Immigration
Deputy Director of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) Vyacheslav Postavnin recently summarized the first results of Russia's new migration policy. The FMS positively assessed the fact that illegal…
The international consulting agency Economist Intelligence Unit has published data on the cost of living in the world's largest cities for last year. The most expensive of the 132 cities surveyed was…
Tourism
On March 28-31, the XIII International Exhibition UITT-2007 'Ukraine - Travel and Tourism' will take place at the International Exhibition Center. The exhibition organizers are ITE Group Plc. (UK)…
Curiosities
On the night from Saturday to Sunday, more precisely at 2:00 Eastern Time, clocks across America were set forward one hour. For the first time, the country switched to daylight saving time not on the…
The Republic of Kazakhstan has its own electronic map. It was presented at a recent government conference call.
Getting a UK passport may soon become more difficult. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has proposed requiring immigrants applying for British citizenship to perform community work -…
Work
"Zagranitsa" offers its readers exclusive information provided by the Department of Employment Policy and Labor Migration of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine - a list of all…
Work
In 2007, a number of significant changes occurred in the regulatory framework of the Russian Federation, aimed at streamlining migration policy in general and labor migration policy in particular.
Culture
Notable exhibitions in March will undoubtedly include the Vienna exhibition 'Eros in Contemporary Art', the Madrid exhibition 'Portrait of the Picasso Era', and the Florence exhibition of Cézanne. In…
News
Egypt has introduced restrictions on carrying liquids on airplanes. Now tourists departing from the country will have to transfer liquids into small vials and bottles – just like when traveling…
Everyday life
If there is freedom of speech in the US, it clearly does not extend to the 'N-word' – the so-called n-word. The 'N-word,' unlike 'town N' or 'citizen N,' is a term that is specific to the extreme. In…
News