Discussions about the need to abolish the Hartz IV unemployment benefit due to its ineffectiveness have been ongoing in Germany for over a year. Instead of Hartz IV, it is proposed to introduce a…
Who earns the most in Germany? Experts from the German Economic Institute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft) compared salaries of specialists with higher education for 2017. Doctors lead the top…
Starting a sole proprietorship in Germany is very simple, and you can obtain a permit for as little as 15 euros. DW explains the most important steps at the initial stage. Let's consider the simplest…
Identity card and passport are the two main documents of a German citizen. Moreover, the identity card (Personalausweis) is one of the most important documents for Germans. It is a card that…
The insurance market in Germany offers a rich assortment: from mobile phone insurance to disability insurance. Therefore, the first recommendation: before concluding a contract with an insurance…
In Germany, alcoholic beverages are sold everywhere: in stores, kiosks, catering establishments, and gas stations. And judging by statistics, residents of Germany readily take advantage of the wide…
About a third of Germany's residents have an organ donor card. The government plans to significantly increase this number by making serious changes to donation practices, which would make every…
China is planning to officially abandon all birth restrictions. In doing so, the state will drastically change its policy in this regard, offering its citizens to have as many children as possible…
When the Swiss village of Albinen offered to pay people to move there, the world took notice. The mountain village was literally buried in an avalanche of applications. Now the authorities have…
As reported in early August by the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) in response to a request from the Left Party faction in the Bundestag, the difference in hourly and…
Sweden can boast great successes in the field of gender equality. Swedish fathers have the right to parental leave, and almost half of Swedish parliamentarians are women. However, there are also…