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Immigration

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.

Jobs

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.

European Union

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.

European Union

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.

Energy

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.