Germany is replacing the Riester-Rente (Riester pension) with a new state-subsidized investment depot. You’ll be able to invest that subsidized money directly into ETFs. The Bundestag passed the Altersvorsorgereformgesetz (private […] The post State-...

Key Takeaways EU Cities With the Most CCTV Cameras City Cameras per 1,000 inhabitants Berlin 11.2 Warsaw 7.9 Vienna 7.4 Madrid 4.4 Budapest 3.4 Athens 3.4 Paris 3.1 Sofia 2.4 […] The post Most Surveilled Major Cities in the EU appeared first on Germa...

Key Takeaways GDP per capita measures economic output per person. Higher numbers usually signal a “richer” country. But GDP has limits. It shows production, not daily life. Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) fills […] The post GDP per Capita vs Actu...

Key Takeaways Billionaires in Europe by Country and GDP Country Number of Billionaires GDP (€ bn) Billionaires per €100B Germany 212 3,609.5ᵖ 5.87 Italy 90 1,950.0 4.62 France 53 2,634.5ᵖ […] The post Where are Billionaires Concentrated in the EU? ap...

Key Takeaways Between Q1 2021 and Q1 2026, the average asking price for a home in Germany rose from €2,642 to €3,007 per square meter. That is an increase of […] The post Germany’s Home Prices Rise 13.8% as Growth Shifts Regions appeared first on Ger...

Key Takeaways Millionaire taxpayers in Germany by federal state  Federal state Adjusted gross income GRDP (In bn. €) Millionaire Taxpayers Combined Income (In bn. €) North Rhine-Westphalia 7,871 21.75 760.1 […] The post Income Millionaires In Germany...

Key Takeaways Public Service Personnel in Germany (in thousands) Employment Contract Extent of employment Area of Employment Total (In thousands) Federal (Bund) Government  State (Länder) Government  Municipalities (Gemeinden /Gemeindeverbände) Statu...

German cities and municipalities may stay in alliances that fight right-wing extremism, as long as those alliances do not primarily serve to campaign against a specific political party. Germany’s highest […] The post German Cities Can Join Anti-Extre...

Germany’s public health insurance system (GKV) is heading toward a financial crisis. To prevent its collapse, the German government has appointed an expert commission. This commission is called the FinanzKommission […] The post German Public Health I...

Key Takeaways Internal Migration by German Federal State Federal State Arrivals Departures Net Migration Brandenburg 53,821 41,376 12,445 Bayern 118,250 108,710 9,540 Schleswig-Holstein 55,167 46,209 8,958 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 24,940 21,494 3,446 [...