The National Bank of Ukraine has allowed resident individuals to take out of the country foreign currency in amounts up to $5,000 (equivalent) purchased at currency exchange offices.
The official accounting of consumer spending by British families now includes new items such as payments for prostitutes or the purchase of drugs. The National Statistical Office has made these…
Many major US airlines may stop transporting pets if the government forces them to provide reports on how many animals are lost, injured, or die during flights.
In winter, shortly after the New Year holidays, Slovak border guards found the bodies of three Indians near the state border between Ukraine and Slovakia. The unfortunate froze to death. The Slovak…
As previously reported, Russia proposed to Ukraine to introduce a new procedure for mutual travel of citizens of the two countries from July 1, 2003, requiring a foreign passport when crossing the…
A 21-year-old Russian citizen who arrived in the Emirates with her mother on a tourist trip has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. According to the RIA Novosti news agency, the Russian woman…
The number of unemployed people worldwide reached 180 million in 2002. According to forecasts by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Reuters reports, the unemployment rate will continue to…
Israel's Ministry of Tourism has decided to protect foreign tourists from a possible chemical attack. To this end, 10,000 gas masks have been distributed to hotels across the country, along with…
About 350,000 immigrants entered Italy between 1999 and 2002 alone. This means that on average about a thousand people arrived in the country every day, half of whom are in Italy illegally, Interfax…
Although the euro will not be introduced in the Czech Republic until 2007-2009 at the earliest, the law does not prohibit its use in cash transactions today. This is determined by an agreement…
The United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany, Ukraine's largest trading partners, are imposing economic sanctions against Ukraine. The financial authorities of these countries believe that Kyiv is not…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin opened the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Kharkiv. According to him, this event became possible…