Despite a strict law requiring German citizens to give their children clear and acceptable names, they continue to be named after a favorite resort of the mother or the father's workplace. According…
As part of a program to toughen measures against illegal immigration, the Spanish authorities intend to introduce temporary restrictions on Spain's borders from January 31 to April 30, 2005…
Why do leading industrial powers not ratify the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrants? Perhaps because, as the Deutsche Welle commentator sums up, many perceive foreign workers…
A 54-year-old Aboriginal man in northern Australia, Bertie Lloyd Kallop, received ten weeks in prison for possession of one can of mid-strength beer and a bag of wine. According to Gazeta.ru, in…
Once in December 2003, and to be quite precise, once in January 2004, domestic fans of Turkey woke up in a new reality. In December 2003, the country adopted, and in January 2004, a law came into…
If you are attracted by 30-hour rides in an overcrowded bus, if you cannot imagine traveling without a 20-kilogram backpack that you will have to carry on your back for a month in 40-degree heat in…
The word "safari" (in Swahili – "journey") was first used by white people to refer to hunting animals, and then they expanded its meaning to include observing wildlife in national parks. Usually…
In late August, the 2004 Olympic Games, which Athens was chosen to host back then, will conclude, and the sporting world, having vented its emotions in the Greek arenas, will take a short break. Is…
Asia, with rare exceptions, remains for Ukrainian citizens roughly the same as it was for contemporaries of Afanasy Nikitin. And if someone risks spending a vacation on Asian territory, they…
In Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region, illegal workers – labor migrants from foreign countries – who are on their territory should be legalized as much as possible, and at the federal center…
After joining the European Union, Poland was expected to shock other EU countries with the number of officially registered unemployed – in 2003, its unemployment rate already reached 18.7%. But it…
Crete is an opportunity to visit two or three seas at once and several eras, claims "Путь и водитель". They say that thanks to zero crime, you don't have to lock your car here. But we didn't check…