The relevant commission of the Saeima of Latvia approved a temporary ban on issuing residence permits to Russians when purchasing real estate. Latvia fears increased Russian influence in the country…
The official deadline by which so-called "dual citizens" were supposed to notify Russian authorities of their citizenship in another state or any documents allowing them to legally and permanently…
Brussels will ask Moscow to explain how the personal data protection law will affect the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians. As Deutsche Welle reports, this was stated by the head of the European…
It will become harder to obtain a residence permit in the UK. The British have doubled the minimum investment threshold in the country's economy for obtaining an investor visa. This may disrupt the…
For New Year, one always wants a miracle. One wants a fairy tale, family comfort, peace, warmth, gifts, pleasant surprises, touching bright moments, lots of fluffy white snow, hot grog, a homey…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which includes about one and a half hundred countries in various statuses, has counted the number of refugees who died trying to reach prosperous…
Young American immigrants who grew up in the United States and do not have legal status will be allowed to serve in the US armed forces and obtain citizenship through a simplified process. This is…
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The editorial office of "Zagranitsa" has established a good tradition: every year one of our journalists makes an adventurous dash to Africa and climbs Kilimanjaro. A year ago, deputy editor-in-chief…
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The road to Kibo is long, harsh, but not difficult. Is Kilimanjaro giving us a head start before the most important and challenging stage? Or is it bluffing, lulling our vigilance, only to prove who…
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The road winds like a rusty snake, catching up with the numerous villages of aborigines lost among the horizons of the savannah. The Maasai are perhaps one of the most colorful tribes in East Africa…
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One day at sunset of a working day, when the air temperature was relentlessly approaching body temperature and the fan was vainly shaking the long-dead air from thirst, cherishing the thought of an…
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Kenya shocked us with the grayness and poverty of its capital. Our hotel Sixhundredeighty (“680”) was located almost in the center, next to the Kenyan National Museum, which has long needed…