1. Die Deutsch-Französische Jugendzeitung „EXTRA“ ist eine Beilage der Saarbrücker Zeitung des Républicain Lorrain und des Tageblatt. Wie oft erscheint diese Beilage, und wann hat dieses Projekt begonnen ?

Das Projekt wurde im September 2004 zunächst mit der Saarbrücker Zeitung und dem Républicain Lorrain lanciert. Mit dem europäischen Kulturjahr der Grenzregion Saarland-Lothringen-Luxemburg 2007 begann die Partnerschaft mit der luxemburgischen Tageszeitung Tageblatt. Im Saarland wird Extra auch noch von 20Cent vertrieben, so dass die deutsch-französisch-luxemburgische Jugendbeilage in drei Ländern synchron mit einer Auflage von 400.000 Exemplaren erscheint.

Edited version of an interview with Alfred Lang, Director of the Research Society Burgenland in Eisenstadt and Wilfried Schmidt, Director of the Adult Education College of Saarbrücken, focusing on the project “Cross-Border Education / Adult Education in European Border Regions” (www.crossborder-education.net

The project consortium consists of representatives from adult education institutions located in nine European countries. On what basis do the various parties contribute to the project?

The idea was to bring together various adult education institutions in order to create a single project. The different institutions share the following fundamental characteristics:

• They are located in a European border region
• They conduct their activities in this region
• They are active in the field of adult education.

This had led to the involvement of a wide range of professional and non-professional institutions with wide-ranging experience of cross-region cooperation.

Thomas Hochleitner

Czech Specialist for the “Fachverband Moderne Fremdsprachen” / “Gesamtverband Moderne Fremdsprachen Bayern” (Bavarian Association of Modern Foreign Languages) (GMF) Acting Head of the Vocational Colleges Department at the “Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung” (State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research)

in conversation with Albert Raasch, Saarbrücken / Molfsee

For the newsletter of the COMENIUS Project “LAB – Language and Borders”

Commitment to German-Czech youth exchanges

Thomas Hochleitner, you have worked actively for many years to create links between German and Czech young people. We would like to thank you for being willing to talk to us about your initiatives and experiences.

Siegfried Wack
Mayor of the Border District of Ueckermünde,
President of the German-Polish Society of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

In discussion with Albert Raasch, Saarbrücken / Molfsee

A personal and political life dedicated to the struggle to overcome borders in Europe

As a respected mayor, Herr Wack, you have actively struggled in a variety of ways and shown outstanding commitment for many years in the fight to overcome borders in Europe, first on the Franco-German and later the German-Polish border. We would like to thank you for being willing to be interviewed about your activities and experiences.