The best drivers in Europe are residents of Germany. This is according to the results of a survey conducted among European drivers by the insurance company Aha.
Most ministers of EU member states in charge of telecommunications support the European Commission's proposal to cap the cost of roaming SMS messages within the EU starting July 2009.
According to a Finnish government decree, border controls on the country's internal borders will be reinstated for the period from November 24 to December 5. This will entail checks on persons…
On Thursday, November 27, at a meeting in Brussels, the interior ministers of the European Union member states officially announced that Switzerland should join the Schengen Agreement in the near…
The global economic crisis has forced European hoteliers to reduce the cost of hotel rooms by 50% or even more. If not for this extreme measure, most hotels in major European cities would have been…
The latest wave of economic crisis has significantly strengthened emigration sentiment in Ukraine. This is stated in a new study by the Israeli national repatriation agency 'Sokhnut'.
Curiosities
The financial crisis forced Europeans to take a fresh look at vegetables and fruits. And to acknowledge as erroneous the standards on the appearance of agricultural products previously introduced by…
Lonely Planet has released a new guidebook, Best in Travel 2009, which gathers the best travel ideas. The guidebook brings together 850 travel destinations and routes that, according to the authors…
Education
In April of this year, Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley made a sensational statement. At her briefing, she announced that foreign students who have received Canadian…
Education
For those learning a foreign language, the world's leading manufacturer of pocket dictionary-translators, the American company ECTACO Inc, has developed a new product - the Partner ER850 Deluxe.
Education
Our compatriots who wish to receive higher education in Europe are increasingly choosing the Czech Republic. The high level of teaching at universities, the similarity of the Czech language to ours…
Money
Financial crisis in the US has not spared the large diaspora of people from former Soviet republics. The biggest losses, as elsewhere in America, are borne by real estate and construction companies…
Immigration
The "Polish plumber" (a collective term for labor migrants from the new EU member states), which had long been used to scare the Western European public, turned out to be a myth that never…
When you go to Canada, you subconsciously picture scenes from Discovery Channel films: pristine nature, mountains, forests, wild but cute bears (on screen they are all cute) catching fish in the…
Visas
On November 17, a visa-free regime came into effect between the US and six EU countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic), as well as South Korea. Citizens of these…
On the financial map of the world, you can find "quiet havens" that are least affected by storms. As Itogi notes, these states can be conditionally divided into four types. The first includes…
Immigration
Spitsbergen, or Svalbard as this Arctic archipelago is called in Norway, is rightly considered the last island of freedom in the Western world. According to the international treaty of 1925, anyone…
In December, Europeans waltz, sing, lose huge sums of money at the races, drink beer and cider, put on fireworks, and choose gifts for relatives and friends. In short, they have fun and entertain…
The scandalous 2006 film 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' still attracts tourists to the former Soviet republic. Kazakhstan, which had previously…
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, recorded the highest crime rate in the United States. According to CNN's website, such information is provided in a report by CQ Press (Congressional Quaterly).
Immigration
The European Parliament approved the introduction of the "Blue Card" in the European Union – an analogue of the American green card for professionals from other countries needed by Europe. IT…
The Amsterdam municipality has decided to close 43 of the city's 228 coffee shops by 2011 – establishments where soft drugs such as hashish and marijuana are legally sold. The punitive sanctions…
US President George Bush signed a law that increases the duration of unemployment benefit payments. Now, unemployed people who have already received and spent their benefits but still have not found…
The European Union has approved the introduction of the so-called 'Blue Card', simplifying the employment procedure for qualified specialists from third countries.