From now on, motorists traveling in the United States can calculate the cost of their trip online. The metasearch engine Kayak has offered travelers a new useful option – an online fuel calculator.
Everyday life
The Norwegian Interior Ministry has raised the alarm about the overcrowding of prisons with foreigners. According to official data, out of 3,340 people serving sentences in the northernmost kingdom…
Education
Currently, one of the most dynamic sectors of the global economy is tourism, of which the hotel and restaurant business is a component. According to statistics from the World Travel & Tourism Council…
Curiosities
Recently, Sony announced that it is recalling 440 thousand Vaio TZ laptops manufactured from May 2007 to July 2008 due to a detected defect. Company specialists determined that the problem was in the…
Culture
Since autumn, several major exhibitions are closing and new ones are opening in museums and galleries in Europe. Particularly notable premieres include a large exhibition of paintings and drawings by…
Curiosities
Despite the fact that over the last millennia dozens of waves of migrants from various parts of the planet have swept through Europe, the inhabitants of the Old World have still not mixed properly…
Immigration
Russian lawmakers have removed one of the barriers to the mass return of former compatriots to the country. Last week, the State Duma passed in the second reading amendments to the law 'On…
Everyday life
Social security may soon become a strategic sector for the UK. Recent research by the National Statistics Service showed that the number of elderly people in the country has for the first time…
Work
Shortly, thousands of foreigners intending to get a job in Great Britain will find it significantly harder. The Home Office recently published new rules that tighten the selection process for labor…
Summer flew by, and your dreams of sending your child on language courses in the UK remained just dreams? Then you can think about preparing a trip for the next summer holidays. If you choose the…
This beautiful country in the heart of Europe, famous for its unique medieval architecture, has been attracting our tourists for over a decade. And for private investors investing in housing, it even…
Immigration
Just over a year ago, a reform of the immigration law came into force in Germany. The new version supplemented and expanded the Migration Act that entered into force on January 1, 2005. The 2007…
Education
Interview with Anna Dudnik, director of the Ukrainian-Irish educational agency 'Anna'.
Inflation in Latvia may fall to 3% in 2011, and the euro may be introduced in the country in 2012-2013. This was stated by the head of the Central Bank of Latvia, Ilmars Rimsevics.
The border camp «Friedland» in Lower Saxony (Germany) will become a museum in five years, which can be not only visited but also lived in for a few days together with its inhabitants. The fact is…
In the first half of 2008, 59,300 new citizens were born in the Czech Republic, which is 3,300 more than in the same period last year.
According to recently published data, in 2007 Germany had 246 thousand international students. Almost a third of them (32%) came from China, another 31% from Eastern European countries (mainly Poland…
According to a report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in 2006 the United States was the most attractive country for migrants.
Russia's state program to support resettlement was approved in 2006, but has not yet become particularly popular. According to Vladimir Pligin, Chairman of the Duma Committee on Constitutional…
Poland intends to switch to the euro by 2011. This was reported by AFP citing a statement by the country's Prime Minister Donald Tusk. According to the Prime Minister, achieving this goal will be…
Starting this academic year, a four-day school week has been introduced in France for primary and secondary school students, reports The Times.
Over the last 15 months, housing prices in the Czech Republic have risen by a quarter. One square meter of residential real estate in the second quarter of this year was offered at an average price…
The largest group of people who received residence permits in the Netherlands under the general amnesty were from former Soviet Union countries. The second largest group were refugees from former…