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Archive — April 2004

News

From May 1 to 4, Hamburg will become one of the world's tourism capitals

The 10th UITT held in Kyiv in early April was for many participants just one stage in promoting their spring-summer 2004 program. Before Kyiv, the focus was on Berlin and Moscow; after Kyiv, company…

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New international-standard foreign passports in Russia

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Truth is good, but a visa is better Immigration

Truth is good, but a visa is better

The editors receive many letters from people wishing to go to America - temporarily or permanently. Some ask to tell them how to act correctly after receiving notification of winning the Diversity…

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Career with an English Accent Education

Career with an English Accent

The unrealized performance of many compatriots - Oxford, an English lawn and the charming phrase 'The Thames, sir!' instead of the native 'The village of Gadyukino has been washed away.' True, having…

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How much does a vacation in Bulgaria cost Tourism

How much does a vacation in Bulgaria cost

For some reason, it seems that a bad person would never go to the good-natured and cheerful Bulgarian resorts. Due to well-known historical reasons, they are perceived almost as native, writes…

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Sasha COHEN: young, beautiful, hot Sport

Sasha COHEN: young, beautiful, hot

Figure skating is a special sport. The purely athletic side - the ability to skate beautifully, jump high while maintaining coordination of movement - is very closely intertwined with the aesthetic…

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Immigration

Ukrainian euro-renovation in Moscow

Vyacheslav Zheleznyakov is one of thousands of citizens of former Soviet republics who come to Moscow to earn money. Of the 12 months in a year, he spends 10 in Moscow. Slava is a citizen of Belarus…

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Migration Problems of the European Union Immigration

Migration Problems of the European Union

Two months before the official enlargement of the European Union, Britain and Ireland gave an unpleasant surprise to the ten candidate countries. As the magazine "Europe" writes, one after another…

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How to cross the street using an elevator Country guide

How to cross the street using an elevator

Monaco, it turns out, is not only casinos and Formula-1 races. Here flowers grow on rooftops, and instead of an underground passage one has to use an elevator, writes "Put i Voditel".

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'Russian trace' in fake documents case Immigration

'Russian trace' in fake documents case

Fraudsters who arrange jobs for illegal immigrants in Britain use the classified sections of Russian-language newspapers and the shop windows of London shops selling 'Russian food'. This is the…

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Tourism

Turkey announces new resorts

Turkish Tourism Minister Erkan Momdju announced the start of a government program to develop the resort infrastructure of Tarsus, a city with a population of 250,000, located approximately 200 km…

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Who needs our specialists? Education

Who needs our specialists?

Does it make sense to finish a university in the CIS in order to later enroll in a foreign one, and what prospects do graduates of our universities have in EU countries? Such questions are often…

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News

Germany against sham marriages

German regional law enforcement agencies intend to step up the fight against sham marriages aimed at obtaining residence permits and social benefits.

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Tourism

Bulgarian resorts are preparing to receive tourists

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Tourism

Estonia to ban smoking in public places

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Country guide

The Little Miracle of François Grimaldi

The first settlements on the site of modern Monaco appeared almost 3,000 years ago. At that time the area was called Monoikos. The name may derive from Portus Monoecus, the ancient port of Hercules…

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You can make money on real estate in the USA Real estate

You can make money on real estate in the USA

Especially if it is in Florida. It is believed that the real estate market in Florida began to actively develop with the advent of modern air conditioning systems. As Russky Fokus writes, there is…

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News

The Ministry of Labor informs

On March 16, 2004, under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister Heorhii Halytsia, a regular meeting of the Commission of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine on licensing of mediation in…

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European Union on the eve of a big bang Everyday life

European Union on the eve of a big bang

Quite recently, a couple of months ago, the adoption of the European Union Constitution seemed a matter of if not distant, then still fairly remote future, writes IA Rosbalt. The constitutional war…

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From dream to reality, or How important it is to be persistent Immigration

From dream to reality, or How important it is to be persistent

From dream to reality, or How important it is to be persistent

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Admirals in the Making Education

Admirals in the Making

Outwardly, all U.S. military institutions are painfully similar to Russian ones: the entrance is blocked by concrete barriers, and the sentry post is hung with weapons. Not long ago, before the…

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April's lineup: from festival to sabbath Culture

April's lineup: from festival to sabbath

In April everything will mix: people, horses, musical instruments, rare mollusks, flowers, monuments and witches. No one dares to predict the finale of this fantastic and crazy spectacle, but the…

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New problem of the 'Belgian patient' Sport

New problem of the 'Belgian patient'

Ukrainian Oleg Yashchuk, having received a Belgian passport, will not be able to play for our national team. Just a year ago, he was mentioned extremely rarely. Only when it came to the Belgian…

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News

German border guards are being replaced by video cameras

"Your pupil, please!" - such a phrase will soon become common at border checks. As Vremya Novostey reports, the experimental phase of the project "Automated Border Control with Biometric Support" has…

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