Hello there Reader -

Greetings from a café in Banja Luka, BiH. 🇧🇦 I'm about to fly back home to Berlin in a few hours and I can't wait to be reunited with my two darling cats, Burt & Domi.

This week's news is a little bleak, with continued inflation, rising unemployment, and Germany being Germany by taking too long to get things done. One needs to have the patience of a saint when you live in this country! I tried to soften that with some articles about interesting museums and recommendations about cool things to do this month. Can you believe it's already July?

We cover all of this and more in our July 3, 2023 edition of The Berlin Life newsletter:

Community News

News from The Berlin Life:
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Berlin Life Guides

​Berlin Life Guides help with moving to Berlin and living and working in Berlin.

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Companies Hiring

German companies hiring right now.

⦾ Miro (Berlin)
⦾ Reply (Germany)
⦾ diva-e (Germany)
⦾ Buynomics (Germany & remote)
⦾ New Relic (Munich & Berlin)
⦾ AMBOSS (Berlin)

Startup News

🚀 German startups that received funding recently could be good places to look for jobs.

⦾ Munich-based Quantum Systems partners with Airbus Defence and Space in a research effort on AI​
⦾ Munich-based TURN2X secures €4.3 million to expand production of renewable natural gas across Europe​
⦾ Germany’s Service4Charger tops up with €7.5 million from bp ventures​
⦾ Berlin-based BLUU Seafood catches €16 million in Series A funding to bring cultivated fish to the table​
⦾ German logistics startup Colonia Technologies grabs €6M for its commercial vehicle-sharing platform​

News in Germany

🗞️ Immigration and other general news in Germany.

⦾ July 2023: 9 changes affecting expats in Germany​
⦾ Lawsuits against Berlin over two year wait for German citizenship​
⦾ Berlin to get city-wide fibre optic internet connection​
⦾ Germany’s failure to attract business investment ‘alarming’, say economists
​⦾ Energy crisis and inflation push more German firms into insolvency, study says​
⦾ The German Chip Sector’s Next Challenge: Labor​
⦾ What to do in July: The best Berlin events​
⦾ German inflation bucks downward trend in June with higher-than-expected rise​
⦾ German unemployment rises more than expected in June​
⦾ Germany has 3rd largest population of ultra-rich in the world, study reveals​
⦾ Germany's longest footbridge opens​
⦾ ‘There was never any plan’: inside Germany’s wild architecture theme park​
⦾ Marina Abramovic: Peeling potatoes at the Museum Folkwang​

Useful Resources

Good stuff from the Berlin Life - aka how we can help you.
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See you in the next one,

Founder - The Berlin Life​
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