Everyday life
Adoption of foreign children is gaining popularity. Actress Angelina Jolie became the adoptive mother of a boy from Cambodia and an HIV-infected girl from Ethiopia. Singer Madonna adopted a boy from…
News
Last week, official celebrations were held in Europe to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the document that laid the foundation of the European Union. On March 25, the…
Tourism
How to choose the right cabin, how much tip to leave the cabin steward, why do liners host performances by equilibriists? National Geographic Traveler has prepared answers to these and dozens of…
Education
Of course, Europe is close and it is not difficult to go or send a child there. But what if your child is a romantic creature and dreams of distant overseas countries? Is it possible to give them a…
Curiosities
The UK transport authorities are seriously considering a small change to traffic rules. It is possible that in the future, motorists will be given a bit more freedom and allowed to drive on the hard…
News
After living in Toronto for about four years, my family, due to circumstances, ended up in the province of Manitoba. Here I learned about the existence of a special Manitoba immigrant selection…
Tourism
Not so long ago, Libya was a closed Muslim country, gave shelter to terrorists and accused the West of all mortal sins. But over the past five years, a lot has changed. The leader of Libya, Muammar…
Curiosities
McDonald's continues to battle the English language. As reported by the Financial Times, the company's management believes that the compilers of the Oxford English Dictionary should change the…
Russia is seeing a rise in the popularity of online stores. Noting the small share of online trade in the turnover of large retail chains, Gazeta.Ru cites data from the search portal Yandex…
Plastic money will appear in Hong Kong. The first experimental batch of banknotes with a face value of 10 Hong Kong dollars (about $1.3) will appear in mid-2007 and will be used alongside paper…
Immigration
The outflow of people leaving to work abroad cannot be stopped by either the relative well-being of the economy or the increase in wages and social benefits. According to Human Rights Commissioner…
Immigration
The agreement with the European Union on visa facilitation, recently concluded by Russia and being prepared for signing by Ukraine, will simplify the procedure for arranging trips only for a…
Of course, not everyone dreams of having a home outside their beloved homeland. But if the flight of your 'foreign' dream is stopped solely by economic considerations, then it's in vain. Even a quick…
Tourism
Experts at the World Economic Forum (WEF) finally got around to tourism. Economists analyzed the data and compiled a competitiveness ranking of 124 countries in tourism and recreation. For us…
Gourmet guide
With appetizers on your table - with caviar, pies, white salmon, and also, of course, meze... Indeed, no table - especially a festive table - is complete without appetizers. Their role is extremely…
Safety
Since the beginning of the new year, media reports about tourists who have gone abroad for holidays increasingly resemble a crime chronicle. The adventurism and desperation of our compatriots, who…
Curiosities
It seems billionaire Joan Rowling overdid it with the length of her endless series about the boy with a magic wand. The fourth book of the famous multivolume 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'…
News
Earth's population will increase by 2.5 billion by 2050 and reach 9.2 billion (currently 6.7 billion people live on Earth). This is the UN forecast contained in the annual report on world population…
News
The German government has determined the conditions of stay for foreigners who have been denied refugee status. A compromise was reached on March 13 during hours-long negotiations among the leaders…
Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania conducted the first study on how often black Americans and immigrants enroll in US universities. For the United States and many other…
Tourism
Active preparation of travel agencies for the summer season begins long before it. Companies will present their offers and novelties at the spring tourism exhibition 'Ukraine – Travel and Tourism'…