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Tourism

Fireworks of Flowers and Carnivals

Europe welcomes summer with carnivals, flower parades, music festivals, dances, puppet shows, and fireworks. It will be interesting, fun, and noisy. And more about these and other May events - in the…

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Baggage Difficulties Airbus

Baggage Difficulties

Baggage transportation often turns into problems: either it turns out that your suitcase exceeds the allowed dimensions, or it weighs a bit more than the norm, or it becomes clear that you can carry…

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Immigration

Number of refugees reaches record level

More than 26 million people became internally displaced last year, Reuters reported, citing data from the annual report of the human rights organization Norwegian Refugee Council, commissioned by the…

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Education

Knowledge of Russian language to be confirmed by certificate

For foreigners studying Russian abroad, a certification similar to TOEFL will be introduced, RIA Novosti reports citing representatives of the Russian Center for International Scientific and Cultural…

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Executions Continue Law zone

Executions Continue

The international human rights organization Amnesty International recently published a report on the use of the death penalty in 2007. According to Gzt.ru, the report states that 1,252 death…

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Tourism

Don't Swim to the Ice Floes!

In the coming decades, the Mediterranean, as well as Turkey and Egypt, which are favorites of our compatriots, will become unsuitable for tourism due to global warming.

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Europe Takes Calls from the Skies Airbus

Europe Takes Calls from the Skies

The European Commission (EC) has published a set of rules allowing passengers on aircraft flying over European Union territory to use mobile phones.

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Is the Smoke of the Fatherland Not Sweet? Immigration

Is the Smoke of the Fatherland Not Sweet?

According to official data, in the first year of the implementation of the state program for the resettlement of compatriots from abroad, 252.3 million rubles were spent (out of the 4.6 billion…

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To Warsaw with a 'Card' Visas

To Warsaw with a 'Card'

Since April of this year, hundreds of thousands of citizens of Polish origin living in the former USSR can apply for the 'Pole's Card'. According to Vremya Novostey, this document will be issued upon…

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Visas

Japan to issue five-year visas to foreigners

Japan's Ministry of Justice has submitted to the government a number of proposals to change the country's immigration policy, one of which would issue foreigners visas valid for five years. As RIA…

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About 3 million Ukrainians work abroad Work

About 3 million Ukrainians work abroad

About 3 million Ukrainian citizens work abroad, according to the representation of the International Organization for Migration in Ukraine. According to experts, 1 million Ukrainians work in Russia…

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Canada Awaits Professionals Immigration

Canada Awaits Professionals

In the middle of last month, the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada made a serious step towards changes in the selection rules for immigrants in the Skilled Workers category for the…

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