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Everyday life

Everyday life

Czechs Count the Costs of Their Pets

A Czech family with a dog spends about 13,000 crowns per year on their pet. Cats are cheaper – on average 9,000 crowns. These are the results of the Pet Food & Pet Care 2016 study conducted by the…

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A Country of Polyglots

The reputation of the Swiss as polyglots is no myth. Almost two-thirds (64%) of the country's population use another language at least once a week. More than a third of Swiss (38%) use two foreign…

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Germans' Health Becoming More Expensive

Tablets from the nearest pharmacy or a course of therapeutic exercises with a physiotherapist – virtually none of the doctor's prescriptions are free for the German population, despite the impressive…

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Doctor Shortage

In the last five years alone, more than 500 Czech doctors have taken jobs in German medical facilities. In total, approximately one thousand medical professionals from the Czech Republic have found…

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Social Maturation of Germans

The well-known American psychologist Bernice Neugarten insisted that every society has its own social clock – Social Clock. Well, for example, if a woman in our society hasn't married and given birth…

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Gifts of Wild Finland

Wild food is now popular all over the world. However, as the Finland.fi portal notes, there are few places in the world where nature is as accessible as in Finland. More than 75 species of edible and…

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On a Short Leash

Encountering a dog without a leash on your path is a rare occurrence in Germany. This country has very strict rules for walking pets. And the fine for violating them is huge. But the majority of the…

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The 'social welfare' of rich countries

Two decades ago, President Bill Clinton signed a Republican-drafted law reforming the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, colloquially known as 'welfare'. Unlike in other…

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Tanning Under Surveillance

Since the beginning of the year, the number of tourists in France has decreased by 10%. Due to the threat of new attacks, the authorities cancelled a number of festivals and summer mass events. But…

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Foreigners on Benefits

The German labor market continues to boom. According to the latest data from the Federal Employment Agency in Nuremberg, in July of this year, 2.66 million people (6%) were without a job in Germany…

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Generations of Germans Part Ways

According to a report by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), the total number of households in Germany consisting of three or more generations has nearly halved over 20 years…

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Fashionable Manicure for the Upcoming Autumn-Winter Season

Summer is drawing to a close, but no one has canceled the Indian summer for lovers of autumn vacations. And even for the autumn beach, you need to go out looking beautiful, neat, and fashionable. So…

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