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Sport

See Others and Show Yourself. Fan Tourism Is Not Just an Addiction, It's a Diagnosis.

The normal state of any self-respecting fan is rooting, worrying over one's favorite team with all the ensuing consequences. And sometimes the consequences turn out to be such that legends might be…

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Tourism

International Tourism Exchange. Every year, representatives of the tourism business gather in Berlin

The International Tourism Exchange (ITB) Berlin, which will take place on March 12-16, is the No. 1 meeting place for tourism professionals. It is no coincidence that the presentation of this largest…

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Education

Academic Year Abroad. School Education Programs

The “Academic Year” program (school exchanges) has existed for more than half a century. It was founded in the USA. This country was the first to host schoolchildren from Germany and Japan. Ukraine…

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Education

Legends of German Heidelberg

Heidelberg is an ancient German city on the banks of the Neckar. Mark Twain once said: “Walking around Heidelberg and its environs during the day, you think you have never encountered greater beauty…

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Education

How to Get the American Muskie Scholarship

Since 1992, the U.S. Department of State has annually provided finalists of the Edmund S. Muskie master's scholarship program with scholarships that enable them to pursue graduate education in the…

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News

Visa squeeze for eastern neighbors

“Poland attempted to hold a discussion with the EU on whether visas should be introduced at all longer than any other candidate country,” Warsaw officials say. The EU’s demands will now be met…

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Tourism

Market Day

People go to the market not only to buy potatoes or to look over Turkish consumer goods. Among the market rows and wooden stalls, where people argue till they're hoarse and crack salty jokes, where…

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Immigration

Canada Relaxes Immigration Requirements

On September 18, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Denis Coderre, called a press conference to announce significant changes to the country's immigration system. Canada has come to its…

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Immigration

It will be easier to become a Russian citizen

As we reported in the previous issue of "Zagranitsa", the Russian president has prepared a draft of softening amendments to the law "On Citizenship of the Russian Federation". Last week this document…

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Immigration

The Door Was Opened Only Briefly

Russian Toronto considers the concessions of Canada's immigration authorities a populist step on the eve of the upcoming federal elections. On September 18, what was to be expected happened -…

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Country guide

Religion as a way of life

The small-population State of Israel abounds with various religions. It is simply impossible not to encounter the life of the religious population of this country: Arab quarters, residential areas…

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Education

We Went Through US Education from the Bottom Up

Finally, I managed to go to America through the Open World program, founded five years ago by the director of the US Library of Congress, a specialist in Russian culture and history, James…

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