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The U.S. authorities are expanding a program to monitor the length of stay of foreigners so that they leave the United States in accordance with the terms specified in their visas. As ITAR-TASS…
A draft law establishing a uniform procedure for citizens to change their name, surname, and patronymic has been submitted to the government of Ukraine. The draft document was developed by the…
By the end of the year, the 'Understanding and Reconciliation' fund will begin paying the second tranche of compensation to former forced laborers of the Third Reich. This was announced by the head…
British intelligence agencies demanded that in photographs on identity documents of tourists arriving in the kingdom, the owner's face should be sad and expressionless, reports The Telegraph…
In many countries around the world, fee-based education no longer surprises anyone. Germany, however, still remains an island where everyone can count on receiving free education (at least a first…
Curiosities
How to escape American justice: first to Hungary, then to the Philippines, then to Japan, then back to the Philippines and again to Japan. Philippines - Japan, Japan - Philippines. Such a chess…
Work
Legal but still powerless guest workers in the Russian capital have a chance to find a way to hold their employers accountable. As Izvestia.Ru reports, an Interindustry Trade Union of Workers of…
What should you pay attention to when buying a digital camera? Which technical specifications are more important for different types of photographers? Gazeta.Ru asked renowned St. Petersburg…
The story of Belarusian guest worker Andrei Belykh (surname changed) is somewhat reminiscent of a Cinderella story. He started as an unskilled laborer, and now he himself can easily be called an…
Everyday life
Uzhhorod native Alla Blahina has been living in Switzerland for the past two years, returning to Ukraine from time to time for university exam sessions. At home, marriage did not work out: she…
Immigration
WHAT TO DO FOR THE WINNER OF THE FIRST ROUND OF DV As already reported in the last July issue of "Zagranitsa" (No. 30), the U.S. Department of State announced the results of the Diversity Immigrant…
Sport
On the eve of the European Football Championship, the problem of that radically minded part of football supporters who are called fans became acute. The Portuguese authorities, trying to hold the…
Culture
Recently, oriental dances have become wildly popular. Arabic music plays at discos, embroidered bodices and belts with beaded threads are increasingly coming into fashion, belly dance festivals are…
Swedes are a stubborn people. If they have prepared for a summer holiday, they will spend it as summer. Therefore, on the streets of Visby, a medieval Hanseatic city, the capital of the island of…
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Education
Futurists predict that the 21st century will become an era of globalization and integration of culture, science, and economics. The concept of a “state border” will have mainly a political character…