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The Syrian city of Dura Europos, “Pompeii of the desert“ and multicultural centre

By Youssef Kanjou There are many archaeological sites in Syria that are well-known among archaeologists and in tourism. This is true, for example, of Palmyra on the Western Desert, the city of Mari on the Euphrates and the city of Ugarit on the Syrian coast. But Dura Europos, “Pompeii of the East“ or “Pompeii of the Desert“ as it is also called, is not as famous as other archaeological cities—despite its cultural and historical importance as well as being a very important stop for trade caravans. The comparison with Pompeii is made because in Dura Europos, as in Pompeii, many… 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

Opportunity Residence: Already Tens of Thousands of Applications

So far, one in three tolerated persons who have lived in Germany for more than five years has filed an application under the “Opportunity Residence Act”. It is an opportunity to acquire a permanent right to stay in Germany. According to a survey by the Integration media service, 49,000 applications have been submitted since the beginning of the year. 17,000 of these have been granted, while 2,100 applications have been rejected. The “residence permit on probation” had been introduced on December 31 of last year. To clear the first hurdle on the way from toleration to residence permit, three requirements… Read More

The world’s largest cemetery is near Baghdad

By Sameer Ibrahim The Wadi Al-Salaam cemetery near Najaf in the southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad is one of the most important burial sites for Shiite Muslims and also the largest cemetery in the world. According to estimates, there are more than five million graves there, many times the population of the city of Najaf of one and a half million. Millions of Shiites make a pilgrimage to the cemetery every year, from all over the world and also from Iran. The cemetery is on Iraq’s proposed list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. People have been buried in the… 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

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

New residence opportunities for asylum seekers in employment or with training

Asylum seekers whose asylum application has not yet been decided on are to be given a “change of track” to facilitate their integration in Germany by means of a right of residence. This is provided for in the revised Skilled Workers Immigration Act, which was passed in the Bundestag and Bundesrat in July. Anyone who is working or has a job offer as a skilled worker and has a recognised vocational qualification can withdraw their asylum application and receive a residence permit. However, this so-called change of track only applies to people who have applied for asylum by 29 March… Read More

Morality police in Iran control headscarf obligation

More and more women in Iran do not wear a hijab in public. This is a symbol of their protest against the regime. A police spokesman has now announced that women without hijabs will be subject to increased controls and punishments. To this end, there are to be more patrols by the morality police again. This is reported by Iranian and international media. Exactly what the tougher punishments will look like is still open. Parliament still has to vote on a draft of the new law. The women’s resistance was triggered by the death of the young Kurdish woman Jina… Read More

Archaeologist Anna collects ancient and Islamic coins in new app game

From July 21, 2023, you can download the free mobile app game “Craveler”, which provides knowledge about ancient and Islamic coins from Syria and Iraq, among other places, in an entertaining way. The main character is the young archaeologist Anna Alaska, who travels back in time in a time machine with her flying robot BIB 3000 from the year 3542 to search for coins in ancient Syria, for example. The gameplay of “Craveler” is inspired by the well-known game “Temple Run”. The game lets a running character navigate through a path blocked with obstacles to collect a historical coin at… Read More

Finances: What Schufa collects data for

By Sylvia Haden and Yana Rudenko Anyone who has completed private insolvency proceedings can now get a fresh start more quickly: Schufa has shortened the storage period for a discharge of residual debt from three years to six months. This was announced by the credit agency on its website. https://www.schufa.de/ueber-uns/presse/pressemitteilungen/schufa-loescht-restschuldbefreiung-sechs-monaten/ This means that six months after the end of the procedure, no one will know that someone was once overindebted and still had outstanding debts. Schufa is thus reacting to ongoing court cases, including those before the European Court of Justice. More about the update: https://www.schufa.de/themenportal/restschuldbefreiung-5-fakten-loeschfrist/ Although almost everyone has… Read More

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