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Strategic Repatriation Immigration

Strategic Repatriation

It is no secret that Russia's population is declining. Even the official results of the 2002 population census, which many sociologists and demographers tend to criticize for the quality of…

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How to get a job in France Work

How to get a job in France

Finding a job in a foreign country is not as easy as it may seem. Even if you have extensive experience and have dealt with the strictest interviewers, that does not guarantee quick employment in a…

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How they work with children with disabilities Everyday life

How they work with children with disabilities

Every family that has a child with disabilities finds itself in a difficult situation, both materially and psychologically. Such families need support that will not offend or cause irritation.

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How to Choose a Children's Camp Properly Tourism

How to Choose a Children's Camp Properly

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Features of the Funeral Rite Everyday life

Features of the Funeral Rite

Since ancient times, the funeral rite has been accompanied by various traditions. And although many of them have been lost over time, the main meaning – to see off the deceased person with dignity…

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Travel Troubles: Everything Is Solvable! Tourism

Travel Troubles: Everything Is Solvable!

Stolen money, lost passport, expired visa, room safe broken into, accidentally sent your return flight ticket flying out the window? Is your situation no better than Robinson Crusoe's on a desert…

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Toast to the homeland of port wine Country guide

Toast to the homeland of port wine

The westernmost country in Europe is more likely associated with a strong, cloudy drink of Crimean origin. But there is, there is a not too mighty but still beautiful country Portugal, and port is…

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How to immigrate to Canada Immigration

How to immigrate to Canada

Usually, those who immigrate to Canada come for permanent residence with the whole family at once. This makes it possible to collectively make vital decisions and jointly solve emerging problems…

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Paths to a Canadian Visa Immigration

Paths to a Canadian Visa

The ultimate goal of the immigration process to Canada is to obtain permanent resident status. It can be obtained by entering the country on an immigrant visa. As noted by «Русский Торонто», it is…

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Reverse Passportization Immigration

Reverse Passportization

In Russia, for several years now, there has been a campaign to verify the legality of acquiring or obtaining citizenship, as a result of which thousands of people are suddenly declared…

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Half-Open Canada Immigration

Half-Open Canada

That Canada's immigration sector is in crisis is no secret. Moreover, it's not just about something not working properly and there being shortcomings somewhere. As 'Russian Toronto' notes, it looks…

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Where were you on February 6, 1992? Immigration

Where were you on February 6, 1992?

Cases of illegal seizure of passports of Russian citizens and the number of court proceedings particularly increased in 2006, when matters of citizenship and passport registration were transferred…

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Recipe for Cow Happiness Curiosities

Recipe for Cow Happiness

On an October evening, hundreds of scientists gather at Harvard University. The host announces the names of the laureates, they go up on stage and tell the audience about their research. The ceremony…

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American Battles of Idealists Country guide

American Battles of Idealists

Bipartisanship – «dvukhpartiinost» – is a term used in the US to describe a very complex and contradictory phenomenon. Bipartisanship is a constant and almost never-ending dispute between the two…

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Alcoholism hits demographics Everyday life

Alcoholism hits demographics

Russia is losing its citizens at a high rate. If over the past 15 years, starting from 1993, the country's population has decreased by 6.6 million people, then in the near future the rate of…

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Wine-Musical Harvest Tourism

Wine-Musical Harvest

October in Europe differs little from September. People still listen to music (festivals in Austria, Spain, France, and the Czech Republic), celebrate harvests (Hungary, Germany), drink, snack, and…

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Integration

Irish Surrender to Brussels

Only on the second attempt were Irish voters able to overcome their distrust of European integration and support the Lisbon Treaty – the key document defining future transformations within the…

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How to Pass Customs Inspection at the Airport Visas

How to Pass Customs Inspection at the Airport

Customs inspection at the airport is a necessary, though unpleasant procedure. But if you follow a few rules, the inspection will go quickly and without unnecessary complications.

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Germans take to homeopathy Health

Germans take to homeopathy

Among the compatriots of the founder of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann, this method of treatment is gaining increasing popularity. Germans are increasingly resorting to homeopathic remedies for colds…

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Shrinking world Curiosities

Shrinking world

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Ways of shipping cars from abroad Auto tour

Ways of shipping cars from abroad

Nowadays, there is a highly developed business of shipping cars from abroad. As practice shows and criminal investigation reports indicate, most of these services are illegal and have a stable trend…

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Shopping

Greece – a Shopping Destination

In Greece you can buy anything. Lovers of traditional national products (woven bags, icons, figurines of Greek soldiers, ceramic items, copies of ancient sculptures, etc.) should stroll through…

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Real estate

Renting an apartment class... which one to prefer?

The classification of apartments rented by the day is quite conditional, but there are still criteria for assessing the level of comfort. What should you pay attention to during preliminary…

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Local Currency Curiosities

Local Currency

London's Brixton district introduced its own currency into circulation. The local Brixton pounds, like traditional pound sterling, are printed quite solidly on paper with watermarks, holograms, and…

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