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Archive — September 2005

At the Border of Worlds Tourism

At the Border of Worlds

Armenia seemed like a backward country. The events of unfriendly relations with neighbors and the collapse of the Union, which significantly affected the country's economy, were still fresh in…

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Sport

Germany - for Ukraine

Late in the evening of September 3, the Ukrainian national football team made it to the World Cup for the first time in years of independence. In Tbilisi, the team led by Oleg Blokhin, the best…

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Britain counts immigrants Immigration

Britain counts immigrants

Britain, where the issue of immigration has recently become one of the most acute, has received the most comprehensive statistical report on who came to the country, from where and when, and how…

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EU tightens rules for immigrants News

EU tightens rules for immigrants

The terrorist attacks in London were the last straw for Europeans. At the same time, France and Great Britain independently of each other announced that the refugee admission regime in these…

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Airbus

Airline news (abroad №297)

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US May Cancel Green Card Lottery News

US May Cancel Green Card Lottery

As of October 1, 2005, the American visa lottery DV (Green Card lottery), popular in many countries, may be discontinued; its participants could win American immigrant visas. The US Congress…

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Holidays in Egypt may be banned Tourism

Holidays in Egypt may be banned

A system to ensure the safety of Russian and foreign tourists may be created in Russia in the near future. The Federal Agency for Tourism, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Internal…

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The First Russian World Number One Sport

The First Russian World Number One

Once, some 10-15 years ago, it seemed that tennis and we were completely incomparable concepts. The elite representatives of this sport seemed like alien beings without weaknesses, and our tennis…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 296) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 296)

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A Word about the Poor Migrant Work

A Word about the Poor Migrant

Several years ago, the problem of the existence of illegal labor migrants in large cities was perceived unambiguously. Law enforcement agencies, guided by the unshakable formula "no person - no…

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Subtleties of Eastern Extortion Safety

Subtleties of Eastern Extortion

I am sure that almost every reader of these lines has at least once had the chance to treat themselves to a trip to the Middle East. Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia, and the Emirates have firmly established…

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New Orleans has become a ghost town News

New Orleans has become a ghost town

The consequences of Hurricane Katrina, which swept over the southern states of the USA, turned out to be much more serious than it seemed immediately after the wind subsided. Three days later, it…

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Lessons in Saving Tourism

Lessons in Saving

The widespread belief that traveling in Europe during the high season is affordable to few can be easily refuted, perhaps, only by students. Being a student, together with international student ID…

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News

European countries have issued airline blacklists

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Through Valleys and Over Hills Education

Through Valleys and Over Hills

“At a depth of two or three thousand feet stretched a bright green plain with a pretty little town and a silver ribbon of a river winding among meadows; this heavenly corner was hemmed in on all…

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British education will become closer Education

British education will become closer

For many years, British education has been a universally recognized standard of specialist training around the world. It is no coincidence that many young Ukrainians are increasingly interested in…

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The "Client System" in the Czech Republic Work

The "Client System" in the Czech Republic

At the forum "On Migration in Central and Eastern Europe", which finished its work last week in Prague, problems of emigration and labor migration to countries that recently joined the European Union…

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Work

Immigrants in Canada Are Finding It Harder

A university education obtained at home leaves little chance of finding employment in Canada. That is the conclusion reached by the electronic journal University Affairs. Statistics show that among…

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Wine and beer will flow in rivers Tourism

Wine and beer will flow in rivers

The upcoming September will greet the curious traveler with so many wine and beer events that one can even feel sorry for him. Still, you have to take care of yourself somehow - and here it's either…

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Fasten your seatbelts Airbus

Fasten your seatbelts

Where is the invisible line that separates real facts from the fantasies of disaster film creators?

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Main news of the issue (abroad №295) News

Main news of the issue (abroad №295)

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Visual Contact Visas

Visual Contact

Most of our tourists get visas to foreign countries through travel agencies together with a tour package. But sometimes citizens have to get visas themselves, and this procedure terrifies them…

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A Wish Made on Charles Bridge Everyday life

A Wish Made on Charles Bridge

Ah, Prague! Whimsical enchantress, seductive sorceress... Probably, in the number of loving couples who have found their happiness in this charming city, Prague can boldly compete with Paris. How…

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A Leap into a Fairy Tale Tourism

A Leap into a Fairy Tale

Who among us hasn't dreamed as a child of flying into space, having lunch with Mickey Mouse, or becoming a real cowboy? Now these dreams are quite achievable - just buy a plane ticket and head to one…

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