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All About Red Evening Dresses

A red evening dress is a great way to look luxurious and elegant at any event, attract attention, and emphasize your originality. In psychology, this shade is considered the color of fire, passion…

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News

Record number of refugees recorded

Armed conflicts and persecution have forced more people to leave their homes than ever before. In 2015, the number of refugees worldwide exceeded 60 million for the first time in the history of UN…

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Why is independent construction expertise needed? Technology

Why is independent construction expertise needed?

Independent construction expertise is a set of measures aimed at verifying the correctness of documentation, identifying inaccuracies and errors during the construction of facilities, and finding…

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Bus tours to St. Petersburg from Kazan Tourism

Bus tours to St. Petersburg from Kazan

The northern capital of Russia is one of the priority destinations of the tour operator «Открытая Страна». The company organizes tours to St. Petersburg of varying durations. At the same time, the…

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Airlines 'Blacklist' Updated Airbus

Airlines 'Blacklist' Updated

The European Commission published on its website a new 'blacklist' of airlines banned from flying to European Union countries. In total, 216 airlines have been banned from flying to the EU. Most of…

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Consulting Legal Activity Law zone

Consulting Legal Activity

On the websites of law firms, you can often see consulting legal activity listed among the services provided. Such terminology can baffle a person uninitiated in jurisprudence. In reality, everything…

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A Country of Large Families Everyday life

A Country of Large Families

Among European countries, Finland has the largest number of large families. In this country, families receive various benefits and allowances – from both the state and various organizations…

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Forced to Become a Bureaucrat Curiosities

Forced to Become a Bureaucrat

In many cantons (federal subjects) of Switzerland, the law allows forcing citizens to take on certain duties within the executive branch or local self-government. This happens because sometimes there…

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The Return of Real Coffee Gourmet guide

The Return of Real Coffee

In Germany, each person drinks an average of 162 liters of coffee per year. Neither water (143 liters) nor even beer (107 liters) can compete. It is therefore not surprising that a German woman…

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The French Gave Us Vacation Everyday life

The French Gave Us Vacation

France recently celebrated the anniversary of a great conquest that, according to the International Labour Organization, is now enjoyed by more than 4 billion people. As RFI writes, 80 years ago the…

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Poland from a bird's eye view (video) Tourism

Poland from a bird's eye view (video)

Poles used a drone to shoot a nearly 5-minute film showcasing Polish cities and landscapes from a bird's eye view. The video "Holiday in Poland" has been viewed over 970,000 times online. "This is…

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Other people's laws must be respected Law zone

Other people's laws must be respected

In an official statement, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Bern (Switzerland) reminded its citizens that wearing the burqa or niqab in public places of the canton of Ticino will soon be considered…

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Student Capital of Germany Education

Student Capital of Germany

In the global ranking of the best cities for youth life YouthfulCities, Berlin takes an honorable third place, second only to New York and London. And it is not surprising that this dynamic…

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The Taste of Ukrainian Summer Gourmet guide

The Taste of Ukrainian Summer

From American-style picnics to traditional bread baking – this summer there are plenty of reasons to travel deliciously through Ukraine. Deutsche Welle decided to find out what makes this summer's…

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Migrants to Be Studied by Their Bones Immigration

Migrants to Be Studied by Their Bones

Sweden will become the first country in the world to apply a new method of determining the age of asylum seekers. Until now, this was done by analyzing X-rays of teeth and hand bones. Soon, the…

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Passport Control via Automated Kiosk Visas

Passport Control via Automated Kiosk

Long queues are an integral part of air travel. Waiting in line for security screening at the airport can be frustrating. The problem is compounded for arriving passengers, who often find, after a…

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Autobahn: Traffic Characteristics Auto tour

Autobahn: Traffic Characteristics

Ghost drivers (in German Geisterfahrer, or more prosaically – Falschfahrer, meaning 'those who went the wrong way') – this is the name given to those who mistakenly or deliberately end up on the…

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All of Silesia in Three Days Tourism

All of Silesia in Three Days

Weekend tourism – in Poland this type of tourism has recently become increasingly popular. But how can you manage to see the most interesting and important places in a city or region you have never…

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