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Germany prepares for EU presidency News

Germany prepares for EU presidency

Last week, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered her first policy statement in the Bundestag on current issues facing the European Union. From January 2007, Germany will hold the EU…

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Your Own Tour Operator Tourism

Your Own Tour Operator

About 47% of people worldwide consider themselves independent travelers. And this does not mean at all that most of them are reckless adventurers conquering the Himalayas alone or crossing the ocean…

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Conservatives keep their promises Immigration

Conservatives keep their promises

The newly formed Conservative government of Canada has announced a halving of the immigration state fee, the Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF). This so-called “settlement fee” is charged to the…

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Immigration

Czechs quickly forget their homeland

In the 19th century, Czechs left their homeland most often for economic reasons; in the twentieth, they fled political persecution. In this, Czechs are no different from Russians, Ukrainians, Poles…

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Main news of the issue (Zagranitsa No. 331) News

Main news of the issue (Zagranitsa No. 331)

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Travel savings Tourism

Travel savings

Getting a good deal on a ticket is where preparation for a self-made trip begins. Because, first of all, it is on transport that it is easiest and most sensible to save money. After all, it is much…

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Travel

In the Footsteps of Thor Heyerdahl

The grandson of Thor Heyerdahl decided to repeat the path of his grandfather, who crossed the Pacific Ocean on a raft in the middle of the last century.

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In the Country of Enlightened Bagpipers Education

In the Country of Enlightened Bagpipers

The world owes Scotland many discoveries. Scotsman James Watt created the steam engine. His compatriot Alexander Bell went down in world history as the inventor of the telephone. As 'Обучение за…

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Sherry in the Fortress and 'Summer of Love' Tourism

Sherry in the Fortress and 'Summer of Love'

This month in Vienna an exhibition of psychedelic art 'Summer of Love' will take place, and a completely different side of the 'heart' theme will be touched upon by the Brussels scientific exposition…

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Education à la Chinese Education

Education à la Chinese

At the spring Moscow exhibition "Education and Career of the 21st Century", China presented 20 universities at once - more than the French, Germans, and even the perennial leaders, the British. "The…

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Away from the Megalopolis Tourism

Away from the Megalopolis

When I was persuaded that Finland is a paradise for the tired and work-exhausted, I kept repeating only one thing, like Stanislavsky: “I don’t believe!” However, after returning from the trip, now I…

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Europe: The "Big Bang" Continues? News

Europe: The "Big Bang" Continues?

As is known, on May 9, when we celebrate Victory Day, Europeans, who for a number of historical reasons celebrate this date one day earlier, observe their own holiday – Europe Day. It was on this…

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