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Archive — October 2006

More Ukrainians have arrived Sport

More Ukrainians have arrived

In the strongest hockey league in the world – the NHL – the regular championship began on October 4, from which specialists expect even more interesting and productive play. Such optimistic forecasts…

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News

Africa left without glaciers

Africa's two highest points – Kilimanjaro and Kenya – have almost lost their ice cover. If deforestation and atmospheric pollution are not stopped, they will be completely bare within 25-50 years…

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Quebec Calls Ukrainians Immigration

Quebec Calls Ukrainians

Last week, a representative of the Vienna Immigration Bureau in Quebec (Canada), Guy Nolin, visited Ukraine. He held an information briefing for press representatives about Quebec's immigration…

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300 Million Clinical Optimists Immigration

300 Million Clinical Optimists

Last week, the population of the United States of America passed the 300 million mark. Officially, at least. In fact, it is quite possible that several months ago, the 300-millionth American, as a…

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Road Tricks Auto tour

Road Tricks

If a car is successfully rented, first you need to get used to a stranger's car, familiarize yourself with the features of traffic regulations, learn to use toll roads and understand how to park your…

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Berlin – a bankrupt city News

Berlin – a bankrupt city

Looking at the beautiful Berlin streets and buildings, at its parks and fountains, it is hard to believe that all this splendor has long been mortgaged and remortgaged. Nevertheless, it is a fact…

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Gourmet guide

The Travels of Kolobok

Kolobok, kolobok... He ran away from his grandmother, he ran away from his grandfather – and then rolled all over the world, leaving traces on every continent. What didn't people do to him! They…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 353) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 353)

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Immigration

UK to Abandon Guest Workers

The UK Home Office intends to abolish annual quotas on the entry of unskilled labor from non-EU countries. The Independent reports this, citing Immigration Minister Liam Byrne.

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Immigration

German court eases language test for citizenship

The citizenship authority regularly requires candidates to provide proof of sufficient knowledge of the German language. The question arises: what should be understood by the term 'sufficient…

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Features of Automobile Traffic in Some Countries Auto tour

Features of Automobile Traffic in Some Countries

In Italy, it is expensive to rent a car when traveling together; it is cheaper to travel by train. You need to prepare to pay about €35-100 per week for toll roads. You shouldn't avoid them -…

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A Brief Alcohol Guide Gourmet guide

A Brief Alcohol Guide

Count how many times, arriving in a foreign country, you wanted to find a suitable drink. And ordering something familiar, you discovered that the taste was strikingly different from what you drank…

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Ramadan Does Not Tolerate Records Sport

Ramadan Does Not Tolerate Records

Faithful Muslims once again attempted to bring the world order in line with the norms of Islam. The organizing committee of the 2012 Olympic Games in London was 'advised' to move them to another…

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Three Beer Routes Tourism

Three Beer Routes

GERMANY Germany and beer are almost synonyms. But even in such a country there are real beer oases. For example, Bamberg, or the small town of Kulmbach. But the main 'oasis' is Bavaria. BELGIUM Let…

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Italian Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych Sport

Italian Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych

I have often heard that the world knows about Ukraine thanks to the names of its athletes: Andriy Shevchenko, Vitali and Volodymyr Klitschko, Yana Klochkova. They are known even in Central African…

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Schengen Expansion Postponed News

Schengen Expansion Postponed

The accession of Eastern European EU member states and Switzerland to the Schengen Area is postponed until June 2008. The European Commission explains the delay by technical reasons.

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Main news of the issue (Foreign №352) News

Main news of the issue (Foreign №352)

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Immigration

Compatriots by Quota

Insisting on tightening policies against illegal migrants and guest workers, Russia's Federal Migration Service (FMS) continues to paint rosy pictures for Russian-speaking compatriots who wish to…

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Airbus

Airports Lose Luggage

Who among us has never been left without their suitcase after a flight at least once in their life? And, as statistics show, the number of passengers losing their personal belongings on flights is…

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News

Egypt changes entry rules for some CIS countries

For tourists from a number of CIS countries, the conditions for obtaining visas to Egypt have been tightened. As explained in the Consular Department of the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow, they will have…

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Origin Check Immigration

Origin Check

A Russian-speaking Israeli was suspected of forging documents confirming his nationality. According to Vremya Novostey, the Israeli Ministry of Interior refused to recognize a Ukrainian-born man…

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Who 'Flew' Into the EU Blacklist Airbus

Who 'Flew' Into the EU Blacklist

The European Commission last week published an updated version of the blacklist of unsafe airlines that are banned from the airspace of all European Union member states. Of our nearest neighbors in…

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Education

Classification of German language tests

To enroll in a German university for a first higher education degree or internship, you need to certify your knowledge of the German language. This can be done in your home country or in Germany. The…

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Airbus

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