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Archive — June 2005

Meditation on the 'roof of the world' or Why do people go to the Dalai Lama in Tibet? Tourism

Meditation on the 'roof of the world' or Why do people go to the Dalai Lama in Tibet?

You are a grown man at Christ's age, and you have no reason for pride. Day after day - gray weekdays you never planned in your childhood. No trace in history, not even a scratch, has been left. All…

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Road to Venice Tourism

Road to Venice

What does summer begin with? Of course, with the sea. With the bright sun, with a light breeze tangled in the tousled leaves of palm trees, with a sip of fragrant Chianti and the striped umbrellas of…

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You are going the wrong way, comrades! Sport

You are going the wrong way, comrades!

The intentions of basketball club executives and the NBA do not coincide with the players' desires.

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Integration

European Lessons of Latvia

The first of May last year, when Latvia became an official member of the EU, undoubtedly marked a serious milestone in the country's history, but at the same time did not become a "leap moment" for…

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Europe Has Somewhat Run Out of Steam News

Europe Has Somewhat Run Out of Steam

The idea of European unity needs a new start

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How Russians Are Loved in Israel Immigration

How Russians Are Loved in Israel

Israeli parliament deputy from the secular centrist party Shinui, Yigal Yasinov, is known as a fighter for the rights of Russian-speaking immigrants. And now he has managed to draw the attention of…

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Permanent residence in the Czech Republic in a short time Immigration

Permanent residence in the Czech Republic in a short time

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic is gradually expanding the list of countries whose citizens can apply for permanent residence in the country in an accelerated…

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The schools we choose Education

The schools we choose

In recent years, the private education sector in Europe, and even in America, has been experiencing if not a boom, then certainly increased interest. In Germany alone, the number of parents who would…

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North Korea Through the Eyes of an Eyewitness Country guide

North Korea Through the Eyes of an Eyewitness

Few of our compatriots manage to get to North Korea. Yet our understanding of this country is largely determined by the fact that the United States has included the DPRK in the "axis of evil."…

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Immigration

Universal Embassy for Illegal Immigrants

In one of Brussels' prestigious diplomatic quarters, squatters have appeared. As is the quarter, so are the squatters: four years ago, in the building of the former Somali embassy, which had been…

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Under the network of language schools Education

Under the network of language schools

Who knows how many language schools there are in the world? They can hardly be counted, and not only because the number would be in the order of several million. The industry of teaching foreign…

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Boxer Nicknamed The Rock Sport

Boxer Nicknamed The Rock

In late 2004 and early 2005, the boxing world began actively discussing the figure of a Russian - a certain Nikolai Valuev, whom many predicted would very soon claim the title of world champion in…

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Integration

European Union Residents: An Inside View

Most citizens of the European Union are satisfied with life, although they are also concerned about the situation in their own country. They believe that they have quite a lot of freedoms and that…

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Singapore - the goldfish of Asia Tourism

Singapore - the goldfish of Asia

It stands out among all cities in Southeast Asia - like a goldfish in an ordinary pond. Rich, beautiful, a little unusual and very expensive. As befits a goldfish, this city-state can fulfill all…

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Language immersion Education

Language immersion

People go abroad for conferences and business meetings. They go to work, have fun, get treatment, and study. Every year, more than one and a half million students aged from seven to eighty go on…

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News

Main news of the issue (Abroad No. 284)

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Experience of Legalizing Foreigners in Italy Immigration

Experience of Legalizing Foreigners in Italy

According to the latest data, at the beginning of 2004 there were 2.2 million foreign citizens in Italy who had received temporary residence permits in accordance with established procedures. If…

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Spanish journey with ghosts, sherry and reds Tourism

Spanish journey with ghosts, sherry and reds

Along roads all over Spain there are huge black billboards in the shape of a bull. The horned ungulate is visible from everywhere, and it inevitably becomes one of the most popular symbols of the…

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Collapse of the Swedish Family Everyday life

Collapse of the Swedish Family

Prosperous countries have their own problems, which are incomprehensible to us. In Sweden, for example, the female population fights for its rights so actively that it literally corners the strong…

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Adoption of children by foreigners is temporarily suspended News

Adoption of children by foreigners is temporarily suspended

Ukraine will soon suspend processing of new applications for adoption of children by families from abroad, in particular from the United States, but will continue processing documents for…

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France to Combat Illegal Immigrants News

France to Combat Illegal Immigrants

France is taking on the consequences of EU enlargement, which has flooded the country with illegal immigrants. The government recently announced a significant tightening of its migration policy. The…

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Sport

Dzhigit, Footballer and Publisher

Sometimes you catch yourself thinking that the attitude towards Kakha Kaladze is almost the same as towards Andriy Shevchenko. Although Kakha is Georgian, and Andriy is one of us, a Ukrainian. In any…

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Experience of legalizing foreigners in Italy Immigration

Experience of legalizing foreigners in Italy

According to the latest data, at the beginning of 2004 there were 2.2 million foreign citizens in Italy who had received temporary residence permits in accordance with the established procedure. If…

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Integration

Bumps on the Road to the EU

The EU's rapprochement with Romania began immediately after the collapse of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact, in the early 1990s. In 1992, association agreements were concluded between the EU and…

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