The Czech Interior Ministry intends to show a human face to illegal migrants. A series of draft laws is being prepared to change the Czech state's policy towards guest workers.
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Residents of former USSR countries will be able to obtain Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure until 2008. President Vladimir Putin has submitted the corresponding draft law to the State…
Recently, a mechanism was launched that could lead to a redrawing of the European map. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Kosovo - the UN representative for the upcoming…
Previously, the word 'pirates' was associated with the 18th century and adventure novels by Robert Louis Stevenson. Now the pirate theme increasingly appears on the front pages of global media.
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We bring to the attention of our readers a selective overview of the pension systems of several Western European countries. As experts note, the choice of these particular countries was dictated by…
The Council of Justice Ministers of the European Union approved at the end of last week new rules for controlling mobile and Internet communications in EU countries. Now, if they are adopted by the…
Immigration
An unusual way to fight illegal immigrants came to George Bush's mind. To reduce their number, the American leader proposes to legalize them. Guest workers working illegally in the United States will…
The French National Assembly - the lower house of the French parliament - has approved an “anti-terrorism bill” hastily drafted by the country's interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy.
It is proposed to raise the retirement age in the UK to 68 by 2050. This is stated in a report by the parliamentary Pensions Commission published last week. Under the leadership of Lord Turner, it…
Sport
Despite December not being the most suitable time for football, the game of millions is not about to surrender its position. This is unsurprising, as it is in December that the draw ceremony for the…
Tourism
For almost the entire month, Europe prepares for Christmas, Christmas gift markets are open everywhere, concerts, sales, street performers and musicians become active – and the December event poster…
A dispute is heating up in Europe over the EU budget for 2007-2013. British Prime Minister Tony Blair demanded to cut the contributions of union members to the European budget from 1.06% to 1.03% of…
Immigration
The riots in France forced the governments of many European countries to think about revising their migration policies. Russia was no exception. Last week, the Federation Council held hearings on…
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Tourism
“Once a bird is caught - stop, you won't escape the net” - this is just a line from a children's poem, but that is probably how the owners of chain hotels reason. After all, their task is to catch a…
Work
Mass labor emigration to the West after Lithuania's accession to the European Union has already led to an acute shortage of personnel in a number of economic sectors, in medicine and education. Who…
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Last Monday, their own government gave the residents of Turkey – a country that is one of the world's resort centers – an unexpected surprise: the sale of alcoholic beverages is banned in public…
The number of Latvian migrant workers in Ireland and the UK may be approaching 100,000, of whom only one in three is officially registered.
The first paragraph of Article 16 of the German Basic Law states: "No one may be deprived of German citizenship." Now Germany's Federal Constitutional Court must decide whether this right applies to…