Tourism
The weather and nature of Cyprus are highly conducive to fun and active recreation. Hiking enthusiasts are offered routes in the Troodos Mountains, the beaches are packed with scooters and…
Tourism
Ahead of the new tourist season, the Spanish authorities decided to make life somewhat more difficult for foreigners arriving in the country. Not out of malice, of course, but solely for their…
Sport
In the Soviet Union, the existence of specialist Valery Nepomnyashchy became known to a wide circle of football fans only in 1990. At that very World Cup in Italy, where the USSR national team…
Tourism
By summer, the Cypriot authorities are planning to introduce a maximally simplified visa regime for Russians. As Gazeta.Ru reports, details are not yet disclosed, but, as the head of the Cyprus…
Tourism
Even the most interesting countries and cities from a cultural and historical point of view are limited by the number of 'standard' attractions and, in the end, exhaust their appeal in the eyes of a…
Airbus
The Austrian capital's airport bears the name Schwechat – after a small town in Lower Austria located near Vienna.
Immigration
Recently the whole world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. As if in honor of this event, a discussion flared up in Germany about a new law on granting…
News
Due to the protest movement against the "first employment contract" that has engulfed French universities, exams at higher education institutions may be postponed to autumn. This was reported by…
Airbus
The blacklist of unreliable and unsafe foreign airlines, which are denied access to the airspace of all European Union member states, first appeared last week on the European Commission's website. An…
The past weekend brought radical changes to the lives of Scots. From six in the morning on the day off (for some reason it was decided to start a new life in Scotland on the weekend) a ban on smoking…
Airbus
In 2005, airlines lost about 30 million pieces of their passengers' baggage. These data are contained in an annual report published by SITA, a developer of automated passenger and baggage check-in…
Last Sunday, one of the largest protest actions in American history took place. Half a million people poured into the streets of Los Angeles, demanding that authorities abandon their plans to tighten…
The first results of the "caricature war" are already clear, writes the weekly Expert. The Muslim world needed it to legitimize its radicalization, while Europe needed it to begin de-Islamization.
News
Immigration
The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamist fanatics in 2004 came as a real shock to the people of the Netherlands. The multicultural system that the Dutch had lovingly built and were…
Tourism
Travelers planning to visit Great Britain this year will see a lot of interesting things: the opening of the famous Kelvingrove Gallery, drawings by Michelangelo, an exhibition of the Marylebone…
Tourism
The Irish national holiday, celebrated annually on March 17, has long since crossed the borders of the Emerald Isle. In honor of Ireland's heavenly patron, carnivals are held, beer flows like a…
Some countries have long made education a profitable sector of their economies. Language schools and general education schools, universities and colleges, business schools and all kinds of courses in…
Airbus
While low-cost carriers compete in cost-cutting and reducing the number of free services on board, traditional network airlines retain “high-paying” passengers with exclusive lie-flat seats, free…
News
Spring is in no hurry to get to Paris this year, but the snow, of which quite a lot has fallen in recent weeks, is nevertheless slowly melting. It feels as if nature is ashamed to remove the snow…
Last Friday, the Russian State Duma passed in the first reading by a majority vote bills aimed at simplifying the procedure for the stay of migrants on Russian territory. The deputies approved a…
Curiosities
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced an upcoming cleanup of the country’s legislation. In the coming months, the entire list of currently valid laws will be thoroughly checked: the main task…