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Archive — February 2004

Record-breaker among record-breakers Sport

Record-breaker among record-breakers

In the mid-80s, among football coaches, journalists and fans, they started talking about a rising nugget in Leningrad - Oleg Salenko. The forward, whom nature had endowed with a considerable share of…

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Europe groans under the onslaught of foreigners Immigration

Europe groans under the onslaught of foreigners

For those who today seek a better life abroad, rich Europe sends its main message, consisting of two mutually exclusive statements: workers are needed and entry is closed. But what to do? Europe…

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Everyday life

A Serious Marriage Agency Has No Age Restrictions

Today, on the eve of St. Valentine's Day, we will talk about our, women's dreams - about love, warmth of heart, family. In general, about happiness. It is no secret that many are increasingly seeking…

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How People Become Millionaires Money

How People Become Millionaires

A pragmatic scientific study of the behavior and habits of the richest people in America. New millionaires are a curious phenomenon not only here, but also in the US. There, this category of…

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Report from Bam: a city that no longer exists News

Report from Bam: a city that no longer exists

The first thing that catches your eye when you enter Bam is the incredibly large number of motorcyclists carrying shovels. At the time, I thought they would be clearing their homes, cleaning the city…

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Europe to Lose Cheap Flights Airbus

Europe to Lose Cheap Flights

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What will prices be in the new EU member states Money

What will prices be in the new EU member states

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In Danish prisons, 'doubles' are serving time Curiosities

In Danish prisons, 'doubles' are serving time

Instead of real criminals, their 'doubles' are serving sentences in Danish prisons. These inmates value their services at 67 to 135 euros a day. According to the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, as…

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News

Czech tourism industry hopes to avoid price surge

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Czech Republic has issued a statement regarding emerging information about an upcoming, almost twofold, price increase for hotels and restaurants in the…

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News

English Language in EU Displaces French

In connection with the upcoming enlargement of the European Union on May 1, 2004, the issue of the French language being displaced by English is being raised not only by observers today. It is a…

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News

UK to Create Agency Similar to US FBI

A new unit to fight organized crime, similar to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, is being created in the UK, RIA Novosti reports. The creation of the National Crime Agency was announced by UK…

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News

Romania and Bulgaria on the brink of an alcohol war

Romania and Bulgaria are on the brink of an alcohol war. The reason, as reported by the Tanjug agency citing the Bulgarian newspaper Standart, is Bulgaria's desire to register rakia - a national…

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News

EU to introduce restrictions on labor entry

Most EU countries intend to impose restrictions on the entry of labor from new EU member states in order to prevent destabilization of the labor market. According to RIA Novosti, restrictions on…

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News

Half of Warsaw students would like to go abroad

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News

Belgium may pass a law on gender change

In Belgium, a law on gender change may be adopted. According to local media, the corresponding draft legislative act has been developed by a group of Belgian parliament deputies representing four…

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Tourism Amid the Roar of Cannonade News

Tourism Amid the Roar of Cannonade

The World Tourism Organization (WTO) has summed up the results of 2003. The number of international tourist arrivals amounted to about 694 million, which is approximately 1.2% less than in 2002. As…

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News

Great Britain - a country of 'white' Muslims

21st century Great Britain is an explosive mixture in the ethnic and religious sense. According to the 2001 census, every tenth Muslim in England and Wales calls himself 'white'. This is due to an…

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British universities triple tuition fees News

British universities triple tuition fees

The British Parliament approved the education reform proposed by Prime Minister Tony Blair. According to Gazeta.Ru, British universities have almost tripled tuition fees. At the vote, 316 members of…

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They studied a little at a time. And by no means anyhow. Sport

They studied a little at a time. And by no means anyhow.

Study, study, and study again. Thus did one of the greatest political figures in world history, Vladimir Lenin, instruct his descendants. But at some stage his ungrateful descendants stopped adhering…

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A Thousand or One Night Everyday life

A Thousand or One Night

The intimate life of a child during study abroad. They do not want to talk to journalists about 'this', and if they do, it is reluctantly, in a low voice. Educational institutions are afraid of…

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How much does a London school cost? Education

How much does a London school cost?

I live opposite a primary school - children from five to 11 years old attend it - and five days a week, around eight in the morning, the space outside my windows fills with children's squeals and…

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There's a Student in Every Family Education

There's a Student in Every Family

The resort town of Bournemouth on the south coast of England successfully poses as an evergreen. During the leafless season, locals eagerly disguise trees in their gardens as tropical ones by…

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A brilliant career: it's better to start with an internship Education

A brilliant career: it's better to start with an internship

A hero of our time is a successful young man with a rapidly developing career and brilliant prospects. Every graduate sooner or later faces the problem of a lack of work experience in their…

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Ukraine plans migration amnesty News

Ukraine plans migration amnesty

The problem of illegal migration has long been extremely acute for Ukraine, given that the number of illegal migrants has exceeded 60,000 people and it is unrealistic to identify and deport all of…

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