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Many apprenticeship places still available in the skilled crafts sector

The apprenticeship exchange of the Reutlingen Chamber of Skilled Crafts currently still has more than 600 vacant apprenticeship places. They cover 130 occupations and are offered in the districts of Tübingen, Reutlingen and Zollernalb. They can be found on the homepage of the Chamber of Skilled Crafts. The offers range from baker or glazier to motor vehicle mechatronics technician and precision tool mechanic. The apprenticeship exchange is digital and even available on smartphones via the app “Apprenticeship Radar”. For each vacant apprenticeship place, there is information on the company and the school requirements. The offer is the counterpart to the… Read More

Most refugees come from Syria

The number of applications from refugees in Germany is on the rise again. This is reported by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). It has accepted 150,166 initial applications for the first half of this year (2022: 84,583). This represents an increase of 77.5 per cent, according to the BAMF. With 43,532, most of the initial applications came from people from Syria. The vast majority of them are allowed to stay in Germany. Afghanistan follows in second place (27,310 initial applications). In the first half of 2023, 5966 people from Iran and 5669 from Iraq submitted initial applications.… Read More

Six months to register

Refugees from Ukraine who do not receive social benefits here have only six months to become voluntary members of the statutory health insurance scheme. The Federal Government points this out in the portal Germany4ukraine. Those who have not registered at the latest six months after entering the country must either pay medical bills themselves or join a private health insurance scheme. However, this is much more expensive. The regulation is aimed at refugees who either live off their own savings or continue to work for a Ukrainian company from their home office in Germany. They are then also covered by… Read More

No amalgam fillings for pregnant women and nursing mothers

Pregnant women and nursing mothers are not allowed to receive dental fillings containing amalgam. This is regulated in an EU directive that has been in force in Germany since 2018. The ban also applies to children and young people under the age of 15. This means that patients can receive other fillings— mostly made of plastic—without co-payments during this time. “People insured by a statutory health insurance fund are entitled to a filling for which they do not have to pay a co-payment in any case. The dentist must point this out in the consultation before the start of treatment,”… Read More

Ukrainian refugees: the path to a job is a long one

Of the approximately 2,800 refugees from Ukraine in the districts of Tübingen and Reutlingen, about 50 have found a job. The majority of the remaining women and men are still attending language courses or doing internships. This is according to a statement by the Reutlingen employment agency. According to the report, about 1,500 refugees from Ukraine live in the Reutlingen district and 1,300 in the Tübingen district. “The refugees are well educated and almost all have a school-leaving certificate. About 25 percent are university graduates,” says Oliver Kerl, chairman of the management board of the Reutlingen Employment Agency. Nevertheless, integration… Read More

Construction work on railway lines and the B 27

Travelling from Tübingen by public transport will not be easy for a few weeks. The reason is construction work on the routes. If you want to travel to Stuttgart, for example, you should check the connections at www.bahn.de or at the counter in the station and plan more time. This affects the rail connection between Tübingen and Nürtingen until Wednesday, 23 August. The trains will be replaced by buses. From Thursday, 24 August, until Tuesday, 5 September, only buses will run between Tübingen and Reutlingen. The IRE 6(a) from Stuttgart to Tübingen is completely cancelled until Friday, 8 September. There… Read More

Holiday time is travel time: Useful tips from the Federal Foreign Office for all travel countries.

The time of the school holidays is travel time for many people. For all foreign destinations, the website of the Federal Foreign Office, the German Ministry for Foreign Affairs, provides important tips on what you should bear in mind when planning a trip abroad. Information is available, for example, on the regulations for entering the country, which travel documents are required, whether a visa must be applied for and where it can be obtained. Customs regulations for goods and objects taken along are also explained, as are regulations for entering the country by car.  An important chapter covers health and… Read More

Tafel takes summer break

The Tübinger Tafel will take a summer break from Saturday, 5 August, until Friday, 1 September. During this time, there will be no food available in the shop at Eisenbahnstraße 55/57. This is reported by the Tafel on their homepage: www.tuebingertafel.de/ However, the distribution stations – the so-called Fairteiler – which deliver food free of charge in Tübingen and the surrounding area, will continue to be filled. Further information is available at: www.tuebingen.de/tuebingen-macht-blau/fairteiler You can bring food to the distribution stations if it is still food that is still good but can no longer be consumed in your own household.… Read More

Work and integration: ZDF filmed at tünews

Refugees should be obliged to work, if necessary on a voluntary basis. This is what the district councils in Baden-Württemberg are demanding. There is criticism of this: among other things, legal regulations and bureaucracy prevent refugees from getting a job. A ZDF television crew interviewed Tübingen’s district administrator Joachim Walter, who is also president of the Landkreistag. “Work is still a factor for successful integration,” Walter said. That is why the ban on working that applies to many refugees must be abolished. The ZDF team also filmed in the editorial office of tünews INTERNATIONAL for its report. Eva Schiller, head… Read More

Money for old age: pension insurance is mandatory

In Germany, all employees except civil servants pay a contribution to the statutory pension insurance fund out of their wages. From this—if they have paid in long enough—they receive a pension every month in old age. The statutory pension insurance is an important part of the German social system. Who gets how much can only be clarified in individual cases. From the age of 27, the German pension insurance sends out a letter every year stating, among other things, how much the pension will be. What does the pension insurance pay? The pension insurance pays a pension in old age… Read More

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