Student dormitories are a popular housing option, especially among first-year students and foreigners who come to study in Germany. Whether it's a room in a long corridor with a shared kitchen and…
Deputies of the German Bundestag voted to tighten migration laws, speeding up the process of reviewing asylum applications, limiting opportunities for refugees to reunite with families, and easing…
Five centuries have passed since homebrewing was ended in Bavarian breweries. April 23, 1516 marked the adoption of the Bavarian Beer Purity Law, which later extended to all of Germany. On the eve of…
As is well known, a holiday in our country never "disappears": if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it is always moved. In Germany, as Deutsche Welle notes, holidays are treated differently.
For almost thirteen years now, Germany has had a deposit system for single-use containers, introduced at the initiative of the Greens, who were still part of the governing coalition at the time. At…
On Wednesday, February 3, the federal government of Germany approved stricter rules for the accommodation and stay of refugees in Germany (Asylpaket II). Berlin is ready to pay millions for North…
In Cologne, Germany, the 'Fifth Season' – the famous carnival – is in full swing. If you find yourself on the city's streets these days, you might get lost: local revelers speak Kölsch (Cologne…
Germany was agitated by the government's plans to introduce, following the example of other European countries, a limit on cash payments of 5,000 euros. Germans defend their right to pay with 'real…
In 2015, the influx of refugees compensated Germany's birth deficit, which according to preliminary estimates ranges from 190,000 to 215,000 people. According to the Federal Statistical Office…
In January 2016, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) published the results of a study aimed at finding out how the lives of migrants who received political asylum in Germany turned…
The German city of Cologne on the Rhine is famous for its hospitality, Gothic cathedral, and carnival. The culmination of the carnival is multi-day street festivities with cheerful colorful…
It sounds a bit like a fairy tale: at the foot of the ruins of the German fortress Weidelsburg in the Habichtswald Nature Park in northern Hesse lies the Weidelshof farm. The central feature of the…