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Education
Germany needs to learn to teach
Five years after the publication of the results of the study known in Germany as the Pisa-Studie, the German school system is once again facing criticism. But whereas in 2001 the discussion focused…
Mexico Invites Suicides
In Mexico, a bill on legalizing active euthanasia has been submitted for parliamentary discussion. Only conservative President Felipe Calderon is against it, but liberals intend to win by majority…
Airlines face huge fines
The European Commission has given European airlines and civil aviation officials six months to pay passengers the appropriate compensation for delayed or cancelled flights.
Bulgarian Real Estate
Recently, the head of the National Association of Real Estate in Bulgaria, Orlin Vladikov, said in an interview with Bulgarian radio that oil companies from the UK, Russia, and Israel are showing…
News
Discounts reach the money transfer market
Western Union, one of the world leaders in the money transfer market, is actively testing new competitive opportunities. The company is preparing to introduce in Russia the Western Union Gold Card…
Tourism
Pyramidal World
Are there any structures in the world that stir the imagination more than pyramids? They keep ancient secrets, guard unknown knowledge. They are attributed with properties plausible, incredible, and…
News
Top stories of the issue (foreign edition No. 377)
Finns Want to Take Back Their Pre-War Lands
In the Italian city of Trieste, the first congress of 'exiled Europeans' was held recently: Germans, Italians, Finns, and representatives of other ethnic communities displaced from their lands as a…
Education
Velvet Semester
Why do young people go abroad in summer? Obviously, to relax and have fun. But it also happens that they go to study. When else will they get a chance to improve their English, German, or even learn…
Chagall, Monet and Barbie
The main events of cultural life in April – exhibitions 'Unknown Monet' in London, 'Amazing Chagall' in Rome and 'Praxiteles' in Paris. In addition, as Gazeta.Ru notes, European museums and…