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Europe's Last Riddle Tourism

Europe's Last Riddle

Just 16 years ago, orthodox socialism was dismantled in Albania, and few travelers could boast of having been to this country. That is why today, in local tourist guidebooks, Albanians themselves…

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News

Main news of the issue (Abroad No. 388)

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The Education System of Canada Education

The Education System of Canada

The education system of Canada includes both public and private educational institutions, including community colleges/technical institutes, vocational colleges, language and secondary schools…

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Americans Give Up the Dollar Everyday life

Americans Give Up the Dollar

In the American city of Barrington (Massachusetts), an unusual experiment has been going on for ten months now: residents of this town pay for goods and services not only in dollars but also in a…

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Germans Will Kick the Bucket Curiosities

Germans Will Kick the Bucket

In the struggle for viewers' attention across the widest spectrum of existing private cable and satellite TV channels, specialization is beginning to take extremely original forms. Music and movie…

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Australian Aborigines Rebel Curiosities

Australian Aborigines Rebel

In response to the Australian government's intentions to tighten control over areas inhabited by Australian Aborigines, the latter threatened acts of civil disobedience.

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Drunk tourists destroy Rome

The administration of the Italian capital has asked tourists to moderate their drinking, from which the historical monuments of the Eternal City are increasingly suffering. The mayor's office…

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Education

A ranking of the world's best universities has been published

Cybermetrics Lab publishes its analytical materials every six months. The Spain-based company compiles rankings of the best higher education institutions in the world - Webometrics Ranking.

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From the sublime to the ridiculous Sport

From the sublime to the ridiculous

The Football World Cup, like any other event of such scale, generates an incredible amount of accompanying news, incidents, and simply interesting cases. Happy are the fans who manage to see the…

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Entertaining Ethnography Tourism

Entertaining Ethnography

Sea waves and centuries of its own history separate Sicily from the rest of Italy. As «Вояж и отдых» notes, this island is as unpredictable as the sea wind and as multifaceted as a wayward deity…

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Desperate Guys on the Football Field Sport

Desperate Guys on the Football Field

The opening matches of the World Cup in Germany have already shown that refereeing is far from impeccable. In the England-Paraguay match, referees forbid the players of foggy Albion to drink during…

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A dacha beyond seven seas Real estate

A dacha beyond seven seas

It is no secret that real estate abroad sometimes costs less than at home. However, when purchasing, various legal complications may arise with paperwork, since the buyer is a citizen of another…

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