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Archive — November 2003

News

Visa Regime Has Finally Gotten to Americans Themselves

The new procedure for issuing American visas, which has led to a significant reduction in the number of people entering the United States, is causing active protests from employees of universities…

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News

Citizens increasingly turn to European Court

The European Court of Human Rights currently has about 8,000 applications against Ukraine, and the Court's statistics show a steady increase in the number of such applications. This was reported by…

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Education

MBA in Canada: In the Shadow of the Stars and Stripes

We have not yet sampled Canadian business schools. Just as we have not yet sampled calvados, Pernod, and other fine, generally speaking, drinks that simply do not fit into traditional perceptions…

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Visas

England is already testing on volunteers

The UK plans to introduce a new system of national identity cards, which will include biometric iris scans and fingerprints. In the near future, such data will be collected on 10,000 volunteers. The…

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Visas

New service to combat illegal migration in the EU

The European Union intends to step up the fight against illegal immigration by creating a service designed to help control its external borders, which will soon reach Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The…

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Education

German students behind bars. A university where prisoners receive free education by correspondence

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Education

MBA in the USA: Second Tier

Americans can be considered self-satisfied and primitive as much as one likes, but whatever is said, in business they have outdone all other nations. Therefore, it is logical to go to the United…

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Education

How to get into a Canadian graduate school on your own

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Education

Man Plus Law

“Lawyers treat the law the same way shoemakers treat leather: they cut it up, stretch it, and turn it inside out, just to get the shape they want,” Louis XII used to say. Jaroslav Hašek added: “A…

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Travel

Password - Tyrol

All people are divided into those who ski or snowboard, and those who are only just planning to take it up. The latter are always being hindered by something. They are in the grip of persistent…

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Education

You can also study in Germany in English

One of the problems faced by an international student who decides to get a higher education in Germany is the German language. Unfortunately, not many students have sufficient command of it to…

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Immigration

Emigration will be possible without delays. The Canadian Embassy in Moscow has begun implementing instructions from above

As we have already reported, on September 18 Canada made cardinal changes to its immigration legislation (see "Zagranitsa" No. 40, October 2003). The retroactivity of the new law has been cancelled…

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Education

How to get into a German university on your own

Suppose you have decided to study abroad and are facing a choice of country. If you have a certain level of German language proficiency, then it probably makes sense to try your luck in Germany.

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Education

Prestigious education in New Zealand

A 27-hour flight from Kyiv, in the Southern Hemisphere, lies a wonderful country whose climate is so mild, whose diversity of natural landscapes is so immense, and whose population is so friendly…

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Education

HOPS - seasonal work in the UK

Summer holidays are a good opportunity for students to earn some extra money. Since in Ukraine you can't earn much in three or four months, our young people have found a more profitable and…

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Education

Bologna Process spreads across Europe

The availability of highly qualified specialists is one of the keys to the economic well-being of any nation. That is why in Europe increasing attention is being paid to reforming the higher…

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News

Traveler's Check: Money That Can't Be Stolen

There is always less money than people who want it. Therefore, sometimes our hard-earned money has a habit of disappearing from pockets, vanishing from cars, and getting lost along with handbags. It…

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News

Yellow cards for EU candidates: the guilty are fined in euros, not rubles

In its annual report published the other day, the European Commission expressed concern over the degree of preparedness of the candidate countries for joining the European Union, writes Vremya…

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Britain reduces the number of illegal immigrants

The British government announced that the number of foreigners seeking asylum in the United Kingdom has halved over the year. According to BBC, in October last year nine thousand people filed…

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Real estate

Real Estate in Germany via a Legal Entity

Foreigners who have registered an LLC (GmbH) here and rent out housing have a chance to obtain permanent residence in the future, writes «Новый иностранец». You can take a break from the worries of…

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Everyday life

Schemers Have No Borders

One of the latest high-profile scams was pulled off by fraudsters last year. Within a week, numerous residents of Germany with the surname Lemke received letters with the same content: in the USA, in…

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Tourism

One step from mass to wellness

The most popular German state among domestic tourists is Bavaria, writes Russian Focus. Hearty, far from dietetic food, liter mugs of beer (or mass) all year round (and especially during Oktoberfest)…

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Auto tour

CAR RENTAL: I drive wherever I want

If you hate walking single file behind a guide from one museum to another, if you have long been dissatisfied with typical tourist programs, if for you a vacation is freedom of movement, the…

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Sport

Master of Hockey Pavel Bure

The world of the National Hockey League, once opened to Soviet athletes by Vyacheslav Fetisov, is now full of players from the former USSR. Now even an “ordinary” player can get lost among the many…

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