Immigration
It appears that the Russian authorities have found compelling demographic, economic, or political reasons to change migration policy literally on the fly. The normative acts prepared by the Federal…
The appointed and seemingly now final date for EU accession is 2007, a long coastline with beautiful beaches, historically established tourist flows and the continuing rapid growth of the tourism…
Airbus
There will be no return to the former airborne freedom that allowed our air passengers to toast the takeoff, climb, and cruise with a glass of spirits they brought along or bought at duty-free shops…
Culture
UNESCO has begun implementing the high-profile project called 'New7Wonders'. All inhabitants of planet Earth with access to the Internet and telephone service are given the opportunity to choose a…
Airbus
A man who survived an aviation accident that killed 55 passengers flying with him thought about how to increase his own chances of survival. This man compiled a set of simple rules that can help in…
Education
One of the main obstacles that stands in the way of those wishing to study in the USA is the high cost of education there. American colleges and universities set prices based on the capabilities of…
Culture
Sport
Professional boxing has entered an era of change: all current world heavyweight champions are from the former USSR. What consequences might this have for world boxing? Russian boxing fans had barely…
Immigration
The absence of a language barrier in communication between representatives of Russia and the foreign diaspora does not yet guarantee full mutual understanding. The World Congress of Compatriots held…
Everyday life
Amazing thing – the stronger China becomes, the stronger the age-old traditions in the Celestial Empire. Including the ancient custom of making sacrifices to the souls of deceased ancestors. It is…
News
Starting from mid-2007, Ukrainians will receive a Schengen visa in a maximum of 10 days. For some categories of citizens, it will be free of charge. The key document signed last week in Helsinki at…
MEPs are concerned about the growing circulation of the largest banknote denomination, €500. MEPs suspect that these banknotes are mainly used for money laundering. But the main problem, experts say…
The UN Security Council approved a new Secretary-General of the United Nations – as expected, it was South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon. With his assumption of office on January 1, 2007, an…
News
Airbus
The ink had hardly dried on the ruling of the European Constitutional Court refusing to allow U.S. authorities to obtain detailed information on air passengers traveling from the EU to America, and…
U.S. President George Bush personally put an end to a long and rather tedious detective story called "The Mexican Wall." After he signed the corresponding bill, a thousand-kilometer fence will be…
Tourism
November in Europe is much duller than October: there are fewer festivals and holidays, and somehow there is not as much fun as in the previous month. Nothing surprising about that, truth be told…
At a meeting of the parliamentary committee on aliyah and absorption, data were presented on the number of repatriates leaving Israel. According to the published report, among new repatriates, those…
According to a survey of 4,000 air passengers conducted on the travel website TripAdvisor, London's Heathrow was named the worst of all airports, and Irish airline Ryanair the worst airline. The…
Tourism
One of the oldest cities in America, the capital of Massachusetts, a major Atlantic port. Like no other American city, Boston is rich in monuments of the colonial period and, in fact, is the…
Curiosities
Japanese go crazy over Paris. And in the literal sense of the word. So many people are affected by the realities of the French capital that they have grown from a medical problem into a scientific…