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What's the price of real estate in the 'new' Europe? News

What's the price of real estate in the 'new' Europe?

A little over a month ago, the European Union expanded. According to Deutsche Welle, integration processes are in full swing. New opportunities have also opened up for those wishing to purchase real…

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In the Land of Red Gold Tourism

In the Land of Red Gold

Of course, now doctors present wine therapy as the latest achievement of medicine. Can they admit that this method of treatment has existed ever since Aphrodite planted the first vine, and Apollo…

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Greece celebrates, while Portugal cries and counts money Sport

Greece celebrates, while Portugal cries and counts money

On July 4, something incredible was happening in Athens. The Greek national football team, which went to the European Championship as an underdog, won the continental championship and claimed the…

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Immigration

How I didn't become a "locomotive" to Germany

That a Jew is not only a nationality, but also a means of transportation, I vaguely suspected even before coming to Germany—standing in line at the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of…

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Receiving a widow's pension in Germany. The Federal Social Court of Germany affirmed the right of late resettlers Immigration

Receiving a widow's pension in Germany. The Federal Social Court of Germany affirmed the right of late resettlers

I want to share joyful news with the entire older generation of Russian Germans. The Federal Social Court of Germany (Bundessozialgericht), as the highest judicial authority for reviewing the…

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European banking Schengen. Switzerland rushed into the embrace of the European Union News

European banking Schengen. Switzerland rushed into the embrace of the European Union

The European Union and Switzerland have finally initialed nine cooperation agreements. According to Vremya Novostey, Switzerland bargained to retain its right to banking secrecy. But for this it will…

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Schools on Europe's Attic Education

Schools on Europe's Attic

Known writer and journalist Petr Weil in his book "The Genius of Place" compares Europe to "a large house with many rooms and annexes of different times, styles, for different purposes. Two rooms…

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Tourism

Unconventional France: Castles, Corsica and Wine

Recently, individual tours have become increasingly popular. And this is not surprising, since this type of vacation gives an opportunity to immerse oneself deeper in the atmosphere of a particular…

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Immigration

Relocation to Ecuador: Overcoming an Imagined Reality

What does it mean to live in the center of the world? Where is it, this center? How to get there? Moreover, one must possess a remarkable breadth of outlook to admit: somewhere there is the navel of…

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Country guide

Several enterprising Russians proclaimed their own states in Antarctica

Not only Norway, Chile, Australia and other countries lay claim to Antarctic expanses. Half a dozen of our neighbors also believe they have the legal right to plant flags on the continent - flags of…

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