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81 posts, 23 July
Paid 9,50 CHF for a litre of carbonated tap-water this weekend.
Suppose that beats the 12 CHF for a litre of bottled carbonated that we paid a couple of years back.
They won't steal from you,…
67 posts, 22 July
If your from the EU you can use your licence as long as you like no need to ever convert. I have hired cars with a 40 year old paper UK licence without problems. Only Brexit forced me to change to a…
5 posts, 14 July
I don't think anything much has changed regarding the import of electronic devices - particularly devices that transmit and receive - IIRC for such a device to be imported it must be on the approved…
10 posts, 9 July
The situation here and everywhere else is only going to get worse. People will be frantic about losing their jobs. The best solution is to go home to your own country where the government will…
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Q&A: What does Brexit mean for my rights as a Brit living in Germany?
As we move nearer to the end of the Brexit transition period there are still lots of unanswered questions. We put some of them to the British Ambassador and head of the Brexit Taskforce in Germany.