Culture
Next year, China will change its holiday calendar, and traditional festivals will return to people's lives. The Chinese government recently approved a reform project that will be approved by the end…
Curiosities
Every day, more and more often on the streets of cities around the world, you can meet strange individuals with white beards in red fur coats and hats. It is not hard to guess - on the eve of the New…
Culture
The ratings of the American magazine Forbes have long become a byword. The publication's analysts list everything and everyone - from the most expensive houses and apartments to the personal wealth…
Education
Based on a survey of 1,000 deans, 2,500 scientists, and the citation index of scientific works, Focus magazine compiled a ranking of the best German universities in 2007. The achievements of each…
Culture
One of the prototypes of all New Year characters is Saint Nicholas, a good miracle worker and persecutor of evil, patron of stolen and lost children. In the Middle Ages, the custom was firmly…
Immigration
A new system for issuing residence permits and work rights to immigrants from non-EU countries will come into force in the UK in March 2008. The UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced this in a…
Immigration
The Federal Republic of Germany is the largest country in Europe in terms of the number of Russian-speaking population living in it. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, by 2006…
Money
After the introduction of the euro, many feared that the single currency would collapse the national economies of European countries. But as the euro grew stronger and stronger, talk of introducing a…
Tourism
In many European cities, on the eve of Christmas and New Year, festivals and fairs dedicated to them will take place. Of particular interest are Tollwood in Munich and Winterland in Maastricht…
Coming home after a winter walk is a pleasure in itself. But it's even more pleasant to warm up with a mug of mulled wine or coffee punch, or maybe grog or any other hot alcoholic drink.
Ukrainians will be able to work in Poland even longer >> 700,000 Ukrainians will be able to visit Hungary without visas >> Number of asylum seekers decreased in Germany >> Italian Senate passed law…
The interior and justice ministers of the 27 European Union member states at a meeting in Brussels generally supported the European Commission's proposal to introduce a so-called 'blue card' in the…