"Life dedicated to democracy": former Federal President Gauck receives freedom prize of the media

Theologian, pastor, co-initiator of the ecclesial protest movement in the GDR and Federal President for five years: Joachim Gauck looks back on a moving vita. The 85-year-old now receives the Peace Prize of the media for his "untiring use as bridge builder, conciliator and fighter".

Democracy under pressure An evening that echoes: Around 800 guests, about 620 of them via the Volkshochschule Bamberg-Land, followed on Thursday, March 20, the invitation to read and talk...

This year, former President Joachim Gauck will receive the Freedom Prize of the Media. According to the Weimer Media Group, the prize will be awarded "for his untiring commitment to democracy and freedom"; the award ceremony will take place on 7 May at the Ludwig Erhard Summit on Lake Tegernsee. The event will run until 9 May and could thus still fall into the period of coalition negotiations and government formation in the federal government. I…

Gmund am Tegernsee - Gorbachev, Kasparov, Selenskyy, Juncker - the freedom prize of the media has so far been awarded to many special personalities. This year, too, the prize winner is included in the prominent list.