A professional athlete must be ready to pay up at any second, writes the weekly Itogi. He is fined for everything — for being late to practice, for refusing to talk to journalists, and even for his…
The Singapore authorities have decided to publish a rating of public toilets. They will be assessed like hotels, on a scale of one to five stars. The rating will take into account not only the…
The Baltic countries intend to work together on a new tourism direction, hoping to attract guests with cultural values in addition to cheap shops.
From June 15 to December 1, an experiment will be conducted at border checkpoints on Ukraine's borders to significantly reduce the time of customs control procedures, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
For the sixth consecutive year, France has seen a steady increase in the number of political refugees, which reached 51,087 new applications in 2002. As the French newspaper Le Monde writes, this is…
192 countries of the world signed the first international anti-tobacco agreement in history in Geneva. The international convention provides for serious restrictions on tobacco advertising up to a…
Britons are mass-enrolling in plumbing courses, because in financially turbulent times a stable profession is needed. Moreover, it recently came to light that the most diligent masters of the…
British travel companies are suffering losses due to unprecedented security measures introduced in London. As reported by the English newspaper The Times, tourism industry representatives say that…
Last Monday, the first meeting of the German Expert Commission on Immigration and Integration of Foreigners took place in Nuremberg. One of the commission's main tasks will be to assess the country's…
Spain has adopted a new version of the law on foreigners, under which entry visas to the country will entitle those who lawfully obtained them at Spanish consulates in their home country to work and…
The airports of Dubai, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore's Changi have been named the best in the world. They top the list of the ten best airports, which includes two European…
Most residents of Sweden still oppose the introduction of the single European currency in the country, reports Deutsche Welle.