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Archive — December 2009

Yellow-and-Blue Africa Travel

Yellow-and-Blue Africa

Today it is difficult to attract the curiosity of a jaded ordinary person to any project or event, unless it is at least a sensation or a scandal. However, as practice shows, our homegrown 'PR…

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A Foot in a Crocodile's Mouth? Relax! Travel

A Foot in a Crocodile's Mouth? Relax!

"Ten Steps to Africa" is a prelude to the real journey. During it, the guys will demonstrate their preparation for the upcoming challenge to the uninitiated public. So, our heroes (and this, as we…

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The Final Stretch... Before the Start Travel

The Final Stretch... Before the Start

Having taken the Seventh Step, intended for Africa, towards the journalists, the Horsemen team continued their marathon. Closer and closer to the Great African Crossing, and the team's life becomes…

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A Journey with a Taste of Honey Everyday life

A Journey with a Taste of Honey

Wedding! How many overflowing positive emotions are in this word, how much joy, happiness, celebration, how many overwhelming desires and rainbow hopes. For each person, a wedding represents…

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Education

Diplomas to Help with Staffing

The German government has decided to simplify the procedure for recognizing foreign educational diplomas. This is due to an acute shortage of qualified personnel in the country. According to Russkaya…

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Real estate

Czechia opens to individuals

Not all countries allow foreigners to freely buy real estate on their territory. For example, foreign individuals cannot buy housing in Vietnam or own homes in Singapore: they have to register a…

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Italian Cleanup Immigration

Italian Cleanup

All of Italy is talking these days about the town of Coccaglio in the north of the country, where a so-called cleanup of illegal immigrants is being conducted. As Novye Izvestiya notes, journalists…

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Choosing a Roof Rack Auto tour

Choosing a Roof Rack

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What to consider when choosing a hotel in Rostov Tourism

What to consider when choosing a hotel in Rostov

In our time, many people face the problem of choosing a decent accommodation option in the city they have visited. The process of selecting suitable housing is not easy, especially if you are in…

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Celebration Without Extra Hassles Everyday life

Celebration Without Extra Hassles

Is a birthday approaching? Or perhaps you plan to have a wedding or celebrate New Year? Then you urgently need to decide on a venue for the celebration.

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Integration

Irritated by the Headscarf

Member of the Executive Board of the German Federal Bank Thilo Sarrazin has sparked a new round of debate on integration issues by demanding a complete ban on wearing Muslim headscarves in German…

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Humanitarian Extension Immigration

Humanitarian Extension

The question of the legal status of about 130,000 foreign refugees living in Germany but not officially recognized by the authorities has been troubling the federal states for more than a year. Not a…

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Boundaries of tolerance Immigration

Boundaries of tolerance

A janitor from Central Asia diligently washes the stairwell of an apartment building; next to him, two children stand quietly – one about five years old, the other no older than three. Having washed…

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How to celebrate Christmas in Prague Tourism

How to celebrate Christmas in Prague

Czech Christmas (Vánoce) is a holiday that seems specially designed to make the most unpleasant time of year pass quickly and unnoticed. Preparations begin when, soon after noon, it gets dark and…

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Bachelor's Degrees Along the British Line Education

Bachelor's Degrees Along the British Line

Unfortunately, the ministries of education of Australia, New Zealand, and Great Britain believe that our school students lack one year of preparation for direct admission to their universities…

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Into Bachelor's Programs via the American Model Education

Into Bachelor's Programs via the American Model

The global financial crisis is forcing not only certified specialists but also recent school graduates to become students. From forced cuts in business activity and job elimination, school graduates…

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The Blackest New Year Culture

The Blackest New Year

Black residents of the United States have a special New Year's tradition – a church service called Watch Night Service. The service usually takes place from 7 to 10 PM on December 31. For a…

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Technology

Not All Computer Help Is Great

The overall trend is obvious – the price of computer equipment and everything related to it is decreasing. This is not surprising, since despite the crisis, global computer manufacturers shipped…

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Isolation for refugees Immigration

Isolation for refugees

This autumn, a delegation of the Finnish Red Cross visited St. Petersburg. Journalists, human rights activists and social workers from Finland talked about how refugees and those seeking refugee…

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About Luck and Commitments Curiosities

About Luck and Commitments

Unlike many other American holidays, New Year in the USA does not have strict culinary canons. The only obligatory attribute of the New Year celebration is a glass of champagne. Champagne is…

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Shopping

Paris – Tempter of All Fashionistas

The capital of France is a true paradise for shopping lovers. Small boutiques, thrift shops and huge shopping centers – in Paris there are a thousand opportunities to considerably empty your wallet…

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Real estate

Bulgaria – a comfortable country for rest and work

Bulgaria remains a popular destination for rest – family, children's, and corporate. In recent years, foreigners are increasingly attracted by real estate in Bulgaria on the shores of the Black Sea…

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Vacation in the Carpathians Tourism

Vacation in the Carpathians

When deciding where to spend the long-awaited vacation, one should consider a trip to western Ukraine. The Carpathian nature not only charms visitors, it adds strength and energy, makes you…

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How the financial crisis increased demand for safes Money

How the financial crisis increased demand for safes

Global financial turmoil, which caused hundreds of companies and banks to go bankrupt, generated a mass of fears and prejudices in society. Last autumn, people emptied their deposit accounts even in…

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