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#Germany

Education

Germany invites journalists for an internship

An internship abroad is an important step in developing a career in mass media. German foundations, universities, and public organizations offer talented young journalists from the CIS, Georgia, and…

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Money

German student's piggy bank

Waiter in a cafe, part-time office worker… Almost 70 percent of students in Germany have a side job. The German tax system provides special rules for them regarding the payment of taxes and social…

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Analysis

Germany hit by wave of refugees

In August-September, Germany sheltered about 30,000 refugees, reports 'Russkaya Germaniya' citing statistics from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. Most of them are victims of the…

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Work

They Practice for Free

In the ministries of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, free labor is widely used: interns gain ‘necessary experience’ without even claiming symbolic compensation. As it turned out, this…

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Integration

Immigrant Business

One in five new entrepreneurs in Germany has foreign roots. They are younger than the average German business owner, mostly male, and, most importantly, willing to take serious financial risks.

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News

Prices fall for Germans

The German newspaper Bild published a long list of cheaper food and industrial goods. "Price collapse!" reads the headline on the front page of Germany's largest tabloid. Salad has become 44%…

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Immigration

Germany Requests Quotas

Bundesrat approved changes in German immigration policy. Now refugees will be shifted from the necks of municipalities to federal shoulders. Additionally, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior…

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Immigration

Requirements for refugees in Germany will become stricter

The German Interior Ministry has prepared a draft law tightening requirements for potential recipients of political asylum in Germany. If the innovations are approved, German law enforcement agencies…

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Immigration

Double Application for Admission

The welcome changes to the Law on Refugees and Expelled Persons of German Ethnicity from September 2013 have facilitated the inclusion of descendants in the admission decision of a late resettler…

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Immigration

Law Protecting Family Values

Women who have found new family happiness in Germany often seek help from a lawyer when they face a problem regarding the relocation of a minor child from a first marriage to the country. In this…

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Culture

Babelsberg Remembers Stirlitz

At Berlin's Babelsberg film studio, filming has wrapped on 'Monumental Men' – one of the most anticipated films of the year. In this $100 million budget project, George Clooney served in three…

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Real estate

The German capital has reunited

It seems that the merging of the German capital has finally happened. In any case, a significant event was noted this year: housing prices in the western part of Berlin and the eastern part have…

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