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Who helps when parents are sick

When single mothers or fathers become seriously ill, it‘s bad for the whole family. Who takes care of the children now? Under certain conditions, there is then help from the health insurance companies. This is regulated by law. However, the length of time for which they provide support varies from companie to companie. Members of the AOK, for example, can claim household help for up to a whole year. The first requirement is a medical certificate. This is issued by the family doctor if mothers or fathers of children under the age of 12 have an acute serious illness or… Read More

The earthquake in northern Syria and Turkey and tünews INTERNATIONAL

By Wolfgang Sannwald The earthquake in northern Syria and Turkey has hit relatives of tünews INTERNATIONAL employees hard: In the family of a relative many have died, of the members of a family friend only one small child is still alive. At tünews INTERNATIONAL, we are increasingly experiencing how media reports about seemingly distant places bring us closer. This is evident in our editorial meetings, where people are together who come from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Afghanistan or Ukraine. Some of us have been meeting for two hours a week for seven years. For many of them, the connections to… Read More

Many Ukrainian refugees in Baden-Württemberg

Of the more than one million refugees from Ukraine, a large number have found accommodation in Baden-Württemberg. 131,000 Ukrainians are living in the southwest, which puts the state in third place behind North Rhine-Westphalia (219,000) and Bavaria (149,000). This is reported by Mediendienst Integration and is based on figures from the Central Register of Foreigners. However, these are estimates, as it is unclear how many refugees have already returned to Ukraine. Far fewer refugees were accepted in the eastern states than in the south and west. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is in last place with 21,673 people. Few people also found refuge… Read More

Germany as a destination for refugees in 2022

In 2022, 1.3 million refugees have arrived in Germany, including more than one million from Ukraine and 245,000 from other countries. Globally, 28.6 million people are currently living as refugees outside their country, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)—24 percent more than the previous year. The war in Ukraine has caused this sharp increase, with nearly eight million people from Ukraine, mostly women and children, seeking protection in Europe. War refugees from Ukraine are allowed to enter the European Union freely. Most of the refugees from other countries arrived via one of the routes that cross the Mediterranean Sea.… Read More

How to get rid of unwanted advertising

Anyone who is annoyed by advertising in their mailbox can change that with little effort. The sticker “Please no advertising and no free newspapers” ensures that no more advertising brochures, such as those distributed by supermarkets, end up in the mailbox. However, you will then also no longer receive any free advertising papers and the magazine of the municipal utility will also be missing in the future. If you want to continue receiving such magazines, simply write “Please no advertising”. You can buy stickers in magazine stores, for example, but you can also write them yourself on your computer or… Read More

Learning to swim during the vacations

The initiative “Swimming for all children” offers free places in two vacation swimming courses at the Uhlandbad in Tübingen. The free offer for children from the age of five is aimed at families with the KreisBonusCard. Beginners can make their first experiences with the water from February 20 to 25, between 2 and 2:45 p.m. each day, at the Tübingen Uhlandbad. For advanced swimmers, there will be a course in the same period between 12 and 12:45 pm. Those who have already achieved the “Seepferdchen” are considered advanced. In addition, there are currently still free places in an advanced course,… Read More

Driving licence with automatic or manual transmission

Normally, there are two types of car driving licences (class B): either the automatic or the manual car driving licence. Since 1 April 2021, another variant applies. Since then, it has been possible to take a driving test on an automatic car and still drive a manual car later (class B197). The prerequisite for this is training in a driving school of at least 10 hours (45 minutes each) and a 15-minute test drive. In doing so, the respective learner drivers must prove that they are capable of „safe, responsible and environmentally conscious driving“ of a car with a manual… Read More

Ukrainian-German: Interpreters are missing

Currently, there are no free volunteer interpreters for Ukrainian refugees in the district of Tübingen. However, authorities and institutions can use the service of the Caritas Interpreter Pool, informs the press office of the Tübingen District Office. Private individuals, however, cannot make use of this service. However, anyone who urgently needs a translation of birth or marriage certificates, for example to register with the Tübingen Foreigners’ Office, can contact the Slavic Seminar at Tübingen University (slavistik@uni-tuebingen.de). Based on scans and photos, documents are translated there on a voluntary basis and free of charge—but only those that are urgently needed for… Read More

Tübingen Foreigners’ Office only open by telephone

The Tübingen Foreigners’ Office will be closed from Monday, February 6, to Friday, February 10. It is moving to new premises. In urgent cases, such as a trip or taking up employment, staff can be reached by phone starting Tuesday, Feb. 7—daily between 1 and 4 p.m. at 07071 / 204-2550. Starting Monday, Feb. 13, visitors can use services provided by the Foreigners’ Office on site on the first floor of the building Bei der Fruchtschranne 5. There are a few changes. Visitors can get information and applications at a new information desk. The waiting room is in a separate… Read More

Tübingen turns lanterns back on at night

Street lamps in Tübingen may not be switched off at night. This was ordered by the Tübingen regional council. The reason: according to current law, crosswalks must be illuminated in the dark. For technical reasons, however, individual lanterns in Tübingen cannot be controlled separately. Therefore, all street lamps remain on all night long. According to the city itself, switching off the lanterns had saved a lot of electricity: per night, the annual consumption of a four-person household. The reaction of Lord Mayor Boris Palmer can be found at https://www.tuebingen.de/1620.html#/38911. tun23012501 www.tuenews.de Tübingen bei Nacht. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian.… Read More

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