The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has launched a website publishing the names of 2,600 owners of unclaimed assets totaling 44 million francs. As NashaGazeta.ch writes, among the holders of…
Female residents of Germany are giving birth more: a woman of childbearing age, according to the latest data for 2014, gave birth to 1.47 children on average. Thus, the birth rate increased for the…
A new dictionary of German surnames, Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (DFD), has appeared online. Its authors claim that a surname is needed not only to find the right number in a phone…
It really is very quiet and peaceful here. Indeed, Woodlawn Cemetery itself looks much more like a quiet green park with well-maintained lawns and small, neat buildings. The latter turn out to be……
All children look forward to their favorite holiday – New Year. Everyone expects something unusual, magical, lots of gifts, joy, laughter and fun, meeting with Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. And…
Nowadays many couples, while preparing their wedding, also plan their honeymoon – as the finale of the celebration of this unforgettable event. Such a vacation is special and means a lot to the…
The Chinese authorities have finally decided to abandon the birth control system 'One family – one child', which has been in effect in this country for several decades. 'The state will allow couples…
More and more new residents of Germany who arrived from so-called 'crisis points of the world' are receiving the German unemployment benefit Hartz IV. According to the latest data from the Federal…
Everyone has the right to freely walk in the forests and countryside of Finland, regardless of who owns the land. The unique legal concept of the Nordic countries, known as the 'Right of Public…
Everyone knows how hard it is to rein in children who are growing up before your eyes, demanding to go to school or a disco in an outfit that parents consider completely inappropriate. To avoid the…
The permanent population of the German village of Hardheim, located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, numbers only 4,600 people. However, for a couple of months now, the population of Hardheim has…
The number of German residents without apartments has increased by about 50% over the past two years. Representatives of the Federal Working Group for the Homeless (BAGW) reported that, according to…