Toni Kroos receives Order of Merit: Celebration at the Volksstadion Greifswald!

Toni Kroos receives Order of Merit: Celebration at the Volksstadion Greifswald!

There is currently an exciting reason to celebrate in Greifswald: Toni Kroos, the soccer star and native of Greifswald, will be awarded the State Order of Merit of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on July 18, 2024. This honor will be presented at a festive event in the Greifswalder Volksstadion, with numerous young footballers from the region taking part in the celebration. Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig will personally present the award, and at this event she expressed her enthusiasm for Kroos' outstanding commitment both in sport and socially.

Kroos, former soccer world champion and six-time Champions League winner, recently announced the end of his career, which is scheduled for after the home European Championships in the summer of 2024. He himself is very happy about the award and emphasizes that it is not only based on his sporting successes, but also honors his ties to his homeland. According to Greifswald.de, Kroos is particularly involved through the Toni Kroos Foundation, which, among other things, supports the Lighthouse outpatient children's and youth hospice service in Greifswald.

A look at the local news situation

But it's not just football that worries people in Greifswald. There was recently a groundbreaking decision at the Greifswald Administrative Court: the expulsion of two ninth-graders from the Fischerschule was temporarily declared invalid. This came after an incident in which a student showed a white power gesture in a video, which led to the reprimand. However, the State Education Authority has already lodged a complaint against this decision, reports Ostsee Zeitung.

In another remarkable news, a police officer, Dan R., remains on duty despite illegal data requests after no serious misconduct could be proven against him. These data queries took place between 2018 and 2019 but were not disseminated. This causes discussions in the public space because it is about trust in the police.

Awards and discoveries

Less controversial, but just as exciting, is the recent award of Anna-Henrikje Seidlein, a former nurse. She was honored with an ethics prize for her research at the University of Greifswald. Their contributions to healthcare stand out from the crowd and show how important the nursing field is to science.

In addition, the discovery of a message in a bottle causes excitement. Clint Buffington found this on the beach in the Caribbean, which was thrown into the sea by Jörg Wanke from Heringsdorf in 2015. Buffington intends to contact the sender of the message in a bottle, which makes Wanke very happy. This shows that even a message in a bottle can bridge many years and distances.

To mention another exciting point of local reporting: The finalists of the OZ Firefighter Hero/Firefighter Heroine 2025 campaign have been announced. There were almost 5,000 votes cast, which shows how much anticipation there is for this award and how much the population supports their firefighters.

Overall, one can say that Greifswald currently has a mixture of honors, legal disputes and interesting discoveries to offer that are a topic of conversation. It remains exciting to see how the city and its citizens will develop in the near future.