Germany's Population
The population of Germany manifests trends characteristic of most advanced industrial countries: lower marriage rates, delayed marriage and child-bearing, low fertility rates, small household size, high divorce rates, and extended life expectancy. The population of indigenous Germans has been in decline since 1972 in the west ( Read more... )

"André Shepherd has been denounced as a traitor in the United States for going absent without leave in Germany. Shepherd says he deserted because he disagreed with the war in Iraq. He now lives in a refugee facility, and has applied to the German authorities for asylum."

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I need a spot of help figuring out something. I hope I explain it okay, but if I fail to just tell me to clarify. :D ( Read more... )

Interesting facts about Germany ( Read more... )

Hello. I'm moving to Germany late 2010 to marry my fiance. This summer (as in nine days from now,) I'm flying to Nürnberg to stay through the summer. I'm staying just under 3 months so I don't have any kind of special visa or work visa. I have minimal German skills. I've studied for about 1,5 years and I'm not very fluent (though I understand most ( Read more... )

Guten Tag! I've been part of this community for a while, but I've never made a post. I am a college student in the US. I study German History. My thesis is actually about post-war German film. I am hopefully going to be doing an internship in Berlin after I graduate from college, and I am curious if anyone knows about what it is like to be Asian in ( Read more... )

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German citizenship is put to test

Tristana Moore - BBC News Berlin: Germany has introduced a multiple-choice citizenship test that every immigrant has to pass to gain a German passport. Across the country, schools and adult education centres have already started offering citizenship classes.

As well as taking the test - introduced on 1 September, ( Read more... )

I don't know if introductions are used here, but I think a nice "Hello" can never be wrong ( Read more... )

So, on the topic of German culture abroad ( Read more... )