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Archive — December 2006

Levchenko: patriot from Groningen Sport

Levchenko: patriot from Groningen

In the world of Ukrainian football legionnaires playing in prestigious Western European championships, this season saw a shift in the center of gravity. First of all, due to Andriy Shevchenko's move…

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Tourism

In the Land of Rejoicing Cacti

Mexico is a country of fantastic diversity. In principle, the cultures of the Maya and Aztecs, the most influential in the region (the Maya extend at least into Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala), are…

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Schengen expands eastward News

Schengen expands eastward

Starting from 2007, 10 new European Union member states will be included in the Schengen area. The EU justice ministers reached the corresponding agreement on December 5. The decision concerns…

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Europe Does Not Know What to Do with Turkey News

Europe Does Not Know What to Do with Turkey

These days the deadline of a kind of ultimatum presented by the European Commission to Turkey expires. Ankara must open its sea and air ports to ships and aircraft of the Republic of Cyprus. If it…

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Britain to Test Foreigners Immigration

Britain to Test Foreigners

From next year, foreigners wishing to obtain permanent residence status in the UK while retaining their citizenship will have to take the same exams as those applying for British citizenship…

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Fingerprinting at Heathrow Airbus

Fingerprinting at Heathrow

The British government is negotiating with airlines about installing scanners in airports for fingerprinting passengers. According to The Daily Telegraph, discussions began in August, shortly before…

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Where Does an International Student Live? Education

Where Does an International Student Live?

For someone going abroad to study, the question of where to live is no less important than where to study. Whether we are going on a long-term program at a university or just for two weeks at a…

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Christmas Phobias Curiosities

Christmas Phobias

Europe is preparing for Christmas. It is very difficult to describe the atmosphere of pre-Christmas bustle, the special thrilling fever, the anticipation of a miracle (even more acute because…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 360) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 360)

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Expulsion of a Migrant from Russia Immigration

Expulsion of a Migrant from Russia

There will be no amnesty for illegal immigrants in Russia. This was stated by the head of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) Konstantin Romodanovsky immediately after the roundtable in the State…

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Airbus

Airline News (Abroad No. 360)

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Beneficial vacation in an 'interesting condition' Tourism

Beneficial vacation in an 'interesting condition'

A woman in an 'interesting condition' wants to live a full life. And to go on vacation not only to her dacha, but also to foreign resorts. With the help of the observers of the magazine 'Beach', we…

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Guests put to the language test Education

Guests put to the language test

In June of this year, a twenty-first official language was added to the twenty official languages of the European Union – Gaelic, native to the Irish, but about 200 linguistic minorities remained…

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Passengers Assigned Terrorist Risk Ratings News

Passengers Assigned Terrorist Risk Ratings

Starting this week, according to some sources, all entering the US will be assigned an individual terrorist threat level. US intelligence agencies have been compiling secret dossiers on all entering…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 359) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 359)

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Tourism

Australia - the best country for tourists

Australia has been recognized as the most attractive country for the average tourist in the world, reports Australian radio. Participants in a survey conducted by the international public opinion…

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U.S. Citizenship to Be Granted to Erudites Immigration

U.S. Citizenship to Be Granted to Erudites

The United States is planning to make the exam for obtaining U.S. citizenship more difficult. It will consist of three parts: an extensive questionnaire on knowledge and understanding of the…

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Canada simplifies hiring of foreigners Immigration

Canada simplifies hiring of foreigners

On November 15, 2006, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Monte Solberg announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. The new rules are intended to make it easier for…

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Real estate

Return to the Cities

German construction companies are going through hard times now. Government support for the industry is shrinking, demand for apartments and houses is growing weakly, and the rental housing market is…

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Germans' Patience Runs Out Immigration

Germans' Patience Runs Out

In Germany, new rules for refugee migrants have come into force. Now, in order to stay and live peacefully in prosperous Germany, refugees will have to find permanent employment. Otherwise, they face…

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Airport City in the Alps Airbus

Airport City in the Alps

Zurich Airport is not just the main transport hub of Switzerland; it is a whole city. And it's not just about its scale. In addition to using air transport services, you can buy plenty of fashionable…

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Airbus

Russia's first low-cost airline

Russian low-cost airline Sky Express plans to start flights at the end of December this year. The company, positioning itself as Russia's first air carrier for the mass consumer, has already…

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MSc as an alternative to MBA Education

MSc as an alternative to MBA

According to QS World MBA Tour data, business schools around the world offer about 2,400 MBA programs and more than 20,000 other master's programs. However, as Kariera notes, only 41% of our…

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Gourmet guide

Will you have some game?

October and November are the best time for hunting and hunters. Game – both feathered and hoofed – has already managed to acquire offspring, raise it (that is, no malicious violation of parental…

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