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Sweden: Why Not Have a Baby There?

"Had we lived without a care, I'd have borne children from everyone I loved, of every kind and stripe..." This song by Veronika Dolina, which once scandalized all the prudes of the Land of Soviets…

Germany will finally adopt a new immigration law

Bulgaria has become abroad

Bulgaria will become an official EU member in 2007, which is a determining factor for its real estate market, writes «Русский Фокус». Over the past year, prices there have risen in a manner not…

Those wishing to immigrate to the US do not necessarily have to be rich

Readers of "Zagranitsa" often ask questions about US immigration laws - have they changed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, what happened to the size of quotas? They are interested…

On Making Payments to Victims of Nazism

The Ukrainian National Foundation 'Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation', in accordance with the law of the Federal Republic of Germany (§9), has begun payment of the second part of funds to…

Summer schools at Canadian universities

Summer semesters are a common practice in the vast majority of Canadian universities. They are designed solely for the practical purpose of reducing study time.

Pskov Conqueror of Europe

Today in Europe, only the lazy are not talking about Portugal's Porto and its phenomenal mentor Jose Mourinho. Reviews from all sides about the young Portuguese coach are the most flattering. And…

The Reddest

The Irish character is akin to their humor: cutting but gentle. Ireland. The provinces. A remote dirt road in the countryside. Foreigners lost in a rented car ask a local how to get to the capital…

Ecuador - South America in miniature

Sometimes you want to look at the world from the other side, to plunge into the still unexplored. For adventure seekers the question arises: where to go? The very curious can get to Ecuador, a…

Arabs expel ungodly Slavic women

Smokers will have to quit drinking

On the night of June 1, a total ban on smoking in public places came into force in Norway. First of all, cigarettes are outlawed in restaurants and bars: visitors, waiters and bartenders who risk…

Germany - still free

Since April 2004, Germany has introduced tuition fees at universities - 650 euros per semester. So far this applies only to students receiving a second higher education degree and those who stay in…

How much money to take to Paris

And there is no need to insist that there is nothing to do in Paris in summer, all around dust, stuffiness and Parisians languishing from the heat and inquisitive tourists. Moreover, patriotically…