Curiosities
Japanese go crazy over Paris. And in the literal sense of the word. So many people are affected by the realities of the French capital that they have grown from a medical problem into a scientific…
Tourism
One of the oldest cities in America, the capital of Massachusetts, a major Atlantic port. Like no other American city, Boston is rich in monuments of the colonial period and, in fact, is the…
According to a survey of 4,000 air passengers conducted on the travel website TripAdvisor, London's Heathrow was named the worst of all airports, and Irish airline Ryanair the worst airline. The…
At a meeting of the parliamentary committee on aliyah and absorption, data were presented on the number of repatriates leaving Israel. According to the published report, among new repatriates, those…
Tourism
November in Europe is much duller than October: there are fewer festivals and holidays, and somehow there is not as much fun as in the previous month. Nothing surprising about that, truth be told…
U.S. President George Bush personally put an end to a long and rather tedious detective story called "The Mexican Wall." After he signed the corresponding bill, a thousand-kilometer fence will be…
Airbus
The ink had hardly dried on the ruling of the European Constitutional Court refusing to allow U.S. authorities to obtain detailed information on air passengers traveling from the EU to America, and…
News
The UN Security Council approved a new Secretary-General of the United Nations – as expected, it was South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon. With his assumption of office on January 1, 2007, an…
MEPs are concerned about the growing circulation of the largest banknote denomination, €500. MEPs suspect that these banknotes are mainly used for money laundering. But the main problem, experts say…
News
Starting from mid-2007, Ukrainians will receive a Schengen visa in a maximum of 10 days. For some categories of citizens, it will be free of charge. The key document signed last week in Helsinki at…
Everyday life
Amazing thing – the stronger China becomes, the stronger the age-old traditions in the Celestial Empire. Including the ancient custom of making sacrifices to the souls of deceased ancestors. It is…
Immigration
The absence of a language barrier in communication between representatives of Russia and the foreign diaspora does not yet guarantee full mutual understanding. The World Congress of Compatriots held…