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How to settle in Switzerland

In expat paradise, the level of security should be like in Switzerland, leisure opportunities like in South Africa, teachers should be Finns, and neighbors Mexicans. In expat hell, security is like…

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Where It's Best to Invest in a Career

By looking at the opportunities for acquiring knowledge and developing professional skills in a given country, one can predict its further economic development, ability to create innovations, and…

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Foreign Owners of Czech Firms

More than 81,000 Czech firms are directly managed by individuals or companies from abroad, which is 12,000 more than in 2016. Over 13,000 direct foreign owners of Czech companies come from Russia…

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Foreigners Admitted with Benefit

The Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons between Switzerland and the EU countries was signed in 2002. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) published a report on how the Swiss labor…

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Worldwide Passportization

"What would we English say if we could not travel from London to Crystal Palace or from Manchester to Stockport without a passport or a policeman following at our heels? Be assured, we are not half…

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Love for the Motherland Through a Passport

The Israeli Knesset passed the "Law on Foreign Passports," which, in particular, provides for obtaining a full passport – darkon – for all repatriates, including new arrivals. In practical terms…

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The Visa-Free Crimean Question

Ukrainian citizens have received the right to visa-free entry into European Union countries. Among those who will be able to take advantage of the 'visa-free' regime are tens of thousands of…

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Labor market sets records

The labor market in Germany in 2017, according to estimates by specialists from the Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung – IAB) in Nuremberg, published…

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Returnees of the Invisible Front

Recently, several publications on the same topic appeared in Russian media: Russians who previously settled in European Union countries are flocking back to their homeland. The most striking piece of…

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Poland depends on migrants

In a world of increasingly hard borders, incredible labor migration does not scare Poland. Quite the opposite: nearly a million Ukrainians came to 38-million Poland after cardinal events occurred in…

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Experimental Cash Giveaway

Several countries around the world are planning to conduct a series of experiments aimed at finding out what would happen to society if a minimum guaranteed income were introduced for all citizens…

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Migration tone toughens

Sweden was long known for its liberal migration policy. Unsurprisingly, this country became a European leader in receiving migrants. But in 2016, Stockholm was forced to sharply change its course…

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