they celebrate together, so on the spot. well, why what did they do to us and why does she want to know ? with russia in mind, you are in nika, she meets new friends in england, she impresses new teachers , she will get everything from a life she never chose, but kharkiv is always with her in her mind. i i want to return to my home. i want to return to my previous life, but of course i know that this is actually impossible. i want peace and tranquility in ukraine and for people to stop dying and that's all for today. see you tomorrow at 9:00 pm. take care everyone.

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so the question is how to analyze sports for several septembers every friday at 21:30 on espresso. about a country that is famous for one and a half thousand types of sausages, three-mast types of bread and almost five thousand varieties of foam. well, and now it is also famous for almost a million refugees from ukraine, all this about germany and one of the refugees is olena shcherbina, today's guest congratulations to our program mrs. elena. good afternoon. i

know that you got to germany and chose this country for a reason, because you are there under a work contract and work in the very interesting field of games production. but before that , you worked on television for many years, and we can say that colleagues, how were you even able to find a job during the war, because i know that you received an offer when you arrived at home, in fact, this is not a very typical case for me, i knew ukrainian people who worked in this field and we had many years with them shared lunch so to speak, and when i was looking for a job in ukraine for about two months in the spring, it was very difficult and i tried to look outside of ukraine. i succeeded, well, that is, the stars aligned so that my

competencies became when the opportunity came, it was in this company how are you did you leave? did you manage to do it easily and did you get to germany? let’s say. in what way did the volunteers help? did you have to find routes yourself ? i believe that if a person can pay for a ticket there, then he should do it, because there are many people who need it, who do not have the means to use the paid options, according to the data of the german-ukrainian pastoral association ukrainian future. i see that ukrainians accept only at six in the federal states of germany in camps in such states thuringia i don't know if it's correct honestly

schleswig wolstein north rhine-westphalia baden württemberg lower saxony and hesse here you are how do you live in lower saxony tell me please tell us about this region, what is it famous for, is it comfortable for you to live there? well, in fact, this is the northwestern region of germany, what is it famous for, in fact, it is quite an agrarian region, it is geographically similar in part to the carpathian region, and in principle to the plain ukraine, there is less industry here more agriculture and such office- based businesses of some kind, i would say yes, we are talking with you now, yes, please manage is famous for the fact that there is a transnational agricultural company that works there, well, world ii throughout in the world, including in ukraine somehow, that is,

there is no industrial or business history here, we are talking about the period of christmas and new year holidays in ukraine, it is more difficult, let's say, with the celebration, but for europe, december 25 is christmas, it is such a great holiday and everyone is usually on a grand scale it is celebrated. did you celebrate it because even in ukraine many people have already switched to celebrating christmas on december 25 according to the novoilyan calendar, how did the celebrations take place or did you take part in them in fact, in germany, christmas is a very family holiday, and usually on christmas everyone goes to their families, or there are children to their parents or parents to their children, there are grandchildren to their

grandparents . the format of parties there, people hang out , and christmas is deeply a family holiday. well, in fact, the story is that here on public holidays and weekends, in particular, on sundays, almost everything is closed except for really critical infrastructure, there are regular pharmacies and hospitals, there are firemen stations somehow don't work, shops, cafes work, but not all restaurants do, and that's why it 's simply impossible to celebrate wisely in this format, even at christmas markets, they don't work either, because all employees also want to celebrate and will be with their families. and so that you can see some special celebration traditions of the germans well, in fact , these christmas fairs are, as they say

, aesthetically, they are beautiful there, in principle, such an atmosphere, well, it is pleasant somehow, yes, some such interesting nuances. well, of course , there are some christmas discounts in stores, everything this paraphernalia that has been on sale since october and when you have it in october on some shelves there is halloween decor on other shelves you don’t understand what kind of time period you are in now when you have these pumpkins here, there are already christmas trees there and some costumes there stars from a woman, well, well , people really like the decor there, both inside and outside, these garlands literally decorate the facades of everything there, and electricity is not saved this year, because there is a shortage in europe, too. well, in fact, they wear the same

garlands, they letki, they consume at least yes, in general, electricity is saved , in fact, street lights are turned off after midnight, except for those at the intersection of roads, where it is important, uh, in all office buildings and shopping centers, the temperature of hot water has been reduced. they also lowered the limit temperature should be no more than 90°, that is, so that it would be very hot indoors. you can't open the windows. well, in principle, electricity has become more expensive gas became more expensive, so it motivates all economies, in fact. and you a. did you make some comparisons? well, maybe you personally don’t know because you didn’t live in germany before that, but you asked

our german or ukrainian acquaintances there how much the price of electricity and communal services in general doubled or tripled. well in fact, in the summer, a kilowatt of electricity cost 26 eurocents , and from the new year, it will be about 41 41st eurocents per kw, well, that is, arithmetic, well, one and a half times, you can say almost like that. well, plus minus yes, it is worth noting here that there is a single tariff here, which is, for example, in ukraine. well, there some regulatory commission decides that a kilowatt should cost so much and it costs the same amount everywhere throughout the country. there are many suppliers of the same electricity with whom you can sign contracts choose a tariff there, because it is not that they are radically different there, but there are a couple of senses per kilowatt and you can save, plus they

