Country guide
About five days before our departure to South America, late in the evening, a call came from abroad - from San Francisco. A pleasant elderly voice with a soft accent that was not ours, of a Russian…
Tourism
February is the month of carnivals, writes Gazeta.Ru. But tourists are not only awaited by boisterous street fun, because on February 14 all Catholic (as well as, for that matter, non-Catholic)…
The formal date of Poland's accession to the European Union is May 1, 2004. But already from the first days of the new year, Poles clearly felt the approach of new times, reports the Rosbalt news…
Everyday life
There are so many people on earth that all of them, despite a certain external similarity, are unbearably different. They smile differently, dress differently, undress differently, and strive for…
Immigration
The British Parliament held the second reading of the Refugees Act, supported by 412 MPs, with 72 parliamentarians voting against. As Inostranets reports, over the past decade this law has been…
Work
In recent weeks, a discussion has unfolded in Germany about ways to combat illegal employment, popularly known as work on the black, writes Vremya Novostei. The government of Chancellor Schröder…
Greece, which is to host the Summer Olympic Games in the summer of 2004, has the lowest crime rate in Europe, RIA Novosti reports. Thus, in Greece per 100 thousand population there are just over four…
Russian authorities, it seems, intend to build migration policy strictly following the carrot-and-stick principle, writes Vremya Novostei. Speaking at an FSB board meeting, Vladimir Putin called for…
During the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, Spanish law enforcement agencies faced major financial difficulties and a shortage of special personnel, RIA Novosti reports. The number of…
In the UK, there are too many university students. Two-thirds of specialists involved in recruiting university graduates for jobs hold this opinion, reports The Independent.
The number of Jews arriving for permanent residence in Israel fell by a third in 2003 compared with the previous year. In its entire history, Israel has not known such a low level of immigrant…
Sport
This week the first major tennis tournament of the Grand Slam series started - the Australian Open. A pre-start look at the list of participants was, firstly, pleasing, and secondly, disappointing…