German contest to live in depopulated Soviet-era city proves global hit

21/08/2025 16:08 The Guardian

Eisenhüttenstadt offered spacious central flats rent-free for two weeks in effort to attract valuable professionalsAn innovative contest by a city in formerly communist east Germany to curb depopulation by offering a fortnight of free housing has stunned local officials with its success.The competition drew more than 1,700 applications from around the world to try living in Eisenhüttenstadt, a Soviet-style planned city on the Polish border, near Berlin, which was built around a steel plant in the aftermath of the second world war. Continue reading...

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Nato leaders must ‘not be naive’ about any potential Ukraine deployment, says head of German soldiers’ union – as it happened

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Israel keeps up military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive – as it happened

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Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of ‘giant’ trees as temperatures rise

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21/08/2025 15:00 The Guardian

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Italian police arrest Ukrainian man over Nord Stream pipelines blast

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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

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Immigration raid in New Jersey results in dozens of warehouse workers detained

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Eden Project wildflower centre issues climate warning as it marks 25th year

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Trump steps back from Russia and Ukraine peace talks for now, sources say

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‘Proxy war’ – Turkish TikTok makeup row exposes tensions with German diaspora

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Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land

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European leaders scrambled to shield Ukraine in high-stakes Trump talks – but did they?

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Texas threatens to sue organizations and doctor for increasing abortion pill access

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Polish army believes drone that exploded in eastern Poland was launched from Russia – as it happened

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Hurricane Erin pounds US east coast as residents brace for ‘life-threatening’ waves

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