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Language – with spaghetti, wine and ballet Education

Language – with spaghetti, wine and ballet

Education abroad is not necessarily Cambridge, the Sorbonne, or Harvard. There are simpler and more fun options. Short-term courses are the best way to have a good time and acquire useful skills in…

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Tourism

Tourist Traps: Excursions to Nowhere

Have you noticed that the whole world is literally packed with various tricks, surprises and absurdities? You just have to wake up - and you have to keep your eyes open so as not to fall into some…

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Country guide

A Journey through Latin America

Uruguay is called the Switzerland of South America. The fashion for South America came to us with the literature of Marquez, Borges, Amado and Carpentier, and in a broader sense, with endless TV…

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Immigration

Changes in Canada's Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers and Business Immigrants

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Gourmet guide

Christmas and New Year traditions: replace Olivier with marzipans!

Nothing is more ruinous for a festive table than a guest who refuses the treats (because eating at night is harmful), or a hostess offering guests steamed fish (because it has far fewer calories than…

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Country guide

Kutná Hora with a silver history

Cities are born like people - by desire, by plan, by oversight. And like children, loved or not, their own fate awaits them. The Czech "gingerbread" towns are living proof of that. They are scattered…

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Sport

And there is no rest for them even at New Year...

It would seem that the long-awaited New Year holidays should make their contribution to the relentless schedule of international sporting events. Take a timeout, so to speak. But no. Life has been…

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Work

Slavic amateur performances and German Ordnung

During his relatively short stay in the West, a correspondent for Russkaya Germania managed to notice one interesting trend. Just a year and a half ago, there was no getting through the street…

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Country guide

Three Colors of Thailand

Thailand is a fairly large and diverse country. In two weeks - the optimal length of stay here - you won't see everything. The route proposed by the magazine «Вояж и отдых» is good because you can…

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Law zone

Timeshare: club holidays hawked on chilly streets

Have you ever heard of family club holidays? If not, our account of one of the ways gullible compatriots are fleeced will be useful to you. And if you have heard of it, or moreover – fallen for it…

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Tourism

Hungarian Tourism Changes Strategy

It has become customary on the eve of Christmas holidays to sum up the past year, share impressions, and make plans for the future. It was in this vein that Ukrainian journalists met with official…

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News

New rules for issuing visas to Dubai guests

Dubai's Department of Naturalization and Residency, after a two-week delay in issuing visas for some categories of applicants, has resumed issuing documents, but with new conditions, reports IS…

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