Curiosities
Elephants, revered in India as a symbol of wisdom and prosperity, have become unwelcome guests in the country's business center, Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Authorities announced a ban on keeping…
Everyday life
The fight against obesity in the UK seems to be entering a new stage, where, according to official statistics, one in four residents suffers from cardiovascular diseases most often triggered by…
Education
It's a common thing in the world of education: some criticize rankings of educational institutions, others compile them, and still others criticize others' rankings and compile their own. On one…
Tourism
If you prefer to vacation abroad, or even spend all holidays there, the problem of choosing a gift disappears by itself. As TRAVELonline.ru notes, you can buy interesting souvenirs as gifts in any…
Blame for one's own extra kilograms can now be safely shifted onto friends and relatives. American scientists have found that obesity is transmitted from person to person. True, not by airborne…
Having decided to buy a house or apartment in a resort town, our compatriots increasingly prefer the Balkan countries over our Black Sea coast. However, if the goal is not just a vacation but a…
Education
For the first time, the most famous university in the United Kingdom has lifted the veil on the admission requirements for undergraduate programs. Cambridge has published on its website a list of the…
Gourmet guide
Summer is the best time for cold soups. First, it's hot, a spoonful of hearty soup doesn't really go down. And you look at other printanières and bouillabaisses with some fatigue. Second, now…
Immigration
The Kaliningrad region has actively joined the program to facilitate the return of former compatriots. But the stated goal of attracting 300,000 migrants over five years looks overly ambitious.
Tourism
Flowers do not take root in our home, no matter how many we buy. All that remains as a legacy is a pot of soil and a withered shoot with a forgotten name. Perhaps that is why, when we set off for the…
My home is a medieval castle... Isn't that a fantastic statement? No, because today any compatriot who can finance the deal and maintain the costly estate in the future can become the owner of…
While many American cities and states are tightening anti-immigration laws and conducting raids to identify illegal migrants, Connecticut, on the contrary, has decided to 'amnesty' them. They will be…
Work
To solve the problem of labor shortage, the EU is introducing a 'blue card' – a document that will allow labor migrants from non-EU countries to move freely within the EU in search of work. The…
Additional liberalization of the German labor market will lead to increased unemployment but will solve the problem of a shortage of skilled workers - this is what the head of the Federal Employment…
Work
When on May 1, 2004, 10 countries joined the European Union at once, this unprecedented enlargement in the history of the EU, dubbed by journalists as the 'big bang', brought, in addition to joy and…
News
In the member states of the European Union, new rules will come into force this autumn that will allow passengers from third countries to carry liquids in hand luggage purchased at airports outside…