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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
According to plans by the German Federal Ministry of Labor, asylum seekers in Germany will receive more pocket money. Despite resistance from some German politicians, the new rules are to take effect…
Before the advent of the information technology era, the word 'translator' was firmly associated with a human: after all, could a machine possibly translate text from one language to another? Now…
The 'Blue Card' (EU Blue Card) is an electronic document that confirms the right to reside and work in one of the EU countries (except Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland). Essentially, it is an…
German authorities complete less than half of all planned deportations of asylum seekers in Germany. Of the 57,000 refugees subject to extradition from Germany, only 26,114 people were actually…
There are many people who want to earn some extra cash in Germany, and not only among foreigners. The German economy loses up to 300 billion euros annually due to illegal work. But law enforcement is…
Up until 2060, Germany needs an average of 114,000 specialists from European Union countries and 146,000 qualified personnel from third countries each year. Only then will the German economy develop…