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Kassel. When it comes to affordable retiree living, Germany’s smaller cities often deliver big value. Kassel in central Germany costs around $1,872 per month while providing historic beauty and ...
According to the World Health Organization, Germany's health care system was 77% government-funded and 23% privately funded as of 2004. [8] In 2004 Germany ranked thirtieth in the world in life expectancy (78 years for men). Physician density in Germany is 4.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants as of 2021. It was 4.4 physicians per 1000 ...
West Germany was a founding member of the European Community in 1958, which became the EU in 1993. Germany is part of the Schengen Area, and has been a member of the eurozone since 1999. It is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G7, the G20 and the OECD. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Germany a "full democracy" in 2022.
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. [12] The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands'), is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of ...
Only the antiestablishment Alternative for Germany (AfD) can save the country from collapse, according to the world’s richest tycoon. On Sunday, Musk penned a guest column in a leading weekly ...
The Potsdam agreement stipulated that Germany should eventually be reconstructed on a peaceful and democratic basis. [4] In 1946, the areas occupied by the Western allies held regional and state elections. This process of democratic development culminated in the 1949 West German federal election held by the newly formed Federal Republic of ...
A 2007 review of progress indicators produced by the European Parliament [19] lists the following pros and cons to using the HPI as a measure of national progress: Pros. considers the actual 'ends' of economic activity in the form of life satisfaction and longevity; combines well-being and environmental aspects
Germany's power mix over time, tracing the decline of nuclear power. Nuclear energy generation and added non-hydro renewable generation in Germany (2002–2017) In 2000, the First Schröder cabinet , consisting of the SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens , officially announced its intention to phase out the use of nuclear energy.