Immigration
The "Polish plumber" (a collective term for labor migrants from the new EU member states), which had long been used to scare the Western European public, turned out to be a myth that never…
Money
Financial crisis in the US has not spared the large diaspora of people from former Soviet republics. The biggest losses, as elsewhere in America, are borne by real estate and construction companies…
Education
Our compatriots who wish to receive higher education in Europe are increasingly choosing the Czech Republic. The high level of teaching at universities, the similarity of the Czech language to ours…
Education
For those learning a foreign language, the world's leading manufacturer of pocket dictionary-translators, the American company ECTACO Inc, has developed a new product - the Partner ER850 Deluxe.
Education
In April of this year, Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley made a sensational statement. At her briefing, she announced that foreign students who have received Canadian…
Lonely Planet has released a new guidebook, Best in Travel 2009, which gathers the best travel ideas. The guidebook brings together 850 travel destinations and routes that, according to the authors…
Curiosities
The financial crisis forced Europeans to take a fresh look at vegetables and fruits. And to acknowledge as erroneous the standards on the appearance of agricultural products previously introduced by…
Immigration
The European Parliament approved the introduction of the "Blue Card" in the European Union – an analogue of the American green card for professionals from other countries needed by Europe. IT…
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, recorded the highest crime rate in the United States. According to CNN's website, such information is provided in a report by CQ Press (Congressional Quaterly).
The scandalous 2006 film 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' still attracts tourists to the former Soviet republic. Kazakhstan, which had previously…
The Amsterdam municipality has decided to close 43 of the city's 228 coffee shops by 2011 – establishments where soft drugs such as hashish and marijuana are legally sold. The punitive sanctions…
US President George Bush signed a law that increases the duration of unemployment benefit payments. Now, unemployed people who have already received and spent their benefits but still have not found…