monday. The incident culminated in an attack with a slingshot on the water.
Starting in the upcoming winter semester, the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena will introduce the so-called rural doctor quota for human medicine studies. The application phase for the new admission process in Thüringen has officially begun.
Researchers at the Universität Jena have made a spectacular discovery in the natural science collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A 40-million-year-old ant was found in a piece of amber. A current science podcast now highlights the extensive investigations of the fossil.