Sport
Applicant cities need to answer questions covering 17 areas, from infrastructure to public support. Here are these topics, brought together and presented in an accessible form by BBC journalists.
Almost half of Berlin university students - about 150,000 people - dropped out of their studies this year. This statement was made by German finance senator Thilo Sarrazin. However, his concern is…
Tourism
There are many ways to get where you need to go. But if you have set yourself the goal of doing it in the cheapest way, you cannot do without hitchhiking. The topic of hitchhiking is inexhaustible…
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On the night of July 6-7, all of London celebrated: the International Olympic Committee had selected the capital of Great Britain as the site for the 2012 Olympics. Despite it being the middle of the…
From July, all Belarusian tour firms will be obliged to engage in inbound and domestic tourism. Failure to comply with this requirement, which applies to foreign and joint enterprises, will result in…
Immigration
A year ago, the Czech Centre for the Integration of Foreigners, located in Prague's Žižkov district, was taking its first steps, initially focusing its activities on helping foreigners with…
Tourism
Big Ben, Loch Ness, streets with “wrong-way” traffic and Her Majesty are written about in every guidebook, so this sort of “short guide” will focus rather on the details that usually make up one's…
Sport
In the early days of July, the eyes of the world's sporting community were turned to Singapore. It was in this Asian city-state, situated on an island, that on July 6, 2005, the President of the…
Education
“The sun shines, the waters gleam, a smile on everything, life in everything...” It seems Tyutchev quite succeeded in conveying that special “summer mood” that reigns in the hearts of northern…
News
Will Britain's presidency of the European Union coincide with the beginning of a freeze in integration processes?
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