Everyday life
Chinese authorities plan to change the rules for assigning surnames to children. As reported by The Times, parents will be allowed to combine the father's and mother's surnames to form the child's…
Americans are accustomed to poking fun at the British – they consider them strange, eccentric, and overly prim people, used to greeting with the word 'Turlyulyu', saying goodbye with an exclamation…
Everyday life
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, the most popular boy names in the country are Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. Among girls, the top names were Emily, Emma, Madison…
Tourism
The Aegean Sea got its name from Greek mythology. Once King Aegeus, learning of his son Theseus's death, threw himself into the sea in grief. Since then, this sea has been called the Aegean. True, no…
Tea and coffee are the most popular and the most mysterious drinks in the world. Some speak of their undoubted benefits, while others consider them very harmful. Such 'discoveries' have no effect on…
Tourism
Another song was once popular in summer. 'The bluest in the world, my Black Sea' – that's how this love confession sounded. Several countries border the Black Sea, including the neighboring coast of…
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Tourism
Spain, like Italy, was the mistress of the seas for many centuries. Suffice it to recall the Age of Great Geographical Discoveries, the conquistadors and Columbus's caravels, and many other pages of…
Immigration
British Immigration Minister Liam Byrne announced that the Labour Party will present its proposals on migration policy in early 2008. In his opinion, the new system will allow the Labour government…
Tourism
The Most Maritime Country
While Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress debate the possibility of deporting 12 million illegal immigrants from the country, the authorities of the city of New Haven (Connecticut) have made…
Interior and justice ministers of the 27 European Union member states at a meeting in Luxembourg reached a political agreement to create a common Visa Information System (VIS).
Visas
The cheerful assurances of politicians about the irreversibility of Ukraine's European choice and the queues outside the embassies of European states have become hallmarks of our time. Hundreds of…
Ministers of the Interior of European Union countries supported the decision to extend the so-called Prüm Convention to all EU countries. It provides for police from different EU states to have…
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Last Friday, new rules for transporting cash across the European Union border came into force. The changes will affect both EU citizens and non-citizens. Amounts exceeding €10,000 must be declared…
Tourism
"I'm going to the sea, I'm going," drifts from an open window an old song. "I'm going to the gentle wave..." And one should be indignant at the disturber of the silence, but the heart starts to beat…