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Three Days in the Life of an Illegal in Berlin - Part 1 Personal experience

Three Days in the Life of an Illegal in Berlin - Part 1

The best way to provide the reader with objective information about the situation with work abroad in general and in Berlin in particular is to recount real events. Today's story describes the first…

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Survival Guide for an Illegal in Berlin Personal experience

Survival Guide for an Illegal in Berlin

Let's assume you have a Schengen visa in your passport and that the computer database of the United Europe holds no sins against you that could prevent your entry into the Schengen area. Otherwise…

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Three Polish Stories Personal experience

Three Polish Stories

20 million Poles and people of Polish descent live outside Poland. Many of them are only considering moving to Poland, while some have already done so. Polskie Radio presents the stories of Poles…

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From tourists to locals Personal experience

From tourists to locals

Every year, thousands of foreigners come to Australia, including students and young professionals seeking new opportunities for self-fulfillment and development. And many of them now manage to obtain…

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How to Get into the Ivy League Personal experience

How to Get into the Ivy League

Yale University is part of the Ivy League – a group of eight most prestigious private American universities. It is the alma mater of five US presidents. In September, 19-year-old Viviana Andazola…

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GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (part 2) Personal experience

GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (part 2)

Whisky in Scotland is a separate story. Scots are very proud of their whisky and actively cultivate tourists' interest in it. There are many tours to whisky distilleries, during which they will tell…

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GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (Part 1) Personal experience

GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (Part 1)

My decision to go to Glasgow for study was absolutely spontaneous. I chose Scotland after watching a great film 'Leap Year' (the action takes place in Ireland, but I thought that Scotland and Ireland…

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Singapore: City of Fines Personal experience

Singapore: City of Fines

The ironic phrase 'Singapore is a fine city' (the word 'fine' has a double meaning – 'good' and 'fine', so it means both 'Singapore is a beautiful city' and 'Singapore is a city of fines') allows one…

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Singapore: A Country in a City Personal experience

Singapore: A Country in a City

What do you know about Singapore? The death penalty is allowed, cheap electronics, pineapples grow on trees and even monkeys have passports... My knowledge of this tiny city-state was limited to such…

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How lawyers are trained in France Personal experience

How lawyers are trained in France

Student of Paris University Artyom Soloshchenkov (24 years old) answered questions from Gazeta.Ru about how he became a French student, the pros and cons of life and study in France, and his plans…

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How We Relaxed in Abkhazia Personal experience

How We Relaxed in Abkhazia

Our vacation in Abkhazia had been planned for a long time. And now the long-awaited moment arrived.

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The Impossible is Possible, or How to See the World for Pennies Personal experience

The Impossible is Possible, or How to See the World for Pennies

To see the world, you don't necessarily need a lot of money. It is the volunteer movement, which emerged at the end of World War I, that completely disproves this belief.

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