Last week, the 26/03 the representatives from the G20 member countries met to discuss and find solutions against the pandemia Covid-19. The importance to be all together during this crisis has been underlined.

"Kölle Alaaf!" - One of the most famous expressions in Germany. This is a slogan of buffoons, a call for universal fun at the famous Cologne carnival. But try translating it into literary German. Not sure it's going to work. A report about the dialect spoken in Cologne.

How well do you need to speak German, how to find a suitable university, can I get a scholarship?

During a big crisis, you can, of course, warm each other's hands, or you can just mind your own business, which suddenly turned out to be extremely popular.

"Anti-Abschiebe-Industrie" - this is the German anti-word of 2019, which was determined by an independent jury in Darmstadt. This neologism can be translated roughly as an "anti-deportation industry."

Plattdeutch is not just a dialect of the north of Germany, but a large group of dialects that are noticeably different from the literary German. The language spoken in Hamburg is a characteristic branch in this family. They call it : Hamburg Platt (German: Hamburger Platt). But assuming that this is one language, you are mistaken. There are actually two of them. And experts add: at least!

In diesen Tagen sind die Schlagzeilen dieser Welt von einem Thema beherrscht. Darum soll es hier nicht gehen. Dieser Text ist letzten Sommer entstanden und bekommt in diesen Tagen einen völlig neuen Beigeschmack. Die Frage, die sich stellt ist: Wieso wird der Klimawandel nicht genauso behandelt wie eine weltweite Pandemie? Eine ganz persönliche Idee für einen Beitrag zum Umweltschutz. Umzusetzen nach den Tagen der Isolation...

Now when panic is reducing, people are starting to think about the future: what will happen next? And thus far we can see many forecasts and speculations about the future of the economy, the medical forecasts, the influence of the lockdown on major events, on our day-to-day life. Today I'd like to direct your attention to the area of education. You will be able to see some statistics on several factors connected to the digitalization of education, as well as there will be some open questions connected to the topic.

Wie sieht das Leben in Zeiten des Coronavirus aus? Was lehrt uns das Coronavirus? Ich werde versuchen, diese Fragen aus meiner Sicht zu beantworten.

Many artists are now on the edge of financial and hence existential collapse. Germany understands the importance of art and culture and is planning on great financial support for individuals and small entrepreneurs. For other European countries it should be an example to follow.

Wie die Germanismen in die ukrainische Sprache eindrangen?

What could happen, if the current situation will go on. I am not going to guess or present my expectations, but I would like to know how youngsters will adapt to this situation. What they think about working from home, what it could change on our behaviour. So probably figuring it out is not so hard, by considering that especially now everybody will just adapt to this uncertain situation having no idea how long they have to sit down in front of the computer, to get the same information, to have uncared appearance and so on. But in any case, I was curious about the opinions of my friends. And I am going to share with the small Social Survey, that I did among 25 of my friends. I know that it can be controversial being not so objective, but it could make a picture, about the advantages and disadvantages by working from home.