For holidays in Montenegro, citizens of Russia and Ukraine can now travel without visas, only with a foreign passport and a purchased tour package. This decision was made by the government of the…
In a nonexistent agency, important people gathered to fulfill yet another requirement of a law that also does not exist.
A draft law allowing Moldovan citizens to simultaneously acquire citizenship of other countries was passed in the first reading by the Moldovan parliament last week. According to the draft law, the…
Tunisia is a country in North Africa, where different eras, cultures, and ethnic groups are densely mixed. Our compatriot Bogdan KURILKO, who has lived in Tunisia for several years, talks about how…
Since I arrived in Kyiv, the consular section has focused on improving the quality of services for American and Ukrainian citizens. At the same time, as a result of the terrorist acts against the…
Just a few days ago, Internet users were racing to “register in Switzerland”. That was the name of a new computer game, which about 20,000 people visited daily to play. Each of them faced a difficult…
Beer is one of the main attractions of Prague. However, in most tourist programs it is for some reason given a secondary, accompanying role: admire the architecture and... drink beer, immerse…
For the vast majority of residents of our country (and, alas, sometimes the only one) one of the most reliable ways to get permanent residence in Western European countries, if by nationality they…
In 2001 and 2002, according to statistics from the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, about 49,000 illegal foreigners were detained in the country annually. However, only about a quarter could be…
For the first time, footballers from the post-Soviet space have won the European Champions Cup. Andriy Shevchenko, a product of Kiev football, and his teammate Kakha Kaladze, a native of Tbilisi…
By the start of the tourist season, every country tries to attract the attention of as many potential tourists from different countries of the world as possible. And as Rosbalt notes, Poland is no…
Many of our compatriots believe that studying abroad is something inaccessible to the average person, something prohibitively expensive, and therefore exists for them only virtually, in the same…
American airlines are planning to introduce paid meals on their domestic flights. The first to officially announce this was US Airways. Starting July 1, on its flights longer than two hours…
Revelations of an Odessa flag-of-convenience sailor who made his living transporting illegal migrants. The modest contribution of Ukrainian flag-of-convenience sailors to the transport of illegal…
A professional athlete must be ready to pay up at any second, writes the weekly Itogi. He is fined for everything — for being late to practice, for refusing to talk to journalists, and even for his…
The Singapore authorities have decided to publish a rating of public toilets. They will be assessed like hotels, on a scale of one to five stars. The rating will take into account not only the…
The Baltic countries intend to work together on a new tourism direction, hoping to attract guests with cultural values in addition to cheap shops.
From June 15 to December 1, an experiment will be conducted at border checkpoints on Ukraine's borders to significantly reduce the time of customs control procedures, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
For the sixth consecutive year, France has seen a steady increase in the number of political refugees, which reached 51,087 new applications in 2002. As the French newspaper Le Monde writes, this is…
192 countries of the world signed the first international anti-tobacco agreement in history in Geneva. The international convention provides for serious restrictions on tobacco advertising up to a…
Britons are mass-enrolling in plumbing courses, because in financially turbulent times a stable profession is needed. Moreover, it recently came to light that the most diligent masters of the…
British travel companies are suffering losses due to unprecedented security measures introduced in London. As reported by the English newspaper The Times, tourism industry representatives say that…
Last Monday, the first meeting of the German Expert Commission on Immigration and Integration of Foreigners took place in Nuremberg. One of the commission's main tasks will be to assess the country's…
Spain has adopted a new version of the law on foreigners, under which entry visas to the country will entitle those who lawfully obtained them at Spanish consulates in their home country to work and…