#Germany

Germans Move onto Wheels

The housing market situation in many regions of Germany has become tense. Recent studies indicate that real estate continues to become more expensive, as do rental prices. One solution to the housing…

More leave than return

Over the past decade, an average of 180,000 people per year left Germany to live in another country, while 129,000 returned. Three-quarters of them are highly qualified specialists. These are the…

Where to launch a startup

Who doesn't take risks, doesn't drink champagne. In a situation of stable economy and favorable development on the labor market in Germany, young specialists follow this principle less often than 20…

Asylum Seeker Mafia

Almost five thousand migrants are applying for asylum in Germany for the third time. Over a thousand are doing so for the fourth time, and nearly three hundred for the fifth. How do deportees manage…

Burghers increasingly value marriage

"Till death do us part" – this phrase from the wedding liturgy has a literal meaning for most Germans entering marriage: 69 out of 100 German marriages last a lifetime and end with the death of one…

Germany Counts Its 'Night Butterflies'

According to data from the end of 2018, about 32,800 women in Germany officially earn a living by selling their bodies. The results of the census of prostitutes were published by the Federal…

German universities are free, but not always

North Rhine-Westphalia decided not to introduce tuition fees for students from non-EU countries. Where do they charge foreigners and when is higher education in Germany really free?

Health insurance for students in Germany

To study at a German university, a student, including foreign students, must have health insurance. Without a health insurance policy, the student will not be enrolled in the university. What types…

Germans to have their pensions recalculated

Contrary to the cliché, not all German pensioners live in prosperity. There are poor elderly people in Germany, although currently relatively few. But those who barely have enough to live on from…

ADAC car club becomes more expensive and expands

Members of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC) – the largest association of motorists in Europe, currently with 21 million members – will have to dig deeper into their pockets next year…

A tattoo won't spoil a German

In Germany, the fashion for tattoos is firmly established – every fifth resident of the country has a tattoo. And in the age group from 20 to 29, every second person has a permanent design on their…

How German pensioners live