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Getting a Green Card Will Become Easier

In the United States, the rules for checking applications are being simplified for some categories of immigrants who want to obtain permanent residence in the country. This should reduce the huge…

Australian Indigenous Apology

The Australian government is ready in the near future to take a historic step and offer an official apology to the indigenous inhabitants of the continent for the deeds of the first settlers and even…

UK conducts 'cleanup' of colleges

To ensure the quality of educational services, British authorities refused the right to issue invitations to foreigners to 124 out of 256 private colleges that were inspected by the Ministry of…

Japanese to Receive Cigarettes via Cards

Japan's Ministry of Finance decided to equip all cigarette vending machines with special devices that read customer data by March 1, 2008. It will be possible to buy cigarettes from a vending machine…

American Naming Traditions

In the United States, the tradition of commemorating not only great deceased individuals but also influential contemporaries is widespread. Streets, buildings, roads, bridges, and other objects are…

World takes stand against tobacco

A vacation is a vacation, meant to indulge every whim and weakness. Until recently, tourist countries catered to their guests. However, as Financial News notes, the global anti-tobacco campaign…

World's Restaurant Capitals

It is high time to break the stereotype that America is a land of Coca-Cola, hamburgers, Big Macs, American pie, and Thanksgiving turkey, while the British exclusively prefer oatmeal and puddings…

How to enroll in a Greek university

Greece is a word familiar to us from childhood through mysterious myths about ancient gods, through the names of scientists and philosophers. It was here that the world's first gymnasium and academy…

A Shopaholic's Guide to New York

Once, only the most extravagant spendthrifts flew to the U.S. for shopping. However, as Gazeta.Ru notes, the collapsed dollar has long allowed the cost of a ticket to New York for sales to be…

Events That Will Shake Up Tourism

The Olympic Games, a solar eclipse in Siberia, Euro-2008, and love in the time of cholera - these are what will occupy the mind and heart of the traveler in 2008. The British Association of Travel…

Europe Welcomes the Rat

February in Europe is a month of carnivals and Chinese culture. Almost simultaneously, in large and small cities of the Old World, a fun week takes place with parades of fools and parades of giant…

How to make money on the ruins of history

Estates, castles, palaces. Beautiful architecture, living history, memory of ancestors. But at the same time, historical real estate is quite capable of bringing material benefits. And for this, no…

«Migrants in Russia are absolutely without rights»

Russia, experiencing a demographic crisis, needs migrants. Nevertheless, there is no migration policy in Russia, and there never has been, according to renowned human rights activist Svetlana…

Clash of Civilizations

In Britain, conflicts between ethnic communities are becoming more frequent – the established Indo-Pakistani community and the new Eastern European one. According to British police reports, writes…

Germany has the cheapest food products

Germany ranks first in the eurozone in terms of food affordability. Even imported products in German stores are sometimes cheaper than in the country of production itself.

Dividends Buried in Ruins

Let's talk about the preferences of wealthy people. Some of them like to buy skyscrapers, others islands, and some invest in castles. As Metrinfo.ru notes, there are more and more such enthusiasts…

FMS Creates Black Database of Migrants

Director of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia Konstantin Romodanovsky announced last week the creation of an information system for migration registration. It is designed to track foreign…

Czechia wants to simplify visa process

Another bill amending the Law on the Residence of Foreigners has been submitted to the Parliament of the Czech Republic. According to Delovaya Praga, it clarifies and formalizes certain aspects…

China - a country of records

Who is the richest in the world? Obviously, Bill Gates. And where are the most wealthy people? So far in the USA, however, in recent years China has been increasingly loudly declaring its desire to…

A note to parents

Every day, the belief in the imminent arrival of warm weather grows stronger. Summer holidays are also inexorably approaching. And with them comes the opportunity to send a child abroad to study a…