In Ukraine, they have learned to forge Czech passports quite well, writes the Czech newspaper Hospodarske noviny. A fake Czech passport costs $1,500 on the black market, but its holders are betrayed…
The Cypriot authorities have stopped issuing registration to students from countries where SARS is widespread.
Since last Monday, the Consulate General of Ukraine in the Hungarian city of Nyíregyháza has been operating in full working mode. On the first day of work, the consulate staff received 110 visitors…
The German government intends to abolish the current system of seasonal sales in the country. The draft law, developed with the support of consumer organizations, provides for measures against unfair…
In Vilnius, the Russian-Lithuanian intergovernmental agreement on readmission was signed - the mutual acceptance and return of illegal migrants. The Russian side was represented by Russian Deputy…
The Berlin Prosecutor's Office has brought charges in a case concerning the illegal smuggling of Ukrainian and Moldovan citizens into Germany, involving six Ukrainian and Russian citizens. The…
US aviation authorities have allowed animals in airplane cabins to provide 'emotional support' for passengers. As AP reports, from now on cats, monkeys, dogs and some other animals will be able to…
The authorities of Guangzhou, the administrative center of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, have introduced a system of strict fines for spitting and cigarette butts discarded on city…
Within the next five years, new high-tech foreign passports will be introduced in the G8 countries. As Gazeta.Ru reports, the chips embedded in the documents will record data on citizens'…
Israel's Ministry of Tourism plans to invest two billion shekels in the near future in an advertising campaign aimed at increasing the number of tourists who will visit Israel in 2003 by 400,000…
At discos, in courses, or in new circles, I often hear the question: "How come you're in Germany, on the 'au pair' thing?" At first I didn't understand what, in fact, was being said — what this 'au…
Czech Interior Minister Stanislav Gross has come forward with a proposal to solve the problem of Chechen refugees who moved to the Czech Republic from Poland. He proposes to pay each refugee $3,000…