Immigration
Emigration from Germany reached a new record: last year, 145,000 people turned their backs on their homeland. This figure is cited by the Federal Statistical Office. The association Raphaels-Werk…
Russian managers live better than their colleagues from the US, Germany, and France. But they should thank not their corporations for this, but their home country, where the majority of the…
Immigration
Can unemployed foreigners bring their spouses to live in Germany? How to encourage integration into German society and how to punish unwillingness to integrate? German politicians argue about all…
Money
The Baltic countries remain outside the euro currency area. To be fair, not all of them intended to join this area right now. Latvia had already modestly set 2008 as a likely date for switching to…
Airbus
As assured by the director of North European and Baltic routes of the Irish company Ryanair (low-cost carrier) Karl Hegstadius, in about ten years airline tickets will become practically free. With a…
Airbus
Is it possible to go abroad if you are willing to pay no more than $500 per person for a tour package? Considering that summer is a time for family travel, the answer to this mercantile question is…
European Commissioner for Transport Jacques Barrot intends to discuss at a European Commission meeting a draft law aimed at providing consumers with access to more objective information on airfare…
Sport
Last week in Rome, hearings were resumed in the corruption case in Italian football. Despite the victory of the 'Azzurri' at the World Cup, thirteen members of the national team, representing…
Everyday life
Germans do not want to have children, and the authorities' attempts to reverse this trend look rather unconvincing. Especially when the authorities pretend that the issue of procreation has nothing…
At the football championship in Germany, far fewer players were injured than during the previous World Cup. This was due to stricter refereeing and good physical fitness of the players.
Sport
The World Cup, which recently concluded in Germany, is remembered not so much for the beautiful games—of which, it must be admitted, there were not that many—but for the individual personalities, the…