While 1.6 million families are on the housing waiting list in the UK, about 762,600 homes remain unoccupied in the country. This is reported by SkyNews, citing statistics from the Royal Institution…
Against the backdrop of reductions by Australia, Germany, and England in the number of citizenship permits issued, Canada announced that in 2009, 265,000 immigrants will receive Canadian passports.
No matter what time of year it is, Paris has always been considered the best place in the world for shopping. But for advanced shoppers, fashion connoisseurs, and even sympathizers, it is hard to…
The European Parliament has obliged the authorities of EU member states to strictly limit citizens' working week to 48 hours from 2012. This was reported by The Guardian on December 18.
Since Switzerland's entry into the Schengen zone, an unusual situation has arisen on the border between Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Formally, Liechtenstein and Switzerland have…
Moscow hotels rank first in the world in terms of accommodation costs. This is evidenced by data from a study by the online hotel booking system Hotels.com, published in the newspaper Kommersant.
On December 15, Montenegro submitted an application to join the European Union. The republic's Prime Minister Milo Đukanović handed the application to the president of the EU presidency country…
A single emergency telephone number – 112 – has been introduced in all 27 EU countries. This was announced by EU Commissioner for Telecommunications Viviane Reding.
The George W. Bush administration unveiled new rules for hiring immigrants, reports The New York Times. The authorities intend these rules to simplify the hiring of seasonal agricultural workers.
Foreign real estate is being sold today more than ever. Newspapers and the Internet are full of relevant ads. Several times a year, major thematic events take place in the capital. All this creates…
In the modern world, tourists, before setting off on a trip, have to take into account not only the weather and geography of the final destination, but also the exchange rate, as well as the…
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The timelines for Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to switch to the single European currency are shifting. It was assumed that this would happen in 2010, but now these plans will have to be…