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Everyday life

Everyday life

Germans pleased with prices

Germans traveling abroad have probably noticed that life in many neighboring countries is more expensive than at home. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the price level in Germany was only…

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Cheaper Among the Expensive

Political currents are constantly changing, various global factors push our world now in one direction, now in another, and those cities and capitals that until recently were considered too expensive…

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The "Three Pillars" of the Swiss Pension System

Switzerland is gradually sliding into a full-fledged pension crisis, given the declining birth rate and increasing life expectancy in the country. The pension system in its current form came into…

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Higher Salary – Longer Vacation

In Germany, the official length of employer-paid vacation is directly linked to salary level: those who earn more take longer vacations. Vacations are shorter in Berlin than in Stuttgart, and German…

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Swiss prices 'bite'

As is well known, consumer prices in Switzerland are among the highest in Western Europe. Therefore, this question is an eternal one: why is everything so expensive in Switzerland, especially…

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Czech medicine sends bills

Foreigners staying in the Czech Republic without official status are not entitled to free healthcare: the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic saw no discrimination in the current law on…

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Cactus – a prickly overseas friend

Houseplants are the most accessible decorations for our apartment. They bring liveliness, delight us with their flowering and fragrance. They also provide considerable benefits to the environment…

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Let's Talk about Fashion… for Dogs

When talking about fashion, people usually mean some item – for example, a hat, a coat or an accessory (bracelets, bags, glasses). And they completely forget about such a trend as the fashion for…

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The Rich Choose Switzerland

High quality of life and low taxes continue to attract the world's richest people to Switzerland. So it is no surprise that today this Alpine country ranks second in the world among states with the…

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Do Germans Prefer Solitude?

How will Germans live in 20 years? And with whom? As a couple, a threesome, a foursome? With a wife, children, mother-in-law? These are by no means trivial questions. The answers to them, i.e…

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Food Product Outrage

In Eastern Europe, outrage is growing over the policies of Western manufacturers: representatives of several EU states claim that products sold in their countries by large corporations differ in…

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Pensioner Happiness

Germans are known, among other things, for their love of complaining about life: this is bad, that is bad. Usually, the elderly have it the hardest. In Germany, there are 15 million people of…

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