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Archive — January 2021

Real estate

Own housing – for half of Germans

Thanks to historically low interest rates on bank loans, especially mortgages, the dream of one's own four walls has become accessible to more residents of Germany. Nevertheless, for the first time…

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Education

How foreign languages are taught in Germany

How is the study of foreign languages in Germany, to what extent and how is it taught in German schools? The answer to this question is not clear-cut. The fact is that education, including school…

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Visas

Best Passports for Travel in the World (2021)

The International Air Transport Association and the British consulting agency Henley & Partners have published their annual visa restrictions ranking, the Passport Index 2021. It shows how freely…

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Education

The Biggest German Dictionary

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (Wilhelm und Jacob Grimm) are known to everyone from childhood. But there is another work that scholars worked on for many years. Unwieldy and multi-page – the…

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Country guide

A Nation Raised on Milk

How did a nation that in the mid-19th century was considered one of the shortest in Europe become the tallest in the world, surpassing the former leaders – the Americans? Moreover, this happened…

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Integration

Language Assistance for Foreigners

Throughout this year, the Czech educational authority intends to refine the new parameters of the system for supporting the teaching of the Czech language to children of foreigners. After all…

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Analysis

UK without EU: life after divorce

With the arrival of 2021, the United Kingdom has finally left the European Union, freeing itself from the need to comply with the rules mandatory for the remaining 27 member states. These norms have…

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