THE AFRICAN COURIER. Reporting Africa and its Diaspora! The African Courier is an international magazine published in Germany to report on Africa and the Diaspora African experience. The first issue of the bimonthly magazine appeared on the newsstands on 15 February 1998. The African Courier is a communication forum for European-African political, economic and cultural exchanges, and a voice for Africa in Europe.
Many new laws and legislative changes, affecting employees, the unemployed, families and retirees, came into force on 1 January 2019. The African Courier takes us through some of the most important changes that we should know. Minimum wage rises The statutory minimum wage (der gesetzliche Mindestlohn) rises from 8.84 euros to 9.19 euros on 1 January 2019. From 2020, employers …
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Germany is well behind its European neighbours when it comes to coverage with high-performance mobile network technology, a study shows. And data rates could do with improvement too, reports Timothy Jones. Germany has worse LTE (4G) mobile phone network coverage than many of its European neighbours, according to a study by the Aachen-based consulting firm P3, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. …
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