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Where the Most Capable Study

University rankings are traditionally led by US and UK institutions. But do their graduates really know that much? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recently published the…

You have to work part-time on a pension

From 1999 to mid-2016, the number of German residents over 65 with a full-time job almost quadrupled. According to the latest data from the Federal Employment Agency (BA), these figures rose from…

How Germany Eats

An overabundance of cookbooks with gorgeous photos, internet blogs overflowing with recipes, trendy street food and farmers' markets – all these phenomena of the time are apparently widely…

Professional Inclination to Infidelity

What drives some members of the fair sex to seek pleasure outside of marriage – new love, a thirst for adventure, or simply sexual need? Psychologists may be able to answer this question. But a…

In Wolfsburg They Pay More

There is a significant territorial difference in the incomes of German residents. This follows from the official response of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to a request from the…

Czech Republic Counts Foreigners

The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) has released data on foreigners working in the country – their numbers, fields of employment, and average salaries. The report for the full calendar year (2015) was…

Part-time job during holidays

Look left – Neuschwanstein Castle. Look right – crystal clear Alpine lakes. That's roughly how Iryna from Kharkiv describes her holidays. Three years ago, she spent the summer in a Bavarian town near…

Ski Slopes with a German Flair

Winter sports enthusiasts from other countries often say that Germans can only be envied. They don't have to travel far to go skiing – their own ski resorts are enough. Although this season, snow in…

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Europe faces childlessness

More than 20% of women born in the 1970s in southern Europe may remain childless. This is higher than the average in northern (15%) and western Europe (18%). According to a report published in…

Moravia Awaits Foreign Specialists

Last month, the Financial Times placed Brno, the capital of Czech Moravia, in its top list of cities for integrating foreigners. However, even after earning such an assessment, the South Moravian…

Refugee flow decreases

In the past year of 2016, the number of applications for refugee status in Switzerland sharply declined. At the same time, a record number of asylum seekers decided to withdraw from the procedure of…