Of the fifteen mainland autonomous communities of Spain, four have access to the Mediterranean Sea, where resort areas have been developing for several decades. These areas are particularly…
Today the European Union is experiencing the deepest crisis in its entire history, but despite this, Europeans are determined to continue integration. It remains to determine its paths.
Gourmet guide
Culinary scientists and other food historians claim: Indonesian and Filipino cuisines developed from a single root and should have much in common. Maybe, maybe... But it seems that development took…
News
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy agrees only to tough measures. France has begun deporting the most active participants in the riots. The first group of 11 people has already crossed the…
Airbus
Saving on air tickets? Even in the era of soaring oil prices, there are daredevils who risk lowering rather than raising the fare for each individual passenger's flight. How do they do it?
News
The economic miracle in China and India has led to an unexpected effect. According to recent studies, Chinese and Indians feel like the happiest people in the world, are proud of their nations and…
Most laws protect the citizens of their own country. But there are other laws that threaten those same citizens. Last week, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in Karlsruhe began examining…
Sport
What will the organizers of the Winter Olympic Games, to be held in Italy in February next year, have in store for us?
Tourism
Portuguese bullfighting is a colorful spectacle in which horses, people and, of course, bulls are all mixed together. And, as Itogi notes, the important thing is that no one is killed there. Already…
Tourism
The Swedish buffet was indeed invented by the Swedes. Many centuries ago, when Scandinavians expected the arrival of many guests, they made provisions of long-lasting food - salted fish, boiled…
For two weeks now, mass riots, arson and pogroms have continued in France. Having started on October 27 in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, they quickly spread to almost the entire country and…
News
Immigration
Next year, the Russian Federal Migration Service intends to conduct an immigration amnesty for the first time – that is, to forgive illegal migrants for lacking the necessary documents and working…
Immigration
On October 31, 2005, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Joe Volpe presented to parliament a report on his department's work for 2004 and gave his vision of the prospects of immigration…
News
French authorities have begun deporting foreigners who took part in the mass riots. The hooligans will be sent to their countries of original residence – even if they had a residence permit in France.
British authorities have launched a large-scale inspection of English language schools for foreigners. A quarter of such educational institutions turned out to be fictitious offices that receive…
Operation Frantic: Heroic Echo of War
Auto tour
A two-decked brig on rubber wheels, the Routemaster bus, is considered as much a calling card of London as red telephone boxes and Big Ben. By the end of the year, just short of its 50th anniversary…
For the second week now, the suburbs of Paris resemble Harlem of the 1960s. Overturned cars, smoldering fires made of car tires, broken shop windows. From dawn to dusk, only small groups of rioting…
Country guide
When a Bulgarian nods affirmatively, it means “no,” and conversely, when he seems to shake his head negatively, it means “yes.” This trait, which distinguishes Bulgarians from all other peoples of…
Education
We asked Lisa Giannangeli, deputy director of admissions at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford GSB), the questions that most often concern future MBAs. Many of her recommendations are…
News
Temporary workers from CIS countries help Russia contain inflation. Year after year, they take more and more money abroad - both officially (through bank transfers) and unofficially - through…