Visas
As of March 30, passport control has been abolished at air borders between new and old members of the Schengen Agreement. As Gzt.ru notes, on December 21, 2007, nine countries of Eastern and Central…
Visas
The abolition of visas between Israel and Russia could backfire on Russian tourists. As Gzt.ru was told by Vladimir Kantorovich, Vice President of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR)…
Mechanism for obtaining a license for mediation in employment abroad.
Student internships abroad
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which published the report 'Levels and Trends of Asylum Applications in Industrialized Countries-2007', last year 18,800 Russian citizens (mostly…
You can travel economically. Especially if you wisely use various discounts and bonuses for tourists. For example, as Turist.ru notes, a 'guest card' can be purchased in almost any major European…
A Dubai court sentenced a 40-year-old Russian to life imprisonment (which is 25 years under UAE law) and a fine of 50,000 dirhams ($13,600) for importing diazepam, phenobarbital, and many other…
Education
The end of the school year is still far off, but the most pragmatic parents are already starting to think about where to send their child for summer vacation. Experts advise combining business with…
Everyday life
In the Old World, a new sexual revolution is quietly and imperceptibly beginning, one that older people had long warned about with apprehension. Recently, for instance, the authorities of Amsterdam…
Curiosities
The management of a school in the Italian city of Padua has found a new way to integrate immigrants into society, reports IA Rosbalt. Students of Italian language courses operating here must be…
On the autobahns of the German federal state of Bremen, whose total length does not exceed 60 km, a speed limit has been introduced for the first time in the history of modern Germany. From now on…
According to the World Travel Monitor study, Europeans made 407 million foreign trips in 2007 (5% more than the previous year), spending 3.9 billion nights abroad. Total spending on travel to other…
Starting May 1, smoking will be banned in Beijing's catering establishments. Despite the fact that China has 350 million smokers, the country's authorities are determined to hold the 2008 Olympics…
According to the results of a published sociological study Air Quality Rating, the best US airlines in terms of quality of services this year were AirTran and Jet Blue. They are followed by…
More than 26 million people remain internally displaced within their own countries. This is the highest figure since the early 1990s.
This conclusion was drawn by the research company I-graduate, based on the results of surveys of 11,000 students from 143 countries. 50% of respondents were from China and India.
The European Union has allowed airline passengers on intra-European flights to use mobile phones for calls, SMS messages and emails.
For foreigners studying Russian abroad, a certification similar to TOEFL will be introduced, RIA Novosti reports citing representatives of the Russian Center for International Scientific and Cultural…
According to the forecast of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, by 2010, the Asia-Pacific region will be visited by 500 million tourists annually. It is expected that travelers will bring $4.6…
In 2007, Peru hosted 200 thousand tourists who can afford luxury holidays. This means they stay in the most expensive hotels, visit the most expensive restaurants, and spend at least $500 daily…