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Culture

Carnival Etiquette

Authorities in several cities in the Rhine region have taken the initiative to teach refugees who have arrived in Germany the rules of behavior at carnival. According to Deutsche Welle, information…

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Law zone

Outrunning the Law

According to German police, most refugees arriving in Germany behave lawfully. However, a small number of migrants cause a lot of trouble for law enforcement. How often do migrants commit crimes in…

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Immigration

German portrait of a refugee

In 2015, a record number of migrants arrived in Germany. Officially, more than one million asylum seekers were registered in the Federal Republic of Germany. About who these people are, where they…

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News

Crisis of multiculturalism

The rampage caused by a large group of unknowns on New Year's Eve at the station square in Cologne echoed loudly in Berlin. And while the German police are looking for the criminals, the government…

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Everyday life

How Germans see doctors

What are the relationships between doctors and patients in Germany? How often do Germans see doctors? How often do they take sick leave? And who gets sick more often? These are the questions that…

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Everyday life

Germans Sum Up the Year

The Federal Statistical Office pleased the German population with reports that consumer prices in the country have a steady downward trend, the average wage level is steadily rising, and unemployment…

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Money

Exchange Your Marks!

As of early January 2012, residents of various countries around the world held German marks totaling almost 13.8 billion! As 'Russkaya Germaniya' writes, four years later this amount has decreased…

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Everyday life

Work a lot, earn little

Finding a job for residents of Germany who have turned 55 is becoming increasingly difficult in recent years. This is clearly evidenced by figures prepared by the Federal Employment Agency (BA) in…

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News

Even Long-Term Residents Are Deported

The Administrative Court of Göttingen has ordered the deportation of two families of Kosovan Roma for their unwillingness to integrate. Despite the fact that the two families of Roma from Kosovo, who…

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Everyday life

Germany increases birth rate

Female residents of Germany are giving birth more: a woman of childbearing age, according to the latest data for 2014, gave birth to 1.47 children on average. Thus, the birth rate increased for the…

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Work

How to become a German doctor

In German hospitals, due to a shortage of local specialists, they are waiting for our doctors. It is only necessary to learn German from scratch, have the qualification recognized, and obtain an…

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Everyday life

In Search of German Namesakes

A new dictionary of German surnames, Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (DFD), has appeared online. Its authors claim that a surname is needed not only to find the right number in a phone…

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