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Winners Are Judged Sport

Winners Are Judged

Last week in Rome, hearings were resumed in the corruption case in Italian football. Despite the victory of the 'Azzurri' at the World Cup, thirteen members of the national team, representing…

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Airbus

Euro ticket should be clear

European Commissioner for Transport Jacques Barrot intends to discuss at a European Commission meeting a draft law aimed at providing consumers with access to more objective information on airfare…

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Tourism

Economical Vacation Options

Is it possible to go abroad if you are willing to pay no more than $500 per person for a tour package? Considering that summer is a time for family travel, the answer to this mercantile question is…

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Airline News (Abroad No. 341) Airbus

Airline News (Abroad No. 341)

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Will We Fly Almost for Free? Airbus

Will We Fly Almost for Free?

As assured by the director of North European and Baltic routes of the Irish company Ryanair (low-cost carrier) Karl Hegstadius, in about ten years airline tickets will become practically free. With a…

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Estonia and Lithuania have not yet joined the eurozone Money

Estonia and Lithuania have not yet joined the eurozone

The Baltic countries remain outside the euro currency area. To be fair, not all of them intended to join this area right now. Latvia had already modestly set 2008 as a likely date for switching to…

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Germany Debates Immigration Policy for Foreigners Immigration

Germany Debates Immigration Policy for Foreigners

Can unemployed foreigners bring their spouses to live in Germany? How to encourage integration into German society and how to punish unwillingness to integrate? German politicians argue about all…

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News

Russian Managers Live Lavishly

Russian managers live better than their colleagues from the US, Germany, and France. But they should thank not their corporations for this, but their home country, where the majority of the…

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Germans leave Germany Immigration

Germans leave Germany

Emigration from Germany reached a new record: last year, 145,000 people turned their backs on their homeland. This figure is cited by the Federal Statistical Office. The association Raphaels-Werk…

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News

Main news of the issue (Foreign no.341)

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Brown Dawn of the East News

Brown Dawn of the East

Some new EU member states are gradually becoming a chronic headache for Brussels: as a result of the recent parliamentary elections in these countries, radicals of the most extreme stripe have come…

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Tourism

Wine, Shellfish, and Knights in Armor

In August, Europe will host medieval history festivals in England, Denmark, and Italy, the annual Norwegian seafood festival, and famous wine festivals in Germany. Also noteworthy is one of Europe's…

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