Recent Posts Tagged With 'german news'

• Illiterate people can't become German citizens

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 14:14 in german citizenship, german news

  I have just received a newsletter from www.auswaertiges-amt.de that people who can't read and write in German can't become a German citizen.Illiterate foreigners are not eligible for German citizenship, according to a German court ruling disclosed Th...

• 700,000 job losses in Germany this Summer

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 06:37 in german news, german jobs

  Last week I have just posted an article regarding 1.2 million jobless Germans. This coming summer, expect that the number of jobless people will increase up to 700,000. So that would be around 1.9 million jobless people (Germans and other citizens). ...

• A quarter of German Youths are Jobless in Germany

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 08:24 in german news, german jobs

  "The study indicated that 900,000 able-bodied youths under 25 are on the dole, known in Germany as Hartz IV. The study also revealed that another 300,000 Germans from the same age group receive Arbeitslosengeld I – or basic unemployment compensatio...

• Tom Cruise playing as a German Hero in the movie Valkyrie

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 06:22 in german news

  Valkyrie is a movie based on a true story during the second world war. It depicts the plot by German officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler.Valkyrie is the name of the operation and taking control of Germany is its goal. The leader of the assassination...

• Somali pirates seize German tanker - 12 Filipinos and 1 Indonesian on board

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 05:55 in german news

  Last week a German tanker was seized by pirates in the east waters of Somalia. The tanker was transporting liquefied petroleum gas.What troubled me with this news is that I have 3 uncles who are seamen and 1 of them worked for a German Company. I jus...