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It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Marek Chełchowski, who passed away on 9 August 2025 in Wrocław at the age of 68 ...

The next meeting of the Serbski Sejm will take place on Saturday, 14 June 2025, in Chóśebuz/Cottbus   ...

The ‘Jan Skala’ prize was awarded for the first time on the occasion of the constituent meeting of the 2. Serbski Sejm ...

The newly elected Sorbian/Wendish members of parliament began their political work in a festive atmosphere ...

The inaugural assembly of the Sorbian/Wendish Parliament will take place on 12 April 2025 from 1 to 6 p.m. in Łaz/Lohsa, Germany ...

On 8 March, the votes cast for the election of the 2nd Serbski Sejm were publicly counted in Nebelschütz under the direction of the election commission ...

There are only a few days left until the end of the election to the 2nd Serbski Sejm ...

On January 29, at a press conference in the German-Sorbian Folk Theatre, important Sorbian/Wendish persons addressed their appeal to the Sorbian/Wendish people to participate in the election to the 2nd Serbski Sejm ...

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From now on, profiles and photos of the candidates can be viewed on the registration page ...

Serbski Sejm and Domowina local group Njebjelčicy/Nebelschütz in the spirit of the Sorbian community ...

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the death of Jan Skala  the Serbski Sejm and the Domowina local group Njebelčicy/Nebelschütz invite you to a memorial event ...

New Sorbs/Wends councillors have been elected in Brandenburg and Saxony ...

At its meeting on 10 December 2024 in Nebelschütz, the election commission for the election of the second Serbski Sejm decided on the nominations of candidates received ...

On 26 October 2024, the 45th session of the Serbski Sejm took place in Bautzen Castle Theatre. The session discussed a number of important topics relating to the future of Sorbian/Wendish institutions and the Sorbian/Wendish community ...

The Serbski Sejm has extended the deadline for nominating candidates for the election to the 2nd Serbski Sejm by 6 weeks ...

The general meeting of Smy e.V. took place on 11 September in Njebjelčicy/Nebelschütz ...

The OMNIBUS FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY has started its tour through Lusatia in Kamjenc/Kamenz ...

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On 29 June, the Sorbian/Wendish parliament Serbski Sejm met for its session in the „Pearl of Lusatia“ ...

On 12 May, the call for elections to the 2nd Serbski Sejm was announced in Běła Woda/Weißwasser by the previously appointed election commission ...

Ceremonial election call for the 2nd Serbski Sejm with family festival on 12 May in Weißwasser

On Saturday evening, 11 May, a special charity concert will take place in the Hafenstube in the Telux socio-cultural centre in Weißwasser ...

On 12 April, the member of the Serbski Sejm Dr Měrćin Krawc / Dr Martin Schneider and the managing director of Willkommen in Bautzen, Astrid Riechmann, met with the representative of the Democratic Self-Government of North and East Syria in Germany, Khaled Davrisch, in Budyšin/Bautzen ...

The Serbski Sejm looks back very favourably on the first series of the „Serbska debata“.

Regarding he discussion held on 20 March 2024 the present representatives of the Serbski Sejm look back with mixed feelings ...

On 20 March 2024 from 7 p.m., Hajko Kozel / Heiko Kosel, as a member of the Serbski Sejm, will take part in the 3rd Serbska debata ...

The Serbski Sejm Election Committee is presenting the draft key points for the election of the 2nd Serbski Sejm 2024 in Upper Lusatia and Lower Lusatia ...

The Serbski Sejm looks forward to participation and a fruitful exchange

Dialogue between the Serbski Sejm and the Council for Sorbian Affairs of the Free State of Saxony

Members, friends and guests of the Serbski Sejm, which emerged from the first democratic parliamentary election of the Sorbian/Wendish people in 2018, experienced a highly interesting and moving ceremony to mark its fifth anniversary on 17 November 2023 ...

The Serbski Sejm was constituted five years ago on 17 November as the first democratically elected Sorbian/Wendish parliament in Slepo/Schleife ...

Following the invitation of the Committee on Education of the Serbski Sejm, about 20 representatives of various institutions active in Sorbian/Wendish education, teachers and committed private persons met ...

Ceremony and outlook on the 2nd legislature

Dear parents, teachers and those active in pedagogy and educational policy ...

The Sorbian question is made a topic by the lawyers of Serbski Sejm.

Overwhelming exchange of experiences at the autonomous German-speaking Community of East Belgium

A team of International lawyers engaged by Serbski Sejm set out relevant legal remedies and points of claim against the Federal Republic of Germany for disregarding fundamental minority rights and send letter to the Federal Ministry of Interior (BMI).

