Migration stress test
The influx of refugees in 2015 proved to be a real test for Germany. How Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government coped with it was assessed in a special report by German experts. A special place…
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Analysis
Money
Migrants finance their homeland
The Bundesbank has calculated how much money immigrants 'take out' of Germany. The figures turned out to be quite impressive, and the amount of money taken out of the country by immigrants is…
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Features of the German Dinner
A traditional German dinner consists of cold dishes. Bread is the main component – there are more than 300 types of bread in Germany. Therefore, one of the names for dinner in German is Abendbrot…
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Technology
Mobile Fare Dodgers
Paper travel documents for planes, trains, and urban public transport are gradually becoming a thing of the past, and for many have already become almost an anachronism. They are being replaced by…
Work
How much are workers paid in Germany
Earlier we talked about how to get a job in Germany without a higher education. And we gave specific examples of blue-collar professions that are in high demand. How much do an electronics…
Work
To Germany – with vocational education
For specialists with vocational education from countries outside the European Union, access to the German labor market is severely limited. The decisive factor is whether the profession is on a…
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Work
Positive List of Occupations
The professions listed in the Positive List (Positivliste) of the German Federal Employment Agency require initial or intermediate vocational training. Non-EU foreigners can work in these professions…
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Work
Germany lacks public sector employees
Experts from the consulting firm McKinsey are sounding the alarm: by 2030, Germany's public sector will be short of 730,000 employees. Currently, the staff shortage in this sector is about four…
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Education
New Programs at German Universities
Today, German universities offer their students about 19,000 educational programs, and the number grows every year. Monitoring of specialties shows that new programs most often involve two areas…
Everyday life
Where to send your child in Germany
Germans love all kinds of societies – sports clubs, carnival clubs, choirs, interest groups. Therefore, millions of children in Germany participate in various clubs, learn music, play football in…
Education
Preparatory Courses in Germany
A pre-university college (in German: Studienkolleg) is a kind of preparatory course for applicants who have graduated from school in a non-EU country. It helps them adapt to the German education…
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Integration
German language eludes newcomers
The share of immigrants failing the German language exam is growing year after year: almost every second newcomer cannot master the basics of the language in integration courses. 93,500 out of…