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Violence against women: Association offers help

“Women Help Women” helps women who have experienced physical, psychological, social, economic and sexual violence or feel threatened. The Tübingen-based association offers free and anonymous counseling and support. The association also runs an autonomous women’s shelter that offers women and their children protection from violent partners, for example. Information is also available in Ukrainian on the homepage: https://www.frauen-helfen-frauen-tuebingen.de/ukrayinskii The staff of “Women Help Women” provide advice in person, by phone and online. For example, affected women can make an appointment for a meeting at the Frauen*ProjekteZentrum at Weberstraße 8 in Tübingen. However, meetings are also possible at other locations. The… Read More

Sick leave by phone extended

Patients with colds can continue to take sick leave by phone. This possibility is valid until 31 March 2023 because of Corona and the flu season. This was decided by the joint committee of doctors, health insurance companies and clinics. However, doctors must personally convince themselves of the patient’s illness in a thorough interview. Sick leave on the phone for minor upper respiratory illnesses is possible for up to seven days. It can be extended once by seven days. This regulation is intended to reduce full waiting rooms and thus the risk of infection in doctors’ surgeries. See https://www.g-ba.de/presse/pressemitteilungen-meldungen/1083/ tun22111801… Read More

State pays the gas surcharge in December

Those who heat and cook with gas or use district heating will be relieved in December. The Bundestag and the Bundesrat have passed an emergency aid bill worth billions. In December, the state will take over the down payment for gas—but only one twelfth of the annual consumption forecast in September. If tenants have a contract directly with an energy supplier, the company either waives the instalment in December or pays it back later. For other tenants, the landlord saves first. The landlord is then supposed to pass on the savings to the tenants in the annual statement of operating… Read More

Warning apps for your pocket

Warnings of dangers such as floods, toxic smoke or a terrorist attack sometimes come from a jacket pocket or backpack in Germany: namely, when a cell phone owner has the warning app Nina or Katwarn installed on their device. These free apps allow authorities to issue targeted warnings to the population of affected areas so that people can get to safety. The cell phone apps are a response to the fact that many sirens have been dismantled in Germany over the past 30 years, which previously alerted people with wailing sounds. The best known is the warning app NINA (https://www.bbk.bund.de/DE/Warnung-Vorsorge/Warn-App-NINA/warn-app-nina_node.html).… Read More

Tübingen Citizen’s Office: To the identity card without registration

The Tübingen Citizens’ Advice Bureau at Schmiedtorstraße 4 simplifies access for the following: Anyone who wants to pick up an ID card, passport or resident parking permit that has already been applied for no longer needs to make an appointment beforehand. The cards are available without an appointment during opening hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., Tuesday 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This was announced by the Tübingen city administration. tun22110803 www.tuenews.de Bürgeramt in Tübingen. Foto:… Read More

Energy-saving measures of the Federal Government

“We are facing a national effort and it needs a strong interaction of state, economy and society, of federal government, states, municipalities, social partners, trade unions, crafts and associations as well as civil society,” writes the Federal Government in its press release of 4 October. The adopted ordinances contain concrete measures for the coming heating period and the one after that. Some examples from the private and public sector: Tenants can voluntarily lower room temperatures, even if a higher minimum temperature is agreed in the tenancy agreement. In public buildings, corridors and rarely used rooms are no longer heated and… Read More

Cheaper rail travel with the “Best Price Search”

Taking the train to a city further away can be quite expensive. But there are several ways to reduce the cost of a train ticket. Information on how to do this can be found—in English and other languages—on the Deutsche Bahn website under the heading “Best Price Search”: https://www.bahn.de/service/buchung/bestpreissuche Basically, if you buy a ticket several weeks before you travel, you have a better chance of getting a cheap ticket than someone who buys a ticket right before the train departs. Outside of peak travel times, prices usually drop. This is true for individual days of the week as well… Read More

Set the clock back on Sunday

Next Sunday, 30 October 2022, Central European Summer Time (CEST), which officially applies throughout Europe, will be changed to “standard time”. Those who are still awake in the early morning will set their clocks back from 3 am to 2 am. This means sleeping one hour longer. This time change is based on Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001. tun22102404 Blick zum Stiftskirchenturm mit der Uhr. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Oula Mahfouz.      

TV-contribution: Many do not have to pay

Many refugees who live in their own apartment are receiving mail from the public broadcaster’s contribution center these weeks. In it, they are asked to register for the broadcasting fees (formerly GEZ contribution). This is in accordance with German law, and the details can be found at www.rundfunkbeitrag.de. It is important to respond to the letter quickly, because there is a possibility to be exempted from the fees if, for example, you receive social benefits. Asylum seekers, persons entitled to asylum, as well as refugees from Ukraine who live in Germany on the basis of §24 of the Residence Act… Read More

Tips for the pitfalls of everyday life

From opening an account to locksmiths: The consumer advice center has summarized information for refugees on twelve areas of life in several languages. The non-profit association has published the details on the website of its federal association. In addition to texts in English, Arabic, Turkish and Farsi, there are also some translations into Ukrainian and Russian. The information is intended to help consumers find their way in everyday life in Germany, according to the homepage. Specifically, it covers opening a bank account, taking out insurance and advice before signing mobile phone contracts. The site also explains what to look out… Read More

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