Stories from Ulm · Germany

Jonas Gleick, 27, has become the youngest district administrator in Bavaria and one of the youngest in Germany. This status has quickly brought him media attention. Gleick views his position as a positive sign of a generational shift in politics, evident not only in Kulmbach district but also among other district administrators and mayors. A district administrator is retiring after 16 years in that role.

Agriculture Ministers Michaela Kaniber of Bavaria and Peter Haug of Baden-Württemberg signed the Ulmer Declaration at the South German Biogas Summit in Ulm.

Biogas plant operators in southern Germany are meeting to issue the Ulmer Declaration. The group is calling on the federal government to make the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) amendment more biogas-friendly.

Five activists known as Ulm Five are being held in pre-trial detention. The group includes members Dan, Crow, Vai, Leandra, and Morel. The activists originate from Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Five individuals in Germany, referred to as the 'Ulm 5', have been imprisoned for nearly a year for protesting an arms manufacturer allegedly supplying a genocide. This action is described as the German version of UK trials against Palestine Action.