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Germany relies on immigrants to ease child care crisis

Germany has a shortfall of some 125,000 skilled workers in its day care centers. A kindergarten in Cologne has found a solution, hiring trained child...

18.11.2024 20

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Oliver Pieper

Germany relies on immigrants to ease child care crisis

Germany has a shortfall of some 125,000 skilled workers in its day care centers. A kindergarten in Cologne has found a solution, hiring trained child...

18.11.2024 30

Deutsche Welle

Oliver Pieper

Germany relies on immigrants to ease child day care crisis

Germany has a shortfall of some 125,000 skilled workers in its day care centers. A kindergarten in Cologne has found a solution, hiring trained child...

17.11.2024 30

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Oliver Pieper

At Rio G20 summit, Olaf Scholz looking for trade allies

In these politically difficult times, Germany is looking for partners in South America willing to seal the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Time is...

17.11.2024 20

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German coalition's demise hits unsettled nation

The coalition government has collapsed at a moment when Germany's mood is already down. Many people are feeling unsettled by multiple crises.

09.11.2024 30

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Oliver Pieper

German coalition's demise hits unsettled nation

The coalition government has collapsed at a moment when Germany's mood is already down. Many people are feeling unsettled by multiple crises.

09.11.2024 10

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Germans fear rising cost of living

Inflation, migration, expensive housing — these are the things that most people in Germany are worried about, according to the latest study...

09.10.2024 40

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Immigrants in eastern Germany ask: Leave or stay?

The far-right AfD, leading in some polls, has campaigned aggressively against immigrants in state elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg. But...

21.09.2024 30

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Immigrants in eastern Germany ask: Leave or stay?

The far-right AfD, leading in some polls, has campaigned aggressively against immigrants in elections in Thuringia, Saxony, and Brandenburg. But those...

21.09.2024 50

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Students want to strip Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship

Thousands of German towns and municipalities once made Adolf Hitler an honorary citizen, and many have still not distanced themselves from the Nazi...

08.09.2024 40

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Germany: Immigrants in east wary of rising far-right AfD

The far-right AfD could become the leading party in Germany’s state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, raising concerns among many immigrants. While...

29.08.2024 50

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Germany: Immigrants in east wary of rising far-right AfD

The far-right AfD could become the strongest party in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. Most immigrants are worried - but not all of them.

28.08.2024 10

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80 years on: Marking the liberation of Majdanek Nazi camp

Majdanek in Poland was the first Nazi concentration camp to be liberated, almost a year before the end of World War II.

24.07.2024 20

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Alcohol abuse: Will liberal Germany ban teenage drinking?

In Germany, 14- to 16-year-olds are allowed to drink beer and wine in their parents' presence. But German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to...

20.07.2024 40

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Racism prompts Germany's first African-born lawmaker to quit

SPD politician Karamba Diaby became the first black African-born politician to enter the Bundestag. Since then, he has been the target of repeated...

06.07.2024 50

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Germany's criminalization of gay sex ended 30 years ago

The legal persecution of homosexuals in Germany, which lasted for more than 120 years, ended on June 11, 1994. But those affected by it are still...

15.06.2024 30

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Germany faces flood emergency in Danube River region

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has traveled to the southern German town of Reichertshofen in Bavaria to see the tense flood situation firsthand. Amid...

04.06.2024 30

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EU-Mercosur: No agreement before European elections

The biggest free-trade zone in the world will not come into being before the EU elections in early June. So what's holding it up? Will the agreement...

21.05.2024 50

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German 16-year-olds to cast first votes in EU elections

A decrease in Germany's voting age from 18 to 16 could bring more than a million additional people to the polls for the European elections.

19.05.2024 40

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EU–Mercosur: No agreement before European elections

The biggest free-trade zone in the world will not come into being before the EU elections in early June. So what's holding it up? Will the agreement...

19.05.2024 50

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Attacks on politicians in Germany on the rise

The weekend attack on a center-left politician in eastern Germany has been widely condemned. But insults, threats and attempts at intimidation have...

06.05.2024 40

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German schools see rise in violence

Dilapidated buildings, frustrated students and teachers witnessing a rise in attacks: The German education system is seen to be struggling.

04.05.2024 70

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German housing crisis: 'Like winning the lottery!'

Housing is the social issue of the 21st century, German politicians and experts say time and again. And yet there's no improvement in sight,...

16.04.2024 20

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Germany rejects skills test for elderly drivers

Many countries in Europe and around the world regularly test the driving skills of older people. But such tests are voluntary in Germany. Is that a...

30.03.2024 20

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Crack and fentanyl abuse on the rise in Germany

Crack is spreading rapidly in Germany, as are synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Both are cheap drugs — with potentially deadly consequences.

17.03.2024 20

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