The head of the Russell Group, which represents the interests of the leadership of the leading universities in England, said that raising the annual tuition fee for higher education to 3,000 pounds…
The National Bank of Ukraine has approved a graphic symbol for the hryvnia. It is a stylized letter 'г', crossed by two horizontal lines (according to bankers, they symbolize the stability of the…
Since March 1, it has become even more difficult for foreigners to exchange foreign currency for yuan in China. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange has issued a circular introducing new…
Sport
It is no secret that figure skating, like many other sports, is going through hard times in our country. The Olympic victories of Viktor Petrenko and Oksana Baiul have sunk into oblivion, and the…
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in a new version, taking into account the president's proposals, the law on the legal status of foreign Ukrainians. According to Interfax-Ukraine, 344 people's…
The Cyprus Veterinary Service announced that the insertion of a microchip under the skin will become mandatory from July for all animals brought into the country. As reported by Vestnik Kipra, until…
The Cyprus Tourism Department reports on possible problems when visiting the territory of Cyprus not controlled by the legitimate government. Tourist facilities located in the occupied zone are…
Last week the British government published the powers of the special commission The Office for Fair Access (OFFA), which will monitor equal access to higher education institutions in England. The…
The British parliament is discussing a new bill on granting asylum. Those foreigners who are refused refugee status are to be deprived of financial assistance and repatriated, and their children…
The number of illegal migrants in Russia today is about five million people, two-thirds of whom arrived from CIS countries. Such data from the migration service were presented at the central office…
In Finland, prices for alcoholic beverages are decreasing due to a reduction in the amount of excise duties on alcohol. According to EuroNews, the country's authorities made this decision on the eve…
The number of prisoners in British prisons has reached a record level - in early March 2004 it amounted to 75 thousand people, according to the Sky News website. The exact number - 75,007 prisoners -…
Tourism
For the first time in Ukraine, on a website you can not only book airplane seats but also pay for the flight: the airline AeroSvit - Ukrainian Airlines has opened online sales. AeroSvit's partners in…
Education
Whether a domestic manager needs to learn new technologies of international business is no longer debated - time flies, and Ukraine is steadily moving towards the introduction of modern management…
The essence of the game of badminton is quite simple. The players' task is to use a racket to send the shuttlecock (a feathered ball) over the net to the opponent's half of the court. And, naturally…
Tourism
Going on a foreign trip, many of our tourists are confident that nothing will happen to them there. They still treat insurance as an unnecessary formality imposed by tour companies, and at the…
Curiosities
America may revise the national size scale for ready-made clothing, reports Vremya Novostey. Many years ago, when the tsunami of acceleration and fast food had not yet hit the United States, the…
In December we told the story of Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Shelukhin, sentenced by the Zelenograd court of the Russian capital to deportation and separation from his young Muscovite wife (see…
Immigration
The practice of German justice in considering asylum applications is of some interest, since the countries of the former Soviet Union occupy the unenviable first places in the German list of refugee…
Drifting polar stations are as much Russian know-how as matryoshka or tea with a bite of sugar. This cheap and effective way of exploring the Arctic was invented in 1929 by Vladimir Vize, a…
Money
Soon the word "greenback" as applied to the world's most common currency will become irrelevant, writes the magazine "Career". In October of last year, the international public was presented with the…
Tourism
To learn everything about London, it would take years. But, as Voyage and Leisure notes, that is no reason to put off getting acquainted with the British capital.