It is exactly nine months since the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.
Millions of people have now found protection in Germany, and some young Ukrainians are studying at German universities.
But before the war began, around 76,500 foreign students were also living in Ukraine.
Kharkiv, Kyiv and Uschgorod - for them these were the alternatives to Maastricht and Bristol.
Initially, EU states, including Germany, planned to grant them the same rights as Ukrainians.
But then things turned out differently.
In the text of the week by Anna-Theresa Bachmann and Steffen Lüdke, two students from third countries tell what happened when they were hoping for a place at university in Germany.
For her, the initially promising idea of continuing her studies in the EU has turned into a nightmare.
Tanya Falenczyk
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Refugee Peters in Jena: »How am I supposed to do it?«
Photo: Jamal Cazaré / DER SPIEGEL
Why foreign students fear for their future in Germany:
When tens of thousands of foreign students fled Ukraine in March, the EU Commission wanted to welcome them too.
Now many fear deportation.
Confidential documents show how this came about.
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Artist Alexander Höller: »Art is my passion« was his first tattoo
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Ying Tang / NurPhoto / picture alliance / dpa
Doing business like Warhol:
A new generation of artists is entering the market: They are making careers on Instagram and promoting Porsche and Dior.
Critics consider her works to be profane.
But the business is highly lucrative.
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Choosing the right ETF?
Not easy.
Photo: Kristina Astakhova / iStockphoto / Getty Images
How our author finally doesn't want to gamble away any more money: So
far I've mainly lost one thing with individual stocks and cryptocurrencies: money.
My retirement plan is now to be secured by a single ETF savings plan.
But setting it up is not that easy.
What matters.
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Telling the love story of the couple: wedding speaker Lena Nissen at work
Photo: Leban Photography
»The couples pay a fixed price of 1470 euros for the entire package«:
At weddings, Lena Nissen gives speeches about couples she has only recently known.
How she still gets close to her customers and why they don't see her speeches before the wedding, she tells here.
