An information and analytics digest for everyone going abroad or staying home

Archive — December 2003

Work

United States of America: Legal and Illegal Earnings

Despite everything, Ukrainians are still drawn to America. Neither the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, nor the downturn in the American economy, nor its belligerent course have prevented…

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Tourism

Ukrainian-Czech Workshop: New Routes, New Prospects

The other day, a business meeting of representatives of Czech and Ukrainian tourism took place in Kyiv. More than 40 travel companies and specialized print media gathered there. The briefing was…

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Real estate

Keep Your Money in Prague Luxury

In the 1990s, the best way to earn money in Prague was renting out apartments in the city center. As 'The New Foreigner' writes, happy owners of housing within walking distance of Old Town Square…

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Sport

Where Have Our Players Not Been?

Today, an increasing number of foreign players from a wide variety of countries are flooding our football. True, so far the foreigners are inferior to the USSR-born players, who seem to have managed…

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Immigration

Which Immigrant Does Canada Prefer?

Canadian citizens and legal immigrants should have the right to sponsor immigration to the country not only for their closest relatives. These new rights would facilitate family reunification and…

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Tourism

Love and wedding, Bosch and money

In January 2004, we will be able to see wedding dresses, new motorcycles, antique coins, fashionable women's underwear, and paintings by Bosch and Bruegel - one just needs to choose a suitable travel…

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Immigration

Cost of maintaining a family in the Czech Republic has risen significantly

In one of the October issues of the newspaper (see “Zagranitsu” No. 42), in a selection of materials about the Czech Republic, statistical information was published on the average and minimum wages…

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Immigration

Protection behind high walls

Of course, refugees always need protection more than others, because they are uprooted, because they have to start everything from scratch, because they do not know the language and the country, and…

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Tourism

Bulgaria develops wine tourism

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Tourism

Egyptian authorities intend to insure tourists against road accidents

Egyptian authorities want to introduce a system of special insurance for foreign tourists in case of road traffic accidents. Egypt's Minister of Tourism Muhammad Mamdouh al-Beltagy ordered the…

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Tourism

In France, unfinished wine is asked to be taken away

French restaurants are offering customers a new service: from now on, a customer can take home an unfinished bottle of wine. As France Info radio reported, the initiative came from the Bordeaux…

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Education

How to find your place in the hospitality industry

An internship is an opportunity to put your theoretical knowledge into practice. It gives you a chance to make a good impression at a company and gain the necessary experience in your field.

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News

New Law 'On Tourism' Comes into Effect

The country's president signed the law 'On Tourism'. The document comes into force on January 1 of the new year. According to Interfax-Ukraine, deputies supported this law with the president's…

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Education

Sound advice in a difficult moment

The Au Pair program is a youth cultural and language program that has existed and been supported by the states of various countries for more than fifty years. Young people have the opportunity to…

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News

Netherlands begin fight against immigrants

The Rotterdam city council adopted a sensational decision, Izvestia reports. Henceforth, in the largest port city of Holland, it is forbidden to settle "poor and unemployed immigrants". Now, to…

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Tourism

Hospitable Bulgaria - a Familiar Stranger

Probably, it was Bulgaria that became the first foreign resort for many of our compatriots who dared to spend their vacation abroad for the first time. Traditionally, our ideas about this hospitable…

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Law zone

"Go back to your Ukraine!"

The adventures of foreigners in Russia are increasingly ending in deportation. The Moscow City Court is shortly to hear the case of Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Shelukhin, sentenced by the Zelenograd…

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News

World champions... in refugeehood determined

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) counts quarterly the number of people who, for one reason or another, want to obtain asylum abroad. The 1951 international convention…

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Tourism

A walk around Budapest

What to see, what not to do in the Hungarian capital. In other cities, there are houses on the streets. Here, they are open-air sculpture museums. The most striking example is on the corner of…

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Tourism

Adrenaline Slopes

The ski season in Europe opens in early December (at some resorts - in mid-November), when the snow depth allows making steep descents from a height of 3,000 to 1,000 meters. The season ends from…

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Work

Cypriot Odyssey of a Young Khersonite

Over there, beyond the border, there is money and hope. Sashko will turn twenty-five in a few days. After the army, he tried himself in various fields: he worked at a factory as a turner, enrolled in…

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Tourism

Where to go in January

In January 2004, Austria flies, Germany dances, Celts have fun in Glasgow, Bologna watches films of the future, and Swedish Kiruna invites to a magical snow festival. As Gazeta.Ru reports, you can…

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Sport

Olympics? Any whim for your money!

There is next to nothing left before the start of the XXVIII Olympic Games – a mere eight months, which for such a grandiose event as the main sports competition of the four-year cycle is a mere…

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Law zone

Yuri Kiryushin, member of the Moscow Bar Association: "A person who defends his rights is not always convenient"

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