Three-time world champion in sports aerobics from Australia intends to accept Ukrainian citizenship and compete for Ukraine, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
The prestigious resort of Omoa in Honduras is closed to people with tattoos for the entire Easter holidays. According to NEWSru, this measure was taken by the authorities as part of the fight against…
We have already discussed the problems of employment of our doctors abroad ("Zagranitsa" No. 13). And today our conversation is again about medical workers. This time the focus is on nurses. Annette…
How we plowed the expanses of the lake with the piquant name Titicaca
Natalia ZUBKOVA, columnist for the newspaper Inostranets, tells how to avoid being fooled by the promises of immigration firms' advertisements.
It has long been known that a minute of laughter replaces a glass of sour cream. And now it has also become an antidepressant. In Paris and other French cities, there is a new craze: in the last year…
After 2006, Bulgaria is to become a full member of the European Union. But even today this country has actively joined in pan-European integration, writes Inostranets. Over fifteen thousand…
The admission of ten new countries to the European Union in May 2004 does not mean an automatic expansion of the Schengen zone. This issue will be decided only in 2005, said EU Commissioner for…
Culture
Holland is sometimes called the "flower garden of Europe". And indeed, despite the fact that this country, small even by European standards, is a highly developed industrial state accounting for 3.5%…
In Nevada, prostitutes are demanding that the state's oldest and most famous brothel be declared a museum to save it from demolition. City authorities do not object; only money and the consent of the…
In the Czech Republic, prices for tours to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, on the Red Sea coast, have halved. Few people want to vacation in the vicinity of a military conflict zone. Even a…
When France led a group of countries in the UN that opposed the military action in Iraq, American-French relations noticeably cooled. The position taken by France in the UN Security Council sparked a…