To test London's ability to cope with a tragedy on the scale of September 11, a 'catastrophic' terrorist attack will be simulated in Westminster or the City.
More and more German students are "pulling" scientific papers from the Internet and passing them off as their own. University teachers are trying to fight fraudsters with their own weapon.
All parents dream that their children will live better. They always connected our future well-being with good studies, obtaining the right specialty, and climbing to an enviable career peak. Time…
Israel offers travelers a new tourism package that includes participation in a staged terrorist attack, military exercises, counter-terrorism training conducted by reserve officers, and helicopter…
St. Petersburg has a unique destiny. For more than two hundred years it was the capital of a vast empire, situated on its very outskirts. Over the last century, it was renamed four times. It is only…
In Italy, the grand opening of a monument to the country's former currency, the lira, took place. The ceremony was conducted by film star Sophia Loren.
The Lithuanian Seimas is preparing to consider a bill to legalize the traditional local craft of moonshining. As Gazeta.Ru reports, the former president of Lithuania did not approve such initiatives…
What should be the very first steps to take on the path to a German university? What do you need to know before joining the ranks of the colorful, noisy, and international student body here?
An army in high-tech style is preparing for war in the Middle East: new technologies have permeated literally every cell of the American armed forces. In one of his recent speeches, George Bush…
Recently, advertisements from various firms have increasingly appeared in the press, offering our fellow citizens “legal immigration to America,” “100% employment in the USA,” or even simply…
The United States of America is the world leader in admitting students from abroad. More than 580,000 foreigners receive education there. They are attracted by the huge selection of educational…
In the near future, the minimum age for citizens of countries outside the EU who wish to move to the Netherlands to reunite with a partner will be 21 years. Currently, the age threshold is 18 years…
Foreigners also dabble in military extreme adventures. Thus, 65-year-old Briton Jeff Hann organizes tourist trips to Iraq. This year he plans seven trips in total, as he told a journalist from Die…
The American magazine Forbes, which diligently counts money in other people's pockets, has published another ranking of the richest people on the planet. The experts calculated and shed a tear: the…
«You Europeans do not want to treat us as equals? You want to turn Poland into a market for your agricultural products at rock-bottom prices? Then we declare war on you, a real propaganda war! And…
Zurich is the best city in the world to live in. This is evidenced by the results of an annual study of living standards in 215 cities around the world, conducted from September to November 2002 by…
Last year, countries of the former USSR, China, South Korea and Latin American states became leaders in the 'export' of adopted children to the USA. As Washington ProFile reports, Americans most…
As of March 1, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service ceased its operations. According to Visas.Ru, the INS has been transformed into three departments within the new U.S. Department of…
In Cologne, a trial has begun against a gang that managed to smuggle about a thousand illegal migrants from Ukraine and Moldova into Germany. According to the investigation, a criminal group was…
The Estonian Aliens Act, which came into force in March, in its new version excludes the possibility for a foreigner who has married a permanent resident of Estonia to automatically obtain a…
The number of those seeking refugee status in the UK grew by 20% in 2002 and reached 85,865 people (110,000 including family members). According to the BBC, up to nine thousand foreigners each month…
Russia's intention to change the rules for crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border by citizens of both states from July this year did not find support in Ukraine. Let me remind you that by "changing…
March 17 marks St. Patrick's Day, a national Irish holiday that has become popular worldwide. It is believed that on this day anyone can become an honorary Irishman, if only they wish.
In the UK, a comfortable bomb shelter can be purchased for 50,000 pounds sterling. Such a «product» was offered to Britons the other day by one of the steel companies.