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Archive — January 2007

Tell us about yourselves, dear guests News

Tell us about yourselves, dear guests

Members of the European Parliament and defenders of the 'right to privacy' are again challenging the US authorities' demands for information on passengers of foreign airlines arriving in the United…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 366) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 366)

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Labour Mobility, Anyone? Immigration

Labour Mobility, Anyone?

The past year in the European Union was officially named the Year of Labour Mobility. At the beginning of December, awards were even given to those who, according to the European Commission…

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Real estate

Montenegro: The Boom Continues

They say that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones recently visited Kotor, Montenegro. They say they were looking for a house. They say that Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov bought 30 ares of land in…

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Empire of Passion Tourism

Empire of Passion

Gambling has a colossal attractive power. It has been praised and condemned, but it is invincible. As the columnist of the magazine 'Voyage and Leisure' notes, high-rollers – big-time players, and a…

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Where Summer Winters Tourism

Where Summer Winters

Surprising but true: a full-fledged vacation at the Black Sea resorts of the Crimean peninsula will lighten the wallet of an average person by exactly as much as a week-long trip to Egypt would cost…

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News

Ukraine among leaders in migrants

Ukraine ranks fourth in the world in terms of the number of migrants entering the country. This is stated in a World Bank report 'Migration and Remittances in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet…

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Russia – a Country of Migrants Immigration

Russia – a Country of Migrants

In terms of the number of migrants, Russia ranks second in the world after the United States. 13 million people living in Russia were born outside its current borders. This is what the authors of a…

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Education

First higher education abroad: where it's cheaper

It would seem, what is there to discuss when the answer is obvious – the most economical way to get a bachelor's degree abroad is in those countries where you don't have to pay for higher education…

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Immigration

Emigration News of the Issue (Abroad No. 366)

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Real estate

Real estate news (abroad No. 366)

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Europe That Is Closer to Us Education

Europe That Is Closer to Us

The countries of Eastern Europe, particularly the Czech Republic and Hungary, have for several years now been offering a real alternative to those who would like to study abroad but cannot afford…

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Great Geographical Disputes Curiosities

Great Geographical Disputes

Last week, official Seoul appealed to the international community with another demand to immediately rename the Sea of Japan to the East Sea. The Korean authorities insist that the currently used…

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News

Doctors in Exchange for a Terrorist

Libya made an offer to the European Union and the United States that is hard to refuse: exchange Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death by a Libyan court in December 2006 for allegedly infecting 426…

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The Present and Future of 'Schengen' Visas

The Present and Future of 'Schengen'

Today, only bright blue signs with country names framed by yellow stars remind us of inter-state borders in the European Union. There is no need to stand in line, waiting for a border guard to lean…

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Responsible for Those You Invited Visas

Responsible for Those You Invited

At the beginning of this week, new migration legislation came into force, simplifying the procedure for registering foreigners in Russia. According to deputies, the innovations will make Russia more…

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Canada reshuffles cabinet Immigration

Canada reshuffles cabinet

Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper decided to start the new year with a cabinet reshuffle. On January 4, 2007, Diane Finley was appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada…

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Euro Spurs Price Growth Money

Euro Spurs Price Growth

Europeans regret abandoning their national currencies five years after the euro replaced francs, marks and other national currencies. According to The Daily Telegraph, more than half of Europeans…

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Snow Safari Tourism

Snow Safari

The advent of snowmobiles opened a new direction in tourism, called snow safari, where safari is a hunt for experiences. Behind the wheel of a snowmobile, it is hard to tell what brings more…

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Will Football Europe Visit Ukraine? Sport

Will Football Europe Visit Ukraine?

Until mid-April, when the decisive stage of the tender for hosting the 2012 European Football Championship takes place, there is very little time left. It wouldn't exist at all now, but UEFA decided…

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Far-Right European Union News

Far-Right European Union

Europe's far-right parties, after 12 years of unsuccessful attempts to create their own bloc in the European Parliament, have finally formed a full-fledged faction that united deputies from seven…

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Main news of the issue (Abroad No. 365) News

Main news of the issue (Abroad No. 365)

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Visas

Entering Israel will become easier

Citizens living in the territory of the former USSR will be able to travel to Israel under simpler visa rules than before. The Ministry of Interior has already made a decision on this, but, as it…

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Visas

Caribbean Countries to Issue a Single Visa

As previously reported, from January 15 to May 15, several Caribbean countries, in connection with the Cricket World Cup, have created a single visa space. A total of ten CARICOM (Caribbean…

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