Why are some invited to work in "high society", paid from 700 euros per day of work, while others have to settle for much more modest fees? As the head of the Department of Simultaneous Interpreting…
6.9 million people, or 3.2% of the US adult population, are incarcerated, sentenced conditionally, or on probation, reports the BBC. According to a report presented by the US Department of Justice…
Chairman of the State Committee for Nationalities and Migration Gennady Moskal proposes to carry out a migration amnesty for foreigners who have been living and working in Ukraine illegally for a…
Explanatory note for persons intending to apply to the European Court of Human Rights, prepared by Chief Specialist of the National Bureau for Compliance with the Convention for the Protection of…
Curiosities
Apparently, the police of London's Heathrow International Airport decided to once again disprove the common misconception that sloppiness is not inherent to residents of the Old World, let alone…
Immigration
The U.S. State Department has published the results of the next drawing of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (better known as the Green Card lottery) DV-2005. This year the total number of…
Is it easy for a Ukrainian citizen to become a holder of a British university diploma? There is no unambiguous answer to this question. On the one hand, today, when the Iron Curtain has collapsed, a…
Education
When the world-famous author of detective novels, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, decided to 'kill' his cunning hero Sherlock Holmes, for greater dramatic effect he moved the action from prim London to the…
Tourism
In August, those traveling through Europe will be able to take part in a grand tomato battle and several Caribbean carnivals. Tourists are unlikely to suffer during these festivities, but the…
August is traditionally the peak of the vacation season. And according to representatives of travel agencies, for many of our compatriots the word “vacation” is still firmly associated with the word…
Sport
Sporting August is primarily the Olympic Games, which will take place in the Greek capital, Athens. Four years have passed since the previous Games, held in Australian Sydney. Much water has flowed…
Country guide
The airport we flew into turned out to be named after an unlucky aviator, and the main street in the business district bears the name of a bankrupt broker. As Voyage i otdykh writes, this is a city…
Law zone
In May, the 114th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at the level of foreign ministers was held in Strasbourg. It approved a package of measures designed to improve…
Immigration
Not so long ago, this topic occupied the front pages of the German press. It concerns the payment of German social assistance to citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany permanently residing…