Archive — December 2005

New Year's Around-the-World Trip (Part 2)

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 311)

Latvia Has Gained an Unsavory Image

Latvia has recently become a real mecca for sex tourism. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by the London office of the Latvian travel agency. The conclusions are as follows…

New Year's Around-the-World Journey

Today we invite you to take a journey through time, to celebrate the New Year 24 times, in all time zones – in order to figure out who actually celebrates this holiday first and who last, and to…

Hotel anthroponymics

Very often the name of a hotel itself contains its key indicators and, say, after reading the name Long Beach Garden Hotel & SPA, you can already imagine its leisure concept. The main thing is not to…

New Year's Around-the-World Trip (Part 4)

New Year's Round-the-World Trip (Part 3)

New Year's Round-the-World Trip (Part 5)

Refugees will have to wait

The problem of refugees and asylum seekers who have lived for many years in the Federal Republic with the precarious residence status Duldung was the focus of the latest conference of German state…

State-run drug injection rooms to appear in Europe

In Belgium, drug addicts will be given free doses of heroin. A reception point for drug addicts, after seven years of debates, will nevertheless open in the city of Liege. Belgium has already become…

‘Refugee’ - the main word of 2005

‘Refugee’ has been recognized as the main word of 2005. The phrase of the year is ‘out of the mainstream,’ and the word used everywhere is ‘OK.’ These are the results of a study conducted by the…

Canada spends millions

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has shown unusual activity, announcing ongoing and planned measures to further improve the immigration situation. In particular, certain steps have been taken to…

Russians tear apart the law

The Russian State Duma last week passed in the first reading amendments to the citizenship law submitted by the president. The aim of the legislative changes is to extend until January 1, 2008, the…

New Year's Eve will be one second longer

The upcoming New Year's Eve will be one second longer than usual. This was reported by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. "An extra second will be added to the atomic clocks at…

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 310)

Month of the Fight Against Drunk Drivers

You can fight drunk driving in different ways. Some countries limit themselves to a law that provides for a fine and confiscation of licenses. In others, additional measures are offered, and…

Scandal around the Society of Immigration Consultants

At the end of November, a scandal that broke out in the Society of Immigration Consultants of Canada, created two years ago, became public knowledge. The central Canadian news agency CBC News…

Right to 'left' and to 'right'

One girl, who once accompanied our fellow citizens on tours of Egypt, nostalgically recalled the early nineties: “Our pioneers ordered a new excursion every day (and we got a commission from each…

Shops drove Swiss to referendum

A referendum was held in Switzerland on a matter of, by their standards, extreme importance: should shops located at train stations and airports be open on Sunday? "They should," the Swiss decided.

Tourists Need Protection

Winter and New Year holidays are a great time for tourist trips and eventful recreation. Despite the fact that mandatory insurance for those traveling abroad has not been introduced in our country…

US Expands "Black List"

Currently, the United States considers approximately 80,000 foreign citizens as potential terrorists for whom entry into U.S. territory is prohibited or undesirable. That is exactly how many names…

Russia not ready for illegal migrant amnesty

The Federal Migration Service of Russia (FMS) is not ready to conduct an amnesty for illegal migrants in 2006. An adequate legislative framework has not been created, and the mentality of officials…

The Seven Waited for the One

Every eighth resident of Germany turned out to be a foreigner. At the same time, Germany copes with the problem of integrating foreigners worse than all other European countries. That is the…

Racial Purge on the Beach

Australian Prime Minister John Howard called on the country's residents to ethnic and religious tolerance. He called unacceptable “attacks on people on the grounds of racial and ethnic enmity.” The…