News
New rules for carrying hand luggage on board passenger aircraft will be introduced in Europe in November. Based on the experience of the massive terrorist plot foiled by security services at London's…
Sport
The name of absolute Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Liliya Podkopayeva is constantly on everyone's lips, but many perceive her as a public figure leading a social life. In reality, the…
Immigration
The U.S. Department of State has published instructions for individuals wishing to participate in the annual visa lottery for immigrants of different nationalities (DV). Applicants must fill out…
Everyday life
Experience of Western countries shows that the jury system, which is mercilessly criticized and which primarily irritates the citizens themselves who sit in courtrooms all day, nevertheless works…
If you try to find a woman named Chen Jie in Shanghai, you might run into an unexpected problem. According to official statistics, today there are 3,397 women in Shanghai who bear the common surname…
Curiosities
The charging bull, a symbol of the New York Stock Exchange and of New York itself, has become the subject of a lawsuit. The creator and owner of the statue, Italian sculptor Arturo Di Modica, accused…
The idea of postponing the expansion of the Schengen area by at least two years was voiced at a meeting of EU interior and justice ministers in the Finnish city of Tampere. Some high-ranking…
Immigration
By a majority of more than two-thirds of the vote, Swiss voters on Sunday approved in a referendum amendments to the law on asylum and a new law on foreigners. These legislative acts are intended to…
The peak tourist season is already behind, but for housing sellers in Turkish resorts, the hot season is just beginning. After all, in summer real estate transactions are less frequent: as the 'Real…
Visas
The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine announced an innovation that will speed up and simplify the process of applying for a U.S. nonimmigrant visa. According to the embassy press…
Tourism
The ancient Greeks, in essence, had a very correct conception of the universe: the mighty Ocean flowed around the Earth, full of whirlpools and whitecaps, and across the Earth there was the…
News
Rioting crowds on the streets of Budapest only confirm that the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe have entered a phase of the first serious, comprehensive crisis. That…