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Curiosities

Wine like a river

The French lovingly call wine "the juice of the earth" and "heavenly nectar." And yet, en masse, with inexhaustible enthusiasm, they periodically destroy this divine gift. And not only by pouring it…

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Immigration

Spain begins legalization of immigrants

In Spain on Monday, the legalization process began, under which 800,000 of the approximately one and a half million illegal immigrants will be able to obtain the right to live and work in the country.

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Tourism

Tourists will be able to hunt seals

Norwegian authorities have allowed tourists to hunt seals. It is expected that this year the season will run from early March to mid-April.

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Immigration

Ukrainian who profited from illegal immigrants goes on trial in England

A trial of Ukrainian citizen Viktor Solomka took place in the English county of Norfolk. Last week he was found guilty of placing illegal workers from Ukraine, Russia, Latvia and Lithuania at…

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Immigration

Russia is losing its immigration appeal

Recently, at least 200,000 immigrants come to Russia per year – four to five times fewer than the country needs to compensate for natural population decline. As RIA Novosti columnist notes, Russia…

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Immigration

Russians advised against northern Cyprus

The Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Moscow warned citizens about the illegality of real estate purchase transactions in the northern part of the island.

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Everyday life

Our Chinese Happiness

Do you want love? Harmony in your family? Allow yourself to become happy – and you will become one; allow yourself to achieve success – and it will come. Build your inner world according to the laws…

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Education

The "Lost Generation" Survived

Annual salaries of MBA degree holders exceed $150,000. Moreover, eight of the ten best business schools in the world are located in the United States. These are the data from the annual MBA program…

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Immigration

What Canadian immigration authorities write about

Many Ukrainians who filed documents for immigration to Canada before January 2002 are now receiving letters from Canadian immigration authorities, notifying them of a certain "settlement" that…

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Education

MIB opens new educational program – International MBA

In January 2005, an online briefing on the topic «International MBA in Ukraine – path to a foreign diploma and global career» was held on the Ukrainian web portal MBA Strategy. Academic…

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Curiosities

Dangerous liaisons threaten Indonesia

The natural disaster that struck the states of Southeast Asia allowed religious mystics around the world to practice searching for the hidden meaning of the catastrophe. Some, as always in hindsight…

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Travel

Three Days in America – 2

In contrast to Washington, in New York, on the other hand, all the attractions are outdoors. They fill the whole island of Manhattan, which was once foolishly sold by the Iroquois to the Dutch for 60…

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Sport

Stanislav Medvedenko's problem season

The summer news about the departure from the team of Ukrainian Stanislav Medvedenko, basketball megastar Shaquille O'Neal and honored veteran Karl Malone gave reason to expect that the new team would…

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Everyday life

Our Chinese Happiness – 2

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Sport

Armstrong's New Friend

Zagranitsa has already written about the Galician Yaroslav Popovych, telling about the move of the talented Ukrainian cyclist to Italy and signing a contract with the professional team Kolnago.

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News

Tsunami put up for sale

Last week, the extraordinary conference of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) ended on the Thai island of Phuket. Important guests discussed measures to restore the…

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Immigration

The 'Wanted' and 'Unwanted' Guests of Europe

In the list of the most popular names given to babies in Britain, the name Muhammad (Mohammad, Mahmud, Magomed) came in fifth place. Over five thousand newborns were named after the founder of Islam…

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Tourism

Station for Two

Preparations for the celebration of lovers, St. Valentine's Day, are in full swing. If you are ready to give your dear one the whole world, writes Gazeta.GZT.Ru, it is time to look at its pieces. So…

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Tourism

A Station for Two – 2

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Travel

Three Days in America

Somewhere in the late 90s, several MGIMO students, among whom, out of idleness, I happened to be, in one of rare bursts of patriotism promised each other that we would appear on US territory only…

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Country guide

Born to Crawl

There are few places in the world where snakes feel as free as in India. You are not immune to encountering them not only in the jungle, on the bank of a river or lake, but also in the middle of a…

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Country guide

Born to Crawl – 2

However, most Indians, upon finding a snake under their roof, would never raise a stick against it, but would try to persuade it to leave the house peacefully. If the guest does not wish to heed a…

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