Courses at summer schools (Sommeruniversität or Sommerakademie) are now offered by many German universities. Their list can be found on the website of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. Most…
The housing situation in several major German cities is close to crisis: the rental market is in collapse, prices are exorbitant, and not every worker can afford to buy property despite historically…
Germany has presented the latest "Education Report" (Bildungsbericht 2018), which the ministries of the 16 states prepare every two years together with the federal agency. According to the report…
For the seventh year in a row, a whole group of scientists is compiling a report on the German education system. In 2018, it is a detailed analysis of the current situation on 377 pages. How are…
Want to learn German in three weeks, acquire know-how, and experience being a student in Germany? Then the summer university is the way to go! The summer university (Sommeruniversität) or summer…
German experts and politicians have recently been using a phrase like 'the principle of maintaining the difference between the lowest wage and the level of social security' (in German, one word…
The German Bundestag has passed a controversial law on family reunification for refugees with subsidiary protection. 370 deputies voted in favor of the document, 279 were against, and three…
In the first three months of this year, almost every second deportation from Germany of persons whose asylum applications were rejected fell through. To avoid such situations in the future, special…
Last year, 112,211 foreigners received the coveted German citizenship. However, more than half of them, namely 68,918 people, did not renounce their previous citizenship, officially failing to…
Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, KBA) presented data on the results of driver's license exams in 2017 – in many ways shocking. Over a third of those wishing to…
In Germany, there are 900 free food distribution points, regularly used by up to 1.5 million needy elderly people. This is 23% of the total number of pensioners in the country, compared to 12.3% in…