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Where in the Czech Republic it is good to live: city ranking

Říčany is the best place to live in the Czech Republic in 2019 in terms of quality of life. This conclusion was reached by the authors of a study conducted in 206 largest Czech cities and towns by…

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Migration stress test

The influx of refugees in 2015 proved to be a real test for Germany. How Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government coped with it was assessed in a special report by German experts. A special place…

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Planet Heading Toward Aging

According to the UN, at the end of 2018, the number of people who have crossed the age threshold of 65 surpassed the number of those under 5 years old. There are currently about 705 million people…

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Movement – to the West

According to various estimates, about 10% of able-bodied Ukrainians have gone abroad for work, mainly to Poland. However, some European experts believe there is more benefit than harm in this. What…

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Poles choose between work and pension

Recent years have been a period of significant reform of pension systems in various countries around the world. The reasons are generally common: pension systems in different countries have faced…

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Ukrainians earn money

Ukraine is the largest recipient of international remittances in the Europe and Central Asia region, receiving a record $14 billion in 2018. These data were released by the World Bank on Monday…

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Between isolation and emigration

The share of Russians who say they want to emigrate from the country has not changed significantly in recent years and does not exceed 20% of the adult population of Russia. The number of those who…

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Poles fear losing Ukrainians

Poland is the most popular EU country for labor migrants from Ukraine. However, there are fears that Ukrainians will head to Germany in search of better earnings, where a new law is being prepared to…

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Germany helps refugees

According to a UNESCO report titled 'Migrants, displaced persons and education: building bridges, not erecting barriers', for the period 2016-2020, Berlin additionally allocated a very substantial…

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Army of Labor Migrants

Builders, bankers, musicians, taxi drivers: the global army of labor migrants is expanding and has already exceeded 164 million people. Of these, two-thirds have moved to wealthy countries, and now…

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Comfortable Five Cities

The annual Economist Intelligence Unit ranking examines 140 of the world's largest cities, compiled based on a study of more than 30 important factors affecting the comfort of living – such as…

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Fathers and Children of German Problems

"Immigration is the mother of all our problems," German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said last week. Social Democratic colleagues in the ruling coalition immediately attacked the head of the…

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