For more than five years, the Society for Student Exchanges with Central and Eastern Europe (GFPS) has been providing scholarships to students from Belarus. Program participants can spend a semester…
The labor market in Germany in 2017, according to estimates by specialists from the Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung – IAB) in Nuremberg, published…
"Made in Germany" is the most respected brand in the world, having become a hallmark of high quality for goods produced in Germany. This is evidenced by a special study by the online portal Statista…
Recently, more and more people want to come to Germany to attend German language courses. Considering this interest, and also that many of our readers have acquaintances or relatives interested in…
The General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) – a German public organization with about 160,000 members – conducts a survey every year to determine the most popular multi-day cycling routes in the country…
How will Germans live in 20 years? And with whom? As a couple, a threesome, a foursome? With a wife, children, mother-in-law? These are by no means trivial questions. The answers to them, i.e…
German doctors are sounding the alarm again: residents of Germany are getting fatter. Children, meanwhile, are returning to normal, while pensioners, on the contrary, are gaining weight…
Pumpernickel, pretzel, raisin bun or whole-wheat braided loaf – anyone who has ever tried German bread knows its unique taste. No other country in the world has such a variety of types and kinds of…
Since March, German authorities have been issuing citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany a new third-generation passport – better protected against forgery, more modern, and slightly more…
Germans are known, among other things, for their love of complaining about life: this is bad, that is bad. Usually, the elderly have it the hardest. In Germany, there are 15 million people of…
"No, this is not Rio de Janeiro," Ostap Bender would say if he found himself in Cologne in February or March. However, these days this city on the Rhine, like other "carnival capitals" Düsseldorf and…
"German, pepper, sausage!" – in this children's taunt, seemingly meaningless, there is an undeniable rational core. After all, Germany has long been famous for its sausages (as well as frankfurters…