During the days of celebration of the anniversary of the Northern capital of Russia, a map and guide to St. Petersburg will be distributed free of charge in hotels, restaurants and information…
Imagine a distant future - 50 thousand years ahead. Now suppose that by that time on Earth - contrary to all predictions and forecasts - the human race will still somehow continue to exist. And then…
The West African region, despite its lingering political instability, continues to attract crowds of people. In this crowd there are both businessmen and ordinary tourists. All sorts of threats to…
One of the Israeli travel companies intends to provide its citizens with an opportunity to visit Iraq that seemed incredible until recently. According to the newspaper Asharq al-Awsat, a well-known…
Salvoes of artillery that have shaken besieged Baghdad over the past month echoed loudly not only in world oil market quotations, but also in tourist flows. Just recently, the French Foreign Ministry…
German statistics know a lot, but not everything. In particular, it does not divide German citizens into people of German and non-German origin. In the passport (or more precisely, in the identity…
Cinema and the Germans, the Americans, and so on. In Soviet times we experienced an information famine: we pounced on Hollywood blockbusters as if they were exotic fruit; envied the foreign viewer…
Israel's Minister of Interior Avraham Poraz is pursuing a new policy regarding the determination of the status of foreign citizens who express a desire to live in Israel.
In May, Europe welcomes the arrival of summer: Holland makes sand sculptures, Italy dries oars, Spain stages a horse extravaganza, and France watches films and remembers Fellini. Gazeta.Ru presents…
The Basque terrorist group ETA is planning to carry out a series of terrorist attacks next summer in resort areas of Spain in order to frighten foreigners and thereby harm tourism as the leading…
The blooming of pink magnolias in mountainous Switzerland, abounding in resorts, is nothing other than a sign of the end of the winter resort season. Just a couple of weeks ago, one could go down…
Russia's oldest airline intends to keep the hammer and sickle on its emblem, despite the fact that earlier the management planned to abandon communist symbols in order to refresh the company's image.
Last year, 8,480 people applied for asylum in the Czech Republic. This is half as many as in 2001 (when 18,094 such applications were filed).
American pilots on domestic flights are now allowed to go on duty armed. This measure, as BBC reminds, was proposed after the attacks of September 11, 2001 and should help prevent attempts by…
Poland intends to build four new centers for refugees and illegal migrants on the eastern border, who enter the country through the eastern borders. The government in Warsaw hopes for support from…
More tourists will come to the Czech Republic this summer than last year. Some analysts have come forward with this optimistic forecast, according to Radio Prague.
Starting Monday, civil status acts in Moldova can be issued not only in Moldovan, but also in other languages. The republic's parliament granted this right to the divisions of the Main Directorate of…
A simplified visa procedure has been introduced in Kyrgyzstan for citizens of 28 countries in Europe, America and Asia. This was reported by Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz government Joomart…
The separatists resoundingly lost the elections held early last week in the Canadian province of Quebec. As Vremya Novostei reports, they received only 33.2% of the votes. The Liberals under the…
After the news that the Concorde is soon to be "retired", the number of people wishing to fly aboard the supersonic airliner has increased sharply.
An American immigration court has ordered the deportation of 79-year-old Nazi criminal Theodore Shchekhinsky from the United States. As Vremya Novostei reports, he was accused of serving in the SS…
Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Meelis Atonen intends to propose banning smoking in bars and cafes. The minister said that Estonia would do well to follow the example of…
Ukraine's Ambassador to Russia Nikolai Beloblotsky denied rumors of an imminent introduction of a visa regime between the two countries, reports RIA Novosti.