In 2015, the German government expects a sharp increase in the number of asylum seekers. According to BAMF forecasts, their number could reach 300,000 people, 50% more than in 2014, when 202,834…
In 2013, 1.23 million people entered Germany, while about 800,000 left the country. These data are presented in the latest immigration report prepared by experts from the Federal Office for Migration…
More and more working residents of Germany cannot live without state financial support: their salary alone is simply not enough. According to Russkaya Germaniya, this is the main conclusion of…
Passed the exam? Don't tell your classmates what grade you got! Discussing your own or others' exam scores with classmates, as well as later salary with colleagues, is not customary in Germany. It's…
Islam is part of Germany – so said the former federal president, so says the federal chancellor. Do the population of Germany agree with the high-ranking politicians? A large-scale sociological…
The boring accountants from the Federal Statistical Office brought great joy to the residents of Germany at the beginning of the year. According to the specialists of this office, in 2014 as many as…
In Russian, there is a rather harmless, even affectionate name for those who prefer to use public transport for free – 'hares'. The Germans have found a completely different definition with a…
Almost twenty percent of the population of the Federal Republic of Germany have, according to the official expression of sociologists, an "immigration background." In the German capital alone…
The grand idea of charging for road use in Germany has shrunk to a 'little toll,' as the concept of German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt has been mockingly dubbed in many media outlets…
Twenty-five years have passed since the Berlin Wall fell and two divided German peoples began living in one state. However, it seems that for many in modern Germany the dividing line between West and…
The most famous roads on the planet, the German autobahns, will soon, starting in 2016, become toll roads. This week, Angela Merkel's government finally decided to charge for driving on the…
What is Germany like? It is different – eastern and western... Is it good there? It is the same as everywhere. If you, dear reader, are optimistic, then sometimes you will be good, and sometimes very…