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On Foreign Passports and Ukrainian-Russian Relations

Russia's intention to change the rules for crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border by citizens of both states from July this year did not find support in Ukraine. Let me remind you that by "changing…

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U.S. Immigration Service Reorganized

As of March 1, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service ceased its operations. According to Visas.Ru, the INS has been transformed into three departments within the new U.S. Department of…

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Ukraine took fifth place in the world in the 'export' of children to the USA

Last year, countries of the former USSR, China, South Korea and Latin American states became leaders in the 'export' of adopted children to the USA. As Washington ProFile reports, Americans most…

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European Union: to join or not? EU candidates start a series of referendums

«You Europeans do not want to treat us as equals? You want to turn Poland into a market for your agricultural products at rock-bottom prices? Then we declare war on you, a real propaganda war! And…

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Belgian citizenship - through same-sex marriage

The other day Belgium became another country where "full-fledged" marriages for gays and lesbians are allowed - including international ones. Thus, when same-sex marriages are concluded between…

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Concorde May Go to a Museum

Representatives of British Airways have said they are reviewing their plans for the future of the world's only supersonic passenger aircraft, the Concorde. According to British Airways staff, this is…

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French road rules will become stricter

The French authorities have drafted a law that significantly toughens liability for traffic violations. French President Jacques Chirac said that the situation on the country's roads is 'one of the…

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Finnish courts flooded with drunk driving cases

Cases against drunk drivers make up more than a third of the approximately 60,000 criminal cases heard annually by Finland's district courts, Rosbalt reports.

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Israel supplies gas masks even to illegal immigrants

Foreign workers in Israel have started receiving gas masks, according to the English-language website of the Israeli daily newspaper The Jerusalem Post. The distribution of gas masks began on…

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Being ill abroad will be easier

Feeling unwell during a holiday abroad will soon cease to be a problem for Europeans: from 1 June 2004, a single health insurance card will be introduced in the European Union - it will be usable in…

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Now it is easy to expel foreigners

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed amendments to the law on the legal status of foreigners, simplifying the mechanism for expelling foreigners and stateless persons detained within…

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Eyes Wide Shut

While the Bush administration is conducting military preparations in the Persian Gulf, a war "to defeat by fear" has already begun in America itself.

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