Everyday life
To live comfortably in old age, Germans have to take care of their pension savings throughout their entire adult life. The state and employer will provide something, but if you want a truly decent…
Sport
Globalization is penetrating football as well. For many years, national teams have not relied solely on their own homegrown players, but have also brought players from other countries under their…
At the end of last week, several thousand people took part in demonstrations across France against the immigration law, or "Sarkozy's law," as it was dubbed after the country's interior minister. In…
Everyday life
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has approved holding an "integration summit" on July 14. This event will take place for the first time and, according to the federal chancellor, is "intended to…
Tourism
Having insurance is a mandatory condition for obtaining an entry permit in most countries of the world. When buying a tour, you, as a rule, automatically become the happy owner of an insurance…
English language courses in the UK are sometimes used as a cover for migrants seeking to settle in the country illegally. The BBC conducted its own investigation and found that some foreigners paid…
Education
Legend has it that the famous Chanel No. 5 was born thanks to chance and... a perfumer's mistake. One day Gabrielle Chanel, better known as Coco, commissioned perfumer Ernest Beaux to create a…
Tourism
In July, European cities compete with each other, attracting travelers with music festivals, costume shows and parades, among which there are also very large ones – for example, the famous jazz…
Everyday life
Most American national holidays originated in the United States and are based on local traditions. Only Easter, Christmas, and New Year were borrowed from Europe. National holidays have an…
News
The U.S. Senate defeated the immigration reform bill proposed by President George Bush. Last Friday, on the last day before the parliamentary recess, senators rejected Bush's legislative initiative…
Immigration
A year has passed since the launch of the presidential program to return compatriots from the near and far abroad to Russia. The results are practically zero: only a few families of repatriates from…