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Everyday life

Main rules for giving flowers

If you need to choose a gift that is always appropriate, universal, suitable for any person and can be given on any occasion, it is best to choose flowers. They can be given as a single stem or as…

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Education

Estonian Language: Some Features

Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. It is related to Võro, Votic, and Finnish, the latter spoken on the other side of the Gulf of Finland. It is also distantly…

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Shopping

How to Choose a Jacket for Winter Tourism and Outdoor Activities

The requirements for clothing for tourism and outdoor activities are higher than for everyday items, because it must be practical, providing maximum protection from adverse natural factors, and not…

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Law zone

Germany Counts Its 'Night Butterflies'

According to data from the end of 2018, about 32,800 women in Germany officially earn a living by selling their bodies. The results of the census of prostitutes were published by the Federal…

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Everyday life

Burghers increasingly value marriage

"Till death do us part" – this phrase from the wedding liturgy has a literal meaning for most Germans entering marriage: 69 out of 100 German marriages last a lifetime and end with the death of one…

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Immigration

Asylum Seeker Mafia

Almost five thousand migrants are applying for asylum in Germany for the third time. Over a thousand are doing so for the fourth time, and nearly three hundred for the fifth. How do deportees manage…

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Work

How to 'package' language in a resume

Knowledge of German is a widespread requirement on the German labor market. A recent study by the German Economic Institute (IW) showed that foreigners with good German skills sometimes have even…

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Integration

Where expats live well

For the sixth year in a row, analysts at InterNations, the world's largest expat community, have been observing life abroad. At the end of the year, they publish a ranking of countries by popularity…

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Education

German universities are free, but not always

North Rhine-Westphalia decided not to introduce tuition fees for students from non-EU countries. Where do they charge foreigners and when is higher education in Germany really free?

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Immigration

Language test made harder for migrants

The Czech Ministry of the Interior plans to make the Czech language exam harder for foreigners seeking permanent residence (trvalý pobyt) in the country. This was reported by the Denik portal.

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