can add some for the first 200 kw there, which are also at a discount and therefore more here operators and, well, on average , the energy of traffic is 1.5 times shorter, and there is no limit on the consumption of electricity, for example, as in ukraine, we now have schedules for planned shutdowns and emergency shutdowns, such and such a story. absolutely not. i have not heard or seen such a thing anywhere. yes the only thing is that here, again, to save money, in the dark, there are storefronts in shopping centers in cases where it is not a requirement for security, because it is just aesthetics, that is, if it is not required by security er, it turns off if it’s just some kind of

aesthetic whim. well, it’s like that. by the way, you work remotely. do you need to get to the office somewhere? time park. i have days when i have to be in the office. to work, it’s just interesting, usually in europe, travel is quite expensive, for a while it was free for ukrainians, but from june 1 or a little later, in the summer, most countries gave up free travel for ukrainians, is transport expensive for you in the summer, from june 1 to september 1, i was called to the euro, but it was just a ticket for €9, which was valid all over germany in all modes of transport except for express trains. they always go in a separate category, usually uh,

again, they vary as much as you need transport zones well, i need almost all transport zones there, that's why i have a monthly travel ticket, in principle it is more profitable to buy when changing, because one trip can cost €15 there, if i buy a ticket, i buy it there for €90 for the whole month, and you rent there housing or do you possibly live with some relatives? no , i rent housing. then tell us the approximate housing prices. it is interesting to compare them with ukraine, and i live in a small town. well, again, by the standards of germany, this is the city of hetting, it is the third largest city and by the standards of ukraine - it's almost a district center. because there are a little more than 100,000 residents here, and in such a town, in

principle, comfortable housing can be exchanged for 500-600 euros. and if we take into account that salaries in germany are higher than in ukraine, but you can tell us the minimum wage salary, is it possible to live, let's say, on the minimum in germany, if you take into account housing rent, travel, and there are prices of products? well, actually , the minimum salary that a person should receive is 1,500 euros. well, it seems that there were recalculations in october. in fact , here everything is not considered a salary. what will a person receive per month, and here is the hourly rate of work and how much a person worked per month, if a person works, he works his 40 hours per

week and per month, it is again 4x4 160 hours. she must receive at least 1 500 €." well, again, i don't spend a lot on food. i think that for one person up to 400 euros is, well, it's such an objective, normal expense, it's not very. it's so chic, but it's not in the plan to save every piece of bread there, that is, in germany, at a minimum it is possible to live well, in fact, yes, with small cars, i think it will be impossible or very difficult to buy a used car and cover its costs. i think that it will be difficult to

travel somewhere with a small car, although in principle it is not so expensive because germany is located in the north scandinavia is a bit west of france, italy and train or bus tickets cost within 30 euros, but it seems to me that if a person receives the minimum amount, then he should go somewhere. basic needs. i think it is possible. yes, you do not use social benefits , respectively, because you work under a contract, but i will name some figures for our ukrainians who may consider germany as an option temporary shelter due to the war in ukraine , currently regular payment a in germany is 449 euros per month for an adult . but if it is not one person living but a family, then the amount will be slightly less,

somewhere around 400 € per person, children can also claim assistance up to 7-year-old children receive 285 euros 6:13 years old 311 euros 14:17 years old 376 € per month, but from january 1, 2023, payments will increase by approximately 50 € in each category if you calculate and therefore you can count on such help from the state people are resettled by mrs. olena. i know that you have ukrainian acquaintances who use social benefits. they were resettled in camps and some . this is a long enough period of time, already somewhere in three months, only they were distributed and in some kind of social housing, or they were

strengthened with a german family, or someone was given separate rooms in a home for the elderly or in some former boarding schools , in fact, these are the people with whom i communicate i maintain contact, they were not in the camps. they were all still fleeing the war in march, and in march the situation there now is really a big problem with housing, because there are many people, but there is not enough housing, and maybe there are these people who are already arriving there later from the territory of the liberated unfortunately, they have fewer available options, and these people who came in march, in april, they had more opportunities and they often, if they did not go to big cities, there, like

berlin, munich, frankfurt, if they went to some smaller cities, then they or really people there they were settled there by german families, then they were already looking for housing to rent, when all this social history somehow turned into something like this, well, it is understandable if there are problems with housing, then i know that in germany, for example, with work, the situation is a little better in that is why there are proposals for retraining or advanced training and even diplomas and doctors, for example, are accepted from ukrainian universities and they are equated with german universities, but the most in-demand professions are medical specialties , engineering specialties, and what i personally surprised lawyers in the fourth place and economists in the fifth place in ukraine somehow, on the contrary , there are too many people who graduate from

