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Archive — June 2006

Netherlands introduce new rules News

Netherlands introduce new rules

Last Friday, the Dutch government approved amendments to the naturalization law submitted by the Ministry of Immigration and Integration. The draft amendments have been sent to the States General…

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Visas

Visa News (Abroad No. 336)

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Where to see a colorful cow Tourism

Where to see a colorful cow

In the coming months, an inquisitive traveler will be able to visit many exhibitions in Europe – both recently opened and already ongoing. Art lovers should know that a major Picasso exhibition…

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Real estate

Overview of the Latvian real estate market

The most severe legacy of the Soviet past is the corrupting influence of the housing question on the population of the post-Soviet space. Bulgakov, Ilf and Petrov wrote about this repeatedly, so…

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Adventures of Ukrainians in Europe Sport

Adventures of Ukrainians in Europe

Footballers of Ukrainian origin are not often found in European championships. There are no more than ten of them if we take countries far abroad and their professional clubs. But as it happens, this…

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News

Main news of the issue (Abroad No. 335)

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Language will take you to university Education

Language will take you to university

To tell the truth, few graduates of our schools know a foreign language well enough to study at a foreign university without academic debts. It is no accident that colleges and universities in…

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In Australia Education

In Australia

Australian universities are becoming increasingly popular among international students. This continent attracts applicants from all over the world, combining a high level of education, affordable…

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Bus tours around the world: European tour Tourism

Bus tours around the world: European tour

Using a bus, you can travel in almost any direction and over various distances. The goal of such trips is to see as much new, interesting, and memorable things as possible.

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Tourism

Bus tours around the world: tropical excursion

On the small Hawaiian island of Oahu – 4,200 bus stops. They are served by The Bus company, twice recognized as the best public transport company in the USA. This is the most economical and…

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Tourism

Bus tours around the world: one-storey England

For our compatriots, England is both 'foggy', and 'reserved', and 'the queen lives there'... What to do with all this, because stereotypical expectations of a country do not appear out of nowhere?…

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Citizenship revoked for fraud Immigration

Citizenship revoked for fraud

A German citizen who became one as a result of fraud may be deprived of their status. Such a verdict was issued by the German Constitutional Court – a decision that somewhat contradicts the Basic Law…

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If football ruled the world Sport

If football ruled the world

If the globe had the shape of a football, many would not be surprised at all. Starting from June 9, any political, economic and cultural news receded into the background in the minds of fans (and…

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Immigration

Emigration News (Abroad No. 335)

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News

Every Fifth Emigrant Lives in the USA

About 200 million people currently live outside their country of birth, according to a UN migration report presented by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Last year, there were 191 million immigrants…

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Strauss, Muse and everything else Tourism

Strauss, Muse and everything else

Music lovers who find themselves in Europe in June can only be envied. They will be treated to Bach, Bizet, Brahms, Verdi, Haydn, Handel, Mozart, Strauss and Schubert. Fans of contemporary music…

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Society of Countless Benefits Country guide

Society of Countless Benefits

In their pursuit of equality, Swedish Social Democrats effectively built a welfare state. It is responsible for providing quality services to all citizens in a number of important areas: education…

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News

Main news of the issue ("zagranitsa" No. 334)

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London "Behind Glass" Country guide

London "Behind Glass"

Visitors to London are most surprised by the abundance of outdoor surveillance cameras: they say that every tenth television eye in the world is British. They are accustomed to calling them "CCTV"…

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What to feed a child abroad Tourism

What to feed a child abroad

“Children drank Fanta” – there was such a song in the early repertoire of the band “Nogu Svelo”. With a very sad ending, as the columnist for the magazine “Voyage and Rest” notes. What’s most…

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Immigrants Also Age News

Immigrants Also Age

According to the European Union, in forty years a third of EU citizens will be people over 60. If so, who will feed and support them?

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Integration

The 'Carpathian Tiger' Asks to Be Caged

Over recent years, Slovakia has been given any number of rapturous epithets: 'the Ireland of the East,' 'the European Detroit,' and even 'the Carpathian Tiger.' This small country, which decided…

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Constitution scares Europeans News

Constitution scares Europeans

The adoption of a single constitution for the European Union is becoming less and less realistic. A year after the failure of the main all-European law in referendums in France and Holland, the…

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Immigration

Europe shuts its doors to refugees with a list of safe countries

Europe is tired of refugees and intends to close the gates to many of them. Justice and interior ministers of European Union countries are drawing up a list of states whose citizens will henceforth…

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