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Decision-making aid for the Bundestag election
In Baden-Württemberg, 16 parties are competing in the Bundestag election on Sunday, 23 February. Nationwide, there are 29 parties. The digital Wahl-O-Mat from the Federal Agency for Civic Education can help with the…
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Asylum procedures take longer
In 2024, it took an average of 8.7 months for the German authorities to decide on an asylum application. This…
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Protecting children from social media by banning it?
By Michael SeifertIn Albania, the government has decided to block the online platform TikTok for a whole year. The measure…
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Bundestag election: the second vote decides
Germany has the largest parliament in the world after China. There are currently 733 members of parliament in the Bundestag…
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Who is allowed to vote in the federal election?
By Bernhard Kirschner The federal election is on February 23, 2025. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier set this date because the…
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Tübingen: Apply for more residence permits online
More residence permits can now be applied for online in Tübingen. According to the city administration, there is a new…
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Passkeys: master keys for internet accounts
When you log in to one of your internet accounts, you are increasingly likely to be offered the option of…
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Support for voluntary departure
“We have to wait and see how the situation in Syria develops,” advises Olga Riedinger from the return counselling centre…
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Bilingual children: tips for parents
In most countries, multilingualism has always been the norm. In Germany, too, multilingualism has long been part of everyday life:…
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Tips for protecting yourself from high mobile costs abroad
Using your cell phone within the EU, including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (members of the European Economic Area), will incur…
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Sednaya: The Syrian hell
By Oula Mahfouz and Youssef Kanjou Trigger warning: This text contains descriptions of physical and psychological violence. “If there had…
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A Syrian find is the oldest alphabet in the world to date
By Youssef Kanjou Four incised clay tablets, each about four centimetres in size, could be the oldest alphabetic writing in…
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Learning German: Lobna has reached C1 level
She still remembers her first German word well. „That was ‘tschüss’,“ says Lobna Alhindi. One of the volunteers from the…
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The oldest stone tools in Europe discovered in Ukraine
By Yana Rudenko In the Ukrainian region of Zakarpattia, stone tools around 1.4 million years old have been found at…
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Gravestones: a global tradition that originated in the Middle East
By Youssef Kanjou It is not known exactly when and why people first began to make what is now known…
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Living national history – spectacular Ukrainian finds
David Firschau and Yana Rudenko The Great State Exhibition in Stuttgart “The Hidden Land“provides a fascinating insight into the history…
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About the oldest Christian churches in Syria
By Youssef Kanjou Today, Syria is a country with a Muslim majority; in pre-Islamic times, most of the region’s inhabitants…
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Celts in the southwest
By Bernhard Kirschner 2600 years ago, the Celts ruled the southwest of Germany. One of their centers was the Heuneburg…
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The journey of numbers: From the Babylonians to the present day
By Oula Mahfouz From math to commerce to science and technology, numbers are indispensable tools in our daily lives. But…
1 Syria after Assad
The regime of Syrian ruler Bashar al Assad ended on December 8, 2024, and the country of origin of many refugees in Germany is in a state of upheaval. What impact does this have on them?
2 Disinformation as a weapon
Shitstorms, hate comments, cyberattacks: Anonymous actors on the internet, especially on social media, are spreading disinformation at breakneck speed and in their thousands. Russia has deployed troll armies in the war against Ukraine. Who is trying to destabilize societies in Germany and Europe? How can we protect ourselves?
3 Federal Election 2025
Germany is heading towards a new Bundestag election in spring 2025. Many newly naturalized citizens will be allowed to vote for the first time. How can they get involved and volunteer to help with the election?
4 Russia’s war against Ukraine
With the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has extremely intensified its war against the Ukrainian people. Many people from Ukraine and Russia have found protection in Germany. What developments are important for them?