The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany takes 1/3 of all EU asylum applications More than one in three asylum seekers across the European Union applied for refugee status in Germany in the second quarter of 2015, figures released by the Brussels statistics authority showed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150918/germany-receives-over-1-3-of-eu-asylum-applications Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:33:42 +0200 germany-receives-over-1-3-of-eu-asylum-applications South Germany has lowest EU unemployment Upper Bavaria had the lowest unemployment rate in the entire EU last year, tied with Prague, a report showed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150422/bavaria-tops-eu-employment-charts Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:20:17 +0200 bavaria-tops-eu-employment-charts Foreigners less likely to get jobs than Germans Foreigners from outside the EU suffer from a much lower employment rate in Germany than native citizens and EU immigrants, a study confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140731/study-foreigners-less-likely-to-be-employed-than-germans-jobs Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:18:00 +0200 study-foreigners-less-likely-to-be-employed-than-germans-jobs German booze cheapest in Western Europe Alcohol prices are much lower Germany than in most of the rest of the EU, new figures show, with a round of drinks only coming cheaper in three other EU states. https://www.thelocal.de/20130622/50457 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 17:43:00 +0200 50457 Germans pay second highest electricity prices in EU Germans pay the second highest rates for electricity in Europe, right behind Denmark, new statistics showed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100528/27497 Fri, 28 May 2010 18:04:00 +0200 27497