As part of the LUSATIA GLOW programme, Serbski Sejm and the Slavonic Europe Foundation will meet with the East Belgian Government in Eupen, Belgium on 29 September 2023 and visit the European Parliament in Brussels: A political mission of the Sorbian/Wendish Parliament to explore European models of democratic self-government in the field of educational and cultural autonomy. - Limited places available, registration possible until 28 August 2023.

The Sorbian/Wendish parliament has the following to say about the will of some Brandenburg municipalities to leave the Sorbian settlement area ...

International consortium of lawyers calls on German government for dialogue with Serbski Sejm after ultimatum for rights of Sorbian/Wendish people expires

The Serbski Sejm announces legal action against the Federal Republic of Germany after expiry of the ultimatum - International consortium of lawyers takes the floor

Ultimatum of the Sorbian parliament expires - Federal and state governments still have four days to react

Der Serbski Sejm plant ein länderübergreifendes EU-Pilotprojekt „ARTE-Ost“ - das Ultimatum an die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, das am 23. Juni 2023 abläuft, wird an Inhalten festgemacht ...

On 22.04.2023, the Serbski Sejm met in the Lědy/Lehde community centre ...

Serbski Sejm issues ultimatum to government: Immediate recognition of the indigenous rights of the Sorbian people! Criticism of the Sorb Report of the Saxon State Government

The Serbski Sejm criticises Bundestag debate on the Language Charter: Denying substantial indigenous rights and effective legal protection while making fine Sunday speeches is not acceptable ...

Herbert Wehner House in Dresden, 22 February 2023

Participation in the session of the Serbski Sejm is also possible online.

Successful discussions on cross-border projects and parliamentary structural change in Lusatia

On 4 February from 10 a.m. the Serbski Sejm will meet in Budyšin/Bautzen in the rooms of the Sorbian National Ensemble ...

The election of the new Saxon members of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Sorbian People by the umbrella organisation Domowina - Bund Lausitzer Sorben e.V., which is organised according to the law of associations, on 13 January 2023 ended in a scandal  ...

Unknown perpetrators have grossly damaged or carried off a total of four Christ crosses near Wittichenau/Kulow ...

On 12th of November, the Serbski Sejm will celebrate its 4th anniversary ...

The session of the Serbski Sejm on 08.10.2022 unfortunately has to be cancelled due to illness.

The Serbski Sejm expects a sense of responsibility and fidelity to the contract from the diocese management.

On 10 September, the Serbski Sejm met in Drachhausen, at the „Goldener Drachen“, for a lively exchange of ideas ...

Participation in the session of the Serbski Sejm is also possible online.

Sejm work is in the spirit of the founders; one-sided funding and unfounded blanket refusal are unlawful.

International Conference & Offices Inauguration DRESDEN – BAUTZEN / BUDYŠIN

On 1 July members of the Serbski Sejm visited Hoyerswerda's Lord Mayor Torsten Ruban-Zeh and the city's project manager for economic development Diana Karbowa ...

On 12 April, representatives of the Serbski Sejm met with the party and parliamentary group leaders of the Saxon SPD ...

After many months of coronat-related online sessions, the first presence session of the aorbian/wendish Parliament took place on 2 April in Trjebin/Trebendorf ...

The LUSATIA GLOW initiative for European integration was presented to the public on 8 February at the Press Club Brussels Europe ...

In order to develop its international relations, a delegation of the Serbski Sejm visited the Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium ...

The LUSATIA GLOW initiative on European integration, developed under the leadership of the Serbski Sejm and the Brussels-based SLAVONIC EUROPE Foundation, aims to actively strengthen European regional cultures as a connecting element between EU member states ...

On 8 January 2022, the 29th regular session of the Serbski Sejm took place ...

On 23.11., the Legal Committee of the Serbski Sejm, together with Prof. Stefan Oeter from the University of Hamburg, organised an online seminar entitled „Cyrkwinsko-statne zrěčenja jako přikład za serbske samopostajowanje a samorjadowanje?“ („Church-State Treaties as a Model for Sorbian/Wendish Self-Determination and Self-Government?“) ...

Miłoraz/Mühlrose must not be senselessly destroyed

On Thursday, 23 September, SPD candidate for the Bundestag Kathrin Michel, visited representatives of the Serbski Sejm in Nebelschütz ...

The advisory committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) of the Council of Europe ...

The minister took part in a public discussion in the Serbski Dom ...

At the beginning of June, a group  tried to give a visual impression of the work of the Serbski Sejm, but unfortunately failed ...

In a ceremonial act  the old age president, Edith Pjeńkowa, signed the declaration document ...

In a letter to the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and to the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, the Serbski Sejm - the parliament of the Sorbian/Wendish people - welcomes the fact that the Federal Republic of Germany is facing up to its history ...

In the past months, the Serbski Sejm has intensively dealt with the concrete design of the future democratic self-determination of the Sorbian/Wendish people ...