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Work

Where to start when looking for a job in Germany

A service center for specialists from abroad has opened in Bonn, Germany. Via the internet and by phone, its employees advise foreign citizens on a plan of action for finding employment in Germany.

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Analysis

Every Fourth Resident Is an Immigrant

In 2019, Germany set a new population record, but growth slowed markedly. Over the past five decades, the increase has come exclusively from immigration: every fourth resident of Germany has an…

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Everyday life

Police exams simplified

In Germany, exams for police recruits have been simplified. Due to a shortage of federal police (Bundespolizei) officers, standards had to be 'adapted' for the next generation of cadets to recruit…

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Education

For classical music, to Germany

Of the 923 students at the University of Music in Weimar, almost half are foreigners. There are especially many students from South Korea and China. A similar situation with foreign students is…

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Curiosities

Germans hurl Christmas trees

After the New Year holidays end, the rather prosaic and unpleasant question of recycling Christmas trees inevitably arises. In the German town of Weidenthal, they approached parting with the New Year…

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Work

Germany to Simplify Employment

Make it in Germany – Germany calls on specialists from abroad. On a special portal, you can check your employment opportunities, view vacancies, find information on language requirements. And a new…

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Real estate

Germans Move onto Wheels

The housing market situation in many regions of Germany has become tense. Recent studies indicate that real estate continues to become more expensive, as do rental prices. One solution to the housing…

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Immigration

More leave than return

Over the past decade, an average of 180,000 people per year left Germany to live in another country, while 129,000 returned. Three-quarters of them are highly qualified specialists. These are the…

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Education

Where to launch a startup

Who doesn't take risks, doesn't drink champagne. In a situation of stable economy and favorable development on the labor market in Germany, young specialists follow this principle less often than 20…

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Immigration

Asylum Seeker Mafia

Almost five thousand migrants are applying for asylum in Germany for the third time. Over a thousand are doing so for the fourth time, and nearly three hundred for the fifth. How do deportees manage…

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Everyday life

Burghers increasingly value marriage

"Till death do us part" – this phrase from the wedding liturgy has a literal meaning for most Germans entering marriage: 69 out of 100 German marriages last a lifetime and end with the death of one…

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Law zone

Germany Counts Its 'Night Butterflies'

According to data from the end of 2018, about 32,800 women in Germany officially earn a living by selling their bodies. The results of the census of prostitutes were published by the Federal…

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