Culture
There are official geniuses - of science, art, and politics. If someone manages to discover gunpowder, write 'I loved you...' or introduce the wonderful word perestrojka into international use - and…
Immigration
To go to Greece and return without a fur coat is sheer arrogance, neglect of tradition, trampling of foundations, deviation from the norm. It seems that all of Greece, all these…
Country guide
The British can hardly be called a talkative nation. Rather the opposite — their reserve in self-expression is not without reason noted in textbooks (the Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park…
Tourism
Kitzbühel, in our way, is Kozelsk. Or Kozlovsk. In any case, I found a great many goats here. With small horns and huge languid eyes, ornately painted, they were everywhere. One I especially liked…
Tourism
Work
Having parted without regret with a not-too-high-paying job as a tourism manager back home, driven not only by material hardships but also by a desire to see the world and show myself, on my own…
The Dutch government intends to introduce quantitative quotas on entry into the country for citizens of Eastern European countries after the European Union expands by ten new members in May.
Sport
In February, the football world will gradually wake up from its winter hibernation. Although many national championships took fairly symbolic breaks, life will truly begin to bubble only in March…
Special charter flights will be organized to deport illegal immigrants from European Union countries, reports The Independent. The EU countries have decided to establish a pan-European border control…
Curiosities
In any other country, a shiny mobile phone left on the back seat of a taxi, a beautiful umbrella forgotten by an absent-minded passenger at the subway entrance, or a wad of cash dropped on the…
By a government decree, the validity of USSR citizen passports of the 1974 model for Russian citizens has been extended until July 1, 2004. As Interfax reports, this was announced by Deputy Minister…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia approved new regulations "On Work Permits for Foreigners". The document provides for a significant simplification of the procedure for obtaining a work permit in…
News
A report analyzing the immigration situation in the world was presented in Paris, reports Deutsche Welle. Employers in industrialized countries have a real need for foreign workers, but cannot find…
Country guide
About five days before our departure to South America, late in the evening, a call came from abroad - from San Francisco. A pleasant elderly voice with a soft accent that was not ours, of a Russian…
Tourism
February is the month of carnivals, writes Gazeta.Ru. But tourists are not only awaited by boisterous street fun, because on February 14 all Catholic (as well as, for that matter, non-Catholic)…
The formal date of Poland's accession to the European Union is May 1, 2004. But already from the first days of the new year, Poles clearly felt the approach of new times, reports the Rosbalt news…
Everyday life
There are so many people on earth that all of them, despite a certain external similarity, are unbearably different. They smile differently, dress differently, undress differently, and strive for…
Immigration
The British Parliament held the second reading of the Refugees Act, supported by 412 MPs, with 72 parliamentarians voting against. As Inostranets reports, over the past decade this law has been…
Work
In recent weeks, a discussion has unfolded in Germany about ways to combat illegal employment, popularly known as work on the black, writes Vremya Novostei. The government of Chancellor Schröder…
Greece, which is to host the Summer Olympic Games in the summer of 2004, has the lowest crime rate in Europe, RIA Novosti reports. Thus, in Greece per 100 thousand population there are just over four…
Russian authorities, it seems, intend to build migration policy strictly following the carrot-and-stick principle, writes Vremya Novostei. Speaking at an FSB board meeting, Vladimir Putin called for…
During the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, Spanish law enforcement agencies faced major financial difficulties and a shortage of special personnel, RIA Novosti reports. The number of…
In the UK, there are too many university students. Two-thirds of specialists involved in recruiting university graduates for jobs hold this opinion, reports The Independent.
The number of Jews arriving for permanent residence in Israel fell by a third in 2003 compared with the previous year. In its entire history, Israel has not known such a low level of immigrant…