universities with the specialty of being a lawyer or an economist e p olena what do you know about the offers that germany provides to improve one's qualifications or some educational areas in fact it depends a lot on the basic professions that a person has, what he or she has acquired in ukraine and on the experience relevant to the profession, because unfortunately we often have such stories when a person studied there for one specialty and then she i went to work in a different direction because there, well, there was a job there, or they paid more, or somehow life was like that in germany, well, education is long, it’s expensive, and usually people don’t understand if a person, for example, studied to become a construction worker and works there as an accountant they don't understand it at all as if a person has a qualification and,

accordingly, work experience, then of course the first thing is the language, because living in a country without knowing the language of that country significantly limits access to the labor market. once again, to verify your ukrainian education, you need a language certificate, so that such a person has passed this exam at least for b1, and for many specialties . diplomas of ukrainian higher education institutions are recognized, these are usually state educational institutions because there were many private educational institutions in ukraine and at one time they were opened and closed, and the people who studied there, unfortunately, it is now impossible for them to have their education and you, and the only thing that we have, well, is

logically, germany has a different curriculum, and it may happen that some disciplines may be easier to teach german mice than to confirm, but there it will take about six months and a year for free, but again, it depends on how much your qualification is needed in this country, for example about doctors, about teachers, and about engineers, there are rehabilitators, and well, the most scarce specialists, the state will even be able to provide funds to study there for six months and a year and get the necessary disciplines there. and what to do with the german language are there free courses do you use them or did you have knowledge of the language yes i am currently learning the language i was

offered courses at work and well, in my opinion it is normal if you live in the country you at least have to orient yourself what to do there in the store in the hospital does it work? no, i don’t know. i studied german at school, but it was a long time ago, that is, i remember a little, but not from the very beginning, but yes, in fact, ukrainians are offered a wide range of options for learning the language, it can be there, well , general language courses, it can be language courses there from some professional direction, it can be language preparatory courses for admission to a german university if it is a student or there is a person who, well, a child, in a cool way, who is still just entering a university. what do you think, considering there are a lot of them and they are really

free, that is those proposals that germany is currently providing. will the majority stay there because about a million ukrainians are officially registered now, and those who have temporary shelter in this country? well, to be honest, it is me is alarming because people are economically active of working age with good qualifications and in-demand professions, they are competitive in this labor market, it is true and if people are separated from a good job only by knowledge of the language, which a person will spend a year on. then it is not so anymore, and a lot considering the fact that , once again, people are provided with housing , money for life and also provide

education . some houses are still destroyed and people simply have nowhere to return to and there is nothing to rebuild housing there. you just have to buy a new apartment. these people are very likely to stay. i think they will stay because, well, because they are traumatized . it is in this context that in some countries ukrainians are paid less than what is officially required to be paid per hour, as you said, in germany they follow the law and there is no such thing. well, in fact, it is worth understanding that in germany it seems that up to 17% of the population is migrants, etc. when a person signs

a contract, he simply has a specified amount of money that he will receive for an hour worked, and it does not depend on what nationality he is, the only thing worth it is your schooling and your experience, how do you cope with your work, and unofficial employment is widespread is it punishable by a high fine there? well, in fact, it is a very high fine for the employer. it is about 30,000 €, it seems, and well, schwartz job, black work is very much like that. well, a story that is sincerely not welcome. in fact, i am not saying that it is not here actually yes she is she it can happen especially there in some big cities for seasonal work, but in most cases it is very severely punished by law and the employer and the person who agreed. well, they can

actually be deported. by the way, i read some interesting information about fines, but i will inform our viewers, in addition to the usual and logical fines , the following if you didn't clean up after your pet, according to german law , you will pay even for the absence of a bag for the collection of excrement from 35 to 250 €, just if you don't have one, you don't even have one whether it was cleaned there or not and littering on the street, of course , you can’t, which is also logically done right next to the window, and it can cost up to 50 euros. and on the street, chewing gum up to 75 for a toilet in an undesignated place, you can pay from 60 to 150 euros, but let’s say this it is clear to us, although unfortunately we do not follow such rules, what surprised me the most

was the rule that it is forbidden to feed wild pigeons on the street. if you do this in the city of cologne, you can be fined up to a thousand euros. reach €5,000. and a photographer - photographing people on the street of people who are strangers to you hmm, in particular, you cannot distribute photos of victims of road accidents, drunk or naked people without their permission, it is forbidden to do this, fines vary depending on the land. such interesting fines, by the way, you did not get into such trouble, mrs. elena i don't think that you photographed naked people, but maybe there is a parking lot or something else. my car was left in ukraine with my husband. the only offense for which i paid a fine was that i returned the book to the library on time. i simply forgot to return it on time. it seemed to me that i

to return it to him in one day, and i was there for a few days, the deadline and i paid a fine of 30 euro cents for this, by the way, and you managed to pay it off quickly because something happened with german libraries. this is not the first story i have heard. one of our refugees gave an interview to some i remember reading in an online publication that she couldn't, for example, return the books, she forgot them somewhere or something, and she wanted to either pay a fine for it or buy new ones there and bring the library, but she had to wait there for months for some documents, i.e. all this in the bureaucracy you didn't have it loaded, no. in fact, i just came with the book. the person politely told me that you should have returned it two days ago, so you have to pay a fine. i asked how much it costs, and i said 30 euro cents.