Poland ranks first in Europe in terms of accessibility of higher education institutions. This is reported by the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, citing the results of a study by the Brussels-based…
The European Union is not yet ready to grant Ukrainians a visa-free regime. This was stated to journalists in Kyiv by Hugh Mingarelli, Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for External…
The European Commission urged Germany to fully open its labor market to citizens from new EU member states. No EU country has had a bad experience with this, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social…
In France, Spain and Italy – the three main tourist destinations in Europe – the number of tourists dropped significantly this year. In 2007, France was visited by 81.9 million tourists. In the first…
From Monday, November 17, citizens of seven more countries will be able to enter the US without obtaining a visa. The right to visa-free entry is granted to residents of six EU states (Hungary…
In the 2007-2008 academic year, a record number of American students went abroad to study. Exchanges with China increased especially sharply, The New York Times reports, citing the annual report of…
At the World Travel Market tourism exhibition currently taking place in London, a summit was held where the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Francesco Frangialli spoke. He…
U.S. immigration authorities have put into trial operation an electronic system for monitoring citizens of the United Kingdom and other countries who have the right to visa-free entry into the…
The results of the fourth annual tourism brand indexing, the Country Brand Index 2008, were summed up in London. Based on the assessment of key indicators of greatest importance during travel, a…
In 2008, Norway took first place in gender equality between men and women. This data is contained in the annual report of the World Economic Forum 'Global Gender Gap Report 2008'.
The Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service has launched an investigation into whether immigrants are abusing the so-called 'Belgian route' in order to obtain residency permits in the…
In the 2008 fiscal year, more than 1 million people became US citizens - a record number in the last 100 years, CNN reports citing the Department of Homeland Security.
The Dutch government intends to create a special structure to combat fraud and money laundering in the real estate market. Thus, the authorities intend to tighten control over the real estate market…
In Europe, the growth in marijuana use has stopped, but residents of EU countries have started using more hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine. This is stated in the annual report of the European…
Visas
British authorities intend to tighten entry rules for foreign citizens. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that she intends to close the country's doors to all who preach extremist views. The new…
Tourism
Life in Europe goes on as usual, and no financial crisis can stop it. In November, Europeans switch from beer to young wine, and then to mulled wine, they lie unusually much, set off fireworks…
Work
Due to the recession, the number of Poles temporarily residing in the UK will drop by a third in 2009. As The Daily Telegraph writes, advisers to the Polish government believe so. They warned Warsaw…
Money
The United States, which became the source of the global financial crisis, seems to be gradually recovering from its consequences. Last week, it was announced that the collapsed real estate market…
There are quite a few countries in the world that protect their real estate market with tough protectionist measures aimed at foreigners. For example, there are countries that simply forbid foreign…
It's good to be an Icelander: wherever you go, you meet relatives. The entire population descends from a few hundred families of Viking settlers. This allows specialists to easily trace the genetic…
Tourism
Ostap Bender's descendants have spread across the planet. So at any moment in every country of the world, a tourist faces the prospect of meeting enterprising locals seeking to extract money from him…
For about ten years from the mid-90s, housing markets in the US and many European countries were in a stage of rapid growth. During that period, prices in the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, France, and…
Law zone
The third world war has begun. But this is not a war between countries for world domination. It's simply the world dividing into people who smoke and people who don't. Previously, the world was under…
In Bulgaria, prices in some market segments are falling, and developers are suspending work on large projects. According to Dobromir Ganev, managing director of Foros real estate agency, the resort…