The Berlin Prosecutor's Office has brought charges in a case concerning the illegal smuggling of Ukrainian and Moldovan citizens into Germany, involving six Ukrainian and Russian citizens. The…
US aviation authorities have allowed animals in airplane cabins to provide 'emotional support' for passengers. As AP reports, from now on cats, monkeys, dogs and some other animals will be able to…
The authorities of Guangzhou, the administrative center of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, have introduced a system of strict fines for spitting and cigarette butts discarded on city…
Within the next five years, new high-tech foreign passports will be introduced in the G8 countries. As Gazeta.Ru reports, the chips embedded in the documents will record data on citizens'…
Israel's Ministry of Tourism plans to invest two billion shekels in the near future in an advertising campaign aimed at increasing the number of tourists who will visit Israel in 2003 by 400,000…
At discos, in courses, or in new circles, I often hear the question: "How come you're in Germany, on the 'au pair' thing?" At first I didn't understand what, in fact, was being said — what this 'au…
Czech Interior Minister Stanislav Gross has come forward with a proposal to solve the problem of Chechen refugees who moved to the Czech Republic from Poland. He proposes to pay each refugee $3,000…
It seems that the creed of the incurable optimist “Every cloud has a silver lining” will find its confirmation also with regard to the new tourist season. The unfavorable impression from unexpected…
Cigarette packs on which all the horrors of tobacco smoking will be described will go on sale in France in July. As France-Presse reports, this decision was made in accordance with the European…
Russian diplomats have proposed to Europeans a plan for a phased transition to the abolition of the visa regime between Russia and the European Union. There was no sharp rejection of this idea from…
It is no secret that our compatriots, who have flooded the previously hard-to-reach countries of the West and East over the past decade, often ignore their laws out of habit — out of extreme need or…
Tourism
The Alpine Republic, like no other country in the world, pays great attention to the organization and holding of various festival events. They take place in many Austrian cities and attract the…
The number of foreigners living in Germany barely amounts to 10% of the country's total population. However, German prisons are overcrowded with foreign criminals: according to official statistics…
Probably, this is enough to want to immediately head for the Turkish shore. By the way, Turkey has not four seas, but five. Don't believe it? Let's count: the Black Sea washes Turkey from the north -…
Not all of us are satisfied with the quality of education received in the CIS countries. So our people go abroad to get an education. One of such places is Israel. And although in light of today's…
The California animal rights group has filed a lawsuit against German sporting goods manufacturer Adidas. The greens demand that the sale of kangaroo leather shoes be stopped, as this is prohibited…
The British policeman is changing before our eyes, writes the magazine Europa. This spring, on London streets, caps with checkered bands around the crown caught my eye more often than the traditional…
Such an impression, writes Gazeta.Ru, that this year the Olympic Games are being held among museum thieves - one after another, reports of museum thefts arrive, each worthy of the title 'Heist of the…
For the first time in 29 years, Cypriots have been able to freely cross the so-called "green line" dividing the island into Greek and Turkish parts. This became possible thanks to a decision by the…
From May 25 to July 1 of this year, citizens of Ukraine residing in border settlements with Poland will be able to enter Polish territory without visas, not on internal passports, but exclusively on…
The presentation of the new US dollars, which had to be postponed due to the outbreak of the war in Iraq, is scheduled for May. The new 20-dollar bills themselves, which have already been dubbed…
We bring to your attention an interview organized by the publication Gazeta.Ru. The deputy head of the Federal Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, police…
The UAE Ministry of Labour and Social Protection plans to introduce restrictions on the issuance of group visas in the construction and maintenance sectors. Instead of issuing group visas, it plans…