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North is No Obstacle to Happiness

To feel happy, it is not at all necessary to live on the shore of a warm sea in a subtropical paradise. If there is freedom, a strong economy, and a prosperous life, then long winters and cold are no…

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Germans Get New Passport

Since March, German authorities have been issuing citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany a new third-generation passport – better protected against forgery, more modern, and slightly more…

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Will the 2017 state budget live up to its numbers?

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Poland attracts more and more foreigners

In 2016, 152,000 people applied for a residence permit in Poland to the Office for Foreigners. According to Polskie Radio, this is 30% more than the previous year. Ukrainians rank first among…

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Refugees' Road to the US Blocked

US President Donald Trump has indefinitely halted the admission of Syrian refugees into the country and frozen the refugee admission program from other countries for 120 days. The corresponding…

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The Wall That Trump Is Building

Donald Trump signed a decree on January 25, 2017, ordering the construction of a wall between Mexico and the United States. Despite the US president's assurances that Mexico would "100 percent"…

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Ukrainians break Polish records

A record number of workers from across the eastern border, totaling 1.3 million in 2016, have been registered in Poland. This was reported by the publication Rzeczpospolita. According to the Polish…

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To Czechia for work

The total number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic is approaching half a million. There are no official data for 2016 yet, so currently the record year is 2015 – 465 thousand foreigners. The…

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Moravia Awaits Foreign Specialists

Last month, the Financial Times placed Brno, the capital of Czech Moravia, in its top list of cities for integrating foreigners. However, even after earning such an assessment, the South Moravian…

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Financial assistance for holders of the Pole's Card

From the new year, holders of the Pole's Card can count on financial assistance allocated to cover rental costs in Poland if the application for a permanent residence permit was submitted after…

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Many refugees bid farewell to the Alps

This year, Switzerland deported a record number of refugees – 327 people whose asylum applications were rejected. This required 65 flights to their countries of origin.

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High-speed train launched to Poland

Ukrainian Railways has launched a new high-speed train on the Kyiv–Przemyśl route. The travel time from the capital of Ukraine to the city in eastern Poland will be just over 7 hours, and the same in…

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