Statistisches Bundesamt http://www.destatis.de Newsfeed of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany de-de Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden 2012 http://www.destatis.de/iwms-static/images/portal/destatis-logo.gif http://www.destatis.de Statistisches Bundesamt web-admin@destatis.de Newspapers Government Site Builder 60 1.2% more academic staff (primary employment) at higher education institutions https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_245_213.html Roughly 242,200 people were employed as academic or artistic staff in primary employment at German institutions of higher education or university clinics at the end of 2016. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 1.2% on 2015. Compared with the previous year, the number of academic or artistic staff in secondary employment declined by 2.4% to 142,600. Tax paid on more cigarettes in the second quarter of 2017 https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_244_799.html As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the quantity of cigarettes on which tax was paid in Germany increased by 10.9% in the second quarter of 2017 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The total value of tobacco products in terms of retail prices on which tax was paid in Germany in the second quarter of 2017 amounted to 6.6 billion euros. That was an increase of 0.7 billion euros or 11.1% from the corresponding period of the preceding year. Business insolvencies down 16.7% in April 2017 https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_243_52411.html In April 2017, German local courts reported 1,573 business insolvencies. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 16.7% compared with April 2016.  Decrease of dwellings permitted from January – May 2017: –7.6% https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_242_31111.html As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the construction of a total of 137,100 dwellings was permitted in Germany from January - May 2017. Compared with the corresponding period of 2016 this is a decrease of 7.6% or 11,300 dwellings. Divorces: the itch does not always come in the seventh year https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/InFocus/Population/Divorces.html If we examine the number of divorces in relation to the duration of marriage, the development since 2008 shows continually that most divorces occur after six years of marriage. In 2016, the number of divorces after six years of marriage was a good 8,600, corresponding to 5.3% of all divorces in that year.