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Archive — September 2008

Immigration

Spain to Pay Illegal Immigrants for Return

Last Friday, Spain passed a bill under which unemployed illegal immigrants in the country will receive a cash reward for voluntarily returning to their homeland.

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Everyday life

Croatia to Introduce Ban on Public Smoking

Croatian Health Minister Darko Milinović announced that the government plans to introduce a ban on smoking in public places in 2009.

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Education in Ireland: Pros and Not a Single Con! Education

Education in Ireland: Pros and Not a Single Con!

Interview with Anna Dudnik, director of the Ukrainian-Irish educational agency 'Anna'.

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One Year After the Reform Immigration

One Year After the Reform

Just over a year ago, a reform of the immigration law came into force in Germany. The new version supplemented and expanded the Migration Act that entered into force on January 1, 2005. The 2007…

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Real estate

Europe at Affordable Prices

This beautiful country in the heart of Europe, famous for its unique medieval architecture, has been attracting our tourists for over a decade. And for private investors investing in housing, it even…

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Education

English for Primary School Children

Summer flew by, and your dreams of sending your child on language courses in the UK remained just dreams? Then you can think about preparing a trip for the next summer holidays. If you choose the…

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Passing Score for Albion Work

Passing Score for Albion

Shortly, thousands of foreigners intending to get a job in Great Britain will find it significantly harder. The Home Office recently published new rules that tighten the selection process for labor…

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Land of the Elderly Everyday life

Land of the Elderly

Social security may soon become a strategic sector for the UK. Recent research by the National Statistics Service showed that the number of elderly people in the country has for the first time…

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Citizenship with Return Immigration

Citizenship with Return

Russian lawmakers have removed one of the barriers to the mass return of former compatriots to the country. Last week, the State Duma passed in the second reading amendments to the law 'On…

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Genetic 'Residence' Curiosities

Genetic 'Residence'

Despite the fact that over the last millennia dozens of waves of migrants from various parts of the planet have swept through Europe, the inhabitants of the Old World have still not mixed properly…

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Journey to the Edo Period Culture

Journey to the Edo Period

Since autumn, several major exhibitions are closing and new ones are opening in museums and galleries in Europe. Particularly notable premieres include a large exhibition of paintings and drawings by…

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Sony burned by laptops Curiosities

Sony burned by laptops

Recently, Sony announced that it is recalling 440 thousand Vaio TZ laptops manufactured from May 2007 to July 2008 due to a detected defect. Company specialists determined that the problem was in the…

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IHTTI School of Hotel Management in Switzerland Education

IHTTI School of Hotel Management in Switzerland

Currently, one of the most dynamic sectors of the global economy is tourism, of which the hotel and restaurant business is a component. According to statistics from the World Travel & Tourism Council…

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Not a Prison, but a Paradise Everyday life

Not a Prison, but a Paradise

The Norwegian Interior Ministry has raised the alarm about the overcrowding of prisons with foreigners. According to official data, out of 3,340 people serving sentences in the northernmost kingdom…

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Auto tour

The cost of a trip can be calculated

From now on, motorists traveling in the United States can calculate the cost of their trip online. The metasearch engine Kayak has offered travelers a new useful option – an online fuel calculator.

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Real estate

Swedish apartments fall in price

Apartment prices in Sweden continue to fall, while house prices continue to rise, writes The Local. According to monitoring company Maklarstatistik, which assesses the state of the real estate…

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Everyday life

England – the most densely populated region in Europe

The population density in England, according to the latest data, was 395 people per square kilometer, making this region of the UK the most populous area in the European Union after Malta. This is…

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Money

Latvia plans to switch to euro by 2013

Inflation in Latvia may fall to 3% in 2011, and the euro may be introduced in the country in 2012-2013. This was stated by the head of the Central Bank of Latvia, Ilmars Rimsevics.

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Immigration

Camp for displaced persons to become museum

The border camp «Friedland» in Lower Saxony (Germany) will become a museum in five years, which can be not only visited but also lived in for a few days together with its inhabitants. The fact is…

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Immigration

More Czech citizens

In the first half of 2008, 59,300 new citizens were born in the Czech Republic, which is 3,300 more than in the same period last year.

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Immigration

Most Attractive Countries for Migrants

According to a report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in 2006 the United States was the most attractive country for migrants.

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Education

Germany ranks third in international students

According to recently published data, in 2007 Germany had 246 thousand international students. Almost a third of them (32%) came from China, another 31% from Eastern European countries (mainly Poland…

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Money

Poland sets date for euro adoption

Poland intends to switch to the euro by 2011. This was reported by AFP citing a statement by the country's Prime Minister Donald Tusk. According to the Prime Minister, achieving this goal will be…

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Immigration

Resettlers will find it easier to become Russians

Russia's state program to support resettlement was approved in 2006, but has not yet become particularly popular. According to Vladimir Pligin, Chairman of the Duma Committee on Constitutional…

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